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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'school photo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "For your school I.D. photo," they said, "We do not need the back of your head, And a profile's no good. We'd prefer, if you could, Just a simple full face shot instead." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'herschel thought'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A high priest of science, named Herschel, Thought religion was too controversial, So he mixed physics in With discussions of sin, And thanked God that his Mass is inertial. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'adhesive tape'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Adhesive tape's handy, I guess, Yet it sure gives me lots of distress. It adheres to the floor, To the door, and what's more, Sticks to me, all gummed up what a mess! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'night'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Ad absurdum I'll quickly reduce Your hypothesis, pal here's the noose: If your theory is right Then the day and the night Are concurrent. You see it's obtuse! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'jug'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Although amphora sometimes referred To a jug with two handles, the word Measured volume for Greeks (And as jugs may spring leaks, Measured less, when in Rome it occurred). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'slavic missions'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Slavic missions don't tempt the fainthearted, But Dad's dad couldn't wait to get started. Fifty years in a row, Seeds of Christ he did sow, But one Sabbath he gladly departed. <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oversized pirate'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An oversized pirate named Tiny Had a weakness for anything shiny. But he stole some doubloons From some sea-faring goons, And they laid him to rest in the briny. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ditty'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A ditty is typically jaunty, While a dirge is all somber and haunty. So which mood you project Hangs on what you'll collect On the death of your wealthy old auntie! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'genealogy site'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Have you no one to send invitations To join in your small celebrations? Just go to the right Genealogy site And you'll find you have lots of relations. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'saw redness'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I approached Heddy's bed with a dreadness. In her cheeks I no longer saw redness. I could see that my friend Must be nearing her end, As her eyes showed not brightness, but deadness. <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'suddenly lightning'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The sky is so cloudless we ooh At the clear and cerulean view; But then suddenly lightning Is striking—it's frightening! We've witnessed a bolt from the blue. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tummy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She's got acute abdomen, doc! Her tummy's as hard as a rock! A cute stomach, it's not. She's in pain (quite a lot!). Quickly! Put on your surgical smock! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dauntless'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I am dauntless; I never retreat As I read every word on each sheet, And I scour each line In my quest to refine Your coarse language, to make it discreet. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'composing sticks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Composing sticks these days are rare," Said Pete, "and I think that it's fair To say that my printing Now owes more to glinting Computers than typesetters' care." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'actress attempts'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That actress attempts to beguile, Wearing only high heels and a smile. The expected result: Little doubt she's "adult", With a repertoire supple in style. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'echo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When I stand on a mountain and yell, What I yelled returns, clear as a bell. "It's an echo." they say, But I answer, "No way! It's my evil twin Ray, straight from Hell." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'clyde'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Consummately, that is how Clyde Pledged to consummate vows with his bride. But his consummate skill? It amounted to nil As a virgin and gay, but he tried. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'test'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My manhood had always impressed, Till my threshhold for pain was assessed. I wore a fixed grin As the light burned my skin. At two dols, though, I screamed, "Stop the test!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'belize'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You're by constables seized, in Belize? Call your consul responsible, please. He'll counsel, seek bail, Cancel cheques, check your mail. That's why merchants paid consulage (fees). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'vampires'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> All this mocking of vampires is vicious; My demeanor is never suspicious. But I'm out every night Just to slurp when I bite, So perhaps I'm a tad repetitious. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cockney rhyming'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Cockney rhyming slang strangely persists, Forming terms with its tangles and twists. Grab and grip knife and fork; Make the rhyme, Duke of York. That's why "put up your dukes" is your fis...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tuffet'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She'd been scared off her tuffet one day While ingesting her cheese curds. I'd say That the curdiness was The gut-churning cause That frightened Miss Muffet away. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'batting coach'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A batting coach fine-tunes your swing While he teaches the throws pitchers sling, How to taunt, flaunt, and fuss, Throw a fit, spit, and cuss Plus to subtly (or not) grab your thing. <LIMER...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'directing directors'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> David Lynch values forthright objectors; George Lucas hates pensive reflectors; Ridley Scott and John Woo Must be told what to do. Be direct when directing directors. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'plumage bedecked'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> How she tries to look young, though so weathered! She's with plumage bedecked and befeathered. With her head so encrested, Might birds there be nested? To that ancient old face, though, ...