

| Subject: | Re: Friday VW limerick (not bus or vanagon |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:10:52 -0700 |
It was with regret that the old man John Dillon Patched the hose that was ceaselessly spillin' Give me a fan and some fins And identical twins I'd be chillin' instead of this fillin' :-) Alistair > On Jul 10, 2015, at 7:30 PM, John Dillon <john@gobusgo.com> wrote: > > > There once was a fellow named Gus > Who loved to travel by bus > “if i were square > I’d cool by water not air” > but really please don’t make a fuss > >> On Jul 10, 2015, at 10:27 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >> >> Ok, right back at you Marc >> >> It was something he knew he should do >> And he thought he would carry some glue >> But when the tank blew that night >> It gave him a terrible fright >> And he cried "je suis Perdue" >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Alistair's rhyme first was lame >>> We all said, oh what a shame >>> He tried it again, >>> Came through in the end, >>> And now we rejoice in his name >>> >>> This stuff ain't easy, is it? >>> Marc Perdue >>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>> By the side of the road was Godot >>>> Scratching his head and saying oh no >>>> Felder was right >>>> I'll be spending the night >>>> With a van that refuses to go >>>> >>>> Alistair >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 6:29 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Waiting for Godot... >>>>> >>>>> He's got an AFM problem, or an ECU problem, or his Vanagon didn't pass emissions, or he van's decide what tires to run, or he can't decide what oil to run. >>>>> >>>>> And who could blame him? >>>>> >>>>> Jim >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:26 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>>> Good one. >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me try.. >>>>>> >>>>>> There was a young man named Estragon >>>>>> Who waited and waited for oh so long >>>>>> "Oh dear Vladimir " >>>>>> "I'm starting to fear" >>>>>> "That Godot has run off with our Vanagon" >>>>>> >>>>>> (Estragon was, strangely, the first rhyming name I could think of. I am not an English major) >>>>>> >>>>>> Alistair >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 6:07 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My father wrote this as one of nine “Two’s a crowd” limericks illustrated by John Dempsey and published in Playboy in the late 1950’s. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A fellow from old Copenhagen >>>>>>> Made a girl in his tiny Volkswagen >>>>>>> The price was quite high: >>>>>>> The shift in his eye, >>>>>>> And a slash from the dash on his noggin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The other cars in the series are: Mercedes, Corvette, Porsche, Jaguar, Lloyd, Minor, Fiat and Renault. >
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