Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 01, 2025

yeah but make that in metric

Unfortunately, Gene’s hat size and his IQ are the same.

TODAY’S LIMERICK.

There was a young fellow called Gene,

Who came up with a pretty good scheme.

He measured his head,

With an undersized thread,

And said, “l’m as smart as a bean!”

/// Gene is gathering skeletal data

in the hope he’ll be able to state a

strong connection between

bones and minds which are keen.

(He’s no alpha brain— barely a beta.)

/// He hypothesized long second toes

on a man with a prominent nose,

and thin legs slightly bowed

are some factors which showed

that I.Q. exponentially grows.

Gene was wrong. Hìs ÌQ can be measured in mm.

Good morning, Ballard Dears!

Is he trying to measure up?

The results revealed quite a bit about Gene’s genes.

So, are you measuring your head or the size of your nose, Gene?

Some geniuses are ahead of the times, Gene’s the reverse.

Gene wanted to measure his brain.

From skeletal knowledge he’d gain.

The size of his skull

revealed he was dull,

and honestly, not really sane!

He needn’t have bothered with all that. He can just take pride that intelligence is passed on through Genes.

That’s the problem with thinking, Gene.