Ransom Stoddard
12-09-2007, 10:58 PM
The Washington Post runs a weekly contest
in its Style section called the 'Style Invitational'.
The requirements this week were to use the two words 'Lewinsky' (the Intern)
and 'Kaczynski' (the Unabomber) in the same limerick.
Now, remember, the following winning entries
were actually printed verbatim in the newspaper, no bleeps or xxxs:
Third place:
There once was a girl named Lewinsky
Who played on a flute like Stravinsky
'Twas 'Hail to the Chief'
On this flute made of beef
That stole the front page from Kaczynski.
Second place:
Said Clinton to young Ms. Lewinsky,
We don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski,
Since you made such a mess,
Use the hem of your dress
And please wipe that stuff off your chinsky.
And the winning entry:
Lewinsky and Clinton have shown
What Kaczynski must surely have known,
That an intern is better
Than a bomb in a letter,
When deciding how best to be blown.
I was unable to verify if this actually appeared in the Washington Post...
I suspect not.
Thanks Bill (even if, especially if you made it up :-)
Rance
in its Style section called the 'Style Invitational'.
The requirements this week were to use the two words 'Lewinsky' (the Intern)
and 'Kaczynski' (the Unabomber) in the same limerick.
Now, remember, the following winning entries
were actually printed verbatim in the newspaper, no bleeps or xxxs:
Third place:
There once was a girl named Lewinsky
Who played on a flute like Stravinsky
'Twas 'Hail to the Chief'
On this flute made of beef
That stole the front page from Kaczynski.
Second place:
Said Clinton to young Ms. Lewinsky,
We don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski,
Since you made such a mess,
Use the hem of your dress
And please wipe that stuff off your chinsky.
And the winning entry:
Lewinsky and Clinton have shown
What Kaczynski must surely have known,
That an intern is better
Than a bomb in a letter,
When deciding how best to be blown.
I was unable to verify if this actually appeared in the Washington Post...
I suspect not.
Thanks Bill (even if, especially if you made it up :-)
Rance