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Here they are. Eleven submissions, four contributors. Thanks everybody! Pick your favorite(s): 1. A Jolly Good Fellow from Rye (Which no one could ever deny) But with ladies? No fun; He would see them and run, Because he was ever so shy. 2. Train north from NY on the fly: I spotted a matron from Rye-- Her pearls and sweater-set Said ‘girls’ and ‘I’m all wet’-- But sadly it all was a lie. 3. I once asked an old man in Rye “Beg your pardon, I don’t mean to pry But why is it that You’ve a tall tin foil hat?” “it’s because of the spies in the sky." 4. The folks who live up there in Rye? New York provides each daily high: The gents broker gold bars, Their wives shop at Zabar’s; They tuck their kids in with a sigh. 5. There is an old woman of Rye Who suddenly swallowed a fly She then ate a spider Then drank some hard cider Now all three are happy - guess why? 6. Would you like to live up in Rye? You’ll need a bequest just to buy Then win a big bet, Or have lifelong debt— That’s how all the Jones’s get by. 7. On meeting two nudists in Rye The parson cried, “Well! My oh my. Do my eyes deceive? It is Adam and Eve… And wow, what a serpent I spy! 8. I married a girl raised in Rye But then, uh-oh, I turned out bi: My MIL cursed >roar< But hippy wife’s thirst for The ménage à trois helped it fly. 9. On the bust of hooker from Rye Were printed the things that she’d try And for all her positions The terms and conditions Were in the small print on her thigh. 10. There was a young lady of Rye Who wanted to learn how to fly Went up to Hammondsport Asked Glenn Curtiss, "Hey, sport, How'd you like to get a girl high?" * *Glenn Curtiss, the Wright Brothers' arch rival, lived in Hammondsport. 11. A persistent young fellow of Rye Said, “I try and I try and I try And I try and I try And I try and I try I expect I’ll succeed by and by." | ||
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I debated between the nutty #3 and the poignant #4, but will choose nutty over poignant. #3 for me, with a kudos for #7 and #9. | |||
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Whole lotta good ones here. But #9 gets my vote-- superlative! | |||
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I’ll take number 1 please. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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That's 1, 3, and 9. Makes a nice geometric progression but limerickally-speaking it's a three-way tie. Any further comment? | |||
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Since we few, we happy few, we band of brothers (and sisters) are alone in this, feast of Crispian though it is not, I say you pick the winner. | |||
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I think we should wait a few days... there could be more votes. After all at least one of the contributors hasn't voted yet. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Indeed. I'll let the weekend pass and then reassess the situation. | |||
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Again, ?????????????????????????? | |||
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Since nobody wants to carry on with this I'll out myself as having written 5 and 10. | |||
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In that case, I'm the winner as Geoff chose 3 which was mine and said he also liked 7 and 9, both also mine and bethree5 chose 9. The only vote or praise going to anything that wasn't mine was my vote for number 1 and if it hadn't been mine I'd have voted for 9. I also wrote number 11. So who did I vote for? "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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