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As i was trudging my way To my home yesterday each step i took a new word it shook till a limerick before, it lay
As keen as a blade the words were out laid i won't post them here, more ranker i fear Something are best left unsaid
But a challenge i post To see, who the most two pair and spare of Rhymes can boast
So lets put it to the test and see, who's the best quick as a wink lay down some ink limericks, please, by request! As for our theme or subject, to such a limit i would object but wit and fun for all and one harsh words, though, i'd reject.
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A New Yorker ayleur, O'Troy Said a challenge, to her, was deep joy. So she wrote out some verse, Challenged us to do worse On a subject that we most enjoy Now, as I'm in a fair rhyming mood Which subject would you-all think good? Washing pigs, I could pick - it Beats baseball or cricket! (But Helen would like one on Food!)
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Not today, my warrior Red Its colors that swirl in my head chromatic hues reds, yellows, and blues, Rainbows before me are spread!
I posted a Word Master, dear my ruberic words to him clear I asked if he could not help me with wode, but a wiggling worm to make clear.
These posts are with out theme So long as they follow a scheme but with plans of crimson i hope to win some, it's of AWAD fame i do dream!
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Fair Helen has called us to alms (Of the kind that calms angst with new balms) You think you’re a poet? Want others to knowit? Post limericks here in her arms!
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"i hope to win some"
Dear Helen (her meaning is plain) Went a-search for a gent, in the rain. And said with a sigh, "I wonder when Igh Will be seeing a rain-beau again."
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In a rapid riposte to her call Young Hilary’s quick on the ball; Like a chattering fax Came the news: “Rhuby wacks” But it’s pride that pre-cursors a fall!
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Alone each limerick can stand but together i have forced them to band A creative juice is running loose and limericks spring from my hand.
Maybe it's the return of the sun but i can't seem to stop, once begun couplets i parry of my sanity, i'm wary But of the crazies, you always knew, i was one!
Who else will take on the chore? Of limericks, i have plenty in store! I'd do a haiku if i knew, how to, Though Spam isn't a theme i adore.
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Limericks are just an aside as in the dictionary i now abide paving the way for a word of day five times, a theme, to decide!
Jazzopus posted a thread the idea of it went to my head! A theme of week 5 words I seek But you know that, if my limericks, you've read
I must be going insane the proof is really quite plain! for every limerick i see, i write three! since i am posting in rhyme, in the main.
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A lass with impeccable diction, rhymed words to her readers' affliction but they flustered sententious - her language licentious caused sailors to blush in contrition.
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There once was a lady of Troy Whose ruby brought envy and joy, But a maverick trick By the Jester of Wick Made her gem take a trip, she's annoyed!
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A young oceanographer, Bean, Was sick of computing the mean Veloc'ty of fish, Her brain just went squish, To spend time aBoard, she was keen! (This chair is now hurting her spleen!)
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from Tom Lehrer's Irish Ballad:
...One day when she had nothing to do Rikkety tikkety tin One day when she had nothing to do She cut her baby brother in two And served him up as an Irish stew And invited the neighbors in...
(as close as I could come to Limerick stew -- that's what this thread is about, right?)
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What wrong with me, i haven't clue maybe my brain is missing some glue logic is undone nonsense has sprung, but for fun, this board, is long over due!
Come hear my clarion call, come one, come two, come all put your hat in the ring a limerick's the thing, We'll end weary ways and have a ball!
Stop me, somebody please! Give my poor fingers some ease post, fast as can be try to out pace me! til no more limericks out, can i squeeze!
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Our helen is losing her mind, She really needs time to unwind, To forget all her stress, She should put on a dress, And spend time with someone who's kind. (?!?!?!)
(Well, it rhymed. There was no requirement about making sense.)
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My cat, call her Fru-Fru, she's grey, And furry and sleeps all the day, At home she awaits me, For ham she does bait me, And in the warm sun she doth lay.
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Limericks are easy as A, B, C Lines 1, 2, 5 rhyme A, 3 and 4 rhyme B move the lines about.. a limerick will out. For editing, I hope you will not mind me!
One day when she had nothing to do She cut her baby brother in two Rikkety tikkety tin the neighbors came in. And she served him up as an fine Irish stew.
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Soon to my home I will go, To sup with my darling, ho ho! And watch some TV, To keep my mind free For tomorrow more work I must show. Ciao all! Until tomorrow...
