Limericks are five-line poems which usually have witty or humorous content. The rhyming pattern is usually AABBA.
The most prized limericks usually have a surprise twist. Some say the true folk limerick is obscene – but for our purposes, let’s try to keep our limericks (relatively) clean. Anyone willing to take a stab?
Once in a land of little space
Dwelt she who never fell from grace
She knew it wouldn’t last
And desecrated her fast
When the US army set up base
Just the teeniest bit of obscenity there, and unnecessary political reference too. Hope that’s ok :D
There was once an Archimedes wannabe
People said he had the gift, but I said, “I don’t think so. I mean he’s good, but he doesn’t have it, or does he?”
So I asked him the English alphabet
But he said he didn’t believe in it
And ran naked through the streets shouting “Identity!”
There once was a girl liked writing,
Who saw a peculiar sighting
She found some foreign, intriguing curse words
Found in the poems of a couple of nerds
And thought, “Well now things are getting exciting!”
George went out for lunch to eat
and bought a sandwich with strange-looking meat
He began to turn green
Then clutched at his spleen
And subsequently ran to the closest toilet seat!
@nixcooper! Thanks for joining! I really liked your limerick – it sounds pretty mysterious. P.S., If you want to break a space to a new line, put <br> after each line.
Spied upon the simple fool Jorge
And made a deal with the devil today
“Teach me, if you, to play them drums devil
Ah’ will forever be your slave I will!”
Now devil smiled and ate him whole Ho! Hey!
Iambic Pentameter Limerick Acrostic! Cross posting, here I come.
The wind blew and the noon got hotter
with sounds of neighing and elvish laughter
I asked Legolas, how come you ride bereft of saddle,
replied the elf, “ah…er…um….it, tickles me paddle
and I role play, Harry “Equus” Potter”
You may know this one:
There once was a once from there
Who made all the people run scared
It all made no sense
So they asked in suspence
There once was a once from WHERE???
(Poking fun at all those limericks that start with “there once was a blank from blank”)
There once was a girl named Jess,
A novice at playing chess
She lost her queen
and made a scene
Then fainted from all the “rook”ie stress!
I once knew a Frenchman from Paris,
whose pants fell down near ‘is well ‘is.
So I shook his right hand,
as my left took a stand,
and we sat up in bed just for tens’es.
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lucyinthesky said – Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:42:10 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
Nice! I knew you would be good at this. Is this in reference to something specific?