to express oneself in seventeen syllables is very diffic
or, on a slightly related note:
There once was a chap from Japan Whose limericks never would scan. When told this was so He replied, "Yes, I know, But you see it's because I always try to fit as many words into the last line as I possibly can."
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Date: Thursday, November 11th, 2004 12:35 pm (UTC)in seventeen syllables
is very diffic
or, on a slightly related note:
There once was a chap from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
When told this was so
He replied, "Yes, I know,
But you see it's because I always try to fit as many words into the last line as I possibly can."
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Date: Thursday, November 11th, 2004 04:34 pm (UTC)Whose limericks weren't very good
They didn't rhyme or scan
And there weren't enough lines