<p>Here’s the opportunity to reveal your inner bard. Contribute your ORIGINAL College Confidential-themed limerick here and shamelessly beg for reputation points at the same time. ;)</p>
<p>The more absurd the verse, the better! I’ll start:</p>
<p>A deep-pocketed alumnus of Yale,
Expected a legacy admit without fail.
But Junior’s SAT score
Was appallingly poor,
So a huge endowment donation entailed.</p>
<p>Now you add a verse</p>
<p>Okay, 180 views, and no posts?</p>
<p>Now that’s lame! Well, I personally have never written a limerick, so I have plenty of excuses.</p>
<p>I’m really can’t contribute because I’m too lazy,
So my limerick would undoubtably be bizarre and crazy.
My lackluster education only taught me how to copy and paste,
And my friends can testify that it would be in poor taste,
Plus I’ve drunk so much wine I’ve become hazy.</p>
<p>Terrain! Terrain! Pull Up!</p>
<p>Oh come on, I’m not at work!! Slacking with my doggies while my husband does the family work. Plus, I don’t drink while working (not French, you know). Plus, there are no internet connections allowed nor available at work.</p>
<p>You forgot the, 'Whoop, whoop!" Nothing else gets our attention.</p>
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<p>Also, it’s not like she’s a former Soviet/Russian fighter pilot who needs to drink a gallon of Vodka BEFORE proceeding with her fighter training/patrol missions over the Bering Straits. </p>
<p>Just kidding…<em>Ducks</em> :D</p>
<p>OK, here’s one more lame-O limerick to encourage the rabble</p>
<p>A granola-head coed at State U
Followed a fad diet of tabouli and tofu.
But in a Jello-shots binge
Did her diet unhinge.
So she abandoned her beige kum-ba-ya menu. </p>
<p>:p 
:p</p>
<p>Be kind!</p>
<p>Just paid last tuition check,
Room and board, hey, what the heck?
Sent the boy off on his way,
Classes start after MLK Day…
Graduate or I’ll wring your neck!!</p>
<p>There once was a new college grad
Who saw the economy was bad
Oh what was wrong with me
To study psychology
If I get a job I’ll be glad!</p>
<p>Julie, forget all the news that is bad!
A bride-to-be shouldn’t be sad!
Lots of planning to do,
A new life to pursue,
A beautiful wedding to be had!!</p>
<p>CC is the place that I found
Years ago with the kids college bound
Now they’ve finished their studies
Launched their lives with their buddies
But their mom is still hanging around</p>
<p>So much info on houses and airfares
Older parents, insurance and car cares
Can’t drag self away
Checking CC each day
It’s addicting and helpful with nightmares!</p>
<p>There once was a URM jock
Who thought HYP was a lock
Imagine his face
When dinged every place
Now he’s back on CC 'round the clock</p>
<p>There once was a mom from Jersey
Who discovered such fun on CC
Now she posts every day
Checks the Parent Caf</p>
<p>There once was a Lady named Mary
Who had to find someone to marry
Sir Richard had cash
But too little class
And her good friend the Turk was so buried!</p>
<p>Of the Class of 2014 I’m fond,
We aptly named ourselves “and Beyond”
Through thick and through thin
We back our virtual kin
And groan when G# gets on ;)</p>
<p>There once was a mom with a bright one,
So on to CC she did run,
She found what she wanted,
But by CC is haunted,
And wonders will she ever be done.</p>
<p>I tour with the Joffrey to dance
Genome research: I won seven grants
Built a school in Phnom Penh
But with 2310
I am certain I don’t have a chance</p>
<p>There once was a kid from Kentucky,
Whose chances at Harvard were sucky,
He said with a grin, application sent in,
Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky!</p>
<p>I love it. This reminds me of our old haiku thread, too: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/649580-just-fun-haiku.html?highlight=haiku[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/649580-just-fun-haiku.html?highlight=haiku</a></p>
<p>Though I tire of “I gotta have HYP,”
And “I’ll perish if I don’t get MIT,”
Chance-me threads, “How’re my scores?”
“Find me schools with no Cores!”
I still just can’t quit you, CC.</p>
<p>I love all my friends on CC.
It’ is definitely the cool place to be.
I get college advice,
From folks who are nice
And the best part is all of it’s free!</p>
<p>My favorite place is the Parent Cafe.
Where you can talk about books or a play.
Recommend a new car,
Share a drink at the Sinner’s Alley bar,
Or write rhymes like I’m doing today.</p>
<p>A Google search first brought me here
to check on a score of D Dear.
But I’ve learned oh so much
about finaid and such
that I’ve stayed here well over a year.</p>