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There was a man from Bogota…

Limeriku lõpetavad kõik ise. Mina viitan hoopis lahedale artiklile Bogota endisest linnapeast Antanas Mockusest. Leedu kunstniku poeg, professor ja ülikooli rektor otsustas ootamatult poliitikasse minna ja on oma kummaliste, kuid kohati väga efektiivsete lahenduste eest kuulsaks saanud.

When there was a water shortage, Mockus appeared on TV programs taking a shower and turning off the water as he soaped, asking his fellow citizens to do the same. In just two months people were using 14 percent less water, a savings that increased when people realized how much money they were also saving because of economic incentives approved by Mockus; water use is now 40 percent less than before the shortage.

Link: Academic turns city into a social experiment

3 Comments

  1. veiko wrote:

    limerik ã 19 -riku, -.rikkuõ kirj nalja- v absurdiluuletus hrl nimede riimimise alusel

    Aga mis see sinul tähendab?

    Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 8:55 pm | Permalink
  2. Teller wrote:

    Ülikooli serverisse sisse logides näitas igasugu lõbusaid mõtteteri, luuletusi, Murphy seaduseid, nalju jne. Tihti esinesid seal ka limerikke (?), mis enamasti algasid sõnadega “There was a wo/man from blablabla”.

    Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 9:32 pm | Permalink
  3. hans wrote:

    limerik on briti folkloorist viirealine luuletus, mis traditsiooniliselt sisaldab kohanime ja roppust. :) näiteks:

    There was a young fellow from Sparta,
    A really magnificent farter,
    On the strength of one bean
    He’d fart God Save the Queen,
    And Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

    Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

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