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Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis (must be pronounced Thmoo iss" Heard Oriens mentioned his *****. He went to His Lord, Who unsheathed his sword And smote poor Oriens to pieces! Bill East wrote: > > --- kwildgen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > If you folks can wrench yourselves away from your limericks... > > How would you respond to someone who said Bernini's Ecstasy of St. > > Teresa is too erotic to be in a church? > > I would probably reply with a limerick about St Serapion. > Incidentally, I notice that no two poets on our list have agreed about > the pronunciation of "Thmuis". I had assumed it rhymed with "guise": > > Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, > Had a ***** of moderate suis. > He entered, in fun, > A competition, > And was lucky to win second pruis. > > Oriens. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%