From the 95,000 limericks in the Jim McWilliam collection, endless new limericks can be created through Queneau assembly. Here are ten.
There was once an excessively poor My honey, I don't think you've met. They set up a partisan sting An English professor named Mae The Colchester Road that I know |
Olivia lived all alone An old harlot had given up hope My eldest is gone with her brood. Our treatment of the Indian was bad. There once was a chip from Intel |
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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