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<b>OpenStreetMap's State Of The Map 2008 Conference is in Limerick,
Ireland Sat-Sun July 12th and 13th 2008
<a href="http://www.stateofthemap.org/registration/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stateofthemap.org/registration/</a>. See you there?</b>
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It took my mother to point out that we really could not have a conference
in Limerick without writing a limerick for it. So I asked her to
write one and have set up a wiki page for any more entries.<br><br>
A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form: A-A-B-B-A rhyme
with two long, two short, one long sentence. Probably a peculiarly
British obsession.<br><br>
A GPS mapper named Mike,<br>
Covered 62 miles on his bike,<br>
But was rueful to find,<br>
At the end of the grind,<br>
That the said GPS was on strike.<br><br>
See if you can do any better.
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/State_Of_The_Map_2008/LimerickPoemCompetition" eudora="autourl">
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/State_Of_The_Map_2008/LimerickPoemCompetition<br>
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</a>In the event of an overwhelming number of entries, there'll be three
categories:<br><br>
1) Limerick's you would show your mother and that she just might
understand.<br><br>
2) Dubious limericks that you certainly would not show your
mother.<br><br>
3) Obscure jargon-ridden limericks that no-one except hard core OSM
mappers would understand.<br><br>
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