11.15.2007

End times

The Rock and I don't do much shopping at Victoria's Secret, so when one of its commercials came on during the Today show this morning, we didn't give it much thought. Until the bra-wearing angel began speaking . . . in limerick! That's right, poetry is alive and well in America. Okay, alive, not well.

It was a very bad limerick. To wit:
There once was an angel so fair
Whose bra was lighter than air
The reason you see
And it's no mystery
Her bra cups were made out of air
When I got to LitCrit today, what do you suppose the topic of conversation was as Prof K began class? That's right, the rhyming angel of Victoria's Secret.

I suppose I should just be grateful that the good folks at Victoria's Secret were inspired by Going40's recent limerick contest. Their contribution was late, so ineligible for prizes. But don't worry, fair readers: you've all got them beat.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You promised there'd be no more mention of limericks. You promised...

deb said...

proof that the expressive power of the limerick cannot be stifled.

Eric V. said...

Here's another VS limerick. (Too bad, Swen!) Did the writer for this one really think "now" rhymed with "bra"? "Brow"?

There was a young angel with wings
Who could fly without wires or strings
She put on this bra,
Said I’m going out now,
No wires, no worries, just wings.

Anonymous said...

Within a half hour of reading Going40's VS limerick posting, I saw the very commercial in question...

May I add to the ridicule of limerick #2 that rhyming "wings" with "wings" is rather weak?

Sadly, the ed exec writing these verses probably makes , what, four times as much as I do?