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My dear Helen, please do not stop These limericks, right off the top Of your fast-rhyming head. They're as good as new bread! Long way to go 'fore you're de trop
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I'm still a bit of a stranger But in this game there's no danger I'll do my bit here Though old friends may well fear, "That Board is fun, but will it change her?"
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Don Marquis [hi, archie!] classified limericks as: "$1 Limericks": Those that can be told in the company of ladies (in the 1920's). "$2 Limericks": Those that can be told in the company of a parson. "$10 Limericks": Real limericks.
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Limericks new , Limericks old be they wimpy, or be they bold Steal a line from E. Lear, He's an expert, i hear For limericks, the best, i 've been told!
An invitaion I've just read Invites me to fill up this thread! with a risque post or a gentle boast or a quips that shows I'm well read!
Come awad'er's lend me your ears Soon, You'll rolling in laughter, with tears, or a wink or a grin let the fun now begin, will it get ribald soon? i have fears!
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A gracious welcome and good day I hope boronia that you'll stay changed you will be For the better, you'll see Vocabuary improved--by word play!
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There was a pig farmer near Aukland Who mixed fruit with his pork more than often, "A kiwi a day Keeps the doctor away!" Was the capital claim he was hawkin'!
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21 limericks today fell out of my brain, in word play day is done end of fun but everyone else is welcome to stay!
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Thank you kindly, Lady of Troy For your welcome unalloy(ed) Oops, I've just cheated And rhyme I've defeated Truly hope that it doesn't annoy!
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Truly hope that it doesn't annoy!
Have no fear of that, lady boronia! Everyone here is adorin' the Charm, wit and grace That you bring to our space. (Kindly help me concoct one rhyme more on ya?)
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New york's water is quite pure of this, i am reasonable sure but some intoxicating potion has given me a notion so limerick after limerick you must endure
i like to date good looking men one will ask me out now and then but i generally find it's the men who are blind who ask me out, again and again.
you'd think exhastion would set in and of limericks i'd be running thin but each new one i post encourages a host of others i want to begin!
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the men who are blindThere's a lining of silver, I'd say, If your love life is as you portray. Don't you commonly find Dating men who are blind You can easily lead them -- astray? Don't focus on the negativity. Instead, note their high susceptivity. They have far fewer chances To repel advances For whatever may be your proclivity.
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The fever continues unabated I fear i will be generaly hated a dozen plus, Twice Limericks! Not nice Is the end to which i am fated?
If Limericks are fated to stay then there is only one thing i have to say An agape like this could be a word lovers bliss! i am The Queen of fun and wordplay
Awader's get out your tomes books of science, music and poems dig out a word, we've never seen or heard and about words let us be bon homies!
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Today there are clouds in the sky, You probably want to know why, It's always that way On a typical day In St. John's, so no reason to cry!
It's not quite as cold as before, The cat tries to run out the door, The snow starts to melt, Some respite is felt By those who use shovels galore!
But beware for a flurry may rise, And the wind will whip snow in your eyes, And roof it will creak, And the windows may leak, And the snowbanks will increase in size.
But under the snow there await Some tulip bulbs, dafffodils - great! Eventually Spring Her warmth she will bring, And the sun will stay out until late!
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Here's to Maverick and to Rhu My hats off to all of you, with The Fiend and Whit, you've done your bit, and shown your colours true!
But when it come to putting on the ritz, Its Bean, who has given us the blitz with fishes and squishes She's answered my wishes her brain too, must be on the fritz!
Must i name every one in limerick to see if they will try to keep up posts, with me? well keep open an eye for naming, I'll try! these limericks can go on endlessly!
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X rated There was a young dentist named Sloane Who catered to ladies alone. In a fit of depravity He filled the wrong cavity, And my! how his business has grown.
Helen made me do it! (running from gutter police)
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And where could the doctors all be? They are certainly not helping me! i am really quite ill Come quick--Dr bill Tell me, is there cure for limerickosy?
i'll leave poor doc comfort to sleep He's up south, and over the deep so far far away he's in next day so his comfort, it will have to keep.
come shaman and healer or quacks with potions, feathers or wax with mystic fire quell my desire is it a simple cure, that i ax!
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The puck will be dropped on this night, To win we must put up a fight, For Canada I'll cheer, "Go, girls, have no fear!" And I hope a gold medal's in sight! Good luck to both CANADA and USA!!!!! May the best women win!
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X-rated, in response to wow above. (This is not original, and is posted only because it links to our llama and ovine threads.)
An Argentine gaucho named Bruno Said "There is one thing that I do know" "A woman is fine" "And a sheep is divine" "But a llama is numero uno!"
