I don’t mind my one paltry limerick used, but I think the Chicago Reader now owns it, since I posted it here. Best check with a mod.
Hint: select-All on the page, and all spoiler boxes will be revealed simultaneously.
Thanks. :smack:
Bricker: I don’ t mind, so long as we get to take the quiz when it’s up.
The Hunt for Red October
A new Russian sub has defected
And it’s quiet - it can’t be detected
So the captain renowned
Will stage a meltdown
So the Russians will think that he wrecked it.
Dune by Frank Herbert
There once was a lad from Atreides,
who was reared by psychic bald ladies.
Yet blue-eyed women and men,
known collectively as the Fremen,
helped him send Harkonnens to Hades.
The Bill of Rights Amendment I
Restrictive laws are rejected
For the freedoms below are protected:
Religion; Free Press;
The right to congress;
And to petiton the duly elected.
Don’t you think it would have been more fun if the Founders had written in rhyming verse?
The Bill of Rights Amendment II
Since militias, when keeping to orders
Are important for guarding our borders
And raising alarms,
The right to bear arms
shall not be denied of supporters.
The Bill of Rights Amendment III
No soldier, when in times of peace
May quarter himself without lease
In the house of a gent
Without his consent
Unless laws in war give release.
I don’t have time to do the rest right now…
Well, I hope you do cover IV-X, Skammer.
Hmmm, I wonder if I could do the Ten Commandments? It could be the guiltiest pleasure since The Decameron!
I know I’m going to go to Hell for this… :rolleyes:
The Ten Commandments – by Jehovah, a.k.a. Yahweh, a.k.a. God, a.k.a. our Father who art in heaven, and etc. ad infinitum.
I:
Forget the later Trinity Three:
Thou may worship no other god than me.
The Divine is a singularity;
My trademark, proprietary;
I’m Jehovah, and I’ve just gotta be Me.
II:
And I add, slightly redundantly:
You may bow before no other than me.
No idols or pictures
Of googly-eyed critters;
For you lack my Divine artistry.
III:
And I state irrevocably:
Only use my name reverently.
No telling of “little ones”
On a stack of Gideons,
For I will accept no liability.
......IV:
Observe the Sabbath regularly.
Work not; cook not; brew no tea.
Generate no revenue,
Even with bills overdue;
Put your feet up and think only of me.
V:
Treat your parents honorably:
It is your key to longevity!
Be nice to them always;
And cast them no rolleyes.
And would it kill you to call them weekly?
VI:
“You must not murder,” I decree.
And no ifs, ands, or buts… Really!
I will not elaborate
Or tergiversate.
With what Word of Mine would you not agree?
VII:
You must not cheat on your hubby.
For cheating is an affront… to Me.
When you said “I do,”
I heard you, too.
Have you two tried couples’ therapy?
VIII:
You must not steal – even for Me –
I instruct, televangelistically.
No six-fingered discounts
Or secret Swiss bank accounts
And I keep all ledgers to the penny.
IX:
You must not lie or use sophistry:
No fudging or false guarantee.
If you get out of a tight spot
With so much as a cop-out,
I will weigh your soul quite heavily.
X:
You must not live enviously:
Neither sexually nor materially.
When confronted with temptation,
You should try meditation,
And it might help to turn off the TV.
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I sure hope God has a sense of humor
Or Styx’s vultures will be eating my liver!
I wish I could oblige.
But the game doesn’t work quite like that. You enter the game at level 0, and to advance to a higher level you must answer a trivia question; the questions get tougher as you ascend to higher levels. I can’t guarantee that a particular player gets a particular question, and the difficulty of a given question is based on how often it’s been answered correctly in the past.
There are well over 15,000 questions in the game, and players may rise as high as level 512.
Furthermore, as you accumulate levels, you gain powers. The game is also a message board, and players of sufficiently high level may delete messages posted by other players. They may also attack lower-level players, removing some of their levels. The alliance and political aspect of the game is, in fact, arguably of bigger interest than the trivia; a high-level player may also promote lower players, giving them levels without requiring them to answer questions.
In the end, though, a strong ability to answer and research trivia is no small element of success in the Pyroto Mountain world.
I apologize for the lengthy hijack, but I wanted to explain why I’d be stealing your work and there was a fair chance you’d never see it in use… 
- Rick
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
A fellow named Phaedrus had won
the knowledge of Quality’s fun
through cycling repair
and rarefied air
and being a dick to his son.
Alas, most uncharitable. Honest, I love that book!
Me too, given that I did the whole Bible. :eek:
To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert Heinlein
There once was a system called the Howard Plan
tat enabled a young Maurine to start a clan
of kids and descendants
and even ascendants
when she went back in time to schtup her old man.
The Last Temptation of Christ
If Israel’s the next place you go
There’s one or two things you should know
Our Saviour’s obsessive
And manic-depressive
And his new wife is kind of a ho’
Lawrence of Arabia
To take Akhaba in a day
Is not nearly as hard as they say
All you need is a plan
Some faith, and a man
With an ego the size of L.A.