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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'belly whoppers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Of belly-whoppers I am disdainful. They're inelegant dives, and quite baneful. If the tips of your toes And the end of your nose Hit the water at once, yow, that's painful! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'young meg'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Aged four, maybe five, was young Meg When an older boy asked for a gleg — A quick look at her bum. She refused. Sucked her thumb. All he glimpsed was the top of her leg. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'adulticide'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An adulticide? Grown-ups gone splat? Blood and gore from some gun-toting brat? No, it's only a spray That keeps insects at bay, Killing just the mature and that's that. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sun'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Across from the sun in the sky, There's a counterglow, faint to the eye. It's backscattered light (Due to space dust) at night, When it's dark and the weather is dry. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'different spices'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've a feeling my talent's misplaced; In the kitchen I'm always disgraced. Though I try different spices, It never suffices— To each taste, all respond with distaste. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cheat dishonest'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you falsify something, you cheat— A dishonest and dastardly feat. Though at times advantageous, Such behavior's outrageous. Find more principled ways to compete! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'britannica'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though the base of the volume titanic Has moved overseas, please don't panic. The Britannica tome First called Scotland its home — So one rightly might call it Britannic. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'deboner knife'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As requested by Sue, my dear wife, I had bought a deboner a knife Used to cleave bones from meat. Sue just learned that I cheat. Now I'm somewhat concerned for my life. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'laker looks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Laker looks like the best of my hounds And his voice has the bellingest sounds. But he's senseless, is Lakey, All goofy and flaky. His gormlessness passes all bounds. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crippled'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She was crippled when skiing the black: A wrong turn, and she fell, broke her back. One day (so she hopes) She'll return to the slopes And give handicapped slalom a crack. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'color bisque'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Cara's couch was a light pinkish brown, And so when she went shopping downtown, She took a great risk For the rug color—bisque— Though she knew that her hubby might frown. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crashing parties'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Crashing parties is frequently cited As a reason that fights are ignited. To be run out of town, Just show up and chow down At some bash where you've not been invited. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crab'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The crab's a remarkable beast: Not the greatest crustacean, nor least; But when sallying forth To the south or the north It will face to the west or the east. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mister swank'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Mister Swank, have you filled in the blank?" "Which one's that, you ambiguous crank?" "The one 'tween your ears. Seems your brain's in arrears. You've a lack of gray matter to thank." <LIME...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'electoral'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What's electoral? Any connection Or allusion to any election, Like the voters' cross section, Or the outcome projection, Or the poll-watchers' loyal protection. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'congregationalism belief'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That each church runs itself is a chief Congregationalism belief. It was key to reforms Of society's norms: Freeing slaves, women's suffrage... Good grief! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'administratium element'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Administratium: element found In the air, on the ground, all around! It's inert but you know When reactions go slow That there's some of it there, I'll be bound. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'calculable number'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A calculable number is one You determine, when reckoning's done, By enlisting the aid Of a boy in third grade Who's a math whiz—your eight-year-old son. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'coadunate tied'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When you're growing together apace With a common objective in place, And advance side by side, You're coadunate, tied — Like the lobes of a leaf at its base. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hackathon programmers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At a hackathon, programmers meet To have fun, learn new things, and compete. They show off what they know At the end, in a show Of the projects they tried to complete. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bandicoot rabbit'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The notorious spy known as Philby Proceeded to Queensland, a trilby On top of his bean. He was recently seen With a bandicoot-rabbit, or bilby. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'breeder'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What's a breeder? It's one who will breed Pets or livestock—they'll give them some feed, Help the beasts reproduce. But as slang, the word's use Is what gay folks call straights, so take heed. <L...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bull wheel'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A bull wheel can drive smaller gears On a tractor you might buy at Sears. It's a rope round a drum That makes heavy things come When attached at the rear of John Deeres. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'almighty'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Almighty (you know him as God) Suffered children so sinful and odd That He passed His long days Giving thought to new ways To stomp harder on those whom He trod. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'borg'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "If we want you, you won't get away. Just give in," state the Borg. "Don't delay." They are known for insisting There's no use resisting: "Colluctancy's futile," they say. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'immigration'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Immigration is picky about Just who enters this country, no doubt. If it's drugs that you're on, Or you're some kind of con, You're excludable. Stay the hell out! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'canine croquette'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Dog fancier, I just don't get How a person can worship a pet. As you hug, stroke and smooch Your preposterous pooch, I'm craving a canine croquette. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oil patch'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When the Christmas tree's up, we're excited By our visions of Santa, alighted. In the oil patch, its role Is to cover a hole So that gifts don't arrive uninvited. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'distasture'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My distasture has long been well known. Why are you, and not me, on the throne? Yes, you are mum's first born, But spend days watching porn. My disgust with you cuts to the bone. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tip baby'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If I tip Baby's bod after eating, There's an oatmeal and formula greeting. With a dumper (a truck That can tilt and then chuck) My child honestly thinks she's competing! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gibelotte de'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Gibelotte de lapin was a stew Served to diners in Paris who knew They were chewing the fat Of not rabbit but cat When the meat in it started to mew. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gimlet drink'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What's a gimlet? A drink? Don't be droll. But if making bad puns is your goal, Here's another to mull: It is sharp, though it's dull. It's a hand tool for boring a hole. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bill builder'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Bill's a builder whose work doesn't speak Of much skill (poorly planned; far from sleek). Ill-conceived, frankly bad, His work's half-arsed; looks mad. When I told him he said, "That's a che...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sails'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Be a dear; take me down to the pier. There the sails are on sale, and the gear. I need stuff for my yachts— But of cash I've not lots, And although it's on sale, gear is dear. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crooked'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In the headlines corruptness prevails, And each day someone prominent fails To conceal shady deals Won by greasing the wheels. "Didn't think it was crooked!" he wails. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'maligned cigarette'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'll defend the maligned cigarette As its tube lends a sharp silhouette — And it gives you the cool points In numerous pool joints To score with that foxy brunette. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'accommodating michael'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At accommodating Michael I jeer. When Mike's wife, a control freak, comes near, That wimp caves to each whim. Don't feel badly for him Who nods "Yes", "Sure", "Of course!", "Sorry, ...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bluffing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Haha, that's a dumb, empty threat. You are bluffing again, that I bet. What the heck? That's a gun! Guess you're serious, son. What I said about dumb, eh, forget! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'spiders'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Spiders and scorpions and ticks Are not many people's first picks. As pets they're not sweet, They have too many feet And they simply won't learn to do tricks. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'offspring'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With his life-giving bullets all firing, He's showing no sign yet of tiring. His offspring keep mounting — 200 and counting! He sure is the daddy of siring. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'trunk pine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It's a cask holding water or wine, Or maybe a tree trunk—a pine? Where you aim with a gun, Or the victim of fun, Or it could be your bottom, or mine. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'drum table'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That's a drum table, folks, 'cause it's round, Like a snare drum without that great sound. Look, the apron has drawers For the small things one stores. It's the best Duncan Phyfe style we've f...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'grandma raced'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With a lusty "Let's go!" Grandma raced To an X-rated film Eve, Debased. Would she not rather go To a nice flower show? No, she's not one for showing good taste. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'booty'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Booty's the word we'll explore, Meaning "prizes" or "plunder of war"; Could be "riches" or "spoil", Maybe "butt of a goil", Or "a treasure thieves take in a score". <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'river mussel'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The depressed river mussel is stressed. No, not sad 'cause its shell is compressed. It's at risk. What's it need If it hopes to succeed? Clean and slow-moving waters are best. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'avicula'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Avicula sounds like a bird, But it's nothing like chicken, I've heard. It's a bivalve quiescent With half-shells pearlescent, Though for Po' Boys, the oyster's preferred. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'emeralds'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> All the emeralds I've ever seen Until now seem most certainly green. But maybe they're grue — They will someday be blue — And some blue things now really are bleen. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'romance seemed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When we smooched on the swing on your porch, This romance seemed so hot it would scorch. Thought I'd carry the day, But you drifted away, So instead I just carry the torch. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'anger flame'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When in anger a flame war I fanned, I was told, "Such a stunt gets you banned." So I never shall dis Other members. Dear Chris, I shall heed your wise words, as we've planned. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'goji berry'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In seeking good health, folks are very Enticed by this fruit, red and merry. To obtain healthy skin Or feel peace from within, People swear by the great goji berry. