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Paper Boat - Humor Contest

The Paper Boater ran a limerick/humor contest.

By far the most popular art form was the familiar limerick.

(Says something about the class of reader I suppose.

) So other than the one entry about "the meticulous shipwright who demanded his pay-per-boat", the best of the lot follows.

A hippy canoeist who tripped, (With paper boats always equipped,) Said that he was just fishin' But gave ground for suspicion, For he always came home again ripped.

--- Larry Westlake The paternal Elisha Waters, Begat two sons, but no daughters.

And the boats they perfected To this day are respected So ideas live on.

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but few are odder.

--- Larry Westlake (The following needs a brief explanation.

Larry Westlake had an uncle Victor who commercially built paper/cedar boats Pacific NW shortly after WWII, sold under the trade name of Litekraft.

) In the Litekraft plant my uncle Victor Built boats pretty and prim as a picture, And although the boats lasted, Their bright hopes were blasted, By fiberglass and polyester.

---- Larry Westlake A daring young man from Toronto, Had a wonderful plan he was on to.

He'd a boat make of paper, 'Round the world he would take her! Sad to say he was home again, - pronto.

-- L.

Westlake A Frenchman with wits like a rapier, Built a boat that was made out of papier.

When sealed up with glue, (and Arabol too,) He cried "It floats! Oh I couldn't be happier.

" -- S.

Pattison There was a boatbuilder in paper, With wits not as sharp as a rapier.

His creation, when launched, Had some leaks to be staunched, So he shrugged.

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and duct taped her.

-- L.

Westlake A smuggler, named Elvira Wise, Paddled paper boats for her disguise.

For the police would not nab her, In a plain, brown paper wrapper, (A shield 'gainst inquisitive eyes.

) -- Name withheld at request of author

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