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2005-11-29 09:19 pm (UTC)
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There was an old man of Peru,
Whose Limericks all end at line two.
And the last one in that series is about the Emperor Nero, but I can never remember how it goes...
[ There was an old man
Of Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh, "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
is the defining example of a joke that only works written down. ]
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no subject
Whose Limericks all end at line two.
And the last one in that series is about the Emperor Nero, but I can never remember how it goes...
[ There was an old man
Of Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh, "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
is the defining example of a joke that only works written down. ]