… tea.
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Dr. Bernard Carroll, known as the "conscience of psychiatry," contributed to various blogs, including Margaret Soltan's University Diaries, for which he sometimes wrote limericks under the name Adam.
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Notes of a Neophyte
March 27th, 2013 at 3:00PM
I’ll say in advance that the humor here is going to run a little immature, but you’re the one who posted the item:
I can’t wait for my chance to sit down
And switch quickly to smile from frown.
A moment of peace,
A good book on my knees
And a hot steaming cup of Earl Brown.
March 27th, 2013 at 3:07PM
Oh, what’s the best choice to keep clean?
Is it herbal, oolong, or green?
My advisor perceives
From reading the leaves
That jasmine best suits the latrine.
March 27th, 2013 at 3:12PM
The bathroom’s no place for a bowl
If sugar or cream is goal.
It’s no place for a strainer
Or loose leaf container
So your tea belongs best on a roll.
March 27th, 2013 at 3:15PM
Do you have a strong preference for brew
If you feel a compulsion to spew?
Some nice lemon tea
Is just right for me
But coffee comes in number two.
March 27th, 2013 at 3:27PM
I just figured out that the next piece of ribald verse I contribute here will make one hundred. Just think how much scholarship I could have produced if not for UD . . .
March 27th, 2013 at 3:29PM
Dave: Keep them coming. In my pedantic way, I have been studying Lists of Tea Terms so as to find as much jargon as possible to put into my limericks. I love yours. Especially Earl Brown. Brilliante.
March 27th, 2013 at 4:02PM
The Tea Ceremony
First, place your Assam on the seat.
Then wait not Oolong for your treat.
If your brew’s fully fired
From your make you’ll retire
To an après-Gunpowder retreat.
March 27th, 2013 at 9:09PM
Not a limerick but here goes, straining for effect.
Oölong does not belong
In the little room of pong.
Number one it tastes too strong,
Number two you’ll just prolong
Getting to the happy gong.
March 28th, 2013 at 12:44AM
The Japanese so love to pee,
They’ve scented their tissue with tea.
The Scotch wipe with whiskey,
It makes them feel frisky.
And the French prefer Gruyere or Brie.
March 28th, 2013 at 5:16AM
janet, adam: This assignment has brought out your very best. Thank you. UD
March 28th, 2013 at 11:37AM
I have no skills whatsoever with rhyming or limericks, but these are fantastic. Thank you all so very much.
March 28th, 2013 at 11:50AM
Daniel: Our pleasure. UD