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A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 03:32
by Airspeed
Reading "The Dictionary of Lost Words" last night, I came across this gem, which I've cleaned up for posting:
There was a young harlot from Kew.
Who filled herself up with glue,
She said with a grin, :They pay to come in,
They can pay to get out again, too!"
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 07:12
by Filonian
Graham
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 11:52
by FlyTexas
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 12:38
by Nigel H-J
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 15:55
by 511Flyer
Lionel Ritchie sang "Stuck on you" Did he meet the lady in question?
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 23:36
by nigelb
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 04 Aug 2020, 07:50
by simondix
Was that by Edward Leer
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 04 Aug 2020, 09:40
by Tomliner
The answer? A GPWS ( Glued Pussy Warning System)—-‘Pull Out! Pull Out!’
EricT
Re: A Humourous Harlot
Posted: 04 Aug 2020, 09:54
by Airspeed
Some amusing contributions, gentlemen!
simondix wrote: ↑04 Aug 2020, 07:50
Was that by Edward Leer
No originator quoted in the book, Simon.
The limerick was supposedly spoken by a very wordly market stallholder, in the 1800s, to illustrate the use of a word. (which I changed in the above to avoid being banned here.)
The only Leer I could find in this regard was not Edward, but a gent who apparently promoted clean limericks, which was (again, apparently) against the general idea behind them.
