Washington Post limerick winners

[psyktek]

Requirements: Use the words Lewinsky and Kaczynski in the same limerick
Third runner up:

There once was a gal named Lewinsky
Who played on a flute like Stravinsky
'Twas "Hail to the Chief" on this flute made of beef
That stole the front page from Kaczynski.

Second place tomorrow.

 

[Castaway]

Here are a few limericks not based on a phoney contest..

by Dan Brady

Oh how did that imbecile resident
Wind up selected as president?
With vocabulary crass
He sounds more like an ass
And nations worldwide they grow hesitant.

Bush and Cheney like what they see
Ashcroft's dissolution of our liberty
Their darkness now spans
Over various lands
And we've no where on Earth left to flee!

Oh Mr. B. just how did you pass
Through the Ivy League's posh business class?
With your brain out of gear
Its slipped down into your rear
Now you fart out your speeches of gas

It's the Bushies going back to Iraq
For bloodshed there'll be not a lack
To settle a score
For his pappy and more
And don't think that oil's like smack

Oh lets give big breaks to the rich
By the trillions you son of a bitch
And cut veteran's pay
And give forests away
And leave sick and dying to twitch

 

[Maggs44]

By Bruce Kohn

There once was a Prince from Wales
Who's ears were like a ship's sails
The inbreeding it shows
And everybody knows
That's why the Monarchy fails

 

[Lumberg]

Castaway: it's not a phony contest. There's a column in the washington post that regularly runs contests based on interesting uses of constructs in the english language.

 

[AVB]

This could get interesting. Sometimes the truth hurts.

 

[Lumberg]

Forgot to add, that first limerick was awesome. I've often toyed with the idea of entering one of those contests, and the results are usually spectacular.

 

[Castaway]

Castaway:  it's not a phony contest.  There's a column in the washington post that regularly runs contests based on interesting uses of constructs in the english language.

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The contest isn't phoney...it's famous. :thumbs:

Just show me the time that it was based on those two words... :whistling:

 

[Treamayne]

A quick search shows that this is not from the Style Invitational (it is attributed to various weeks in Jun and Jul 05). The Post's site shows the true contests from that time. Further searching shows that it may have been a contest held in Long Island (Content as early as Oct 04). I haven't got teh true source yet, but I did confirm it was not TWP.

In any case, it does not make them any less funny.....

 

[atuck]

Here are a few limericks not based on a phoney contest..

by Dan Brady

Oh how did that imbecile resident
Wind up selected as president?
With vocabulary crass
He sounds more like an ass
And nations worldwide they grow hesitant.

Bush and Cheney like what they see
Ashcroft's dissolution of our liberty
Their darkness now spans
Over various lands
And we've no where on Earth left to flee!

Oh Mr. B. just how did you pass
Through the Ivy League's posh business class?
With your brain out of gear
Its slipped down into your rear
Now you fart out your speeches of gas

It's the Bushies going back to Iraq
For bloodshed there'll be not a lack
To settle a score
For his pappy and more
And don't think that oil's like smack

Oh lets give big breaks to the rich
By the trillions you son of a bitch
And cut veteran's pay
And give forests away
And leave sick and dying to twitch

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Nice way to piss off those BOTLs with differing political opinions! :0

 

[Castaway]

Quote: "Nice way to piss off those BOTLs with differing political opinions!"

IMHO, the original post on this thread p!ssed off BOTLs. Fair and balanced, right?

 

[Lumberg]

Castaway and Tremayne--excellent work.

I enjoy reading the Style Invitational and the original limerick was funny.

So I guess psyktek got his sources confused?

And apologies for any unwoarranted criticism.

 

[atuck]

Quote: "Nice way to piss off those BOTLs with differing political opinions!"

IMHO, the original post on this thread p!ssed off BOTLs. Fair and balanced, right?

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Nah. The 1st one just referred to the Prez getting a hummer while yours called the Prez an SOB. Doesn't matter which party the Prez belongs to, I have utmost respect for the man in that position.

 

[AVB]

I thought the first one was funny and the others were true.......or do I have it backwards.

 

[sack]

enjoyed both posts, both presidents have endured a lot of grief! we do seem to enjoy bashing the other guy's pick for prez.