| grand vizier by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126129) | The Sultan's advisor, Amir,
Was officially named Grand Vizier,
Which he thought would result in
Close ties with the Sultan.
He was sorely mistaken, poor dear. | A grand vizier was the chief advisor to the sultan and effectively head of government in the Ottoman Empire and other states in the Islamic world. While at times a grand vizier marginalized the sultan or overshadowed his power, at other times sultans had the upper hand and chose enslaved foreigners for the position since they would be subservient, or even executed their grand vizier if conflict arose. |
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| drop bear, dropbear, Thylarctos plummetus by speedysnail (Limerick #126128) | Foreign visitors suffer the shakes
At the thought of our spiders and snakes,
Our sharks and our crocs,
But the biggest of shocks
Is when drop bears attack: "Fer Chrissakes!" | Thylarctos plummetus, one of the most elusive but terrifying examples of Australian fauna, is the country's heaviest arborial marsupial. Some days he just can't be buggered sitting up a gum tree, and launches himself at passing prey—particularly non-native animals and tourists. |
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| hiddenness by VERaLOE and speedysnail (Limerick #126127) | The status of things being hid-
den's called Curtained Comment hiddenness —see what we did
There? We kept it away
Out of view. You might say
It went missing. Lay low. Went off-grid. |
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| general discharge by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126126) | My general discharge bears witness
To my service and overall fitness.
My mistakes, keep in mind,
Were infrequent, confined
To some lapses in polish-and-spitness. | Release from service in the US military is termed a general discharge if there have been relatively minor problems in performance, either misconduct that would not be criminal in civilian life or issues related to parenthood or physical readiness. |
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| bioarchaeology by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126125) | Bioarchaeology integrates science
From a number of fields, an alliance
Using skeletons, mummies,
And contents of tummies
To minimize guesswork reliance. |
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| herdess by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126124) | The young herdess takes care of her flock
In her simple, traditional frock.
She's employed by a glutton
Who's eager for mutton:
The shepherdess shpiel is a crock. |
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| hammer throw by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126123) | In the hammer throw, hammers are thrown.
(Yes, I know: who could ever have known?)
This Olympic event,
Is obscure, some lament,
While for others, it's all too well-known. | The hammer at issue is more of a ball and chain, although in the Highland Games, the ball is attached to a long fixed wooden handle, making it a bit more hammerlike. And the "chain" in the ball and chain version is actually wire or cable with a grip that ... Hey! Where are you going? Wait! |
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| gride by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126122) | While my spear is intended to gride
And to penetrate tissues inside,
Both my longsword and axe
Are for hacking attacks —
In all instances, matters of pride. | To gride is to pierce with a weapon, in either transitive or intransitive construction. |
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| heterodactylous, heterodactyl, heterodactyly, zygodactylous, zygodactyl, zygodactyly by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126121) | Meet the heterodactylous Rose,
With a special arrangement of toes:
In number, just four;
When she stands on the floor,
Two go forward; the others oppose. | Trogons and quetzals, birds in the order Trogoniformes, are the only animals featuring heterodactyly, in which the first and second toes (the little piggies that went to market and stayed home, respectively) face backward. The feet of parrots, woodpeckers, cuckoos and some other birds appear similar, but are zygodactylous, with the rearward-facing toes being the first and fourth. |
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| hot stuff by Chuck Folkers (Limerick #126120) | He's so ripped! He's so jacked! He's so buff!
And the customers can't get enough.
His exceptional skill
Is displayed, if you will,
In his stripper-pole stage name, Hot Stuff. |
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