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Petrushka

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39. Letter from Limerick
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 06:48 PM
Jun 2018

Last edited Tue Jun 5, 2018, 10:22 PM - Edit history (3)

BREAKDOWN

Dear Minerva Luscinia,

Enticed by the groan of the sax,
did wypipo virgins relax
and dance in the nude
entranced by the mood
of the Blues invented by blacks?






https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/news-article/threat-jazz-john-bulloch-souter%E2%80%99s-breakdown
"Wypipo" a limerick contest [View all] guillaumeb Jun 2018 OP
Wypipo got no reason ... kwassa Jun 2018 #1
I was just thinking about that song. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #2
Lol EffieBlack Jun 2018 #15
Now THAT is how I like waking up in the morning. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2018 #26
Entry. needledriver Jun 2018 #3
I love it. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #9
There were two wypipo on DU marble falls Jun 2018 #4
Very nice. I like how the thread is developing. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #10
Heh heh ck4829 Jun 2018 #50
Nice one. brush Jun 2018 #51
Thosepipo Evergreen Emerald Jun 2018 #5
Very well said. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #11
Another good one. brush Jun 2018 #52
Limerick? Petrushka Jun 2018 #6
My privilege to read this one. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #12
Thank you! Petrushka Jun 2018 #14
The Root has a writer name Mike oberliner Jun 2018 #7
I don't get it. No 'wypipo' in it. marble falls Jun 2018 #8
Well done. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #13
You didn't follow directions, Boo EffieBlack Jun 2018 #16
What is it about some folks and some other folks, i cant use the W or B words... Eliot Rosewater Jun 2018 #27
your obsession with oberliner isn't cute or funny. Mosby Jun 2018 #32
Wow - you haven't been keeping up, have you? EffieBlack Jun 2018 #33
Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #34
Aww. You wrote a poem about me EffieBlack Jun 2018 #35
Someone has an obssession all right. And it's not EB. brush Jun 2018 #53
I figure the title of your limerick must be . . . Petrushka Jun 2018 #20
Another --- Petrushka Jun 2018 #17
... SidDithers Jun 2018 #18
Very good. Really very good. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #40
. XRubicon Jun 2018 #19
Love Christopher Walken in this but it works better wit the "Fatboy Slim" music. brush Jun 2018 #54
I have always been loathe to get involved with this whole circus, but I'll play this time DFW Jun 2018 #21
+1 hlthe2b Jun 2018 #25
Thank you for playing. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #41
Great post Exotica Jun 2018 #46
Truth about Wypipo is just because you're white, you ain't one ck4829 Jun 2018 #22
Brutal. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #42
Ok, ok, I like it. brush Jun 2018 #55
Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #23
... ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #24
Oh sh_t! It was a face job all along? Hahahahahaha! brush Jun 2018 #56
Acts 2:15 Bok_Tukalo Jun 2018 #28
There once was a Wypipo from Nantucket ismnotwasm Jun 2018 #29
Agreed. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #43
A wypipo named Rosanne Croney Jun 2018 #30
Nicely done. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author YessirAtsaFact Jun 2018 #31
I see it as a descriptive. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #45
Goodness. There's an entire forum dedicated to this sincere question LanternWaste Jun 2018 #59
Sorry, for the same reason I don't use other racial slurs, I don't use this one mythology Jun 2018 #36
It can't be a racial slur if it doesn't slur the entire race. kwassa Jun 2018 #38
Why do you see it as a slur? eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #47
"Who's Your Daddy?! Petrushka Jun 2018 #37
A winner. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #48
A bow and a curtsey and (**blush**) . . . Petrushka Jun 2018 #49
Letter from Limerick Petrushka Jun 2018 #39
Wypipo threads in DU are the turds that just won't flush. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 #57
Yours is my favorite unintended irony of the week. LanternWaste Jun 2018 #58
There once was a thread on DU... moriah Jun 2018 #62
When I need lots of attention JNelson6563 Jun 2018 #60
Not feeling poetic today? eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #61
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