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Years ago, I won a prize in a limerick contest sponsored by Isaac Asimov's magazine. The verse had to incorporate the name of a celestial constellation and deal with the future. I submitted two. This one won me the prize:

An angry young student from Reticulum,
Annoyed at their crazy curriculum,
Said, "They teach biorhythms, Ψ,
And a rational .
I hear Asimov's set to ridicule 'em."

(In case your Greek is a bit rusty, those letters are "psi" and "pi.")

Okay, but I'm haunted by the fact that I've quite forgotten the last line of the non-winner that I also sent in:

Two lusty young lasses from Leo,
Sang together - not well - but con brio.
Their sonorous roars
Caused rents in their drawers,
???

So, I'm offering a prize to the reader who comes up with the best last line... I'll figure out the prize when I get the winner decided...