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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Rosie
Eat nothing, so it's said, but baked beans
Pablo
And for their own part
Software
The beans will impart
Marc
With brown stains on the back of their jeans...
Marc
Are you sure that this airplane is safe
Marc (Sorry but rhyming safe seem to be tricky)
Are you sure that this airplane can fly?
Juxtapose
If it's safe we can certainly try
Pablo
So shall I take the stick?
Raak
Get aboard and be quick
blamelewis
Just don't tell the pilot! Bye-bye!
[Marc] chafe, strafe, waif, Ralph? :)
silver linings in the sky
Marc
The dark clouds that are blocking the sun
blamelewis
Remind me just what I have done
Rosie
As Guildford lies flattened
Pablo
And seemingly patterned
Software
It's a shame it can't be undone
Phil
I've wiped out the Jewel of Surrey
Chasty
She was hot - kind of cuddly and furry
Pablo
With a come-hither grin
Software
And a rather square chin
blamelewis
So don't click that link in a hurry
Rosie
If Guildford's a jewel, what's Dorking?
Phil
'Bout 4 hours away, if you're walking.
penelope
But if you're on a bike
Pablo
There's a pub you might like
penelope
So step on! Stop standing and gawking!
Tuj
I thought that I'd broken my wrist
penelope
When I swung at your mother, and missed
Pablo
As my fist hit the wall
Software
The last thing I recall
Rosie
Was her cackling at me "You're pissed."
CdM
So here I sit, in the ER
penelope
With my elbow stuck in a jam jar
Pablo
The sixth hour has passed
blamelewis
I'm having a blast
Software
While the doctor slips off to the bar
That's probably not fair and could cause a storm of protest, but all for the sake of scansion and mirth.
Rosie
The weirdos who live on the hill
Kim
Have put all their pigs on the pill
Software
So no little porkers
Pablo
Will get nobbed by rogue orcas
[Softers] Oh, I do so like a challenge...
Projoy
And think what they'll save on the swill.
The chaps at Piers Gaveston think
Raak
That life is all orgies and drink
Marc
Countess Marg'ret de Clare
Phil
Had better beware
Software
Lest she'll end up in the clink
which she did, BTW
Pablo
In a small, central part of my brain
Raak
Is a place ornamented with pain
Rosie
It's the fault of my mother
Marc
'cause she killed my big brother
Projoy
And it's likely she'll yet kill again.
A student of madness would think
Simons Mith
"Funicular! Crucible! Blink!"
Pablo
or perhaps, "nadge my toes"
Phil
Or "nobody knows"
Rosie
That I normally crap in the sink.
Software
I've bought myself a winter coat
true
Raak
It's made of weasel, fox, and stoat
I think we've just invented the iambic limerick. Lines of 4, 4, 2, 2, and 4 feet and the usual rhyme scheme.
Rosie
It's wholly organic
penelope
So no need to panic
Marc
The collar is made from the arse of a goat
Adding a few syllables as a reasonable compensation
Rosie
The good folk of Accrington, Lancs
penelope
Were often mistaken for cranks
Raak
They spun round and round
Marc
With a murmuring sound
Software
As their only football team tanks
penelope
This island is home for the night
Pablo
Although it's a quite gruesome sight
Software
The ferry has sailed
Raak
The banshee has wailed
Rosie
And I'm stuck on the Isle of Wight.
Pablo
There's a rumour that's doing the rounds
Projoy
That my head makes peculiar sounds
Rosie
That's 'cos it's hollow
CdM
And so, when I swallow,
Simons Mith
There's a noise like the baying of hounds
Marc
I have heard there's dog on the moon
Pablo
Whose bowl is in fact a spittoon
Software
His kennel's a crater
penelope
Around the equator
Chalky
His cries won't be heard 'til next June
penelope
I hope that my bonfire will light
Rosie
So I can fry bangers all night
Pablo
With a can of cold beer
Projoy
I shall quote lines from Lear
Juxtapose
"O, thou side-piercing sight!"
Giertrud
"Guaranteed from boot-to-bonnet!"
Rosie
That's Clarkson's first go at a sonnet
Phil
It could have been worse
penelope
If he pictured a hearse
Software
With luck he could have be on it
Pablo
I awoke to a fine morning sight
Projoy
Of the hay in my barn set alight
Raak
The insurance will pay
Phil
For my next holiday
Software
Due in just a fortnight
Rosie
I simply don't know how to start
Pablo
My new sixteen horsepower go-kart
Simons Mith
I yanked on this string
Marc
It went 'wicketi ping'
Anna
And then the machine fell apart.
Simons Mith
So I cussed and I brandished my spanner
Rosie
In typical Clarksonian manner
Giertrud
But Jeremy and Kelly
Pablo
(Them two off the telly)
Blob
Have ordered the parts from Fermanagh
penelope
The business of ordering parts
Pablo
Proceeds both in fits and in starts
Software
Look at the book
Rosie
Ring them up; they're in Nuuk
Raak
And deliver by husky-drawn carts.