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'floral bouquet'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When my beau comes for dinner he may Bring a beautiful floral bouquet, And I'm sure he'll prefer I serve fragrant liqueur; Its bouquet will entice him to stay. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'evaluate beauty'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've not gone to a real aesthetician, Though to meet with one's surely my mission. They evaluate beauty, But will they get snooty When seeing my body's condition? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cryoprobe'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Super cool, as a phrase, sounded hip. "Guess I'll get one of those," was Chip's quip. But a cryoprobe's not What the hotshots have got. It's a tool with a super cool tip. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'swelling'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With dropsicalness, Ray is inflated, And the swelling has hardly abated Through attempted repair By his medical care. With edema he's weighted, dilated. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'unsigned byte'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> For non-programmers, let me spell out What by char I am talking about: I mean eight single bits That an unsigned byte fits Far better than any brook trout. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'caused denervation'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Because of a botched operation, My hand is devoid of sensation, And it lacks animation. A bad situation— The surgeon has caused denervation. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ramblers smiled'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "We look kindly on ramblers," smiled Marge, "If they close the farm gates. By and large, They can enter a lea, Walk across it for free— But we do have a bull that may charge." <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'freddie'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Raise your arms and left leg, and then down. Now repeat on the right. Go to town! You are doing the Freddie, So better get ready To hear people say, "What a clown!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'grand admiral'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The grand admiral's not all that grand, Yet this doddering man's in command Of the fleet. Why is this? Other admirals we diss Because this one has rank, understand? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'toy digger'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The toy Digger the Dog has a cap Just like Holmes. Pull his string, and he'll yap And start sniffing the ground As you wheel him around, And you won't have to scoop any crap. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'brocade cloth'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A silk fabric with rich, gold brocade, A cloth top in a church's parade, Or a structure of stone Over altar or throne— Call each baldachin, you won't have strayed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'flipping coin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When I'm flipping a coin, what I use Is a biased one—clearly a ruse That will give me an edge. My additional hedge Is this call: "Heads I win, tails you lose." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'loaf'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "They are selling like hot cakes," I said. "Will you please get this into your head? Can I patent this loaf, You damn, ignorant oaf? It's the best thing there's been since sliced bread." <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'school reunion'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At your high school reunion, they'll stare Now you're chubby and losing your hair? No, put fears of this kind Wholly out of your mind. Don't concern yourself. No one will care. <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'become carbon'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To become carbon neutral's my goal. It will save both the earth and my soul. My Ferrari's set off By a forest (don't scoff!) I've established across the North Pole. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'acting annoyingly'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In her "little girl" voice, she spoke cloyingly, And pulled at my underwear toyingly. Her actions neurotic She thought were erotic But no, she was acting annoyingly. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'al gore'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Global warming has happened before And will happen again," quoth the bore, As he grabbed my arm boldly. I answered him coldly, "Obstructionist! Go! Read Al Gore!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ectomorph body'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An ectomorph body type's thin; It comprises long bones wrapped in skin. "Like that longitype dude Who ate only lean food? That's me!" said Jack Spratt, weighing in. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'wink metaphors'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Oh, my old English prof was a joy. Witty figures of speech he'd deploy; As, when hoisting a drink, He once said, with a wink, "Metaphors aye be with you, me boy." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'joan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Joan has flown," moaned McCone, with a groan. "I will publish it, let it be known. I'll announce it, promulgate, Declare, and divulgate: That crone! Out she's thrown on her own!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'salacious'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The look that she gave me was glacious: Icy cold, razor-sharp. Goodness gracious! With her sisters around, I quite clearly have found I had better not be too salacious. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'jumped'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He was meek and abasedly slumped; For years he'd been goaded and thumped. For his ruler was mighty, Capricious and flighty, And when she called, 'Husband!' he jumped. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tea'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The correlative topic to tea Might be coffee. I raise it with glee, Since it does correspond And has gusto beyond Any cola—caffeine is the key. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'allegro'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If andante comes off slow and rough, And allegro is not slow enough, Allegretto might be The precise cup of tea For the music. Don't think so? Well, tough! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'new composition'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There's a new composition of mine That the critics would have me refine. They don't like its expressions Or chordal progressions. I'd flout them, but haven't the spine. