Comments on: 15 Top Graphic Design Limericks for your Amusement

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:01 +0000

Hi Shabbir: I can’t tell you how many times I have heard “is it going to look like that?” and “what is all the latin and greek – is that going to change?”. I suppose they are valid questions if a client has never gone through a web design process before!

By: Shabbir Hussain

Shabbir Hussain — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:13:26 +0000

Doug, I Love this:
There once was client so lame
He flipped when he saw a wireframe
“The graphics are sparse,
And your firm is a farse!”
But we knew that this man did have no brain.

Experiencing it every time I meet a client.

Shabbir Hussain – Zahab Creativity

By: Shabbir Hussain

Shabbir Hussain — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:12:33 +0000

Doug, I Love this:

There once was client so lame
He flipped when he saw a wireframe
“The graphics are sparse,
And your firm is a farse!”
But we knew that this man did have no brain.

Experiencing it everytime I meet a client.

Shabbir Hussain – http://zahabcreativity.com

By: Doug Bonneville

Doug Bonneville — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:29:40 +0000

Hi Dyann. I too came across it in grammar school, during “library time”. I loved the drawings as much, if not more, than the limericks. I found Lear’s irreverent and silly drawings very modern, in a certain sense. I didn’t think people back in the 19th century drew, much less conceived, such silliness. It has crossed my mind to illustrate these, but the to do list is rather long these days!

By: Dyann Espinosa

Dyann Espinosa — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:40:39 +0000

I somehow acquired the Complete Book of Nonsense when I was in grammar school. I loved it and must have read the limericks hundreds of times. I lost it along the way and then as an adult (or at least when I was older) found it in a bookstore and have it to this day.
Thanks for continuing the fun with your clever new versions!
Cheers, Dyann

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Planner Reads » Blog Archive » Design Limericks for your Amusement — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:58:21 +0000

[...] 15 Top Graphic Design Limericks for your Amusement, by Douglas Bonneville [...]

By: brian watkins

brian watkins — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:54:08 +0000

ROTFLOL ’till his knees hurt
One reader even made a small pee squirt
He thought for a while
Then said with a smile
“What I need is this verse on my T-shirt”

By: Doug Bonneville

Doug Bonneville — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:31:00 +0000

I just came across this over at Swiss-Miss (http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/design-limericks-for-your-amusement.html) about my golden verses:

There once was a Limerick writer,
Whose poems couldn’t be tighter.
His ideas were all class,
Until he tried to pass,
‘Browser’ as rhyming with ‘finer’

But I retorted:

There once was a dour commenter,
Whos time could not be better spenter.
He picked at my verse,
In a mood that was terse,
While ignoring his own sloppy meter!

All in good humor of course!

By: Doug Bonneville

Doug Bonneville — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:03 +0000

Update: There is a T-Shirt available of the most popular limerick available at http://CafePress.com/bonfx so check it out!

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oneplusinfinity » Blog Archive » Graphic Design Limericks — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:45:39 +0000

[...] so love these limericks, read all 15 [...]

By: Nando Bueno

Nando Bueno — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:38:46 +0000

Remarkable lines.

Thank you for your music.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:24:12 +0000

A quick thanks to nicktalop, Amol, and Web Ideas for sharing your thoughts! I think this is the single biggest day for BonFX.com yet – I’m glad it was for a fun post.

Thanks of course go to Smashing Magazine and other twitterers (sp?) who spread the word.

By: Creative Business Cards

Creative Business Cards — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:30 +0000

True

In addition I’m an updater-restarter hater. Mac users probably don’t have that problem, but Windows is killing me with this.

So many hours of work lost because of this dreaded “feature”.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:19:34 +0000

Thanks Greg – glad you liked it! As a Doug, I get called Greg all the time, so I feel an affinity for every Greg I meet.

By: Greg Washington

Greg Washington — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:04:04 +0000

I really enjoyed this.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:02 +0000

I’m an Installer Hater too, which is one of the reasons I dread the uprade to CS4. The CS3 upgrade took 12 hours! Adobe knows how to stick it to you!

By: Creative Business Cards

Creative Business Cards — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:29:47 +0000

Very nice rhymes. Many of these tales are oh so familiar to me.

I too am an Updater hater!

By: Krista Hess

Krista Hess — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:39:26 +0000

This definitely made my day!

By: Design Citizens

Design Citizens — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:06 +0000

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By: Sam Van Eman

Sam Van Eman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:04 +0000

“I have heard, and agree, there is no such thing as a Catholic, or a Christian, or a Pagan artist – only good or bad art I would agree, though one can find a niche that might be very narrow indeed.”

I hear and agree with both parts of this statement.

Thanks for the link.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:00 +0000

“Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of ‘artistic talent’…. ”

That is the sense in which we use the term “vocation”, which is a quote from Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to Artists” from 1999

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists_en.html

I have heard, and agree, there is no such thing as a Catholic, or a Christian, or a Pagan artist – only good or bad art I would agree, though one can find a niche that might be very narrow indeed.

I had a lot of fun on that logo tutorial, or rather, my little addendum to it. I also like to laugh at my own jokes, which is a problem, but I’m working on it.

By: Sam Van Eman

Sam Van Eman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:17:38 +0000

I like the “vocation” at handmaid. Interesting word choice, too, for a Catholic site since vocation typically refers to the priesthood.

I don’t do Catholic marketing. I keep my eye out for good marketing, and poo-poo the bad stuff. And I try to do all of this from a faith perspective.

I’ve been following your stuff since David Airey posted his hilarious logo design tutorial.
http://www.logodesignlove.com/best-logo-design-tutorial-ever

Keep up the good work!

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:51:57 +0000

Thanks Vitaly!

By: Web Ideas

Web Ideas — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:42:26 +0000

He-he, True about our industry

By: Igor

Igor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:47:59 +0000

Thanks for the laughs, also thanks to Smashing Magazine who tweetered the link.

By: Amol Nirmala Waman

Amol Nirmala Waman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:40:16 +0000

Simply too good!

By: nicktalop

nicktalop — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:37:31 +0000

I just love these clever limericks!

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:37:53 +0000

I like to have fun with this stuff. I love the Catholic Charities fold-out piece on your site – super clever! Do you do “Catholic Marketing”? An entire post on Catholic or Christian marketing would be very interesting! We created a sub-brand called Handmaid Studio, but found that marketing in the Catholic sphere is more than challenging : http://www.handmaidstudio.com

By: Sam Van Eman

Sam Van Eman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:55:10 +0000

Great stuff, Douglas! If you don’t mind, I’ll pass this along to my readers.