Limerick exercise

[Orrex]

Give me a first line, and I'll see what I can do.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. This thread is a foolhardy stunt.

[Orrex]

5. Here goes

This thread is a foolhardy stunt,
But tempting for any who want
A verse to define a
Crude term for "vagina."
A coarse word at best--far too blunt.

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. I hate to do this...

...but I must give respect where respect is due. :thumbsup:

[Orrex]

9. Thank you, thank you

:)

[SOteric]

8. Said our own

intellectual runt
It was patently bait
But the mods it did grate
It was locked and that dog wouldn't hunt.

[Orrex]

10. Nice! Thanks for the assist!

:applause:

[_testify_]

2. There once was a man from

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll- llantysiliogogogoch.


It's a real place, so you are bound by Limerick law to continue.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Nothing in Wales is a "real place"

[_testify_]

4. Alright

you got me there.

[Orrex]

6. Well, I'd prefer to work in American English, but...

If you can tell me how to pronounce it, I'll give it a try.

[_testify_]

11. I think it's pronounced 'Nashville'

[Orrex]

13. Well then, that's easy

There once was a man from Nashville
Who, while working a gas station's cash till,
Recognized a poor chump
Destitute near the pumps
And said "Hey, aren't you Senator Daschle?"

[SOteric]

12. There once was a man from

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll- llantysiliogogogoch,
who searched in a deep Scottish Loch
for a critter named Nessie,
But it got a bit messy
When he found her and she kicked him (and his whole home town) to Bangkok.

:hi:

[Orrex]

14. Very nice!

Props to SOteric!

[SOteric]

15. Thanks Orrex!

I love Limericks. :7

Haiku can be fun too.

[Orrex]

27. Both are great

For me, the fun of limericks is in very carefully avoiding the easy sex-rhyme while sometimes getting very close to it.

As for haikus, well, just check my signature!

[XemaSab]

16. There one was a man in the Lounge

[SOteric]

19. ...

There once was a man in the Lounge
For gifs to 'Shop he did scrounge
He got laughs yes it's true
From the cow-tipping crew
When he 'Shopped in an extra large cow hinge.

[Orrex]

24. Hmmm....

There once was a man in the Lounge
Who coined a new word: marabounge.
Said detractors, "That's cheating!"
Said the man, "Just keep reading--
It makes sense once you learn to exounge."

[mac56]

17. There once was a fellow from Fargo...

nm

[SOteric]

20. ...

There once was a fellow from Fargo
Who launched a lovers embargo
'Cause while smokin' some weed
And doing the deed
His lady said 'Bogart' ...and they weren't watching Key Largo.

[Orrex]

21. A fun one

There once was a fellow from Fargo
Who saved airfare by flying as cargo.
But a routing fiaso
Shipped his head to Alaska,
While his ass ended up in Key Largo.

[SOteric]

22. Heee!

[mac56]

33. Both are great

But I wondered if the word "escargot" would make its way in.

[leftofthedial]

18. There was a DUer named Orrex

[SOteric]

23. ...

There was a DUer named Orrex,
The denizens did try to perplex
By inventing a name
which naught sounds the same
But so far, the've failed to vex.

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

25. nicely done!

:hi:


I was hoping to turn this into a "sex" thread

[Orrex]

26. A little self-deprecation, perhaps?

There was a DUer named Orrex
Whose drivel's more boring than borax.
Now and then he is clever
(One must never say "never")
But most of his posts read like car wrecks.

[leftofthedial]

34. outstanding

:woohoo:

[XemaSab]

28. There was a young man from Bedford

[Orrex]

30. Okay, some times the sex-related ones are the most fun after all...

There was a young man from Bedford
Who sought the Queen's youngest son--her third.
But a piercing took place,
And he screamed, red of face,
"That's Prince Albert! I asked for Prince Edward!

I grant you that the first and second lines aren't a great rhyme, but it seemed worthwhile for the punchline!

[UrbScotty]

29. There was a guy with a big tush.

...

;-)

[Orrex]

31. Nice set up--thanks!

There was a guy with a big tush
Who noted "If shove comes to push,
I'd much rather vote
For a pig or a goat
Than elect yet another dumb Bush."

[UrbScotty]

35. Bravo! Another one:

There was this one guy they named Dick.

[Orrex]

37. Hmm. I sense a recurring theme...

There was this one guy they named Dick.
Who offered his soul to Old Nick
In exchange for the power
To scowl and glower
And generally act like a prick.

[mac56]

32. There once was a man from West Orange

:evilgrin:

[Orrex]

36. Somebody always goes for the orange nuclear option

There once was a man from West Orange
Who could hold liquor just like a sponge.
His youth was quite checkered
And left him a record
That he desperately hoped to expunge.

[mac56]

38. How about this one?

There once was a man from West Orange
Who set out to challenge these four eng-
Ineers for a plan
That would help every man
So he deftly invented the door hinge.

[Orrex]

39. Clever! I like it when the phrasing spans the linebreaks