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FF&F's Limerick Challenge Response

It should not be such a difficult trick
For a certifiable country hick
With a Physical Education degree
That qualified him for the ministry
To sit down and write a cute limerick.

(This is in response to Jellen's latest challenge.)

Limerick from China

The English Teacher from Oz,
Taught students to write limericks because
It helped their English grammar
And made the class clamour
For more limerick ideas for class.

This is the best I can come up with. Strangely I do teach the students here to write Limericks, and we've had a lot of fun with them. I had to teach about Ireland last semester, so we talked about the city of Limerick, which I had been to.

Is Your Teen Suffering From Affluenza?

My husband and I recently ran across this video on u-tube that contrasts the lives of some Australian teens with kids in third-world countries. I couldn't resist sending the link to my granddaughter, who somewhat resembles the girl in the video. Do you think most teens in America suffer from affluenza?

Oregon Limerick

There once was an old lady named Jeanne,
Who turned into a bit of a meanie,
When she found herself often performing the chores
Of others who preferred spending THEIR time outdoors,
Hoping their ta

New Zealand could soon legalise the medicinal use of cannabis...

NZ could legalise the medicinal use of cannabis...

First published at Qassia:

The New Zealand government could soon legalise the medicinal use of cannabis products such as sprays, after an application by the leading British manufacturer of "Sativex".

Elly's blog is impossible to comment on...

Elly's blog is impossible to comment on at present.

Elly will have to do some blog maintenance soon!

Cheers Elly in china!