orange

Jonathan Breit jonathan.breit at YALE.EDU
Tue May 2 04:39:26 UTC 2006


ORANGE

Eating an orange
While making love
Makes for bizarre enj-
Oyment thereof

-Attributed to Tom Lehrer

(only works if you're from the Northeast, I think)

A few more in that spirit:

CHAMBER

The legless Scotman's in my chamber.
You shall know him by his lame burr.

(with "hypallage")

SILVER

With gold and silver
I bought the will of her.

- Jonathan

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