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oliver cromwell'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Said Oliver Cromwell: "No, no! This Rump Parliament's naught but a show. Take this bauble this mace — And be gone from this place! It's dissolved. In the name of God, go!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cage shut'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In hockey, to score is elusive, But one evening, some fans got abusive. I focused my rage And slapped two in the cage: Shut 'em up—my two goals proved conclusive. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'carbide lamp'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In a cave or a mine, there's no light; It's the same when you're cycling at night. Where it's cold, dark, and damp, The antique carbide lamp Burns a flame that's amazingly bright. <LIMERICK_...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ellipsograph gizmo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "To draw curves that are perfectly round, A compass is best," I expound. "But to craft an ellipse, I say nothing outstrips This ellipsograph gizmo I found!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'church aisle'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Nervous brides walk this lane in grand style. (It must seem like they're walking a mile!) To the altar it leads, Where Communion proceeds. How useful the simple church aisle. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bane'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Where I work, there's this guy what a tart! I can't stand him, the stupid old fart. If I just had a plane, I'd plunge down on that bane, And I'd dive-bomb him, rip him apart! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'pa'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My ol' pa will be sleepin' till noon Since we're lookin' to have a full moon. He'll be makin' some noise With my ma and the boys, When they're out with the hounds huntin' coon. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'watch'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My watch is correct twice a day. Its workings have led me astray. The action's inaction Prompts dissatisfaction — It's time to take action, I'd say. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'diplosomia siamese'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Diplosomia: Siamese sibs Who, conjoined, don't use separate cribs. Now these partners have plighted Their kin-dom united — David (Tory) and Nick (for Dem-Libs). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'adiantum'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Adiantum's a genus of fern To which, seeking a lotion, you'd turn. A demulcent that's made From the Venus-hair, sprayed On the skin, soothes a rash or a burn. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'joe'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Joe spends ten hours a day at the gym. This surely must enervate him, But the wedge shape he's honing Will have the chicks moaning Should he muster the strength for a swim. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bluff'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In Hold 'Em, a player may find That she's caught in a bit of a bind: She'll not bet quite enough To succeed as a bluff, And instead she'll get raised by the blind. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'translating'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I am flummoxed, bewildered and vexed. Can't decipher a word of your text. Scratch my head while I'm waiting — Your note needs translating. For now, I'm confused and perplexed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'core countries'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Core countries are those who have means, Higher wages, armed forces, machines. Their peripheral nations Provide the plantations And labour; they often have beans. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'columbus'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Columbus! His Day means the bank And the P.O. are closed. To be frank, In '92, when The tall ships sailed again, This holiday took higher rank. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'paper recyclers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I agonized over my choice. If it's paper, recyclers rejoice. But what about plastic? The clerk thought me spastic. I couldn't put thoughts to my voice. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dodo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> For the dodo it wasn't auspicious When some newcomers found it delicious. Maybe "dead as a dodo" Rings a bell, Quasimodo? It's the national beast of Mauritius. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'coyote seeks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Coyote seeks meat for his grill, But the Road Runner's testing his will. Though explosives he'll buy To blow birdie sky-high, All he gets is a huge Acme bill. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'drafting'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In my government-issue fatigues, I am drafting and planning intrigues. In these state-supplied clothes, The best teams I compose, So I'll win my war fantasy leagues. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bananaland'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Bananaland isn't so bad— It's a nickname that Queensland has had For a century or more, With bananas galore! More bananas, mate! Orange you glad? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'zeus becomes'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With a beautiful girl it begins; Zeus becomes a great swan and he wins Lovely Leda—he's master. Their offspring are Castor And Pollux, Dioscuri (twins). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aerophone dexter'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Through his aerophone, Dexter declared, "Please excuse me!!! I'm hearing-impaired!!!" Then his girlfriend, a strumpet, Said, "Dearie, your trumpet Belongs in your ear—you have erred." <L...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bunk'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Bold and frisky, I jumped out of bed — But I shoulda stayed in it instead. So who woulda thunk I'd fall outa my bunk, Double over and land on my head? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'moan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You asked what I'm going to do When I start my new life without you; Well, I'll live all alone And I'll cry and I'll moan, And that's just a for instance or two. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dinghy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What's a dinghy? The name is bestowed On a boat that is carried or towed By a much larger craft; Or a big rubber raft; Or on small boats, some sailed and some rowed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'puff candy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Melt sugar, then cook it to gold. Add the soda, let bubbles get cold. This puff candy's so sweet, Crispy-crunchy to eat, And addictive, your stash won't get old. