Although professional and amateur humorists have been ridiculing George Bush for many years on the late night talk shows and the many websites dedicated to the purpose, they have conspicuously failed to drive him from office. While many have questioned the quality of this humor on the basis of its ineffectiveness, the Old Yorker believes that the problem is one of format not quality. It’s not that John Stewart isn’t funny but rather that he’s going about being funny in the wrong way, if his goal is to effect some meaningful change in this country, that is.
So, in order to finally accomplish what other comedians have thus far failed to do, the Old Yorker is going to deploy the most devastating weapon in the humorist’s arsenal, the ribald limerick, for the sole purpose of compelling George Bush to resign the presidency. Those who doubt the power of the limerick would be well advised to keep their eye on their local newspaper.
This first limerick appears to allude to an embarrassing incident from President Bush’s youth which, like his drunk driving arrests, seems to have been covered up by powerful friends of the Bush family.
There was a young fellow named George
Whose jism could fill up a gorge
While pumping some cum
He squirted a chum
Who drowned in the pool of man-porridge.
