Jonathan Eberhart taught us "The Limerick Game" while here to make his recording. Played thusly: Each player writes the first and last lines of a limerick, they must scan properly, of course, and rhyme, but should not clearly relate to one another in any way suggesting a tie-in. These two lines are then handed to the player on the left of the originator, who must fill in with the second, third and fourth lines, creating the limerick and a reasonable connection between first and last lines. The resulting limericks are then read to the rest of the players amid loud cheers of admiration. (Hopefully)

For instance: Jonathan wrote:

(1) To the sound of the funeral drum...
(5) In a vat of Dominican rum.

To the sound of the funeral drum,
The mourning procession did come.
Their cries did resound
For their priest, who had drowned
In a vat of Dominican rum.

Similarly, we created:

With the grace of a fragile gazelle
Moved the late actor, Zero Mostel.
How he'd glide 'cross the stage
With his girth, at his age,
Was a secret no one could tell.

Try it some night, when you're tired of all the picking and singing.

Sandy