Ask Gruebeard Anything. Limerick Edition
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What do you carry in a bucket?
That is quite the challenge - let us see:
You've made it extra hard on me
Using Japanese.
If you said Chinese
Then I could've just asked @bhamv3[DOUBLEPOST=1455661728,1455661545][/DOUBLEPOST]Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston?
I guess that depends on the reason
Whichever's richer
Or even just nearer
But neither really gives me hard on
Orange or purple?
Duck sized horses from Nantucket.
A six pack of 'em stuffed in a bucket
'Cause that massive duck?
It'd be my luck
Some perve would come along and fuck it.
Even though nothing rhymes with orange, it would be that.
In that color, for example, I have a spiffy hat
And a living room
which now needs a broom
Since I adopted a clone of that cartoon cat
This poem here's a demonstration
Of a particular quirk in translation
When translating verse
You're free of the curse
Of keeping to the meter and rhyme, because really it's almost impossible to translate poetry in a way that maintains a original poetic structure as well as the meaning of the poem. So, really, you need to decide if you want to keep the meaning or the structure of the poem, and quite frankly if you're translating something then fidelity to the original meaning should take priority. There are exceptions, of course, for example when you're translating the lyrics of a song from one language to another, so that it can still be sung in the original tune in the new language (c.f. Les Miserables), then you'd want to maintain the original structure and rhythm. However, you then need to accept that the meaning of the lyrics will now be different. Man, this poem is a lot longer than I thought it'd be when I started writing it.
What is the longest word you know?
I thought I would be the first
to ask you a question in verse.
But it seems I was beat,
hang my head in defeat,
for pathrthom's speed is my curse.
We've all jumped on the bandwagon
for rhyming's hook we did snag on.
Re: this obsession,
answer my question:
How long will your rhyming drag on?
to ask you a question in verse.
But it seems I was beat,
hang my head in defeat,
for pathrthom's speed is my curse.
We've all jumped on the bandwagon
for rhyming's hook we did snag on.
Re: this obsession,
answer my question:
How long will your rhyming drag on?
Oi! You're gonna try to trap me like so?
Boy! I'd look dumb saying "archipelago."
Hmm . . . searching my mind
Say! Let us talk time.
Hey! "eon" is the longest word I know
Unless I forgot, I can certify
That I have never given that a try
But once, maybe thrice
When I'm feeling nice
I have gone down to eat a hairy pie
Oh, you silly rule breaking owl
Asking for sonnets is clearly a foul
This is a limerick thread
As you no doubt read
So instead of an answer you get a
There lived in Delphi an oracle
Who was perhaps not quite so truthful
She answered in verse
To fill up her purse
That I don't do the same makes me regretful
But there's benefits to not getting paid
I can just quit when the gig grows staid
And skip what I like
(well, rather dislike)
Or just it put it off if there's a chance to get laid
I feel like this could be padded out with spam
Spam, spam, etcetera, yadda yadda spam
Chorus: Lovely spam
Echo: Lovely spam!
But no, I could not stomach green eggs and ham
Oh, don't clean up the mess you made
We've a forumite for that (not @fade)
You'll be tempted to spill
Every glass that you fill
With @LittleKagsin as your French maid