LIMERICKS

These poems provide examples of limericks.

A staid schizophrenic named Struther,
When told of the death of his brother,
    Said: "Yes, I am sad;
    It makes me feel bad,
But then, I still have each other."
                      -- Anonymous

Because the clever humor of limericks make them a highly popular form of verse, they are subject to wide oral circulation, in which process their authorship often becomes unknown.

There was a young lady named Bright,
Who traveled much faster than light.
    She started one day
    In the relative way,
And returned on the previous night.
                      -- Anonymous

A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot,
    Said the two to the tutor,
    "Is it harder to toot or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
                      -- Anonymous

There was a young lady of Lynn
Who was so uncommonly thin
    That when she essayed
    To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.
                      -- Anonymous