The comments on the Hindu Crossword Corner turned to discussing limericks today.
Here are some from me dedicated to the setter whom all Hindu crossword solvers love to hate.
| She scatters prepositions pell-mell Her anagrinds seldom fit well She uses "large" and "user", Calls a "runner-up" a "loser" - And is much too fond of the measure ELL. Why is her Y always 'end of the day'? List of dubious abbreviations we scan The setter who inspires these rhymes |
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I'm a long time reader. First comment on CrosswordUnclued. Thanks for giving me a morning laugh.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! The last line is brilliant. Are the powers that be at The Hindu listening?
ReplyDeleteWonderful ! And today we have Chetumal & Corbiestep!
ReplyDeleteAnd Decidua. Chirala was much better!
ReplyDeleteKirti, Nitin, Kishore: Thanks. We also have "pray" as anagrind today!
ReplyDeleteBlogger is acting funny this morning - comment approvals aren't working. I've disabled moderation for now. If you wrote something and it didn't show up, apologies. Please feel free to post it again.
That's why I personally like ET more. Not that I like Hindu less, but that I like ET more.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed reading this! thanks
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those comments that didn't make it.
ReplyDeleteHaving kept no copy, I am writing it all over again.
There's a blogger from Bangalore
Whose writings bring to the fore
Good and bad that we see
In the setters of THC;
From her may we have more and more!
That was a very picturesque tribute
ReplyDeleteAlthough despair's unpleasant offshoot
Coming from another 'she'
There was nothing fishy
Every word of it is true, without dispute.
No malice intended.Just a pun for fun when stuck in a boring meeting.
ReplyDeleteThere's a girl called Shuchi
xwords make her mushy
on seeing pretty clues
she forgets all her blues
and in a flash she rids
all unfilled grids
Nothing makes her groan
or gets her face to frown
but someone we all loathe
gets her bloody goat
so just to get a kick
she once wrote a limerick
A request to this setter
it's high time you got better
go and get some help
or stick to paper pulp
us solvers can't be fooled
'coz we read crossword unclued.
Exceptional post, and amusing comments. Had a lot of fun reading both.
ReplyDeleteVery Creative...loved the limericks.
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to have turned poetic today!! :D
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your limerick on NJ though it is not all that enjoyable to decipher her clues. She makes solving her crosswords an ordeal instead of a pleasure pastime. Thanks to THCC, I am able to get some idea of NJ's setting.
ReplyDeleteDr.D.Srinivasan
My tribute to NJ
ReplyDeleteThere is a lady named NJ,
Who I feel resides in Bombay,
Her CWs are "large" and "regular",
And make us nurse forever,
A Patiala at the end of the day.
All these lovely limericks,
ReplyDeleteHave kindled our creative juices
Thank u Shuchi,
For making us happy,
And may NJ inspire more positive pieces!
Oh my dear
ReplyDeleteWhat I hear
Is only jeer
Ready to tear
Happy to smear
Notorious here
She has no peer
None comes near
To being so drear
An ordeal we bear
Some clues may be suspect
ReplyDeleteA few others with some defect
Maybe the paper's in a fix
And looking for setter # six
Till then our lot we'll have to accept.
She spreads further despondence
ReplyDeleteBy calling "dead letters" CORRESPONDENCE.
And on 14A
Indicates anagram with - "pray"!
Not solving anymore, it's easier climbing mountains.
Ms. Jaggi's cryptic messes
ReplyDeleteCall for less logic more guesses
Forcing me and you
To rather turn into
Poets and poetesses.
It's not fair. Someone's gotta stand up for her. so here I am. I know I may sound like aya ram gaya ram, still.. -
ReplyDeleteDear arm chair critics
spare me the rhetorics
think you can do better?
just become a setter
your clues will look like PJ's
when compared to NJ's
Give the poor soul a break
you all go take a hike
she's not half that bad
then why are we raving mad
she even deserve smileys
for "soft material in cabs or Bentleys"*
NJ bashing's passe
the baton's gotta pass
so, why not taunt and chide
our very own jekyll and hyde
I am sure you all wanna
pick on poor dear Manna.
* Refer 08 Apr THC
NB - Just wondering how many got the paper pulp reference in my earlier nonsense :) Shuchi - did you?
I did, maddy, I did.
ReplyDeleteWhen NJ's not creating a grid
She does a smooth sashay
To moulding papier-mache,
In which (I hope) she isn't as insipid.
OK I'll cut her some slack
ReplyDeleteABSORBENT I too will back.
Am also with her
On her clue for ETHER,
That's it: return to mode of attack.
Amazing post and comments....Very enjoyable reading :)
ReplyDeleteOh!Where would we be if Ms.Jaggi
ReplyDeleteDecided to chuck it and flee,
We'd miss her like mad,
Our own punching bag
And wish we'd been more kindly.
So, really I'd like to thank her,
For being a fun generator
No other setter
Has been able to muster
Comments and rhymes in such a cluster!
Of course, give the devil his due: improved our lateral thinking skills, kept our grey cells kicking alive in adventures through alarming mazes of preposterous blunders!
ReplyDeleteNice reading all these hilarious limericks!
ReplyDeleteHere's a limerick related to wordplay. I read it one of the books, and it's still in my memory:
A boy said to a teacher one day
"Ma'am, Wright did not write write right, I say!"
The teacher replied,
as the blunder she eyed,
"Wright! Write write right, right away!
Lovely one, sreelakshmi. You chose a good day to post it - World Poetry Day.
ReplyDeleteWow! that's amazing! I will keep that in mind.
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