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terrie
09-05-2006, 02:33 PM
The Washington Post runs something they call the "Style Invitational" contest every week--I'm sure some of you have seen entries before--and this past week, they printed the results of their Limerick contest and one of the winning entries was:

The calligrapher gained his renown
And her turned his whole trade upside down
With a fancy new script
At which somebody quipped,
"Seems we've got a new serif in town!"

(Brendan Beary, © Copyright 1996-2006 The Washington Post Company)


LOL!!!


Another one of his (Beary) won 3rd place but I think it should have been first:

"An allurophobe--ugh", my cats purr.
"Your new girlfriend is worried our fur
Will cause wheezes and hacks
And allergic attacks,
So you shan't cast us Persians on her."

(Brendan Beary, © Copyright 1996-2006 The Washington Post Company)

ROFL!!!! I think it's soooo funny!!!

Note that I'm not sure if they (Brendan Beary??) deliberately misspelled "ailurophobe" (or "aelurophobe") as a play on words but however one spells it, it's someone who either detests cats or has an abnormal fear of them.


To see all the limericks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100402_pf.html)--you may have to register.


Terrie
ElyseC
09-05-2006, 06:33 PM
Fabulous!! I needed a really good giggle right then! :D
dthomsen8
09-06-2006, 05:56 AM
To see all the limericks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100402_pf.html)--you may have to register.


Terrie

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http://www.bugmenot.com/

I think someone else posted this here earlier, but I don't remember who.
terrie
09-06-2006, 11:02 AM
elyse: Fabulous!! I needed a really good giggle right then!I thought they were sooo good...glad you enjoyed them...'-}}

Terrie
terrie
09-06-2006, 11:03 AM
dthomsen8: You don't have to register and get all that advertising that results from registering. Check this out:Yeah...I know about that but I wanted to warn people that they might not get directly to the link I cited...

Thanks...

Terrie