[This summary is based on the one Harlequin made after Rule 6. - Ørjan.]
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The Theme of Round 79 was "Limericks" - which as the first rule noted,
had been used before, in Round 2.
The Judge was Harlequin, the Wizard was Ed Murphy.
Player Style Last Rule
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Doug Chatham +0.5 79:11 Winner and new Judge
Andre Engels +1.0 79:2
Stein Kulseth 0.0 79:3
Jeremy D Selengut +0.2 79:9
Bill Maciejewski +0.1 79:5
John M Goodman, II +1.5 79:8
Sunflare +3.0 79:10 New Wizard
Rule Submitter Validity Style Time Submitted
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79:1 Doug VALID +0.5 8:13 PM 6/17 -0500
79:2 Andre VALID +1.0 10:31 AM 6/18 +0200
79:3 Stein VALID 0.0 11:23 AM 6/18 +0200
79:4 Jeremy VALID -0.3 9:00 AM 6/18 -0400
79:5 Bill VALID +0.1 1:20 PM 6/18 -0400
79:6 John VALID +1.0 2:28 PM 6/18 -0400
79:7 Sunflare VALID +2.0 1:58 PM 6/18 -0500
79:8 John VALID +0.5 5:11 PM 6/18 -0400
79:9 Jeremy INVALID +0.5 10:18 AM 6/19 -0400
79:10 Sunflare INVALID +1.0 3:01 PM 6/19 -0500
79:11 Doug VALID (TIMEOUT) 6:15 PM 6/24 -0500
Rule 79:1 (Doug)
>There once was an FRC round
>Where nothing but limericks were found.
>I'd like to see
>How fun it can be
>So to limerick form this round's rules are bound.
There once was a rule, numbered one
Was written, was sent, and was done
The judge ruled it VALID
It's author not pallid
And gave +0.5 style, just for fun.
Rule 79:2 (Andre)
>I thought while I was drinking my wine,
>a limerick long is not fine,
>so if one is composed
>it may have at most
>twelve syllables on any one line.
>
>Andre
>
>(Remark: I would have liked to put 'nine' or 'ten' in the last line, but
> that would mean that it would not apply to Rule 79:1. While this might not
> make it invalid, it would at least be less stylish, IMO)
>
There once was a rule numbered two,
it's author had something to do
When faced with long rules,
we sure aren't no fools
Style +1, validity TRUE.
Rule 79:3 (Stein)
>>>>
>I'm quite sure that the FRC page
>on the Web will still be all the rage
>for Andre will maintain it,
>now that's good news, ain't it,
>signed, Stein, former FRC sage.
>>>>
There once was a rule numbered three,
It's also VALID, yippee
But nothing it does,
And so, as the fuzz
No style I award it, you see.
Rule 79:4 (Jeremy)
>>>>>>>
>
>Once long ago we did battle
>With haikus our brains we did addle
>I hark back to those days
>When everyone played
>And Stein rode in the Judge's saddle.
>
>Now, I've heard its not stylish, it's true
>Without restrictions to write one's rules
>So, heck, here it goes,
>Lets keep on our toes,
>And assure hereon our stanzas are two!
>
>>>>>>>
There once was a rule numbered four,
To the others, words it had more
So VALID I find it
I really don't mind it
But I find problems at its core
Oh, the first two lines of part two,
Rhyme not with each other, it's true
Their measures are different
The author must repent
So I give -0.3 style to you.
Rule 79:5 (Bill)
>Official limericks these are not
>Since the syllables vary a lot
>Some lines have too few
>and some an extra two
>But we don't care, 'cause we're not.. uh, wot?
>
>A restriction I must endeavor
>To make, and I'll try to be clever
>So this fact I maintain
>Rules from now must contain
>Rhymes in the correct lines... forever!
There once was a rule numbered five,
It's VALID, and that ain't no jive!
It's got stanzas, two
Lines are short, it's true
It's wit is sharper than knives!
But it fails to fit proper meter
It's restriction could be much neater
So its style must be low,
That's how it must go
+0.1, so Bill's score can teeter!
Rule 79:6 (John)
>Well put were the words that Bill told us.
>Poor meter and half-rhymes enfold us.
>And so on this day
>I will find a way
>To make ryhthem with which to hold us.
>
>First, second and last lines are rhyming,
>Their meter must have correct timing.
>The third and fourth to,
>this also must do.
>And none shall contain any miming.
There once was a rule numbered six,
Adds rigidity to the mix
It fixes the rhyme
And fixes the time
And's well written, too, just for kicks.
So style +1 I must give it,
This rule I will call a big hit
It follows the rules
It's really quite cool
So VALID I must rule this bit
Rule 79:7 (Sunflare)
>I wonder what it would be like
>To decide to go ride on a bike
>And find on the trip
>Three roads with a dip
>And three buxom ladies I like.
>
>I digress from the rule-making rhyme
>It was only a matter of time
>Before my first shot
>At an FRC spot
>Each rule states a fruit, like a lime.
There was a rule numbered seven,
It's wit was belonging to heaven
The VALID rules it fits,
So it won't be the pits
Nor will Sunflare change his name to Kevin.
The first stanza does speak so fine
Ladies and biking down the line
The restriction was odd,
In a manner quite mod,
Sunflare says, "style +2 shall be mine."
Rule 79:8 (John)
>There once was a man known as Carrol
>Who's name, we all know, wasn't Darrel.
>The words he'd dispense
>Oft made as much sense
>As keeping your wung in a barrel.
>
>Each rule, to do honor to this man
>Must use one new word because it can.
>A wung is a fruit
>That grows on a shoot.
>Never store them in barrel, but pan.
There once was a rule numbered eight
Turned out to be VALID, oh great
An homage it makes
To a writer who takes
The language, changes it to him sate.
The rule opens possibilities
That offer the way to you and me
To rhyme with our words
Such faux words as "vurds"
And thus, it gets +0.5, see?
Rule 79:9 (Jeremy)
>Of "new" interpretations abound,
>It could mean just new to this round,
>A word like dirigible
>Is clearly original
>Yet not new to the language, I've found
>
>John, bad apple, wrote a rule quite telling,
>His rhythmic words were rife with misspelling
>Such errors no more shall we see
>Lest your rules quite INVALID be
>(Hold the ranting and raving and yelling)
There once was a rule numbered nine,
It's first stanza was quite fine
It found a loophole
To avoid eight's toll
So I plumb for +.5, a sign!
But suffer it does in verse two
Attacks other player, it's true
It's syllables middle
Are too many, fiddle
So INVALID I say, and boo.
Rule 79:10 (Sunflare)
>Gee whiz, this round's moving quick
>Faster than snails; like a lick!
>But now you will spy
>No saneness from I
>Like bopping a pear with a smik.
>
>Each line now, from here on out
>Must never (and please do not shout)
>Have the same ending
>(For that makes rule-bending)
>As any older rule, no doubt!
There once was a rule numbered ten,
It restricts the women and men
>From using words old
As line enders, so cold
So I give it +1, with my pen.
But otherwise, this rule, it shines
It takes them like lemons with tines
All restrictions it goes,
Keeps us on our toes,
VALID it is, gold comes from mines.
Rule 79:11 (Doug)
>There once was a young flemdip named Bright
>Whose apple was much faster than light
>It set off one fine day
>In a relative way
>And returned on the previous night
>
>A restriction I need to bestow
>One that's neither too high nor too low.
>I hope you will not mind
>or say that I'm unkind
>But your future rules must have a "glow"
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