Excellent, creative rhyming, and a goodly dollop of naughtiness. Well done, people! Cast your votes.<OL TYPE=1><LI>If by chance you should visit Tunisia<BR>You might opt for some good anesthesia.<BR>And if your body flirts<BR>With a case of the squirts,<BR>Best you bring a whole case of Magnesia.<BR><BR><LI>There once was a woman named Eunice,<BR>An Arab...and true opportunist.<BR>She'd dress up all chic<BR>And vamp every Sheik,<BR>Becoming the sex Queen of Tunis!<BR><BR><LI> A purveyor of drinks from Tunisia<BR>Found his customers wanted them fizzier.<BR>So he laced all his brews<BR>With some illicit booze -<BR>Now he's finding that trade is much busier.<BR><BR><LI> The hot sandstorms that blanket Tunisia<BR>Follow cold nights quite likely to freeze ya.<BR>Their harissa’s hot burn<BR>Causes stomachs to churn,<BR>And the women are not apt to please ya.<BR><BR><LI> Said the careless young girl from Tunisia,<BR>"I fear I've been rather remiss here.<BR>Now we've had it away,<BR>I ought just to say,<BR>I expected us only to kiss here."<BR><BR><LI> Ulysses was raised in Tunisia<BR>And over time the young man grew sissier.<BR>He went under the knife<BR>For a new lease on life -<BR>And now she is known as Ulyssia!<BR><BR><LI> A callow young youth from Tunisia<BR>Asked his girl, "Please tell me, what's this here?"<BR>Said she, "I'll be kind<BR>And you'll surely find<BR>It'll give you a state of pure bliss here".<BR><BR><LI> A Berberic bawd name o’ Yoo-nis<BR>Was a fave of Phoenicians in Tew-nis<BR>On the docks in the Babel<BR>She’d hand out her tabble<BR>Inscribed with the price of her queue-nis.</OL>12345678

It seems as though there are almost as many different pronunciations of "Tunisia" as competitors! Makes it a bit hard to judge.

Maybe we should have stuck with "Tunis" after all

I don't think the different pronunciations matter. They just make the whole thing more creative. One of the most creative we've had.

Agreed, Bob. It was creative and made me realize that I go for easy rhyming too much. Plus, I think it is great that so many different people got votes!

Well done, my friends. The authors are

1&4. Proofreader
2. Kalleh
3. Guy Barry
5&7. Richard E (I particularly liked 7)
6. Greg S
8. bethree5

We have a tie between ##6 and 8, so I get to be the tiebreaker. I laughed out loud when I saw the last rhyme of #6, and I have a bias in favor of all things Australian. Besides, Australia must have scads of great place names.

So Greg, could you do the honors for the next round?

There was a young man from Australia
Who painted his ass like a dahlia.
The colour was fine;
Likewise the design.
The aroma? Ah, that was a failia.

Bob didn't have one? That's odd.

Bethree, it is great to see you here again!

Congrats to you, Greg! I got zero votes, but who's counting?

I'm glad I made you laugh, Shu. That's about the best compliment anyone can give a limerick.

I will Post a new game shortly.

I would have voted for Greg's had it not been for a technicality; the second line doesn't scan. "Over time the young fellow grew sissier" would have been better, I think. However I agree that it was the funniest!

I was genuinely surprised by the variety of pronunciations on offer. Even after checking the online dictionaries I'm not sure what the standard pronunciation is: it seems to be (roughly) too-NEE-zhuh in the US and tyoo-NIZZ-ee-uh in the UK, but there seem to be plenty of variants on both sides of the Atlantic (not to mention Australia!). Both Richard's and Greg's entries used something close to tyoo-NISS-ee-uh, which is slightly different from the way I say it.

Looking forward to Greg's game!

New game has been posted.

A postscript from the loser: I too voted for Greg's (tho I agree w/Guy, the 2nd-line 'and' should come out). Thought at first it didn't rhyme til I re-read it w/a gecko accent