Plain Auntie Jane, a dear neurotic
Drank gin as passion’s anti-pyrotic
Said one old beau,
Who surely should know,
‘Twas really an ante-erotic.
A contest entry
- Limericks ... by ecrivain01.
450 points, ended May 12, 2008, 32 entries
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idk
I don't realy get this -
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Hi!
Hi Chino333!
This limerick is playing with words around the idea of passion/eros: sexual desire. The link is through the three homonyms-Auntie, anti and ante-and their specific definitions. It's really a silly little exploration of sound and sense in a simple defined frame..all for fun! Explore!!
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This is deliciously funny, I like your choice of words
lol
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Delightful!
Your delight delights me! Someone else who loves words and verbal sleight-of-hand! -
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Yes, when it is done with grace, as you have so done, tasteful to an art. A delicious play on words and more...well done, some things are their own reward hahaha
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I can't say this is all that humorous ...
it actually sounds sad.
I can't quite see what passion has to do with heartburn though.
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True!
A quote attributed to the great clown Emmet Kelly "All comedy has its basis in pain." I agree that there is an element of sadness in this piece, as there is in all humor. My experience in the theatre confirmed this to me many years ago. That we rise above our pain helps define our humanity. Whether it is the extreme of Artaud's angst ridden Absurdism or the loony excess of Monty Python, we rise.
....although...linking passion to heartburn may have revealed more about my love life than I intended. Pleased!!
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