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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1992

Page

11

Verse limerick about heartbeats and legal mates

Abigail Van Buren responds to a pair of verses sent as a limerick. The writer jokes that sleeping with a legally bound partner could cause heart trouble while nesting elsewhere risks cardiac arrest. The quip remains light and humorous, with no further punchlines.

There was a lady of Wilts in a stilts tale

A reader discusses limericks noting origins in Limerick Ireland the obscurity of their inventor and Edward Lear popularizing the verse in 1846. The piece includes a Lear limerick about a Wiltshire lady who walked to Scotland on stilts and joked about kilts.

Frank Oregon Limerick Ireland Republic of Ireland Edward Lear Wilts Scotland

Multiple Screens at Carmike Cineplex with Wide Evening Lineup

Carmike Cinema 7 Northland lists showtimes for The Babe Basic Instinct White Men Cant Jump Beethoven FernGully City of Joy Year of the Comet Kafka at Collins Road Marion Westside and Lindale venues with screenings in R PG and G categories across 1:10 to 9:55 PM and cityline category 4200.

Twixt Town Rd Marion Turtle Beach K-Mart West Lindale Collins Rd

Reading declarer intentions in a bridge defense

West must win the heart ace at trick two and then switch to diamonds. By leading the diamond king at trick three and returning a low diamond to East once more, four diamonds win and the defense holds to one down. Clues include East's spade deuce and West's club holding indicating South's five clubs.

West East Declarer South

TV guide style VCR Plus codes and show pairings

A listing of broadcast times and VCR Plus numbers for CBS This Morning Good Morning America Today Regis & Kathie Lee Jenny Jones Geraldo Sally Jessy Raphael Maury Povich Joan Rivers Donahue and Oprah. It notes a taped Rodney King police brutality case and L.A. location.

Geraldo Ikgan Regis & Kathie Lee KWWL Cody Jenny Jones Donahue Sally Jessy Raphael Sally Jessy Raphael John Tesh Van Connie Santa Barbara Good Morning Chip/Daley Force A&e Berlin Express ICNN Care Bears Wonderland IFAM ALF Popeye Jaugie Ihbo Mr Beang Babar Inik Mr. Wizard Yogi Bear Pink Panther USA Cartoon Express Bozo Perry Mason KCRG Full House Oprah Winfrey JABC_ News Tomi Jerry Darkwing Elvedere Cheers CBS_News IKWWL Maury Povich INBC_News Jones Maury Povich People CBS News WKBT Cosby KCCI IKWQC KKTTC Oprang S. Raphael LWOI V. Jones L.A. Law Isupmarket Loone TNT Mississi Press WGN CBS This WHBF WOT WQAD KDUB KWQC KTTC WHO A.m. Kgan A.m. Kcci A.m. Kwwl P.m. Whbf WOI Marlo Thomas Joan Rivers Oprah Rodney King Los Angeles

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