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Come Stranger, Newbie, Old Hand And Addict--You, too, i demand All together, i know to me you're no Foe Even united, against me, you can't stand
Send me your words, the hardest you know blovate, anacampserote, or Golden Ratio gobsmacked, i might be but soon, you'll see That limerick and rhyme, time after time, i know how to make them tow!
When it comes to limericks, i reign over all For so few have answered my call by PM and post before i did boast I begged, and pleaded, my words went unheaded, so now you are in my enthall!
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This thread is moving full swing and soon, some posters are libel to bring, a wink or blush, Please there's no rush. But X rated posts are just the thing!
The ladies of Awad you'll find to ambivient posts are inclined pure as the snow blithly we go its others, you see, never me, who have a dirty mind
Do you remember the musical Hair? Oh, the words i first heard there! I blushed -I recall, but found them all! On Dictionary's bound, these words should be found, Readers, beware!
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There once was a man from Nantucket whose right foot got caught in a bucket on his way to the dance. To remove he did prance, yet still stuck, with crowbar his wife plucked it.
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I have a sweet friend from New York Who enjoys pulling more than the cork ~ When she's out on the razzle Her smile's fit to dazzle And her favourite taste is long pork!
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The ad campaigne is growing old, the pink bunny, never will fold he's got nothing me energized? we'll see i have limericks and rhyme, to last for all time, there are millions more to be told!
Faldage has tossed out demean a word he has recently seen now its a rhyme in a limerick -this time Awads so slow, where will i go, to find new words to glean?
a post maybe, i , backwards will try anastrophicly stated maybe betsy will be baited limericks to write by and by.
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It's not as bawdy as I prefer in a limerick, and it's a little forced, but
Onomatopoetically speaking, Fun words come from fine-feathered cheeking, Tomtit and swallow Regaling the hollow, an Orgy of Yakking and squeaking.
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Now that the man from Nantucket is here Now this threads is finaly in fifth gear we'll rev and race to each find first place Words will be quick, inuendo thick, a free for all, is what i fear!
How about that old man from Kent? I don't know just how it went mother would blush and tell Da, hush! and out of the room i would be sent!
I'm sweet and simple and pure a double entendre, i'm sure will give me start, as i take it apart, and will finaly be, an end you'll see and for this madness a cure!
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So - it's saucy limericks you're after The kind that induce guilty laughter. I ask, "Is there shame Or any kind of blame In being the naughty-limerick-crafter?"
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A cowpoke who had just turned thirty Sang a song that was really dirty He said no bad word But all those who heard Swear that it weren't very purdy!
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Uh-oh, I too am afflicted. To limericks, am getting addicted. After all, it is true: I have work to do! If I don't, from my job I'll be evicted.
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Of all the things i learned this board The one that most particularlly floored was that men far and wide with sheep, do abide! Or at least they are reputed to have scored!
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Our dear Helen of Troy is a writin' some sweet limericks for us to bite in but the rhythms you know on her last lines do show a bit different version, a little perversion: an extra rhymed couple of lines in.
How far does the definition include different lengths of last line and still be considered a limerick?
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the secondary stages of madness now start and my sweet cover is coming apart with a coy little grin and a sly little spin some more adult limericks now i impart.
I am know well as woman who flirts a reputation I've earned on my merits i make goo-goo eyes and encourage the guys remember, No pain, no gain, keep at it till it hurts!
I love the idea of being chaste and slow courting, and romance, not haste but kiss me and then kiss me again and your efforts won't go to waste!
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Dear Helen has gone now and did it what she does deserve, she will get it with a wink and a flirt tended clean or with dirt Without waste as she promised? I won't bet it!
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There once was a limerick bonanza Where some rhymes had more than one stanza Poor Ted wasn't sure If this form was pure But then again he's only a little teddy bear.
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How far does the definition include different lengths of last line and still be considered a limerick?Depends on the source you consult, musick. Webster's: five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rimeThe Lure of the Limerick (1967, 1993) (paraphrased description): same as Websters, but: (1) may omit a line's initial weak beat; (2) may add trailing weak beat or beats at end of line, if done consistently over all rhyming lines.WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University: 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba [states no line-lengh requirement] AHD®: five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba. [states no line-lengh or rhyme-scheme requirement] http://www.sfu.ca/~finley/discussion.html (with more discussion) http://dictionary.com
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My last submission, almost vulgar enough to be a real one.
