tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112508250787147958.post-59411464000427557322008-03-23T17:57:00.000-07:002008-03-23T18:06:51.454-07:00There was a young lady of Lynn,<br />Who was so uncommonly thin<br /> That when she essayed<br /> To drink lemonade<br />She slipped through the straw and fell in.<br /><br /><em>I have an unhealthly love of lymmericks. I like the humor and the rhythm. In this one, the use of the "essayed" is a little unusual--what do you think? What's your favorite lymmerick? Here is one I wrote:</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Eye was struck buy lightning last knight</em><br /><em>Sew know won can reed what eye right.</em><br /><em>It is this weigh</em><br /><em>Four my spelling's changed</em><br /><em>Tell me if eye'm wrong oar knot write!</em><br /><em>~Mr. Paulson</em>Jeffnoreply@blogger.com