Since it's impossible to vote anonymously in Geoff's game, I've decided to help him out by posting this one for him. Cast your votes upon the water.
EDITED BY arnie to (hopefully) correct the problems earlier.
NOTE THE POLL HAS BEEN RESET SO IF YOU VOTED EARLIER YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN
Results (6 votes counted so far):
1 Heard tell of a Seymour from Seymour Whose landlady wanted to be more To Seymour than chopped liver, So she'd strip, all aquiver-- But to see more made Seymour want to flee more!
2 There once was a fellow of Seymour Who wanted his manhood to be more He sent for some potions Some ointments and lotions. Effective? They just made him pee more.
3 My grandpa named Seymour from Seymour Got glasses to see more and be more Attentive to driving; He's always conniving To flee from the "home" to be free more.
4 I thought to the trip there would be more And she'd pay attention to me more, But a week in her town Left me with a frown, And wanting to see less of Seymour!
5 My 80-old cousin from Seymour With Alzheimer's just couldn't be more Confused and befuddled, Cous Seymour's all muddled, "I'm Seymour from Seymour!" And he roar!
6 When I moved to Chicago from Seymour, I thought, "Which local team should I be for? The Cubs and the Sox Are such miserable flops. You despise them? I couldn't agree more."
7 There once was a fellow from Seymour, A Hoosier, who just couldn't be more Sexy and handsome; I'd pay a big ransom To be with my darling, Mi Amour.
8 There's a window we peek in in Seymour In the hope a young lady will free more Of the goods God endowed And which pleases the crowd Of admirers, climbing her tree more.
Well, heck. You forgot my favorite of the three I wrote. So here it is:
My grandpa named Seymour from Seymour Got glasses to see more and be more Attentive to driving; He's always conniving To flee from the "home" to be free more.
Geoff, mine being missing was my fault and not yours. I am sorry about that. I had sent Geoff three different limericks in three different places, thus creating confusion. I usually only send one limerick for these games so I was new at that.
Mine was one of the zero votes getters in No. 4. Something tells me that No. 2 is the work of Proofreader or Bob Hale, both tending towards the blue side, and always with perfect rhyme and meter, and never failing to make you smile.
I just learned, thanks to the tornado reports on the TV, that there's a town called Oolitic here in Indiana. Had I known, I would have chosen it instead of Seymour. "Eggrock" is a strange name for a town, but it's named for the oolitic limestone quarry nearby. It's where the stone for the Empire State Building in New York came from.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
it's named for the oolitic limestone quarry nearby. It's where the stone for the Empire State Building in New York came from.
Cross-threading, the Isle of Portland is also well-known for oolitic limestone. It provided the stone for the UN building in New York, among other famous buildings, such as St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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.