I confess that I am an offender And mixed groups to "guys" I might render. But it's not so absurd Since there isn't a word You can use for a group of mixed gender.
Richard English
December 23, 2007, 12:10
jerry thomas
In the language of South USA It's obvious they've found a way. When they want to call On a group they say "Y'all" Which might be the standard some day.
December 23, 2007, 19:12
Kalleh
Dear Pearce,
We here in the U.S. of A. Use the term for both genders today. While Oxford agrees That "guys" are just "hes," AHD says it works either way.
December 23, 2007, 19:36
Seanahan
In Texas, there is now a trend to use y'all to mean a smallish group, and "all y'all" to mean a larger group. Currently, there appears to be no rhyme or reason to the usage of these, as some people only use "y'all", and others use "y'all" in the singular sense. I've walked into a store, and been greeted with "How y'all doing tonight?" I glanced around me to see the other people I had walked in with, but I was alone. It was very strange.
December 24, 2007, 18:55
Kalleh
I often travel in the south, and I am quite familiar witht "y'all," used either for a group or in a singular sense. However, I've not heard "all y'all." Interesting!
December 24, 2007, 19:06
jerry thomas
I've also heard "Y'all boys."
December 26, 2007, 18:20
jerry thomas
quote:
"How y'all doing tonight?" I glanced around me to see the other people I had walked in with, but I was alone. It was very strange.
The inquiry was probably about your family, as in "How's all your folks?"
December 26, 2007, 18:41
Seanahan
quote:
Originally posted by jerry thomas:
quote:
"How y'all doing tonight?" I glanced around me to see the other people I had walked in with, but I was alone. It was very strange.
The inquiry was probably about your family, as in "How's all your folks?"
It was a random sales clerk at a department store whom I'd never met before. If it had been a close friend, perhaps they would be inquiring about my family, but that seems terribly unlikely in this case.
October 08, 2008, 20:30
Kalleh
thread revived, with apologies to our limerick-haters and sports-haters...
Lament to the Cubs
They pitched like first graders in school, Their errors and their defense? Not cool! Then they swung those big bats With the power of gnats. They made us all feel like a fool!
In October as usual we're through, That's thanks to the Cubs and their Lou. We fans are all crying, Though many are buying Our tickets for next year's debut!
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October 09, 2008, 00:18
Richard English
So who is this strange-sounding "cub"? Is it tiger or maybe lion sub? Ah! I see it's a team And it seems that their theme Is rounders. They're some strange ball-game club.
Richard English
October 09, 2008, 06:01
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They’re a team that can make you tear hair And all winter-long sit back and stare. Yet imagine the spring And the hope it will bring That your Cubs will grow into a Bear.
October 09, 2008, 10:47
Myth Jellies
Our Chicagoans sigh in despair No pennants will flap in the air And as any sow knows While gestating 'neath snows Nine Cubs are just too much to bear
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
October 09, 2008, 20:24
Kalleh
'Tis amazing what lim'ricks can do When you're down and you're feeling so blue. They'll help me to grin, When my patience is thin. With the Cubs, though, I think that I'm through!
October 11, 2008, 19:10
Kalleh
A Tribune reader wrote this:
Top 10 reasons why it's good the Cubs went out in the first round of the playoffs:
1) Fewer hangovers
2) Good practice for next year's letdown
3) May get back the $500 I spent on a future playoff ticket
4) Can finish those reports that were due at the end of September
5) Our favorite players have more time to spend their money
6) We will not make nine errors in a game
7) I won't be wearing my Cubs T-shirt to any more dinner parties
8) Can redirect our booing to Kyle Orton (A Chicago Bears player)
9) We don't want to be associated with the losers who only won one World Series
10) Our new goal: 200 years
April 19, 2009, 19:19
TrossL
What's up with this thread? Are you through Writing limericks for fun? That won't do! Half a year is too long-- What the hell has gone wrong With you folks? Start submitting anew!
April 19, 2009, 19:31
Kalleh
Our game, my dear dame, provides same. We aim for fun limericks (not tame!). We write about places And many are aces, Though mine I proclaim are quite lame.
We do need some more limericks, I agree! And how about a few double dactyls?!
May 02, 2009, 22:19
Kalleh
These are 4 limericks I recently wrote for book chapters I've submitted for publication. I was pleasantly surprised at the editors' positive responses:
1) chapter on the approval of nursing programs:
An approval at state boards of nursing Takes a careful review and conversing On the health of the school And meeting each rule. And that's what this chapter's rehearsing!
2) chapter on interprofessional collaboration:
Since nursing's a teamwork vocation With science and art its foundation, Is it too much to ask In this admirable task That we focus on collaboration?
