[pct-l] a limerick for Yogi

[eyakel at earthlink.net (Eric Yakel)]

A+, gotta love it!  E.Y.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Trekker4@aol.com>
To: <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:03 AM
Subject: [pct-l] a limerick for Yogi


> This starts in the way the old "dirty" limericks frequently started;
whereas
> it won't be dirty, it'll talk about dirt. All words and phrases in
italics
> are words Yogi's used in her journals.
>
>
> There was a young hicker named  Yogi;
> she definitely is not from Muskogee.
>
> She's hiked long trails, year after year,
> hiking town to town to have her some beer.
>
> Now she says she's more sober,
> and finished the CDT just after  October.
>
> Now she's a very, very strong lass,
> but sometimes says she smells like  ass.
>
> We know she means that figuratively;
> But at times she believes it literally.
>
> With legs of steel she moves  forward,
> The AT, PCT thrice, and CDT move her  onward.
>
> When motionless, she works on her prose,
> While blowing snot rockets out her  nose.
>
> The desktop, keyboard, monitor, and carpet must look  awful.
> Added tasty beverage stains make them  sanitarily unlawful.
>
> But from time to time she must sit,
> Her mind wandering outside, having writ.
>
> Of mountains, valleys, dust, wind, and  snow;
> It all turns her on, don't you know.
>
> For 10,000 miles at least, on down those  trails,
> Through rocks, roots, lakes, and across streams she  sails.
>
> It's definitely a different life that she  chose;
> And we just love her for that, God knows.
>
>
> Bob
> Big  Bend Desert Denizen
> (Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)
> _______________________________________________
> pct-l mailing list
> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> unsubscribe or change options:
> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>