

| Subject: | Re: Friday VW limerick (not bus or vanagon |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:08:42 -0700 |
They say he's a lying cuss Slander about a man and a bus But he flies so high And honestly does try To live up to the name angus Alistair > On Jul 10, 2015, at 8:44 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Though Alistair's rhymes may be lame, > There's a reason they all sound the same. > Rolling under the bus, > His head did concuss. > He now can't remember his name. > > > Angus > > >> On Jul 10, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >> >> 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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