An ambitious young man of the east,
Drank a two-gallon bottle of yeast.
He rose in such haste
That he quite lost his waist,
Said he, “Goodness, you’d think I was greased.”

J.T. Smith,Springfield, Ill.

[Foolish Limericks Now and Then are Relished by the Best of Men. Chicago Tribune, 17 April 1910. panel 4.]