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As promised, the Galena limericks. Be lenient about the rhyming as I neglected to post how it is pronounced (though I suppose you could have looked it up. Wink)

Also, some of you left instructions. If I messed them up, I am sorry!

If you get confused about the numbers, just count the limericks. I like the polls because quickly you can see which one gets the most votes. Feel free to still discuss them!

Now - VOTE!

Question:
1. I met my true love, Philomena,
In the beautiful city, Galena.
She's really a cutie,
An absolute beauty,
But - she laughs like a laughing hyena!

2. A young man who lives in Galena
Was recently served a subpoena
For getting quite drunk
And spewing his spunk
In a too tipsy teen called Katrina

3. Fat Freddy lives in Galena
With too skinny sister Serena
Freddy's quite rude
He gobbles her food
Leaving her scraps of Farina*

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farina_(food)

4. A boy soprano who came to Galena
Said “In Italia, once I have been a
Superstar of the stage
Until thanks to my age
My voice, she is broke-a mid- scene-a”

5. High up in the sky I have seen a
UFO with a pilot quite green, a
Creature from space
Who has come to this place
To visit us here in Galena.

6. (And just in case it is ga-LAY-na…

In my back I have rather a pain, a
Sort of stabbing again and again, a
Quick look here behind
And what do I find
An assassin who came from Galena.

7. I've heard of a girl from Galena.
Who lives in a patch of Verbena*
I've been told she's a pip
From her head to her hip
But I can't say for sure - never seena.

*https://www.gardendesign.com/annuals/verbena.html

8. At the Orthodox Church in Galena
I married exotic Irina
But I can't shake the fear
She will just disappear.
I can't find her - has anyone seena?

9. Said a lady who lives in Galena
"I survived Hurrican-e Katrina
But I'm old and can't eat
'Cause I've lost all my teet'
So I nibble all day on farina.

Choices:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

 

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Sorry - I was editing it as you were reading it apparently. The author wanted me to insert a URL, but I can't find that it's possible in the answers part; only in the questions part. So - I added an asterisk.
 
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No problem. I deleted my question when I noticed you had fixed it
A surprisong number of good entries - though most resort to adding random girls' names for the rhyme. Big Grin


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What's a random girl, Bob? Perhaps a nod to Hab, who loves Broadway musicals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xfaaLzgRQI

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So many that made me smile - I had to find excuses to downrate one or another. Mostly it's for extra or missing syllables that disrupt the rhythm. I made 2 a cut above because of the alliteration.
 
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I loved some of the rhymes!
 
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No more votes? Are we all just sitting around awaiting WWIII?
 
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Originally posted by Geoff:
No more votes? Are we all just sitting around awaiting WWIII?

Wait no longer. It's one of my favourite metal albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKp_kPN7rus


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Wellllll.... it certainly is noisy! I think I'll stick to Brahms and Borodin. Big Grin
 
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Originally posted by Geoff:
Wellllll.... it certainly is noisy! I think I'll stick to Brahms and Borodin. Big Grin


Not a metal fan then. Big Grin


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Five votes? That's all? How many submitted limericks, Kalleh?
 
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Can we please not focus on how few people are here?

Here are the limerick writers:

1. Kalleh
2. Geoff
3. Geoff
4. Bob
5. Bob
6. Bob
7. Hab
8. Hab
9. Hab

Geoff won!!! Take it away! Big Grin
 
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Disappointed not to get any vote for 4. Maybe it’s one of those you need to hear


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Disappointed not to get any vote for 4. Maybe it’s one of those you need to hear
You're right, Bob, saying it in a faux- Italian voice brings out the humour. So, take one of my votes, then we'll have one each. Is that democratic or what? Uh, no it's Marxian! (Groucho)
 
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The only issue for 4 was the rhythm - extra syllable in line 1, for example. Excellent concept, but a fractional-point deduction for execution.
 
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The only issue for 4 was the rhythm - extra syllable in line 1, for example. Excellent concept, but a fractional-point deduction for execution.


That's why I say you need to hear it... done in the kind of Italian accent you might have heard in a seventies sit-com it works.


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I just loved the rhymes in #2. I think sometimes they just sing to you - and sometimes they don't (even though they do to others).

As far as the meter, if they sing to you, you can often make them work, though not always. I agree, Hab, that meter is important.
 
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I'll post a new location later today, once I can remember where I am right now. Senility stinques!
 
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