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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4460 on: July 03, 2009, 01:24:30 pm »
Thanks, Lynne! 

Let's try this (with an ambiguous "she"):

She didn't know what to make of it all
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4461 on: July 03, 2009, 04:30:50 pm »
She didn't know what to make of it all
Regarding Jack Nasty on Ennis' phone call
"Really, it's not mine..."   --- Austin Powers

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4462 on: July 03, 2009, 07:22:07 pm »
She didn't know what to make of it all
Regarding Jack Nasty on Ennis' phone call
A life lived in the shadows

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4463 on: July 06, 2009, 07:48:54 pm »
She didn't know what to make of it all
Regarding Jack Nasty on Ennis' phone call
A life lived in the shadows
Full of big and small woes
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4464 on: July 07, 2009, 09:17:43 am »
She didn't know what to make of it all
Regarding Jack Nasty or Ennis' phone call
A life lived in the shadows
Full of big and small woes
Over their marriage it did cast a pall.
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4465 on: July 11, 2009, 04:52:29 pm »



  How many times did they meet in the middle of out back?



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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4466 on: July 24, 2009, 11:18:30 pm »
  How many times did they meet in the middle of out back?

Janice - I think we're all stuck in the mud with this starting line...I know I am.  If you don't mind, I'm going to change it just a little, see if we can get one going with the same general idea?   :-*

Let's try this:

How many times did they meet back of beyond?
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4467 on: July 24, 2009, 11:30:21 pm »
How many times did they meet back of beyond?
Two, three times a year just to maintain their bond;
"Really, it's not mine..."   --- Austin Powers

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4468 on: July 26, 2009, 11:16:24 am »
How many times did they meet back of beyond?
Two, three times a year just to maintain their bond;
Their time was never enough
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: Let's write a Brokeback limerick! (How-to in first post)
« Reply #4469 on: July 26, 2009, 10:19:56 pm »
How many times did they meet back of beyond?
Two, three times a year just to maintain their bond;
Their time was never enough
As fate would have with this kind of stuff
"Really, it's not mine..."   --- Austin Powers