Readers Choice
[Quite possibly the most juvenile gag I’ve
ever posted on Soup. In my defence, I was
probably twelve when I first heard it.]
*
He went to the library to borrow a book
The librarian said, “Please do take a look.”
He looked for an hour but couldn’t decide
She said, “I’m surprised, when the choice is so wide.”
She pushed two books forward and said, “Look at these,
I’m certain that one of these writers should please.”
He gazed at the books with a smidgen of doubt
And asked her to detail what they were about
“Now, Dickens,” she said, “a likely solution,
With London and Paris: the French Revolution,
But if you feel reading this might take you ages
How about something with rather less pages?
“This other suggestion instils quite a chill.
A man selling body parts fresh from a kill
He first kills a woman so ample of breast
And markets those ‘wares’ to a girl who has less
The man said, “One Classic and one Burke and Hare,
How might I distinguish the books you have there?”
She told him, “The first is ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’,
the second is titled ‘A Sale Of —’
[you were warned]
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