Caution: Limericks can be addictive

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | February 17, 2002| | Copyright

Caution: Limericks can be addictive

Limericks can be silly or smart. They're really a bit of an art. Write one or two And see how you do. All that it takes is a start.

By JACKIE LOOHAUIS

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Sunday, February 17, 2002

"There once was a man from Nantucket . . ."

Aha -- caught you! Caught you dredging up junior high locker-room memories and reciting the rest of the world's raunchiest poem. And even if you don't know the ending, you couldn't help but start composing your own lines to it.

That's because you're caught on the hook of a limerick, as so many of us will be with ...

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