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There Once Was A Man From Nantucket
Quetzi
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Last night I was doing some research on the history of limericks and partway through that I came to a realization - I did not know the rest of one of the most famous ones. I knew the first line, naturally, and I knew that it was in some form obscene. It's so obscene, in fact, that it is regularly referenced in media with just the first line, at which point the speaker is cut off.
I think it's pretty easy to make some guesses at the rest of the poem, to be clear. There are some obvious rhymes. And part of the joy of limericks is definitely how easy it is to hit the meter and rhyme scheme, they're a fun little one-off goofy poem, that's the whole thing. But more than actually knowing it was obscene (or, truly, presuming that it was obscene), I understood that it was shorthand for obscenity.
The traditional obscene version, per Wikipedia:
Anyways, do you know the rest of the poem? Do you know some other version of the poem?
I think it's pretty easy to make some guesses at the rest of the poem, to be clear. There are some obvious rhymes. And part of the joy of limericks is definitely how easy it is to hit the meter and rhyme scheme, they're a fun little one-off goofy poem, that's the whole thing. But more than actually knowing it was obscene (or, truly, presuming that it was obscene), I understood that it was shorthand for obscenity.
The traditional obscene version, per Wikipedia:
There was a young man from Nantucket
Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin,
"If my ear was a cunt I would fuck it."
Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin,
"If my ear was a cunt I would fuck it."
Anyways, do you know the rest of the poem? Do you know some other version of the poem?
There Once Was A Man From Nantucket 85 votes
Yes of course I know the poem
31%
27 votes
I knew some other obscene version of the man from Nantucket
16%
14 votes
I knew a version of the man from Nantucket that wasn't obscene, which has made all references to it in media throughout my life very confusing
8%
7 votes
I also was unaware of the exact wording of the poem
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I want to say the version I knew in my youth involved him toting around his suckably long dick in a bucket?
But I couldn't give you anything substantial beyond that.
Steam ID - VeldrinD
there's this variation i found online:
there once was a man from nantucket
who carried his balls in a bucket
and he said to his hon
while fondling one
if this were an oyster i'd shuck it
Interesting, as I know a different one with the subject of testicles
There once was a fellow from Cosham
Who took out his bollocks to wash 'em
His wife said, "Jack,
If you don't put them back,
I'll step on the buggers and squash 'em"
They are some of the filthiest fucking lyrics I've ever read.
I was drawn to it from reading this snippet, and this is, genuinely, one of the LEAST filthy bits:
"They f----d 'em up the stairs,
They f----d 'em down the stairs,
They f----d 'em on the chairs,
They f----d 'em off the chairs,
And first they f----d 'em here,
And then they f----d 'em there,
But still they kept f----g on, Sir."
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Was afraid of a few drops of rain
It went into a tunnel,
and squeaked through its funnel
And wouldn't come out again
Who circumcised men with his teeth.
It was not for the treasure,
Nor sexual pleasure,
But to get at the cheese underneath.
In shorthand?
but man I knew the poem was dirty but good lord
She giggled when I told her lol
Well he did get Montressor'd
After that either one of my step siblings or my step dad told me the rest of it I think. I was probably like 14.