The reptile known as the Five-Lined Skink is silent, but not as covert as you'd think. From the front end it blends, but its bright blue back end catches the eye no matter how slowly it slinks.
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Category Archives: Limerick
Traveling Salesman Limerick
A man who sold marital aids door to door heard from a husband in an uproar. "An 'aid' for whom? It can't be the groom. Your product has three speeds, so I now need four."
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Duty-Free Limerick
There once was a lazy sales clerk who didn’t want clients to think her a jerk. The solution, you see, was the airport duty-free, where there’d be no obligation to work. [And the salary would be a nice perq.]
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Limerick of Confucius
The great Chinese philosopher Confucius wrote in maxims to avoid being circumlocutious. [That's a word that absurdly describes being wordy.] Be like Confucius, not like this verbose doofus.
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Hannah Arendt Limerick
The philosopher Hannah Arendt said, don't define us by how we make rent. like Dopey and Sneezy and George's wife "Weezy" one should be known for how public time is spent.
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Idealist Limerick
The philosopher known as George Berkeley denied the existence of all matter, curtly. Still, when he wanted pie, he wouldn't be denied, but made sure he ate it covertly.
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Jung Limerick
There was a psychiatrist named Jung who thought the Unconscious was far-flung -- like Sandman's "The Dreaming" that you've seen on streaming: farfetched and fictional -- with heroes, unsung.
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Freud Limerick
There once was a psychiatrist named Freud who thought all were obsessed with filling a void... a void in the pants! Though some looked askance, and those whose cigars weren't cigars were annoyed.
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Estonia Limerick
There was a soft-spoken jeweler from Estonia who often worked in cubic zirconia. He'd never tell a lie, but came across quite shy, Some thought they'd got the best deal in Estonia.
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Ikkyū Limerick
There was a Zen master named Ikkyū who was thought by many to be cuckoo. He'd allow a toot on his very own flute. Which was unbecoming of flutists (& monks, too.)
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