There once was a lady from Venus...

We all remember the snippet from that dirty limerick that Data started reciting from that truly mediocre episode, The Naked Now. I'm sure someone somewhere has done it. Who can show the rest of that limerick, (as if they ever really wrote more than the first line.)

 

There once was a lady from Venus
Who's body was shaped like a penis
When First Contact was made
The crew were dismayed
When she told them her species and genus

 

^ Oh, that's good.

 

Whoa, did you just write that now? Or is that the "official" continuation of it?

 

I just made it up when posting. It was the only other word I could think of that rhymed with "Venus".

 

Kind of makes that old Shocking Blue song more poignant: "She's got it...yeah baby, she's got it..."

 

I'm just surprised "Uranus" didn't get in the last line. But I suspect that would've made the limerick too dirty for posting...

 

Too dirty for TrekBBS? Ain't NO such thing... I mean look at the caption contests.

 

That would've been an improper rhyme, though, because the vowel in the emphasized syllable is different. Also, it's pronounced YOOR-uh-nus, not you-RAY-nus.

 

The actual limerick written by David Gerrold is:

(from The War Against the Chtorr copyright 1984)

 

Both are correct. The first is just what teachers promote to keep middle-schoolers from disrupting class with "your anus" jokes.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uranus

 

There once was a lady from Venus
Who met a Vorta named Temis
They went for a trip,
On Captain Kirk's ship
And told Scotty to "beam us".

 

Great! Keep 'em coming!

 

There once was a lady from Venus
Who, due to cultural differences
Didn't understand limericks.

 

Their once was a lady from Venus
Who's body was shaped like a penis.
Their once was a man from Mars
Who liked to hang out in bars.
When the two met
They went at it like two marmacette.

 

There once was a lady from Venus,
Fave "Dukes of Hazzard" character was Enos.
She hated Boss Hogg,
And his stupid old dog,
So switched channels to see Chandler's WENUS.




Ugh. That's so bad.

 

Not too bad.

Only his name was Enos.

 

Oops, fixed. Thanks.

 

Cute, but not a limerick, which can only be five lines.


There was a young lady from Venus,
whose body was shaped like a penis.
Rejected by races
In numerous places,
She found a warm welcome on Remus.

 

That's a myth. Both pronunciations are common enough to get in a dictionary, but the YOOR-uh-nus pronunciation is based on the original Greek and Latin. It's the original, more technically accurate pronunciation, and the idea that it's an invention of joke-avoiding pedants is merely folk etymology. (Besides, is "urinous" really going to be any less amusing to the juvenile mind than "your anus?")


There once was a lady from Venus
Who was known for her sexual freeness.
She would go on a date
With one partner or eight
Irrespective of gender or genus.