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Created on: March 09, 2009
THE LIMERICK
It's a verse that is bawdy in jest
Written foully and part anapest
You may keep the meter
But say the word peter
And your article's under arrest
For this Site will condone not one word
With four letters that speaks of the BIRD
So put down your digit
Do not * but PORK Bridget
Yes, such censure is surely absurd
Darn, this circumlocution is odd
For the CONTENT still reeks of a BAWD
But the four letter word
Will remain as unheard
And our HELIUM censors as GOD
It's a FAMILY site don't you know
You can STILL say dumb WHORE and HOE
But say the word *
And you're sure out of luck
I don't get it but maybe I'm SLOW!
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Poetry: Limericks
AN UNLIKELY LIMERICK
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Most limericks aim for the mark -
Something bawdy, just for a lark.
But I thought
I once knew a girl in Mahon,
Whose trousers she could NOT get on.
Though her struggle was great -
Twas superfluous weight,
But
THE LIMERICK
It's a verse that is bawdy in jest
Written foully and part anapest
You may keep the meter
But say the word peter
And
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