F anny Hill led a life under shelter I n the cathouse, though, everyone felt her. E ach morning repented - N ightly, naughties she scented. D amned near everyone stopped by and smelt her.
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A gorgeous young lady of Troy: Posting limericks her only true joy. She posted away But to her dismay, They didn't attract the right boy
So posting once more it began And Helen, she showed her true hand. Some were heard to mutter, "We're into the gutter." Yet still no sign of her man
In the end she had to go private To me she wrote, "If you desire it, Would you put up a poem And some rhymes if you know 'em?" I did; and now of Troy's fire, lit.
Limeraiku
The AWAD pooh-bah went too far, but got (merde mot) Away with hoo-ha.
Committed no crime But yet I'm slapped. Spirit sapped. Silent passes time.
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A woman I once knew did marry The last name of Dick she did carry They lived on Swallow Boulevard And at times it was hard But harder it'd have been-hubby's Gary, not Harry.
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There once were two teams of tough maidens the slapshots and plays wouldn't faze them when the ticker had tocked and the final shot blocked the Canucks came home Gold medals blazin' !!!! Now the men with pressure for their role Take inspiration from the last second goal To rally the troops, and take pride in their roots, Win the Gold net the puck in the five-hole!!! (hmmm...that was awkward!) Congratulations to Canada and the USA!! Wicked game!
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There once was a stranger named Norm His job, to show he could perform He rhymed about pucks And said Congrats to Cannucks I send him this greeting so warm
So welcome Aboard from an Angel And maybe even from Bel We play everyday And have lots to say I'm sure you'll fit in quite well
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Whenever the board has got tacky The shout goes out loud for our Jackie She polices the gutter Checks each word we utter And won't let us chew gum or 'bacca. When ever they feeling quite frisky, Bel, Helen and Connie get risqué With entendres doubleThey get right into trouble Then put all the blame on the whiskey. Whenever he can't get to sleep, Maverick sits counting sheep At least, he tells us so; I'm not sure if I know If he ain't hiding something more deep! For poems filled with appeal None are better than Whitman O'Neill. But his poems don't rhyme, So I spend all my time In trying this defect to heal. but wotthehell, archie, toujours gaie! If the sound of gut-scraping makes you-sick Please keep the fact quiet from Musick He's mourning his old car So we mustn't go so far As to leave him feeling too-sick. - and I'm mourning it, too - I know how it feels to lose a beloved old mechanical friend!!!To finish, I'll just have to lean On words that rhymne well with Bean Her limerick posting (Next to Helen, the most's bin) Are among the best that we have seen
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Whenever my spelling grows lax I take comfort from our good old Max. When our multiple typos Give us both the gripe-ohs We just smile and pat each other's backs.
When you want to know what's to be done, Wise Old Woman is really the one. She replies in a trice With the most sound "Add Vice!" Which at least makes our trouble more fun.
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It started just as a lark but the first ignited a spark Will the fire burn out? i haven't a doubt, but not before its has left its mark!
It's Wordwind you really must blame (though, I hated to name her by name!) Her word play and fun My simple brain unstrung Hippopotumusitis and limerickitis are one and the same!
My dear, please don't take this to heart And think i wish you to depart But rather, Please, Sneeze a great sneeze! and another wild, wooly, wonderful word epidemic, Start!
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There was a young lad they call Pollock, His tendencies were alcoholic, He charmed all the girls, By admiring their curls, And soon in his room they would frolic!
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My desk is awash in white paper, Where poems are meeting their maker, I'm s'posed to be working, My research I'm shirking, My thoughts wander o'er hell's half acre.
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I started to write a my goodbyes, but now the thread getting a reprise wordplay and fun have finally begun and soon we'll be all getting a rise!
There was a young lady named Sheri with lips as red as a cherry her calipygian seat offered a treat and all around her the men were merry!
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I'm bettin our new bud named Norm Is up there a partyin' a storm Guitar's he's a makin' and if I'm not mistaken He's logged a different name here before
It's good to see my ol' bud G-Ted His input here is sorely needed a word from the wize with a spelling dis-guy's though 'iz rhyming scheemz are quite whacked
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My spelling be partner from Eire was showing them gamblers his care for their troubles and woes brought by losing to foes but with Goldielocks he's no ted-e-bear
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There was a pretty gal from the city Who said "It's such a pity!" As a bimbo I can Land any man, But not if I act smart and witty"
So this smart young lady took part in a plan to catch a man's heart she baited her snare with her long flowing hair and enough make up to look like a tart.
