Time for a couple Limericks!

My favorite type of poetry by far are limericks. What attracts me to them are their humorous and nonsensical nature. I did not know until today that the purpose of limericks is to offer comic relief, I had assumed that only the popular ones were side-splitting. There is a specific structure for limericks: an (AABBA) rhyme scheme and a definite meter sequence where the A-rhyming line have equal syllables and the B-rhyming lines have half(ish) that number of syllables (i.e. 10,10,6,6,10). One of the most popular limericks is the Popeye theme song:

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man,

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man,

I’m strong to the finish

‘Cuz I eat my spinach

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man.

I have searched the web and read hundreds of limericks (I got a little sidetracked) to try to find the most comical limericks. I have found that I enjoy reading limericks so much because the make me laugh and I don’t have to think. In my opinion, here are the 3 funniest limericks:

A young schizophrenic named Struther, 

Who learned of the death of his Brother, 

Said, "I know that its bad, 

But I don't feel too sad.

After all, I still have each other.

(Shout out to my fellow chemistry and physics fans)

Archimedes, the well known truth-seeker,

Jumping out of his bath, cried “Eureka!”

He ran half a mile,

Wearing only a smile,

And became the very first streaker.

There once was a girl named Irene,

Who lived on distilled kerosene

But she started absorbin’

A new hydrocarbon,

And since then has never benzene!

Holla if you got that last one. Ha! A complete list of limericks for your enjoyment can be found at http://freewebs.com/limericks/.