This one has taken longer, but it's still an octople of Limericks. Read at your peril! |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAMENT New trams, trains and buses? Hooray. Of course, at the end of the day, when the pollies all spin the public can’t win so we are the ones who must pay. HIGH FINANCE The accountant had had a bad year His figures were nonsense, I fear. He was getting no sleep; he was in very deep, and the Fraud Squad was getting too near. THERE’S NO MONEY IN WRITING An illiterate writer from Staines found his stories gave other folk pains. So he sold all his tools, his collection of jewels, and lived off the capital gains. FRIENDSHIP If the world ever comes to an end, I want to be with you, my friend. We’ve been through it all, the rise and the fall, ‘til we, too, to dust must descend. TO RHYME OR NOT TO RHYME An ancient and much beloved bard found rhyming increasingly hard. He toiled day and night with all of his might for one Hallmark Mother’s Day card. SHOPPING LIST “A dozen large eggs and some meat; loin chops would make a nice treat.” “At those prices, my dear, it’s becoming quite clear that we’ll have to reduce what we eat.” MOTORING MADNESS So I said to my mates at the bar, “My wife really wants a new car. A Ford is alright and we don’t want to fight, but a Beemer’s just going too far.” ROYAL MARRIAGES King Henry the Eighth has six wives. But terminates two of their lives For two, a divorce. Poor Jane dies, of course. In the end, only Catherine survives. |