From the 95,000 limericks in the Jim McWilliam collection, endless new limericks can be created through Queneau assembly. Here are ten.
That's funny. She must have a twin. I would rather have that Animal Gore Miss Davies was there, dressed in wool A colonel who served in Karachi There was a magician named Herridge |
B is for bad little Bridget Sally suns in the nude in her yard A fine chap from England there was I know that their likely intention There once was a lucky soothsayer |
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.
|
This document is part of Crummy, the webspace of Leonard Richardson (contact information). It was last modified on Saturday, June 16 2012, 13:42:54 Nowhere Standard Time and last built on Monday, July 13 2026, 08:10:03 Nowhere Standard Time.
| Document tree: Site Search: |