Year-End Limerick Quiz

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I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett.

And in the shadows is this mystery man, our quiz guy, John Chaneski.

Hi, John.

How are you doing?

Hi, Grant.

Hi, Martha.

It’s nice here in the shadows.

It’s warm.

Come into the lights.

Oh, it’s too bright.

You know, guys, it’s that time of year again.

Well, it’s always some time of year, but this is the time that I trot out my limericks about things that have happened in the news in the past year.

Here they come.

They’re trotting out.

News limericks.

News limericks for 2016.

As usual, finish the limerick with a word or two or three.

I think I have one here, at least one that requires four words.

But let’s just…

Okay.

I’m making you guys do all the work.

So you start the limerick and we finish it.

Yes.

Let’s see how you do.

Gravitational waves had been hiding.

We could prove they existed, providing.

We had evidence.

And this year got our chance when they recorded two black holes…

Colliding.

Yes, very good.

Nicely done right out the gate.

A little science for us there.

It’s good.

Here’s the next one.

To provide my poor heart with protection, I just read the comics page section.

In my local papers, I love Garfield’s capers.

Oh, I’m sorry, was there some kind of election?

Yeah, was something?

Someone said something?

Yeah.

Here’s the next.

Some people found themselves thrown.

Bob Dylan, it became known, won a Nobel Prize, but don’t be surprised.

He gathers awards like a…

Rolling Stone.

Like a Rolling Stone, yes.

Oh, that’s good.

Good, that’s good.

Speaking of Dylan, two Brits were so sad and they moaned.

A boxer named Dylan they owned.

And Dylan had died, and at first how they cried, but eventually they had Dylan.

Cloned?

Yes.

Two Brits had their dog cloned.

Yes.

Oh, their dog.

Their dog.

Yeah, I said boxer.

They owned a boxer, but okay, I gotcha.

If you like, I can reread it with doggy in place of boxer, but he’s undefeated with 29 knockouts.

That’s right.

Now they cloned him.

Who knows how far he can go?

Here’s the next one.

All life on this earth’s transitory.

We lost Prince.

Not the end of the story.

We lost Wilder and Cohen.

We lost Rickman, keep going, lost Ali, but at least we found…

Dory.

Yes.

In 2016, we found Dory.

A team in Chicago of note rarely had reason to gloat, but all that is over because as of October, they have lifted the…

Curse of the goat.

The curse of the goat, yes.

Right.

Here’s the last one.

This one’s kind of personal.

At our house, we make sure the kids know to get exercise now and then.

Though, since July of this year, we have nothing to fear.

They take long walks thanks to…

Pokemon Go.

Yes, Pokemon Go.

I was going to say the snow.

I remember snow.

No, Pokemon Go.

And that’s my cue.

Actually, I have to Pokemon Go myself and go…

There’s a Zubat out in the control room I have to take care of.

All right.

Good luck finding the Gyarados.

That’s where the action is at.

Thanks, John.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you, guys. Take care.

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