3) chapter on regulatory perspective on nursing education:
While planning for course innovation, Our mantra for nurse education Is, "Please be aware That face-to-face care Is vital for nurses' formation."
4) chapter on transition to practice:
In nursing let's bring to fruition A standardized course to transition New nurses to practice, Like docs, cuz the fact is, It's a safety, no-brainer position!
May 03, 2009, 07:58
Frank Hubeny
Here's a limerick to help prime the pump on this thread. The game referred to below is Monopoly in case anyone doesn't know.
Weath Redistribution Upward
Buying Boardwalk then Park Place again Made them fear that once more I would win. I made loans just for fun Knowing soon everyone Would lose all and that all I'd take in.
May 03, 2009, 20:28
Kalleh
Great, Frank! It has been far to long!
The funny part is that I've met Wordcrafters from as far as New Zealand, England, Hawaii, and yet I've never met you. We must be 10 miles from each other!
May 04, 2009, 10:19
wordmatic
Have just written quite a lame one for your birthday today, TrossL. Hoping others will jump into the Community forum and leave their own, far superior, contributions to alleviate your limerick hunger on a day on which you are entitled to anything you want!
Have a happy!
WM
May 04, 2009, 13:06
<Proofreader>
/Don't forget Limerick Game: Boulder (formerly Wongson). I'm still on the lookout for lims to fill out the category.
May 04, 2009, 19:17
wordmatic
I'll send you one tomorrow, Proof. I'm fading fast at this point!
Wordmatic, usually more of a night owl
May 05, 2009, 16:01
Frank Hubeny
quote:
Originally posted by Kalleh: The funny part is that I've met Wordcrafters from as far as New Zealand, England, Hawaii, and yet I've never met you. We must be 10 miles from each other!
Actually, Kalleh, we are probably less than 5 miles apart. 10 miles would get me into Evanston. One day...anyway, here's another limerick:
How to Properly Consume Them
Creepy monsters with hair head to feet Are delicious. Some like theirs made sweet, So with suger they're spoiled After being well-boiled, But quite raw they're far better to eat.
May 05, 2009, 17:16
<Proofreader>
How To Properly Cook Them
You must first smear your monster with soil From a grave, mixed with mashed Olive Oyl. Then it’s covered with worms (Making sure each one squirms) And then cooked till you smell the meat spoil.
May 05, 2009, 20:21
Frank Hubeny
Yummy
Noisy worms help the monster decay And they're tasty with salt, by the way. I could eat the whole lot, All the monster has got, But I'd share some with you any day.
May 05, 2009, 21:04
Kalleh
One day...anyway, here's another limerick:
Some day I'm gonna meet Franky, Perhaps at that mall that's so swanky. Or share a few puns at My favorite store Sunset. Or bowling where surely I'll spank ye!
[The fact is, my bowling is really quite woeful!]
May 09, 2009, 10:22
Frank Hubeny
quote:
Originally posted by Kalleh: My favorite store Sunset.
There's a Sunset store downtown Northbrook that I walk by every now and then. Perhaps we have passed each other on the street?
I hear the stock market is rising fast. I guess it likes a recession. Here's a limerick in it's honor.
A Bear Watching a Bull Explode
I see that the market can't stop Going up till it hits a new top. There's still cash on the side And my own wants to hide Fearing bulls when exhausted must drop.
May 09, 2009, 22:20
Kalleh
Speaking of bulls...
Our Chicago Bulls basketball team Has caused our poor Kalleh to scream! They lost to the Celtics, In fact they were "meltics," Cuz they started so well, but lost steam!
We probably haven't met at Sunset because the one I frequent (and I was there today) is in Highland Park.
May 10, 2009, 11:59
TrossL
This thread's blooming again, that was aim Of my prodding. Though it's not the same As it was in years past, When we all had a blast... Yup, the Bulls sure did suck that last game!
May 10, 2009, 20:32
Kalleh
Oh TrossL, now don't be so down; My lips are beginning to frown. We've lost our dear CJ Who served as our DJ, And rewarded us all with a crown.
But still we have plenty of fun And certainly can't be outdone By a site about lim'ricks [That sometimes are dim dicks ]. Though we miss that old son of a gun!
May 11, 2009, 06:17
<Proofreader>
When the Red Sox said goodby to Manny, No one knew he took juice in the can. He Said he’d give a whirl To some stuff for a girl. Is he now baseball’s very first tranny?
May 12, 2009, 03:43
arnie
Jerry loved to smoke the weed; Mary Jane made him feel freed. One day I saw him eat his joint, I asked him, "What's the point?" He said: "Smoking's bad for you, I read."
