Earliest Known Limericks!
Back from “Mesopotamia” (code name for a secret location), our groundbreaking archaeological research team has deciphered the cuneiform writings on three clay tablets they unearthed there.
Astonishingly, their work has revealed the world’s earliest known limericks, dating from 4,500 years before the founding of Limerick in Ireland. Another No-Bell prize is surely in the offing.
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Said a promising scribe in Uruk,
“Clay tablets should soon be forsook.
. Once bibles are common,
. Perchance Tutankhamen
Or someone will publish my book.”
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There was a young lady from Ur
Who thought of becoming a whur
. But then, she decided,
. She’d soon be derided
And never make cheerleader for sur
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A maid from Corinth self-defeatedly
Inveighed for virginity heatedly,
. Betrothed to, let’s see, ah,
. Yes! Zeno of Elea,
Her wedding was postponed repeatedly