From the 95,000 limericks in the Jim McWilliam collection, endless new limericks can be created through Queneau assembly. Here are ten.
A careless old man from Blue Hill What could he have meant about her? Those high Anglican priests were the nadir Scott O'Grady hid out for five days "My butter, garcon, is writ large in!" |
They accused an old lecher of Sodom There once was a fellow called Cheek I have no cane, but a leather belt A passionate priest in Peru There was a young barmaid named Gwen |
New limericks are generated every five minutes. You can get six a day by following @DadaLimericks on Twitter. Or, take it highbrow.
Rhymes are calculated using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. There are 1155 distinct sounds for the "A" rhyme and 1035 for the "B" rhyme.
Inspired by Dr. Andy Holding on The Science of Fiction.
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