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[hela]

Dear teachers,

Would you please help me answer this question? This is not a homework.

Read the limericks below and guess what the last line could be.

1) There was an old man of Darjeeling (where is this?)
Who travelled from London to Ealing.
It said on the door:
�Please don�t spit on the floor!�
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2) There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamt he was eating a shoe.
He awoke in the night
In a terrible fright
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3) There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
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4) There was an old lady of Kent
Whose nose was remarkably bent.
One day, they suppose,
She followed her nose
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5) An epicure, dining at Crewe (where is it?)
Found quite a large mouse in his stew.
Said the waiter. �Don�t shout
And wave it about
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Thank you for your help,
Hela

[Yinglish]

1) So he hocked and spat on the ceiling.


2) And he spent the remaining night in the loo.


3) In doing so, he silenced the whiner.


4) And "Bang!", the kitchen door with a dent.


5) "You must try, our new style, the Rat Fondue."

[CP]

My guesses:

1) There was an old man of Darjeeling (where is this?) [In West Bengal, India]
Who travelled from London to Ealing.
It said on the door:
�Please don�t spit on the floor!�
So the gentleman spat on the ceiling.
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2) There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamt he was eating a shoe.
He awoke in the night
In a terrible fright
And found out it was only too true.
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3) There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger.

[Not a good Limerick, since "Niger" and "Tiger" don't rhyme, and repeating the same word in the second and last lines is cheating. But I can't think of any rhyme for tiger . . . .]
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4) There was an old lady of Kent
Whose nose was remarkably bent.
One day, they suppose,
She followed her nose
And around and around she went.
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5) An epicure, dining at Crewe (where is it?) [In South Cheshire, England]
Found quite a large mouse in his stew.
Said the waiter. �Don�t shout
And wave it about
Or we'll charge for the c*o*c*k*roaches, too."
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[hela]

Thank you for your answers. If other possibilities exist, I'd be happy to have them, too.
Do you know of other verses like these, please?

Have a nice day,
Hela

[Lorikeet]

http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm

[hela]

Thank you Lorikeet.