From: BETSYH@lms.kent.edu (Elizabeth H.)
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [alt.jokes.limericks] Re: A fractured limerick and a lame pun
Date: 23 Oct 1997 14:39:42 +0200

Subject: Re: A fractured limerick and a lame pun 
From: John Miller <hardsoft@mcleodusa.net>
Newsgroups: alt.jokes.limericks, alt.humor.puns, rec.humor

John Griffin wrote:

> "In our schools, let kids pray to be free,
> from the church, academically;
> Oh Lord, separate
> the church from the state,"
> he prayed quasiantidisteblishmentarianistically.
> 
> Okay, I know it sort of loses the limerick meter
> there, but just pronounce the last word with seven
> syllables.  Sue me or kiss my ass if you can't do it.
> Don't tell me it isn't a "real" word.  It is now.

No complaint that the meter's not strong,
Nor your last line excessively long,
    Nor your humor not quaint;
    But a speller you ain't,
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM's spelled wrong!