My Father's Limerick

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I passed by "Man from Ravenna" again and was reminded of what I believe is my father's only limerick. I don't think I've posted it here before, but who really knows the future, or the past, or anything but this passing moment? Now what the ^&;$#!*$% was I trying to post? Oh, yeah, the limerick:

There was an old man of Rhode Island
Who was known as King William the Silent.
    When they bade him good morning,
    He replied without warning,
"Garunchnik!" and then he grew violent.

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  1. James Rothfeld10:30 PM

    bade, not bad.

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  2. Wabulon3:46 AM

    OK, yes, I shoulda said "bade" but "bad" is a respectable, although archaic, alternative. Dunno what he said.

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  3. runescape money11:10 PM

    Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas.

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