BIRTHDAY LIMERICKS
(Cedric)
A primate ascended a trunk
and said : “Evolution’s all bunk.
Though it happens I’m male
with whiskers and tail,
I’m a layman disguised as a monk.
(Bonet)
We wanted to send you a sonnit
or a cake with your name paintid on it
but our speling is bad
and wethought you’d get mad
if we dropped out the ‘B’ in your “Bonet”.
So we just didn’t send you the sonet
or the cake with your name paintid on it
our speling’s still bad
but you cannot get mad
for the ‘B’ still remains in your ‘Bonet’
(Sirikit)
We wanted to buy you a bonnet
but the shopkeeper said you’d have torn it
“is her head very small?”
we replied : “Not at all….
it’s three times as big as the bonnet!”
so we just didn’t buy you the bonnet
for while donning it on you’d have torn it
instead we did bake
a plum centred cake
with the head of a head-girl upon it.
(Ingrid)
I clearly recollect having read
about something that Socrates said:
“if you stifle your laughter
it will go down and after –
wards settle inside you and spread.”
while clicking amodel chow said:
after all that’s been written or read
about arms, about legs,
about chicks, about eggs
I’d rather have breakfast in bed. (Chow 10 . xii . 78)