On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 08:37:57AM +0000, Cliff Hones wrote: > Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > >> A twit hit a free software mailing list. > >> On censoring fortune he did insist. > >> ``Can't have limericks about ******* and *****!'' > >> A few clicks Googled him out a masochist! > > I don't think this is a limerick, though, which rather > spoils the joke. > > A limerick has 5 lines with a metre as follows: > > De dah dah de dah dah de dah > De dah dah de dah dah de dah > De dah dah dah dah > De dah dah dah dah > De dah dah de dah dah de dah
I read up on the history of limericks a few years ago, and the whole form is actually fairly new. IIRC, the now-standard 5 line presentation was preceeded by looser 4 or 5 line forms. But the above doesn't read well; perhaps: ``'Bout ******* and *****, can't have limericks!'' Googling soon found him to be a masochist. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