On her hand now, diamonds galore on her ears and wrists, several more her silken dark curls don't cover her pearls And suiters she has by the score!
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Young Rhuby’s a bit of a wag ~ He implies that I’d chase sheep to shag! A word in your ear, Through a maverick’s tear: I fear this is more CK’s bag!
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The commando’s command of a crank In ancient MGs breaks the bank; The spark is still willing But the travelling’s uphilling, So he has to get out for a walk!
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So she snared up a hunk, chest heaving, but appearances can be deceiving the hunk turned to junk her life turned to funk and now she's fed up and she's leaving.
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But when looks have slipped all down the drain And your love life’s a bit of a pain, Will it be your lament, When your face is all bent, That seduction works better by brain?
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Like St Augustine, venerated scholar, I do Pray I get down on my knees and humbly say "Make me pure, make me chaste, but don't do it with haste Let me be wicked for just one more day!"
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Smiley faces and frowns, , for some are must for others, these signs signal teasing or lust! a grin or a Wink Got someone to think I'm laughing out loud, i think i will bust! Perfect breasts (o)(o) Fake silicone breasts ( + )( + ) Perky breasts (*)(*) Big nipple breasts (@)(@) A cups o o D cups { O }{ O } Wonder bra breasts (oYo) Cold breasts ( ^ )( ^ ) Lopsided breasts (o)(O) Pierced Breasts (Q)(O) Hanging Tassels Breasts (p)(p) Grandma's Breasts \ o /\ o / Against The Shower Door Breasts ( )( ) Android Breasts | o | | o | Martha Stewart's Breasts ($)($)
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and if I'm not mistaken He's logged a different name here before
Your welcomes are very kind to hear But alas, never 'fore was I here Now I must rest After the post about breasts Since laughter was so hard I shed tears!
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Uhhh, Helen dear...just what did they serve for lunch at the EPA today? A troyful big dose of the mammery Upgrades our emoticon gallery, Now throw into the mix A few puppet tricks To enlengthen your sexual hammery. not me, said I
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Dear Norm I am glad you are smiling Tis mistaken I was bout your filing your name on this board to be different before then two guitar builders have we for riling
Not that many of us here actually® do that!
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To Michigan, Sparteye's attracting a throng, For a word fest to last all the week long. No Ozzie or Kiwi, there will we see, Only the best, the wordapaloozest, at the flong!
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Dear Helen of Troy (she's our girl) for fast limericks that make my head swirl I can't stop with the laughter So I'd post this after, jotting notes, I'd give it a whirl.
I'm not a great writer you see, but enjoy Wordplay & Fun 'specially, I'm sure Anu didn't know how his idea would grow and turn into jocularity.
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I did not know that Cap K bugged out. I was saving my pennies for stout or some other fine ale that we'd drink til we're pale. So I'll just forget he's got clout
to give me a rib for my clause which located him there in the Oz. Though my geography sucks like Faldage's hockey pucks I'll forever refer to it with "blahs".
Nice one on jocularity, sis
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A gallopen trollop called Loxy Made a poor teddy bear's life rather poxy In the Three Bears' home she was squatten And I think she's pure rotten I'm sorry if me attytude shocks ye.
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The Narcissist Lament
Every word, every post, every thread the sheer magnitude goes to my head for its plain, you can see The focus is me I am the subject of everything said!
It has slowly become very clear to see that from the letter A to the letter Zee every study of man is part of plan Devised solely to discredit me!
I am perfect, it is plain to see Perfection its self; embodies me Like the lamb, i am gentle Except, i go mental When i think someone's is picking me!
Of shoes, Imelda Marcos can boast a collection larger than most but when it comes a fit I am the git Who wears the worst of any post!
I never spoil for a fight, you know But they occur where ever I show I am always taken a back at others manners lack Because i am always right, it's them that must go!
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Max, your a darling, a dear but you live in a land so queer! Its so far away at the beginning of day, Its made up sheep, cricket, a few men and lots of beer!
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I read yer last pome through and through And I fer one wasn't picken on you I want ta make it quite cleer That yer a pal of this bear It's Loxy what's the stone in me shoe.
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Dear MaxQ cannot come to see me So of Kiwis there will not be three But CapK and mate Two Zildians great Make two Kiwis there will we see
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What is this world coming to? In her thread titled "limericks, too", Lots of folks chime in With handfuls of rhymin' But Helen has seventy-two!
Her third said a challenge i post To see, who the most two pair and spare of Rhymes can boast."
