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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.
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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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