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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Raak
Its taste is both piquant and round.
penelope
So what on the menu today?
Stevie
A Gooseberry/Duck Beak paté!
Raak
A durian mélange
Chalky
Served with whisky blancmange
Pablo
Mixed together at 10 quid a tray
The Chorus
Olé!
CdM
Hark! Hear the words of the chorus
Raak
For speech, set to music, can't bore us
although I draw the line at Monteverdi's "L'Incoronazione di Poppea"
Stevie
If Thatcher had sung
penelope
Of the plight of the young
No idea where this one is going to end up
Phil
She'd have seemed less like Tyrannosaurus
or
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She might not have seemed quite so dolORous
Stevie
Bravo! Good finish.
Stevie
Throw the switches now Igor, be quick!
Phil
Give the Tesla coils just one more flick
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[Stevie] Phew! I was so unsure of that last line. Thanks :)
Juxtapose
My morbid creation
penelope
Gets a tingling sensation
Raak
And a very enjoyable prick.
Pablo
There's a part of me just wants to die
Chalky
For the life of me I don't know why
Kim
But I can't really ask it
Stevie
Why the yen for the casket
Rosie
Affects ulnars and both radii.
penelope
I'm feeling it deep in my bones
Good finish, Rosie
Stevie
It's time to change all my ringtones
Rosie
Their Wagnerian gloom
(pen) You are nice lady.
Phil
Bears a portent of doom
Raak
That I don't want to hear from my phones.
Stevie
Oooh I liked the way that one worked out. Nice going, everyone else.
Software
This morning as I had my shower
penelope
The lack of shampoo made me glower
Rosie
So I grabbed the carbolic
Blamelewis
lest I turn vitriolic
Marc
Now my black hair smell like 'Sweet and sour'.
Marc
Motivation will come from within
Raak
Get that right and you're certain to win
Simons Mith
Check Facebook and Twitter
penelope
As you sit on the shitter
No point warning you in advance of that, was there? You all knew it was coming. Far too hot for a coat.
Phil
Rise up and be strong! Or fall in.
Tuj
By unceasingly talking in riddles
Rosie
You can get away with most fiddles
Raak
But the clear light of reason
Marc
In this rainy dry season
CdM
Should help exclude most muddy middles
blamelewis
Last time I regressed to the mean
Software
I created a terrible scene
Rosie
'Cos I was once bimodal
penelope
And hacking the code'll
Marc
Make everyone turn red (or green?)
Marc
Encrypted persistence persist
penelope
Just try saying that when you're pissed!
UK English meaning of
Pissed
(n.) in a state of intoxication through alcohol.
Phil
Saliva will flow
Neophyte
Whilst your cheeks flush and glow
Raak
Inspissated inspectors insist!
Rosie
A great deal of effort is spent
Raak
To decide what to give up for Lent
Simons Mith
And if you give up
Stevie
Giving up have a cup
Marc
of Darjeeling with Rhum, max percent.
Marc
I can feel there's a storm coming up
Rosie
'Bout Qatar and the World Cup
Software
Some dodgy dealing
Stevie
And wheeling (with feeling)
Rosie
So FIFA's corrupt, is it? Yup.
I have taken the liberty as this one had become a bit of a wallflower.
Phil
A guinea pig once came to stay
Software
So I made it at home with some hay
Rosie
I plied it with wine
Neophyte
Which it thought was divine
Marc
My best bottle Grand Cru Cabernet.
Marc
A guinea pigs life must be hard
Phil
As they tussle for scraps in the yard
Pablo
Competing with cats
Raak
Hiding from vampire bats
Software
While reciting the words of the Bard
Chalky
I once bought a pig for a guinea
Marc
'twas pink and so thin - almost skinny
penelope
But feeding it well
Rosie
Soon caused it to swell
CdM
And now it won't fit in my mini
Simons Mith
I once had a skirt-wearing pig
Raak
For convention it cared not a fig
Rosie
For instance, its snout
Software
would run like a spout
Marc
And its butt was enormously big.
Marc
While preparing my sugar cured ham
Pablo
I thought I would use damson jam
Raak
'Tis both piquant and sweet
Giertrud
And I do love to eat
Stevie
Jam-ham a-la damson, by damn!
Stevie
While watching a Colin Firth flick
Phil
He started to get on my wick
Kim
His monotonous voice
Marc
Reading novels by J a m e s J o y c e
blamelewis
Make a portrait of me being sick
[Marc] Just "Joyce" would have scanned better, perhaps?
Marc :-)
Raak
I don't want to get out of bed
penelope
I'd rather stay tucked in instead
Pablo
Being all safe and warm
Rosie
And farting a storm
Marc
Leaving blankets and sheets widely spread.
Pablo
As the autumnal mists descend
Raak
O'er the lea the kine their slow way wend
Marc
The ploughman homeward plods
Elderly
While worshiping his Gods
Thomas Gray
And leaves the world to darkness m'friend...
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Gray/elegy_written_in_a_country_churc.htm
Stevie
Oh goody, more fog o'er the land
Rosie
So thick that you can't see your hand
as people say....
penelope
Don't use your fog lights
would seem to be the rule, especially for silver or grey cars
Marc
And don't dress in whites
Knobbly
But drive home at 60 as planned
Underliner
Marc
As a senior player I think,
Kim
Young Rosie should give up the drink
Software
Such libelous chat
Rosie
Ignores the fact that
Phil
He's not drite the thunk that you quink
Marc
I once had a wee dram too much
Rosie
The courage it gave me was Dutch
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Hello, pen.
Stevie
I confronted a copper
Kim
And riled him up proper
Chalky
By booting his hat into touch
penelope
But now I am
perfectly
merry
Marc
'cause I'm soaking my muesli in sherry
Pablo
I have gin with my chips
Raak
And a song on my lips
Phil
That I learnt from a young Mary Berry
Tuj
I pogoed again, down the road
Marc
Jumping just like a green, horny toad
Stevie
Quite why, I don't know
Rosie
But it does go to show
Software
With long springy legs I'm bestowed
Stevie
"Up, up and away!" the man cried
Rosie
"Gravity, it shall be defied"
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