Limericks Quiz

You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined once again by John Chaneski, our quiz guy. Hello, John.

Hi, Grant. Hi, Martha. How you doing?

Mr. Quiz. Hello.

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Listen, you know what time it is right now?

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It’s time once again to look back at news stories in the news.

Oh, it is.

Big stories of the past few months brought to you through the magic of limericks.

I’ll deliver the limerick. You deliver the last word or words.

Okay?

Okay.

Number one

Before my grilled salmon filet

I pray

Just a tiny delay

I can’t touch my plateful

Without being grateful

That the miners are safe in

Chile

Chile

Chile

Nice

Very good, yes

Do you know the name of the capsule

They used to pull them out of the ground?

I’m sure Grant does

No

The phoenix

Oh, the phoenix

Oh, yes

Yeah

Here’s the next one

Don’t accuse me of being too vocal

I’m not just some primitive yokel.

I’m upset, I’m afraid, because my flight’s been delayed by the eruption of…

I can’t say it.

Oh, no.

The Icelandic mountain something something full.

Iafjajajokl.

Thank you.

I had it mastered at one point, but it’s been too long.

Right.

A couple of months ago, you probably had it.

It’s been a while.

One more time.

How do you say that?

Iafjajajokl.

Thank you.

But even that’s an American guy in Brooklyn.

That’s an Icelandic.

Here’s the next one.

They say that I’m lacking maturity.

I’ll tell you with enormous surety that when I feel lonely,

My solution is only to check in with airport.

Security.

Security.

Right.

You can get that physical contact even missing.

Very nice.

You’ve got to get it somewhere.

You know what I’m saying?

Here’s the next limerick.

Ronald Reagan and Menachem Begin, the pagans and astronomer Sagan, have added a rhyme, our thanks go this time, to new justice.

Nice, Elena Kagan.

Elena Kagan, very good.

All the puzzle makers rejoice that they got one more rhyme.

That’s right, that’s the only reason that I am that happy about it.

Not really.

United States diplomats freaked because someone had done gone and peaked at some things confidential with awkward potential and forwarded them on to be leaked.

Leaked by WikiLeaks, right.

Here’s the next one.

TV viewers, though afflicted with sleepiness, know O’Brien’s The Tonight Show’s previous, host, if you’re up and you’re able, to stay awake, turn on cable, and watch Coco, who is now on…

TBS.

TBS.

Conan O’Brien now on cable.

Here’s the next one.

The protester shouted enraged while Prince Charles sat huddled and caged in his roles,

But at least he could now rest at ease knowing that his eldest was…

Engaged.

Engaged.

Very nice.

In some sort of casual lingo, the dealmakers scored a real bingo.

The business tycoons have arranged for iTunes to sell…

All of the songs that were made by Ringo.

We’ll go with that one.

Paul, John, George, and Ringo.

John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

Very good.

Yes, the Beatles are on iTunes.

One more, and here it is.

Dobbs, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, and Hannity, like Beck, show us little but vanity.

But Olbermann Maddow cast a partisan shadow.

Can we please rally once more for…

Oh, I don’t know.

Where’s the rhyme in there?

How about sanity?

Sanity, that’s right.

Can we have another one?

I couldn’t make the first one.

Thanks very much.

That’s our quick trip through some news stories of 2010 through Librix.

I hope you liked it.

Yeah, it was wonderful.

It seems like a lot of work.

All we have to do is sit here and crack wise.

Nice.

That was a lovely stroll down memory lane.

Thanks very much.

I’ll see you next time.

2010, the year that was.

Thank you, Mr. Chaneski.

Thank you.

Good night.

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