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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Limericks (A.T. from Purdue, please read)
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Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 13:18:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  6 13:18:09 1984
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> Subject: LimerickSubject: Limerick
> Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., IN

> Here are a few limericks, some of which may be well known.

> For those who are a little conversant with relativity theory:

> There was once a fellow named Fisk
> Whose fencing was exceedingly brisk
> So fast was his action
> That the Fitzgerald contraction
> Reduced his rapier to a disk.
 
{This limerick is printed unroted for purposes of discussion only}

> There once was a fellow named Lancelot,
> Upon whom the neighbors looked askance a lot,
> For whenever he'd pass
> A presentable lass
> The front of his pants would advance a lot.

Here is the something said three different ways; hopefully it's clear.

A physicist from the Midwest
Writes verses, but not of the best.
 He'd find they are neater
 If written with meter;
He should go and look up "anapest".

A limerick, polished and neat
Has thirteen anapestical feet.
 Two in lines three and four,
 And only one more
Makes lines one, two and five all complete.

A limerick gallops along
With a rhythm you mustn't get wrong.
 This fact, although true,
 Isn't taught at Purdue.
They should teach them "two shorts, then a long".