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'repent'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Having sinned, you are clearly to blame, Yet refuse to repent. Now the aim Of your elders may be To exclude you. We'll see Excommunication imposed to your shame. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bragging'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She said, "Bide a wee." (What the hell's that? Is she telling me, "Take off your hat"? Is she bragging, "My rump Is both shapely and plump" And requesting I give it a pat??) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cuss'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You're an airhead who's dorky, and thus You are foolish and doltish. Don't cuss. Now, your underwear goes On your ass, not your nose — Stick your legs in the holes and don't fuss. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'erosional act'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The master and student debate How to move a whole mountain so great. Student says, "It's a fact, The erosional act Will reduce it to sand if we wait." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'jump'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The stretching of something elastic Reveals there's a limit, if drastic. That's a bothering thought If the bungee you bought For the jump has a knot full of mastic. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'promotes revolution'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My son's an extremist, it seems. All his dreams have fanatical themes. He promotes revolution To exact retribution— That's one of his radical schemes. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'charlie mccarthy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When young Charlie McCarthy first heard That his "brother" was Mortimer Snerd, In a snit, he cried out, "He's a dummy! A lout! That's preposterous! Crazy! Absurd!!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'treaty'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The war that your council depicted Wasn't waged in the way they predicted. Should a treaty be signed? You can't make up your mind, Since you're feeling entirely conflicted. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'british tongues'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Once it rhymed with "on Sunday" (for Swift) But as usual the stress had to shift From bur-GUN-dy to BUR-. British tongues still prefer Foreign wines. (Taste's a natural gift!) <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'blinky bill'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "BLINKY BILL NOT A DINKY-DI BEAR" Blared the headlines (men fainted, I swear). Our marsupial Aussie, Unbared (in his cossie), Was a bear-faced bare liar. Beware! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'basque'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Her close-fitting bodices sheathe Her anatomy, making me seethe With excitement and lust For her bountiful bust. Man, that basque is so tight I can't breathe. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'certified gold'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When a record is certified gold In the States, half a million are sold. Not on fans, it relies On the retailers' buys. Helped by radio play, it takes hold. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'principal groomsman'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I just learned my wife's heart used to throb For my principal groomsman—that's Bob. When I look at our kid, I can't help but think, "Did She employ the best man for that job?" <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'said adam'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Said Adam to Eve, "Stop your grieving! The devil has done his deceiving. The price has been big, But I don't give a fig! I believe that it's time to be leaving." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'appendix'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The appendix: its purpose? Unknown, But removal I'd rather postpone. Though without it you're fine, While I can, I'll keep mine For its uselessness hasn't been shown. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ponies'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This island's the well-renowned boast Of Virginia, because it is host To a wild population Of ponies. The nation Each year sees them swim to the coast. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mare'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Every circumvolution we made Round the field, we would pass by some shade. There the mare stopped to graze And no prodding would faze Her—she's learned from my wife, I'm afraid. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hiring'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you're hiring, consider my son. All his labors are diligently done. Kirk's assiduous, careful— His attitude's prayerful. Has he any deficiency? None! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'slender braids'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A new hairstyle became quite the go— Bald on top with pink sideburns: The Moe. Slender braids down the back Are half white and half black. Am I thinking of getting one? No. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'algae allergy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Algae allergy makes my face mottle. My algologist date I will throttle: Our picnic was fine Till he said we must dine On six seaweed pills, straight from the bottle. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bleu bénédictin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've heard Bleu Bénédictin is made By some monks in the cheese-making trade. This Canadian treat Has a feature that's neat: A wild mushroom aroma conveyed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stored'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My old friend and I thought we'd reach fame, So we stored, in a case, what became Just some capsulated junk. Ha! Today it's worth bunk. I don't even remember her name. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'virginia'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> We learned of Virginia. Who'd Dare Supplant her as first? If you care, She missed by a mile (Half-millennium). While Vinland stood, Thorfinn's son was born there. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tools archimedes'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When there's water to lift, and when you Have to lift it, here's what you should do: Ask the Ancient Greek schools That devised useful tools — Archimedes will furnish a screw. <LIMERICK_...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'greed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Give me more! Give me more! Give me more! I will always want more than before! All that glistens is gold, Which I'll have and behold — Greed is good, yes, and business is war! