"Harrison"
I'm bored to extinction with Harrison,
His limericks and puns are embarrassin'
But I'm fond of the bum,
For, though dull as they come,
He makes me feel bright by comparison.
—Anonymous
[From: The Penguin Book of Limericks,
ed. by E. O Parrott (NY: Viking, 1986)]
To which I reply with a most indignant "Harrumph!", and the following:
The limerick above, don't you see?
Couldn't possibly be about me!
Though some may construe,
It would be just as true,
If Anon. meant me personally.
—John Scott Harrison
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