Hey, Jan:
It wasn't my contention that a limerick has to be dirty. Some say it does, but I'm not one of those.
My point is, the amusing thing about a limeroid, its raison d'etre, if you will, is that it takes the dirty part and obscures it, makes the reader extract it for him or herself.
For me, the limeroid that is not obscuring a "dirty" word is essentially a non-sequitur. Kind of like writing a 13 line poem and claiming it's a sonnet. Of course, there are certainly no formal rules for a limeroid, anyone can do whatever they like and call it one, I am just stating a personal opinion here.
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