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Limericks:


 

The American humorist Don Marquis classified limericks as:

  "$1 Limericks":    Those that can be told in the company of ladies.
  "$2 Limericks":    Those that can be told in the company of a parson.
"$10 Limericks":    Real limericks.

There are some of each below. Those easily offended may want to keep to the ladies and parsons, though the high-priced feature the "distinguished literary commentary" of
Norman Douglas.

 

20 bucks worth of
$1 Limericks
40 bucks worth of
$2 Limericks
200 bucks worth of
$10 Limericks