Quiz guy John Chaneski shares limericks about things people were talking about in 2015. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Hot Topics of 2015 Limerick Game”
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I’m Martha Barnette.
And I’m Grant Barrett.
And hey, look who it is, this handsome guy.
It’s John Chaneski.
Hi, John.
I thought there was a handsome guy standing behind me.
Yeah, it’s me.
No, you’re doing quizzes coming out of your pockets.
That’s all these quizzes just flowing out of my pockets.
Tucked into the band of your fedora.
I’m going to put this one on my little board here, and I’m going to start reading it.
It goes like this.
It’s time once again for limericks celebrating the things we were interested in last year.
Okay.
All right.
I’ll start the limerick, about four and a half lines, and you guys finish it.
All right?
Okay.
Now, sometimes it’s one word or two or three when appropriate.
Here we go.
Things that we were interested in 2015.
Now, this one has three blanks, and you must fill in all three blanks.
The web was a chatter-filled mess.
It even appeared in the press when brother fought brother over what is the color of a weird little blank and blank blank.
Gold and blue dress.
Yes.
Blue and gold dress?
It’s white and gold dress or black and blue dress.
Either was fine.
Depending on who.
White and blue dress.
I think anybody saw that.
What?
That’s what I saw.
It was either white and gold or black and blue.
This one has two blanks.
I’m considered a sad party pooper, but I stayed up all night like a trooper.
And I don’t mean to gripe, but despite lunar hype, I don’t think that the blank was so blank.
Super.
The full moon was so super?
Yeah, I don’t think that the moon was so super.
Remember the super moon?
Super moon, yeah.
How quickly we forget the thing that won’t come along again until 2033, right?
This one just has one blank.
The Supreme Court hears marriage defenders, yet in June its decision it renders.
Happy people get married, but it leaves me quite harried, for I must go out and buy twice the…
Blenders.
Blenders, right.
Why won’t anybody think of me?
Now I have to go out and buy twice as many presents.
This next one has three blanks.
The fans cheered and lifted their drinks and engaged in such happy hijinks.
When Abrams declared, you don’t have to be scared.
The next film has no blank, blank, blank.
George R. Binks.
George R. Binks is right.
Lisa, glad I’m not in film.
Wow, that’s pretty good.
Okay, here’s our last one.
One blank.
Paranoia is on the increase.
There’s no need to call the police.
Take a look at the gear, you don’t have to fear.
A teen and his homemade…
Clock.
Time piece.
Time piece.
Time piece rhymes.
Yes.
Ahmad Muhammad.
And his…
His homemade clock.
Well those are some of the…
More interesting things.
From last year.
That we could talk about.
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Thank you, Grant.
Thank you, Martha.
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You too.
Bye bye.
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