Archive for February, 2008
A Fine Line
Many limericks get their laughs out of schadenfreude (our rather objectionable tendency to feel pleasure at another’s misfortune). Such a one I wrote today: An naïve, pure-hearted young vet Found his clients became quite upset When he first manifested Conditions first tested By Georges Albert Édouard Tourette. To show just how slight a distinction there [...]
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Tags: limericks, poetry, schadenfreude, writing
Fixed-Width Limerick
The Limerick database was set up by xkcd creator Randall Munroe, with the aim of re-popularising this often dirty, often clever form of poetry (originally popularised by Edward Lear). The off-beat and nerdy tastes of his xkcd following is clear from the current three most popular limericks: There was an old man From Peru, whose [...]
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Tags: limericks, poetry, writing, xkcd
Irony: a motivational poster
Advisory: this “motivational” poster (made using Despair, Inc.‘s neat generator) is not suitable for the already depressed. (See more demotivators…)
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Tags: depression, irony, motivational poster
