There Was an Old Man of Thames Ditton*,
Who called out for something to sit on;
But they brought him a hat,
And said, “Sit upon that,
You abruptious old man of Thames Ditton!”
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 77
*Thames Ditton: A village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England.
Who called out for something to sit on;
But they brought him a hat,
And said, “Sit upon that,
You abruptious old man of Thames Ditton!”
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 77
*Thames Ditton: A village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England.
