As I might have mentioned a time or 50. I love quotes! I find them and write them down in notebooks and occasionally can actually read what I’ve written. Once upon a time, a million or so years ago, I had penmanship classes, beginning in the first grade and continuing until high school. All these years later I would qualify as an M.D. if my chicken scratches would be the only thing I had to show for the degree.
But, I digress. This morning I found some Limericks on the Inspired Quotes email that struck a blow on my funny bone. And if you’ve ever hit your funny bone you know there is nothing funny about it! So maybe these should be classified as “groaners”, because after reading them I was holding my stomach and groaning!
There was an old man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan
Ran off with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket!
Anonomous
See what I mean? Of course I’ll have to make sure my youngest brother and youngest son see that one. They both have a strange sense of humor, unlike mine, which is, well, really strange.
Wanna see another one? Here goes anyway.
A canner, exceedingly canny
One morning remarked to his granny
"A canner can can
Anything that he can
But a canner can't can a can, can he?"
Carolyn Wells
I know there are some math geniuses out there, so here’s one for you. I haven’t tried to figure it out yet, since it’s early and I don’t want to get a headache until later in the day, but this one is for you.
A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus fice times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more
Leigh Mercer
Okay, breakfast is on the way and I need sustenance after the last one. Back in a few, and hope to find out if the answer provided is correct. A few things I think I remember are a dozen of course is 12, a gross I think is 144?, and a score is 20. 5 times 11 is easy, 55, and 9 squared would be 81 I think. Oh geez, I’m 9 times squared myself! Hmmm, maybe I can check it out at that! Okay, my headache is beginning. I tried but the answer I got was 87. At least I’m NOT 87 yet.
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