'Tis truely a great exhibition, By a fluidly-tongued rhetorician, But I'll make a batch up Attempting to catch up To make it a true competition.
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I'm particularly floored by your last one, dear. It seems that your pulling a fast one here. Our previous riot Had dropped and gone quiet, So why did you bring up that past one here?
We've recently been through a thread Where much castigation was spread. To repeat would be hazardous, But you like a Lazarus Brought it back up when you said:
----->The Narcissist Lament
----->"Every word, every post, every thread" ----->"the sheer magnitude goes to my head" ----->"for its plain, you can see" ----->"The focus is me" ----->"I am the subject of everything said!"
----->"It has slowly become very clear to see" ----->"that from the letter A to the letter Zee" ----->"every study of man" ----->"is part of plan" ----->"Devised solely to discredit me!"
----->"I am perfect, it is plain to see" ----->"Perfection its self; embodis me" ----->"Like the lamb, i am gentle" ----->"Except, i go mental" ----->"When i think someone's is picking me!"
----->"Of shoes, Imelda Marcos can boast" ----->"a collection larger than most" ----->"but when it comes a fit" ----->"I am the git" ----->"Who wears the worst of any post!"
----->"I never spoil for a fight, you know" ----->"But they occur where ever I show" ----->"I am always taken a back" ----->"at others manners lack" ----->"Because i am always right, it's them that must go!"
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Did you have to wake dogs that were nappin'? Did you have to get just one more slap in? When you got the notion To re-stir commotion, You ought to have thought what would happen.
It's a shame that you never consulted me, Before dragging back words that insulted me, Can you leave it alone? When you picked at that bone, What did you think the result'd be?
I'm willing to let us forget it. Just leave it; don't trouble to edit. But if you again flame dear, It's not me to blame dear: If you seek a fight, you will get it.
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I hope that the video feed packs good punch at the Sparteye's. Yet snacks and the beer won't be sweet with no chance to meet or way to shake hands with you, Max.
But at least we can wave as we sway at the camera we'll hook up that day. Our tech guys have mission to give you some vision of all of us missing your way!
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Oh, Max, won't you come, pleasepleaseplease? If you come, it'll be the bee's knees; Please bring your dear wife On the trip of her life, And then we'll have all FOUR Kiwis!
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A previous archbishop of Brizzie Covered up a scandalous tizzy; When the news got about All the papers gave shout: “You’d better resign – here comes Lizzie!”
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A funambulist racked his brain For a feat that would make his name So high was his act as a matter of fact It could only be seen from a plane!
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A very popular thread this, I note, though the Stales Index is "only" 0.16.
W.S. Gilbert (like Isaac Asimov, later) had something to say about limericks, too:
There once was a young man from Beeze Who was stung in the neck by a wasp. When asked "Does it hurt?" He replied "No, it doesn't. It would have been terrible if it had been a hornet."
Though Asimov was more appreciative of the form, and even publilshed a collection or five of 'em... [?white]
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The fever and chills have passed there may be an end to limericks, at last but before i go, i want to know your contributions have made it a blast!
I thought a list i would head Limerick Writer's, Well Said! but it would be sad not to mention bad to forget all those who only read!
I hope the my illness has been cause and given us chance to take pause, to have some delight in the words that we write And now we all deserve some applause!
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Keiva, I love you, I do; And you know that my love is so true; I don't want to blow it By not daring to show it; Here's hoping you're happier, too!
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It's Monday, and time for a fix Of everyone's new limerix You delight and amuse me And sometimes confuse me AWADers are quite the odd mix!
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Alrighty - I'll add one more No chance, though, of evening the score. Of Troy keeps on writing And keeps on delighting; She's a hero of limerick-lore
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I confess - I start to see red - Limerick rhythms invading my head! At work and at play The beat dogs me all day. It's a thing up with which I'm getting fed!
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The ladies love humorous Milum; His versatile wit will beguile 'em. Pray the lord he's not single in June, when we're minglin' Lest his wiles, smiles and guile will defile 'em.
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Ok, Keiva, wanna play hard ball, huh...Overheard comments made by the prim, proper, pedant, ladies that will attend the Wordapalooza June 2002 “That Milum is the Final Gentleman, And who would of thought the things that he has thunk, He is so charming, And no one he’s harming, Lying -not laying- there on the floor, dead drunk.” Ha! this is the 99th and last post on this thread. Good-bye.
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Please see limericks, too, (redux) for the continuation.
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