Monday, February 20, 2012

For Real Toads: submitting my Mad limericks

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Insomnia last night. Too many things going around in my head about the upcoming kitchen reno. Beautiful day today and I couldn't even think up something original for the microfiction prompt at Succinctly Yours. Had to resort to a quotation instead.
However, I did come up with three original (and true) limericks for Mad Kane's Limerick-Off, and am now submitting those for Open Link Monday at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. I'm so glad it is Open Link today!
Now that I have you completely confused about what I'm doing and why, here are the three little limericks I wrote earlier to go with Madeleine's opening line "A fellow who had a degree..."

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A fellow who has a degree
A doct’rate in something, you see,
His name is Gabor
Which I pronounce Gabber
Because he has gossiped ’bout me.
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A Canadian who got a degree
In British-in-India hist'ry
Couldn’t come back
To BC, alack!
None at home would hire poor he.
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A fellow who had a degree
From McGill could not teach Grade Three
Had to get an Ed Dip
Thus delaying his trip
To teach in the North Territ’ry
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16 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    How I love your limericks. They suit your humorous style too well.

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  2. LolamouseFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    My father in law used to say "You can take your degree and wipe your a-- with it!"

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    these are funny, especially the middle one


    private dreamliner


    snob limerick

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  4. UnknownFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    Very good Kay, had a giggle over all of them.

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  5. ScarletFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    the first one is funny, but the last 2, sadly these are true. canada doesn't recognize any degrees except its own....happy day to you ~

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  6. Kay L. DaviesFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    @ Heaven — thanks for your comment. However, it only applies to the middle one, my friend Robin who got his PhD in England.
    The last one is my husband who went to McGill in Montreal and got a BA in sociology, but had to get a diploma in education as well, to qualify for teaching elementary school.
    When I was young, people in BC could start teaching with a year or two of university, but I guess Quebec was different (in the 60s).
    K

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  7. MaryFebruary 20, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    Ha ha, Kay! It truly fun to laugh with you at your limericks tonight.

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  8. Laurie KolpFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    Haha... enjoyed these, Kay, especially the first one.

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  9. SemaphoreFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    I was very lucky, I got my graduate degrees from Britain, and those are recognized as equivalent in Canada. Limericks are fun!

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  10. Madeleine Begun KaneFebruary 20, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    Thanks so much for your fun contributions to this week's Limerick-Off!

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  11. Susie ClevengerFebruary 20, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    Love your limericks...I just can't write them

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  12. hedgewitchFebruary 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    I love Mad's limerick fest--these were fun. Thanks for sharing them.

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  13. Sallie (FullTime-Life)February 21, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    Those are so funny -- and you are so talented!

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:00 PM

    So humorous.........and catchy!

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  15. jabblogFebruary 22, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    Truth and humour wrapped together - couldn't be better:-)

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  16. Abin ChakrabortyFebruary 22, 2012 at 3:51 AM

    funny as usual kay...your thousand laughs for my thousand-questions glance!

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