Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
No edit summary |
m (→Miscellaneous) |
||
| Line 2,127: | Line 2,127: | ||
Holy Nellie (etc.) }} |
Holy Nellie (etc.) }} |
||
* At a certain public university in a certain eastern state, the men's glee club there maintained a deep repertoire of old and creatively dirty songs, one of which—called "High Above a Coopie's Garter"—employed an unusual version of this trope. The eight-line first verse, which the rhyme scheme clearly indicates should build toward the final word "...ass," instead ends with "...hmmmm." The second verse is then eight lines of humming, until the final word -- "...''ass''." |
* At a certain public university in a certain eastern state, the men's glee club there maintained a deep repertoire of old and creatively dirty songs, one of which—called "High Above a Coopie's Garter"—employed an unusual version of this trope. The eight-line first verse, which the rhyme scheme clearly indicates should build toward the final word "...ass," instead ends with "...hmmmm." The second verse is then eight lines of humming, until the final word -- "...''ass''." |
||
* Yet another limerick, with an [[I Resemble That Remark]] twist: |
|||
{{quote|There once was a man from Japan |
|||
Whose poetry never would scan |
|||
When asked why it was, |
|||
He answered, "Because, |
|||
"I always try to get as many words into the last line as I possibly can."}} |
|||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
[[Category:These Tropes Should Watch Their Language]] |
[[Category:These Tropes Should Watch Their Language]] |
||