Lecherous Limericks is the first of several compilations of dirty limericks by celebrated author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992). The book contains 100 limericks. The first limerick in the collection is: Asimov comments in that limerick's introduction that “This one marked the beginning. I composed it on the Queen Elizabeth II when returning from a visit to Great Britain in June 1974. When I recited it, everyone laughed. Since that time I have been writing down limericks. I wasn't going to let myself forget them and lose laughs.” Content "Darkest before dawn" "Frustration" "Independence" "The dangers of drink" "Look, everybody!" "The last straw" "Cops are human, too" "Retribution" "Don't back out now" "Conveneent in a pinch" "Overdoing it" "Modesty victorious" "No time out" "Reward of industry" "Shocking!" "A poor example" "The classic" "A good move" "Ah, those sensitive fingers" "How awful" "Compensation" "Side effect" "A la freud" "Don't breathe" "What a shame!" "Fit for his work" "The cost of ignorance" "The prospective widow" "The stars and stripes forever" "Forethought" "Music lover" "Too bad" "Slow but sure" "Valedictorian" "Ouch!" "Law abiding" "Let's see now" "Therapeutic effect" "Yo heave ho" "One has one's pride" "Heh, heh" "Ooh, la, la" "Pleasant surprise" "Zoological comparison" "Oh, that screaming" "Indecision" "Huh?" "Wagnerian" "Either way" "Hold tight!" "It's only fitting" "More than one way" "Following orders" "Unwieldy" "Disillusionment" "Heartbreak!" "All in a night's work" "Asymmetry" "Reciprocity" "Better than nothing" "Nothing personal" "Next!" "All is not lost" "The economic facts" "Woman's prerogative" "Not foiled!" "Retirement!" "No, it won't" "Age cannot wither" "Well, hardly ever" "Male chauvinist pig" "Too good to use" "Disillusionment" "Watch out behind you" "Now we'll never know" "Never say die" "Scarcely worth it" "Bravo!" "Like this, please" "Making beautiful music" "That's the big dipper, my dear" "No safety in numbers" "Last laugh" "Now hear this!" "Insult added to injury" "Each to his taste" "A natural mistake" "Impatience" "Change of life" "Naturally!" "High standards" "Whatever do you mean?" "For a change" "Nonfunctional" "Too good" "Faster, faster!" "Truth in advertising" "The good doctor" "Order of increasing importance" "And, finally" Subsequent limerick books by Asimov , collection of 100 poems , collection of 100 poems: "Keep it Up", "Ouch!", "Definition", "The Hard Way", "Hubris", "A Woman's Work", "Idiot!", "Entertainment", "Braggart", "These College Girls", "Only Reasonable", "More Than One Way", "No Hurry", "Inept", "You Did?", "About Time", "Ugly!", "Don't Be Too Sure", "What an Improvement!", "Reasons Enough", "Practical", "To Each