Limerick Ode To AC
Today is the first day of Air Conditioning Appreciation days. (July 3 to August 15)
Limerick Ode To AC
By Madeleine Begun Kane
How I long to be sweaty-skin-free.
“Make it cool!” is my summertime plea.
Humidity, heat
Make me drip with defeat.
Yes indeed, I’m a fan of AC.
Tags: A.C. Humor, A/C, Air Conditioning Appreciation Days, Air Conditioning Humor, HVAC Humor, July Holidays, Odd Holidays, Poetry & Prompts, Seasonal Verse, Summer Gripes, Technology Limerick, Weather Humor
I always have romantic vision of living in ye ole times until I remember there’s no AC.
Walgreen’s has cheap circulating pole fans that suck up waay less voltage than AC. “God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, w/respectability & air conditioning.”~Imamu Amiri Baraka [make that “replaced by science”…”Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.”~Stephen Hawking. “It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning, their windows were shut & they couldn’t hear the barbarians coming.”~~Garrison Keillor
Since I’m wandering in the quotes section, here’s one that races thru my mind when basking in your limericks…packed tight as sardines…no leftover words or dispensables…concise & precise w/a coat of clever & a sprinkle of sassy: “Remember the waterfront shack w/the sign “Fresh Fish Sold Here”? Of course it’s fresh, we’re on the ocean. Of course it’s for sale, we’re not giving it away. Of course it’s here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: “Fish.”~~Peggy Noonan