Marcia Karp wrote:

> Good joke, but why would I care where you were or the
> technology you used to create your email?

I don't know but since you asked I thought you cared.


> You say you scanned in a passage -- where is the passage from?

The article entitled "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..." in
Smithsonian magazine, September 2002 issue.  The author was David
Stewart ("Now a freelance writer, David Stewart served for years as
the director of international activities for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting.")

Turns out the article is available online in PDF format at

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/sep02/pdf/smithsonian_september_2002_the_limerick_is_furtive_and_mean.pdf