EDIT: I should say that this is not original. I saw a limerick somewhere with basically the same lines on which I've based this version.This message has been edited. Last edited by: arnie,
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
May 12, 2009, 10:27
Kalleh
We all know that Jerry liked grass, And on Wordcraft he also liked sass. His lims were so funny, Delightful and punny. And on women he loved a great ass!
May 13, 2009, 08:12
Frank Hubeny
I am not sure if this relates to anything that has been previously posted, but if you smoke enough weed, connections might come to consciousness.
The Witch, the Princess and Their Frog
A witch turned him into a frog. Then a princess found him on a log And she gave him a kiss With her puffy lips. This Was too hot to record in his blog.
May 16, 2009, 14:24
<Proofreader>
A Tribute To Colorado
One day in the mountain town Aspen, I said to the girl I was graspen, "You’re moaning like sin, Yet I’m not even in.” “This thin air is the reason I’m gaspen.”
May 19, 2009, 10:45
Frank Hubeny
Fantasy While She Passes My Table at the Bon Jour Cafe
Her skirt keeps her hips well concealed, But her knees and her thighs are revealed. In the spring when lust flows, A breeze blows, her skirt goes Showing fruit the wind goddess has pealed.
May 19, 2009, 10:51
<Proofreader>
Fantasy While She Waits On My Table at the Bon Jour Cafe
My server had hands more like mitts And her skirt round a beer barrel flits. She’d a face like a horse And her language was coarse-- Thank God she had beautiful tits.
May 19, 2009, 19:56
Frank Hubeny
Watching My Waitress at the Bon Jour Cafe
She brings pastries and croissants to eat While fat pigeons peck food at my feet Seeking crumbs out of love I might drop from above Like I search for her smile when we greet.
May 19, 2009, 20:15
Kalleh
Loving My Waiter!
He brings me my water with verve; To him it's an honor to serve. He's always right there, ("I'll straighten your chair.") I wish I could kiss him...no nerve!
May 20, 2009, 05:48
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Questions on my waitress's gender
Her manners don’t go with her job. There’s drool on her chin. What a slob! On her shoulder’s a chip So no one leaves a tip. And she says, “Not Roberta -- I’m Bob.”
Well, that thought made me spit out my egg. And I saw Bob had quite a nice leg But ‘twas only the right (The left was quite a sight Since it’s wooden --a fine pirate’s peg).
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May 20, 2009, 10:58
Frank Hubeny
Appreciating the Coffee and Service
The coffee she's serving me could Make me fantasize more than I should. Waiting hot, like her lips And that wave of her hips, And I'm sure she would be just as good.
May 20, 2009, 12:25
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Why You Should Ask For Directions
Are you sure we are in the same place? Cause the waitstaff in here’s a disgrace. My ardor is meltin’; She looks like Red Skelton Or a creature from deep outer space.
May 20, 2009, 13:55
Frank Hubeny
Attention to the Mind's Outside
When you look what you see is inside And your mind is a wild place to hide. In her mind, should she care That you can't help but stare? "So do you want it scrambled or fried?"This message has been edited. Last edited by: Frank Hubeny,
May 20, 2009, 14:11
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On An Active Sex Life
In my life, I have got a few whacks When I said, "let me check out your cracks." And I once ran and hid When this cute buxom kid Went inside and returned with an ax.
May 21, 2009, 13:33
Frank Hubeny
The Lady and the Ax
There once was a lady named Jane With an ax in her hand. For your pain, Should you get her in bed, That ax goes through your head. She likes guys who have got half a brain.
May 21, 2009, 13:56
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On A Fall River Massacre
Not Jane with the ax. That was Lizzie Whose spree set her town in a tizzy. She had picked up her ax, Gave her folks many whacks And went into the barn to look busy.
May 21, 2009, 19:03
Frank Hubeny
Barnyard Fun
Near a barn there is plenty to do, All those horses and sheep to go through, But sweet Lizzie and Bill Loved the hayloft until Both their spouses thought they'd get some too.
May 25, 2009, 18:36
Frank Hubeny
Susan Boyle
With eight notes her new fame is complete. Her full voice lifts the crowd to its feet Overawed. On that stage She's the equal of Paige With whom few thought she ought to complete.
To my niece, who's as cute as a bee's knees, Vent instroctions: "No sex. You must sqveeze knees." I was shocked ven she said, "I chust luff men in bed. Vat I do vit a man is my beezneez."
May 26, 2009, 17:00
Frank Hubeny
From One Generation to the Next
My niece doesn't do what I say-- Nor my nephew who's long gone astray. And my kids have forgot If I taught them or not And my wife says it's better that way.