Since I'm poor with limericks, I've decided to throw out this guy's name and see what you GOOD limerick crafters might do with him. And who was our hero? Look him up, have a good laugh, and get crative!http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_212b.html

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Hmmm, interesting, Asa.

The problem is, we're not on the "C's" yet.

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http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_212b.html

Very interesting site - LOL. Hasn't Shu written our limerick about this yet??? Seems like it's right up his alley.

"Renaldus Columbus of Padua" sounds like the title to a Gilbert and Sullivan song - sooooo mellifluous - yet I seem not to have rubbed anyone the right way, not to have stimulated anyone to pleasure with this. (Sigh...)

Sounds better in the original Italian: Matteo Realdo Colombo da Padua. Concerning the pronunciation of clitoris, I note three in the American-Heritage dictionary, though I, personally, have never heard the third one. Maybe we should have a poll ...

The article in the Online Etymology Dictionary is quite amusing, too.

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That's strange, arnie, your link takes me to the one I referred to!

Now, where's my bloomin' limerick!!!

Hello everyone. Interesting topic and a fitting one to break my virginity here, so to speak. No limerick I'm afraid, but may I offer:

Bellyhoo ballyhoo
Renaldus Columbus
studied anatomy,
tempting success.

Somewhat befuddled, though,
gynaecologically,
he cried "eureka", then
she asked redress.

Asa,

Whoops! It looks like I copied/pasted the link from the wrong browser window! I've edited by earlier post to give the correct link.

Welcome, braket! Another Aussie, I see. Doubly welcome!

Nice poem!

Good job, Bracket! Glad to have you with us!

Thanks, arnie, for the stimulating link!

Welcome aboard, braket.

And thanks for the contribution.

Here's my attempt. It "needs a little work," I fear.

Glittery clittery
Renaldus Columbus
Eloquent searcher
Explorer so bold!

First time in history
Solved a great mystery
prestidigitally
Found it and TOLD !!

Welcome, Braket...and with a double dactyl, too! We have had several DD threads, so you've definitely hit a Wordcraft nerve!

And an Aussie, too. I am in Wordcraft heaven!

P.S. Great DDs Braket and Jerry!

Renaldo Columbo da Padua,
Explorer of fame and of wit,
Observed the confluence of labia
And exclaimed, "I've discovered The clit!"

Renaldo Columbo da Padua,
Silly man that he was, simple twit,
Never asked of a dame,
"When it's rubbed, do you flame?"
While for eons girls knew that was it!

Renaldo Columbo da Padua,
Listened not to a living female,
But after she'd died,
In her privates he pried,
These days that would land him in jail!

Renaldo Columbo da Padua,
Was succeeded by Doctor Fallopius
Who examined more dames,
Making even more claims,
And his knowledge of women grew copious!

Columbo and Doctor Fallopius
Learned a lot about some famale parts,
But when women said, "Won't you gropius,"
They acted like stupid old farts!

LOL! Jerry and Asa, I did enjoy those. Arnie and Kalleh, it's very nice of you to accept my passport for entry into your good books

I sat here for about five minutes yesterday trying to remember the name for the type of verse posted by braket. Even though I knew we have had a couple of threads running, I couldn't search for them because I'd forgotten the name, 'double dactyl'. In the end I had to settle for 'poem'.

You know, I am laughing at this thread, and I know I should figure out a witty poem, but I just don't seem to have the wits to do it. Thanks, though, all of you, and welcome to the board, Braket - it's great to have another funny writer on board!

I love the poems by Asa and Jerry, too - lol.

But, arnie, in this case it was a Double Diddle!

Nice, Asa.

Well, I worked waaay too long on this, and I had to go to some site call "Psych Central" to read more about this Renaldo guy...so that I could write a proper limerick. BTW, he is also called "Matteo Renaldo Columbo." This one needs a lot of workshopping, but here goes:

Matteo Renaldo Columbo,
Who lectured with mumbo and jumbo,
Found how women excite,
By their "seat of delight!"
[This professor was surely no dumbo!]

In his De re anatomica he described the clitoris as "the seat of delight," and I loved that! My source also said that he concluded that "Since no one has discerned these projections and their workings, if it is permissible to give names to things discovered by me, it should be called the love or sweetness of Venus."

FINALLY!!!! A real, live limerick! Thank you Kalleh! Now I can sleep at night!