Mt Whitney Zone Forums The Chat Room "Attitude" Sickness Halted Denali Climber

<eyebrow raised>

I'll give Bulldog the limerick prize, but feel obligated to have a go, even sans alcohol. Thumbing my nose at English teachers everywhere...

Her origins may have been Croat
And Denali she did have a go at
But she turned tail early
And acted so surly
That her people barbs like to throw at

Like I said - not going there. SO not going there . . .


<slinking into the shadows, baleful, puppy-dog-eyed glance over the shoulder>

Sweet, Alan - 'Tude and wagga too! Creative folks on The Zone. There's no competition, and definitely no prize, just fun - hell, we've barely begun. Bee hasn't weighed in yet! Let wagga think about it some more and he'll have us ROFLOAOing. $20 says he somehow works Ella's Pink Lady into it . . .

Ah! Limericks.

1) The Shark Tank has a contributor (O2BIrish) who posts a clever lim most every day in the comments. It's IT humor, & kinda inbred (ingrown?). unkk posts haikus also. http://blogs.computerworld.com/sharky

2) I have THE book of dirty lims. Can't post any here.

3) OEDILF. Google it.

4) Easy way to remember the limerick syllable structure:

"
Limerick Limerick Limerick
Limerick Limerick Limerick
Limerick Limerick
Limerick Limerick
Limerick Limerick Limerick
"

And the rhyme is "AABBA"

Guess you're just getting warmed up, huh? Keeping us waiting with bated breath. No pressure, wagga . . .

And I always liked AABBA. "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo" were my favorites. The blonde was cute!

There once was a girl up so high,
Whose feet soon began to fry.
So she sat on her duff,
And raised quite a huff,
And we all roll eyes and deep sigh.

For the Croat on Denali, my advice,
Despite your not seeming quite nice.
A page you should choose
From the Book Of The Moose:
Before you cry "Mommy!", think twice!

It would be a lot easier if she were from Nantucket.

Mike, I thought the same exact thing.

"For the Croat on Denali, my advice"

Bulldog, forgive me, but I made some small tweaks to your excellent lim, tried to send a PM, but your box thingie is full. Please advise.

You mean you have to actually maintain these PM inbox thingies?! NOW, someone tells me! Guess I'll have to hire some high-falutin' IT guy for that!

Should have room now. Try 'er again.

Once a climber they call Luca-Mrden
Was Denali Park's rescuing burden.
EMT's said she's fine.
She just sat there to whine.
"She's a pain!" all their guides were assertin'.

When they brought her back down, they said, "Geez!
She won't pay any penalty fees?
Stick her back on the chopper!
Let's go back and drop 'er
And let her just sit there and freeze!"

Just a note:

O2BIrish is pretty much of a celebrity at the Shark Tank. Every day, without fail, he posts an appropriate lim within minutes of the Tank post. And he won the Ebert limerick contest, too!.

So pitch him some good first lines, and watch for fireworks.

He also admits to having summited a mountain.