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Part X: The Great Friday Clean Limerick Challenge

By WAYNE GREENE Senior Writer on Jul 16, 2010, at 9:02 AM  Updated on 7/16 at 9:06 AM



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OK, OK: Here's an easier American history quiz

Coworkers have been riding me all day that my American history quiz on Monday’s front page was too hard.

At first, ...

How time will not heal old wounds

Healing historic injustices – whether they are five years old or 5,000 – starts with acknowledging them, a retired diplomat ...

Good news from the recession? Fewer homes hitting property tax cap

The number of local homeowners who see their property tax assessments go up 5 percent automatically every year is decreasing, ...

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I'm not lion. She's a liberal. World file


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I'm this conservative. World file


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Up, up and away. World file


Here’s a little nursery rhyme that came to me after seeing Randy Brogdon’s attack ad on Mary Fallin:

Hibbity, Jibbity, Jiberal,
Brogdon called Fallin a Liberal.
Hotsy, Motsy, Dotsy,
Fallin called Brogdon misinformed.

I can’t quiet get that last line to jive up. I’ll keep working on it.
How about this instead:

Hibbity, Jibbity, Jiberal,
Brogdon called Fallin a Liberal.
Hashest, Mashest, Nashest,
Falling called Brogdon incorrect.

Still not quite there.

Meanwhile, it appears our city’s great crime-fighting crisis is at an end: The Tulsa Police helicopter is about to return to the air. Feel safer now?

There once was a man most improper
(A petty thief and bail hopper).
In Tulsa he ran free,
Nothing slowed down his spree,
Because of the lack of a chopper.

Now Chuck Jordan’s back in the sky,
TPD eyes are traveling high.
The dragnet is out.
Beyond any doubt,
The arrest rate will certainly fly.

With the cops, the crime rate arises,
They’ll soon want more cops, I surmises.
Turns out that a chopper
Is not a crime stopper.
Life is full of these quirky surprises.

Can I write one more limerick about City Hall dysfunction? Of course I can.

The mayor says the city’s still broke.
So the council’s budget he revokes.
“The streets will stay dark.
“We won’t mow the parks.
“The almighty Dewey hath spoke.”
WAYNE'S WORLD

OK, OK: Here's an easier American history quiz

Coworkers have been riding me all day that my American history quiz on Monday’s front page was too hard.

At first, ...

How time will not heal old wounds

Healing historic injustices – whether they are five years old or 5,000 – starts with acknowledging them, a retired diplomat ...

Good news from the recession? Fewer homes hitting property tax cap

The number of local homeowners who see their property tax assessments go up 5 percent automatically every year is decreasing, ...

CONTACT THE BLOGGER

Wayne Greene

918-581-8308
Email

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