From: maney@mcs.com (Cally Soukup) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated Subject: Re: B5 ending related limerick (was "poem") Date: 4 Jun 1997 22:57:04 -0400 Organization: The Maneys X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Marty T (marty.t@salata.com) wrote: : Tariq Moustapha sorta started all this with: : TM> > >Just thought I'd try to post it somewhere where JMS might read it, : TM> > And here I was expecting a lewd limerick! : TM> There once was a writer named Straczynski??? : 1. There once was a guy named Straczyn' : 2. : 3. : 4. : 5. Now, now -- "There once was a guy named Straczynski" is allowable as an opening line to a limerick as long as lines 2 and 5 also have an unstessed syllable at the end. It's nice to see that someone else is annoyed at all the pseudo-limericks one sees on the Net. On the other tentacle, my favorite "limerick" is: There once was a man from Saint Bees Who was stung on the hand by a wasp He was asked "Does it hurt?" He replied, "No, it doesn't. I'm so glad it wasn't a hornet." (The sad thing is it's closer to being a limerick than some limerickoids I've seen posted...) I'm also fond of double dactyls: Higglety Pigglety J. M. Straczyinski is Writing B5 in a planned 5- year arc Warner TV, somewhat Noncomposmentisly Plays with the scheduling -- We're in the dark!