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'betty bled'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Betty bled in the greatest profusion; Her surviving that wound's an illusion. Her condition was clear From the start: death was near. We all came to that far-gone conclusion. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'higher taxes'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Mr. Burns has increasing concerns: Higher taxes the more that he earns. Does the State serve him more Than it used to, before? Not at all—it's diminishing returns. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'vigor attack'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I feel something beyond my arm's reach. So someone I'll need to beseech To with vigor attack That thing stuck on my back, Which I think is a blood-sucking leech. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'new runner'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The new runner is expert at hurdling, And at track meets the world he is girdling, But he's scary to see— Like an ogre—and he Has a look that can set my blood curdling. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'reproduce without'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Reproduce without sex! It's official. Through fission of cells, the initial Live creature can clone Other cells like its own. The process is accrementitial. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'snakes'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've turned ashen, as white as a sheet, And I'm squirming about in my seat. Thoughts of Snakes on a Plane Are at loose in my brain, And the cargo bay's under my feet. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'clocks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That we'll finish on time seems remote, But the painters are waiting to coat, And we're racing the clocks With a banjo and box, As the drywallers tape and then float. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is '64 dart'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This old car, she's delivered a lot — Engine runs, but the body is shot. Yeah, my '64 Dart Has been coming apart, But a "bucket of bolts"? I think not. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sailing large'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Sailing large: wind's abaft of the beam. Sailing by: almost into its stream, With the wind on the bow. And this illustrates how By and large means "the general scheme." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ducktail'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With a ducktail, his image well might Be a flop in the rain. What a sight! So he'd fix it with spray And his quiff would then stay Nice and stiff for him, all through the night. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'belt woven'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you wear a belt woven from cotton, Don't forget the states often forgotten: California's bales; Texas, tops in gross sales; And the Deep South—but never Fort Totten. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'excel'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To excel's to succeed in your quest Or to beat your own personal best. It is hard to stand out But your name will have clout When you work so much more than the rest. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'road rage'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> While driving, I notice a bike With a decal to make pressure spike. The colorful sticker Reads "I can drive quicker— Honk if road rage is something you like!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'broadway'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The lead, out of character, broke The fourth wall in our play when he spoke To the patrons: "I scoff At this off-off-off-off Off-off-off Broadway show. It's a joke!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'joint heir'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'm coparcener in the estate Of my late uncle Bill. How'd I rate? I am now a joint heir, With a fortune to share With my cousins—I think there are eight. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nobility'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The baronage once was to fear. They were rich and were lords of their sphere. But now the nobility Depart with civility. Three cheers as the peers disappear! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'collapsed ventilation'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The news from my doc was traumatic; My lungs are now atelectatic Cuz the sacs have collapsed; Ventilation has lapsed. My oxygen need is emphatic! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'club hackers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Chaos Computer Club's hackers Are known to be web-site attackers. But the faults that they find They report. So be kind: They are heroes—we don't call them "crackers"! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bishop'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> We'll episcopize Smithers next year; We shall make her a bishop. I fear Those expecting perfection Will raise an objection — She'll never be male, that is clear. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'termites'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The aardvark's an odd-looking beast, So the name is quite fitting at least. It searches around For where insects abound To get termites and ants for its feast. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'read coins'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Here's an option I haven't explored: I've read coins were once buccally stored— In the owners' own cheeks (For the nonce, not for weeks). That might kill the temptation to hoard. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cream pitcher'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A cream pitcher's useful for serving Of cream, and its lip may be curving. It can also be straight. If it's dropped on the plate, The mess this creates is unnerving. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rude shoppers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Rude shoppers can give staff a fright When bad attitude carries real bite; But they come with a stash (Credit, bank cards and cash)— Hence the saying: "The customer's right!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sinned confess'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> O Father, I've sinned. I confess. My secret has caused great distress. My tryst with a nun Started out as great fun Till she left me for you! ... I digress. <LIMERICK_END>
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