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Limerick Game: Drums
March 10, 2015, 15:06
bethree5Limerick Game: Drums
The new location, by request, is easy to rhyme! The town of
Drums is located in the northeast quadrant of Pa, near Hazelton, about 60 miles northwest of Allentown. Just another one of those odd-named PA towns.
March 10, 2015, 20:24
KallehThanks, Bethree! I'll think and get one to you shortly. What an interesting time that must have been when this village was founded. That's what I love about the East - such history.
March 11, 2015, 03:09
arniequote:
The village was originally named "Drum's" after the Drum family, whose members developed the village's first school, post office, hotels, churches, roads, and businesses. The apostrophe was eventually dropped. Family members held positions as pioneers, land developers, justices of the peace, postmasters, school presidents, educators, tailors, shoe makers, Lucerne County sheriff, hotel proprietors, lawyers, and Pennsylvania state legislators.[1] The founders of Drums were the Drum family
Were the members of the Drum family connected with the foundation of the town?
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.
March 11, 2015, 13:05
bethree5heh, heh. I'll leave the research to the curious. This is one of those postage-stamp-sized towns-- a road-sign-- on the path I used to take to pick up youngest in his skateboard-camp days
March 11, 2015, 13:24
<Proofreader>Which route number should we use? 360, 356,3034 or 3021? Once that decision is made, how do you know where you are?
March 11, 2015, 15:19
GeoffI hope Drums isn't one of those little radar trap towns. If it is, it's snare Drums.
March 11, 2015, 18:59
<Proofreader>I think they make Barbies there so it's the dolldrums.
March 12, 2015, 05:57
GeoffIs an Australian Barbie doll a cook?
March 13, 2015, 06:08
Greg Squote:
Is an Australian Barbie doll a cook?
Are us Aussies supposed to get this? I don't.
Regards Greg
March 13, 2015, 06:43
<Proofreader>Barbie = barbecue
March 13, 2015, 06:53
Greg Squote:
Barbie = barbecue
Thick as a brick.
Regards Greg
March 13, 2015, 13:40
arnieWouldn't Ken be the cook? It's usually a man cooking on a barbecue in my experience. Although Ken doesn't seem to have some male attributes, so maybe that makes a difference.
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.
quote:
.... Although Ken doesn't seem to have some male attributes, so maybe that makes a difference.
Maybe they melted off when he stood too close to Barbie.
March 13, 2015, 15:29
Greg SMine's in
Regards Greg
March 13, 2015, 20:20
Kallehquote:
Are us Aussies supposed to get this? I don't.
I didn't get it either, Greg, nor the explanation. We're both thick as bricks, I guess.
Mine's still in my brain, but it'll be out soon.
March 18, 2015, 00:32
Greg SSo how many Drums limericks have you collected to date Bethree5? How many more do you think you need?
Regards Greg
March 19, 2015, 09:04
bethree5harharhar
I love all the puns. What a nutty mental image I'm left with. Oh wait, someone's already done it for me: go to google images and search Barbie Q
Folks, we have four entries from three people. Please step up to the plate.
March 19, 2015, 18:16
GeoffI'm still trying to drum up a decent one.
March 22, 2015, 06:49
bethree5We have six. Could use one more. Here's the challenge: the "ums" words seem to impinge on that sort of punch and pizazz we often see here in LimLand. I'm going to give it another day or two & hope to come up with something punchy myself.
March 22, 2015, 20:17
KallehMine's
finally in.
March 22, 2015, 20:59
BobHaleSent a couple
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
March 23, 2015, 18:10
bethree5Thank you one & all, great turn-out!
I'm giving 24hr notice, just in case someone is just about turn in some deathless prose, er, limerick.
Will post poll Tuesday evening