Showing posts with label limerick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limerick. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Case with a Limerick

Krell v. Henry, 2 K.B. 740 (King's Bench, 1903): guy rents a room to watch the king march in a parade, the king cancels, is he liable to pay the rent? no....however is he liable to a limerick? You better bet your crown jewels!


"Oh Say, Can You See?"

Said Henry to Krell, You can't sue
Though I've rented your room with a view
Now (Oh Damn! Dearie Me)
There's nothing to see
For they've cancelled the spectacle due

What you've got (Said Vaughan Williams L.J) [ed. note, this is the judge]
Is a license to watch, by day
What you both contemplated
Has now been frustrated
So there'd be nothing to pay

-George Marshall, 19 Sept 1986
Wow, not only is there a limerick, but it was written 83 years later the same year that "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco topped the charts

FYI: The King in 1903 was Edward VII