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From: maney@mcs.com (Cally Soukup)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Subject: Re: B5 ending related limerick (was "poem")
Date: 4 Jun 1997 22:57:04 -0400
Organization: The Maneys
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
Marty T (marty.t@salata.com) wrote:
: Tariq Moustapha <tam5v@virginia.edu> sorta started all this with:
: TM> > >Just thought I'd try to post it somewhere where JMS might read it,
: TM> > And here I was expecting a lewd limerick!
: TM> There once was a writer named Straczynski???
: 1. There once was a guy named Straczyn'
: 2. <rhymes with "in">
: 3. <new rhyme>
: 4. <rhymes with line 3>
: 5. <punchline; rhymes with "in">
Now, now -- "There once was a guy named Straczynski" is allowable as an
opening line to a limerick as long as lines 2 and 5 also have an unstessed
syllable at the end.
It's nice to see that someone else is annoyed at all the pseudo-limericks
one sees on the Net. On the other tentacle, my favorite "limerick" is:
There once was a man from Saint Bees
Who was stung on the hand by a wasp
He was asked "Does it hurt?"
He replied, "No, it doesn't.
I'm so glad it wasn't a hornet."
(The sad thing is it's closer to being a limerick than some limerickoids
I've seen posted...)
I'm also fond of double dactyls:
Higglety Pigglety
J. M. Straczyinski is
Writing B5 in a
planned 5- year arc
Warner TV, somewhat
Noncomposmentisly
Plays with the scheduling --
We're in the dark!