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sasha obama'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> For a school project, Sasha Obama Presented a neat diorama: Malia and Bo (Secret Service in tow), The prez and Michelle (that's her momma). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aposematism color'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Aposematism: color me bright — Often yellow, red, black and/or white — Like a traffic sign. "Whoa! Take my warning, and know That I'm toxic or yukky. Don't bite!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'waived'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though his S.A.T. scores all had caved, Your son's path to the Ivies was paved. It'll cost you X grand To admit. It's the land Of the "G" and the home of the waived. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bra engineer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A bra engineer named Althea Was seduced by a wicked idea. Now she's earning more pay Boosting up the display Of the weaponry in North Korea. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chocolate ice'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "A fudgsicle, that's what I need To alleviate heat!" "You can plead, But you know very well Chocolate ice pops in Hell Are indeed what I'd call a rare breed." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'democrat'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Liberal Democrat won, But of cabinet posts, there were none. With his nose out of joint, He belaboured the point— To be Labour, perhaps, would be fun. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'art creates'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Graphic art creates pictures. Okay? There are lots of techniques, by the way, Like painting and drawing (Not cutting and sawing, Or sculpturing statues of clay). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'accessory breast'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "An accessory breast? Like a purse?" "No, when women have triplets to nurse, This additional breast Might be found on her chest, On her back, or perhaps somewhere worse." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'expected rooster'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It's expected a rooster might squawk If his hens start engaging in talk Of a capon who lacks (From the chop of an axe) What it takes to be cock of the walk. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'eye tracker'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An eye-tracker type of device I had worn. Now I'm paying the price With my wife. A screen played Where my point of gaze strayed. May have peeked at some boobs once or twice. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ms streisand'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Ms. Streisand appears on the bill At the Met in an opera—a thrill! She is driven each night To the show in a white Caddy limo called "Barbra's Seville." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'embroidery frame'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An embroidery frame has two hoops; It holds fabric for stitchings and loops. I make sewing mistakes; When I do, that's the breaks — But I always yell "Darn!" (not just "Oops!"). <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chain letter'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In medieval armed struggles of yore, Chain mail—neath their armor—men wore, While a chain letter, sent Through the mail, and ill-meant, Is a letter you'd better ignore. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'blackpoll'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The blackpoll's the kind of a bird In which males, when they're mating, I've heard, Wear a tiny black cap, So a mate they can trap. By the female, this hue is preferred. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hearts'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Pretty boxes, like hearts, on display — All are cordately outlined convey, "Dear, my heart beats for you, Everlastingly true." (To impress, what's the least I may pay?) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'love sprouted'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Love sprouted online. She took flight To D.C. to meet me, "Mr. Right." Now it's "Dullsville" I'm called. She got bored, our love stalled, And she flew out of Dulles that night. <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fox basil'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He's a glove puppet fox, Basil Brush; He is cheeky and orange and plush. But he's also, I've heard, An embarrassing bird (If you're Cockney, that is, and have thrush). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'smirk'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'm ahoight 'cos you tell me you care. Feeling great, I am walking on air. On my face is a smirk, And I hum while I work— I'm just loving this secret affair. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bulb thermometer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A wet-bulb thermometer's used, With a dry-bulb thermometer fused, To get a psychrometer. This type of hygrometer Keeps moisture observers amused. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cypress shrub'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> California's the home of this tree. It, quite small—ornamentally twee, Could fit well in a tub. Gowen cypress (a shrub) Is its name—just one version of three. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'shingle invasion'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The waves' and the shingle's invasion Caused this platform (the type called 'abrasion'), Where the rock's worn away Bit by bit, day by day (Like my spouse's technique of persuasion). <LI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mortar'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> We have ivy that covers the bricks. It has feelers that cling to the nicks In the mortar that's weak. It sends creepers that seek Any foothold—it grabs on and sticks. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'club whoopee'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Club Whoopee is great for romancing, Accompanied nightly by dancing. With their jazz band so hot (They play Django a lot), All your prospects, it's clear, you're enhancing. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'spies'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The home of his boss is palatial; As he enters, his face remains glacial, Though he spies, with one eye, His new chief's open fly. My oh my, that sly guy's diplomatial. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fundamentalist'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Fundamentalist, him! He'll believe All that stuff about Adam and Eve, Snake and apple each smidgen: "God's law's my religion, Each literal word." How naive! <LIMERICK_END>
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