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#105011 06/08/03 12:25 AM
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There was a young man from Calcutta,
Who coated his tonsils with butter.
He thus altered his speech
From a harsh, raucous screech
To a soft, oleaginous mutter.


#105012 06/08/03 06:53 AM
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And that's about the only "Calcutta" limerick fit to be posted here ...


#105013 06/08/03 10:34 AM
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Quite so, pfranz




#105014 06/11/03 02:51 AM
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Why are Calcutta limericks inherently bad??? What bad word rhymes with Calcutta???


#105015 06/11/03 11:18 AM
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Why are Calcutta limericks inherently bad??? What bad word rhymes with Calcutta???

in general they are so raunchy, that even in this day and age, you still haven't heard one, (and you most likely have heard many four letter words.

as for rhyming, does butter rhyme with calcutta? it did above! calcutta lends its self to 'flexible' rhymes..


#105016 06/11/03 12:36 PM
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calcutta lends its self to 'flexible' rhymes..

Especially as embraced by them non-rhotic types.


#105017 06/11/03 12:39 PM
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calcutta lends its self to 'flexible' rhymes..

Especially as embraced by them non-rhotic types.


wotsanah?


#105018 06/11/03 12:51 PM
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Just watch it contract and expand


Very good. God intended limericks should be bawdy.
Otherwise it's sacrilege.

k



#105019 06/11/03 03:43 PM
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calcutta lends its self to 'flexible' rhymes..

Especially as embraced by them non-rhotic types.

wotsanah?

Yeah, you, for example.


#105020 06/11/03 03:55 PM
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What really gets me is when one a them non-rhotic types *uses an r to indicate how they pronounce something.


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