A very popular thread this, I note, though the Stales Index is "only" 0.16.

W.S. Gilbert (like Isaac Asimov, later) had something to say about limericks, too:

There once was a young man from Beeze
Who was stung in the neck by a wasp.
When asked "Does it hurt?"
He replied "No, it doesn't.
It would have been terrible if it had been a hornet."

Though Asimov was more appreciative of the form, and even publilshed a collection or five of 'em... [?white]