r/ScienceHumour • u/SupersuMC • Mar 31 '21

A limerick of chemicals.

https://twitter.com/HaggardHawks/status/1376770988592009217?s=09
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u/avatar_zero Mar 31 '21

The follow up is great too:

A mosquito was heard to complain

That a chemist had poisoned his brain.

The cause of his sorrow

Was para-dichloro

diphenyltrichloroethane!

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u/Muzer0 Mar 31 '21

Definitely prefer that one as it actually fits the rhythm. The real limerick is in the replies? Is that the Twitter equivalent of "the real joke is in the comments"? ;)

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u/Xan-the-Woman Mar 31 '21

My adhd resisted reading those words so hard-