For a great story by Olaf Koens, published in The Moscow News today.
Breakfast on a post
There was an Old Man of the Coast,
Who placidly sat on a post;
But when it was cold,
He relinquished his hold,
And called for some hot buttered toast.
E.Lear, 1846
Happy with senna
There was an Old Man of Vienna,
Who lived upon Tincture of Senna;
When that did not agree,
He took Camomile Tea,
That nasty Old Man of Vienna.
E.Lear, 1846