With the demise of Word of the Week, I promised to try something else. I have decided to buy into the 'Web 2' philosophy a bit more, and thought it would be a fun experiment to have a limerick contest.
Well, it's not really a contest, but those of you familiar with ISIHAC will get this one straight off. I provide an opening line to a limerick, and then up to for of you (that's probably two goes each, then) write subsequent lines, in the comments.
The form of a limerick (surely you both know this?) is that lines 1, 2 and five rhyme, and are 7 - ten syllables. Lines three and four rhyme with each other, and are shorter, usually only 5 to seven syllables. The length of the lines may, occasionally, be altered for comic effect, but the rhyming (AABBA) is of utmost importance and it's good to try to maintain the beat and scansion.
Try to keep it clean (implication is often far funnier than explicit obscenity), have fun, and if it's successful I'll make it a regular feature. In the case of multiple entries for a single line, I am the sole judge and arbiter, but I'm quite willing to have complete, alternate versions.
To kick off, try this opening line:
A brilliant young scientist called Max
Comments
Cloned genes using BACs, PACs and YACs
Posted by: Whiffling poetically | May 5, 2007 12:18 AM
His profligate style
Posted by: BK | May 7, 2007 09:20 AM
A brilliant young scientist called Max,
Finds a female partner he lacks,
Says he "I'll clone perfection,
Beyond natural selection,
I've a gene library here, in my slacks."
Posted by: P.W. Wig | May 8, 2007 10:40 AM
Ha ha! Splendid! Just when I thought no one could be arsed, we have a winner. Strictly speaking it's cheating, but hey.
(And is it worth me coming up with another starter for this Friday?)
Posted by: BK | May 8, 2007 11:08 AM