From the 95,000 limericks in the Jim McWilliam collection, endless new limericks can be created through Queneau assembly. Here are ten.
Mathematicians one year went to ground George said, "I can not tell a lie." There's an energy crisis! This nation There was a young lady of Where? I did my young Sue in the sea. |
Once a Burlesque star named Doris Now Fisk and his disk had a date A sickly old codger named Hartz A horny old lecher named Fletcher I read in the paper today |
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 Thursday, October 08 2026, 22:00:05 Nowhere Standard Time.
| Document tree: Site Search: |