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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: except when overwrought #158674 04/20/06 09:32 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 A wordtsmith replies... When a limerick’s made like a blade to be Both well-wrought and sharp-edged it may be funny ~ So opines dear Ron O., And he surely should know: He’s the master of careful wrought irony! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Double dactyl #158675 04/20/06 12:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Limerick Schmimerick My only problem with Doctor von Work Is his use of DE: Germany? Delaware? Ungeographical, Imprecise -- Look at his profile, hee-hee. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Huh?! #158676 04/20/06 12:57 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: A wordtsmith replies... When a limerick’s made like a blade to be Both well-wrought and sharp-edged it may be funny ~ So opines dear Ron O., And he surely should know: He’s the master of careful wrought irony! Dear maverick, I need new glasses or either your scansion sucks, one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: intensional irony?! #158677 04/21/06 11:05 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > your scansion sucks, one Ahem, the subject’s wrought irony. Oh sorry, I forgot you’re American. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: intensional irony?! #158678 04/21/06 11:08 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City irony<< It's not that, it's that sucking one leads to harder . . . nevermind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another pestic #158679 04/21/06 11:17 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 When I offered a fitting light verse Betsy boasts that my scansion’s far worse Than the structure permits: I admit, the shoe fits, But the money-shot’s all in the way you make the final line hold the purse! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another pestic #158680 04/21/06 11:26 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City >>Limericks: BASIC Rules<< Oh | My | God!!!!!! "BASIC" What's this, PhD territory? Quick, call Windsor, call Windsor! I need to a p o l o g i z e !!!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another pestic #158681 04/21/06 12:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Higglebum snigglebum DoctorWork, stranger here, Uncompromisingly Shuns his TV Anna and Maverick limerickistically Welcome good DoctorWork, Debate iron-y Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,364 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 635 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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