Projoy
When eternity fits in an hour
penelope
I barely have time for a shower
Raak
But when deadlines draw near
Software
I quiver with fear
Pablo
And withdraw to an ivory tower
penelope
My Cumbrian fell is a-flood
Pablo
My "carpet"'s now three feet of mud
Software
The rain doesn't stop
Rosie
Needs more than a mop
Chalky
And the switch on my ark is a dud
Pablo
Will it rain now for forty more nights?
Chalky
Will it reach the top rain record heights?
Rosie
Because if it does
Software
We'll call out the fuzz
Marc
To claim that we've got human rights.
Phil
So Christmas has come back around
Marc
And Santa, I've heard, is southbound
Pablo
With his over-full sleigh
Software
He may brighten our day
Rosie
As he slips in with barely a sound.
Marc
Oh my dearest I long for your kiss
Chalky
Though I fear your technique's hit and miss
Chasty
Your French kisses I love
Monique
They are just hand in glove
Armand
And I do care that you are my sis
Pablo
Farewell to a very poor year
Software
The weather was shite, that is clear
Rosie
So let us revive
penelope
The jitterbug and jive
Phil
And party with burgers and beer
penelope
I will not stand for whiny complaining
Tuj
In spite of long
im
mersive training
Marc
Though I must say it's wrong
Rosie
To moan all day long
Chalky
When the rhymes here are SO entertaining
Pablo
So farewell then Bowie: bye Dave
Software
You did all the genres, save rave
penelope
And for that, we're in awe
Chalky
'Though our tear ducts are raw
penelope
For ecstasy
be
yond the grave.
Giertrud
Sometimes I cannot resist
penelope
Adding whisky to my shopping list
Pablo
It goes on with the gin
Marc
Make our heads start to spin
Software
As slowly we're getting pissed
Chalky
Hmm.
Chalky
It's time for a jolly distraction
Software
Like Longleat or some such attraction
penelope
Or maybe we could
Raak
Stroll through Odell Great Wood
Marc
Watching grass growing slowly in action...
Marc
Then she said: "I'm lying in your bed"
penelope
And I think that butler is dead
Pablo
So I said, "Call Poirot!"
Kim
But Mycroft said "No!"
Raak
"We'll eliminate the impossible instead."
Simons Mith
To the greenhouse I summoned the cook
CdM
"Over there!" I exclaimed. "Take a look!"
penelope
"The tomatoes have rust!"
Chalky
"The sprouts turned to dust!"
Pablo
He's from Yorkshire, so said "What the fook?"
Software
While I stood in the Post Office queue
penelope
And I hoped for position two
Pablo
But the fellow in front
...careful...
Chalky
With a snort and a grunt
Marc
Said: "I'm stuck. Who the hell spilled that glue!"
Marc
The cyan-ACrylate glue sealed his lips
Cook
On the table he had fish and chips
penelope
But unable to eat
Hello Cook
Pablo
His cod-and-spud treat
Chalky
He studied the lunar eclipse
Marc
It's the year of the Monkey, beware...
penelope
That you dress with attention and care
Rosie
And stop making faces
Raak
When you tie your shoelaces
Pablo
God! You're not doing
that
with your hair????
Marc
In accordance with Standard 14
Raak
You must paint your front door in sludge green
Rosie
Lined out in puce
CdM
Or else we'll reduce
penelope
The money for being
Europeen
Rosie
The good folk of Chorlton-cum Hardy
Chalky
Were known for their love of bacardi
penelope
When applied to the skin
Software
It was better than gin
Marc
And creme CeraVe - it's too lardy
Pablo
The Burghers of Port du Calais
Rosie
Have been whooping it up at the Palais
Marc
Now the jungle is flat
Software
They think that is that
Raak
But more migrants will be there next day.
Marc
Last summer I swam 'cross the Channel
Rosie
Wrapped in the finest of flannel
Giertrud
My expensive pyjamas
Pablo
With their imprint of lamas
KagomeShuko
Were hidden behind a pannel.
Juxtapose
There once was a fellow named Clark
Giertrud
Who was quite afraid of the dark
Software
So he switched on the light
Raak
And got a great fright
Rosie
As he found himself next to a shark.
Marc
It's due time that you upgrade your app
Anna
Or else you may fumble your snap
Raak
The latest UI
Pablo
Helps you shoot on the fly
Chalky
But the editing suite is pure crap
Tuj
What time does the ferry depart?
Skipper Marc
The minute that I've found my chart
Rosie
And topped up with diesel
Kim
And fed my pet weasel
Software
But this is
Condor
and we're missing a part
Marc
The Andean Condor's huge wingspan
Juxtapose
ex-
ceeds
the width
of
my fry-
ing
pan
CdM
And so to sauté it
Raak
I bent it to fit
Rosie
Which spoilt its vocal range, or sing span.
Dreadful.
Raak
The first day of Spring has just sprung
Marc
And I feel like a stallion I'm hung
Software
I'll be frisky for sure
Pablo
And with all my allure
KagomeShuko
I'll hide what Spring has just sprung.
Hidden text
Hey, Lear repeated words in his limericks
Marc
There once was a fella named Lear
Pablo
Who said that he felt a bit queer
Rosie
When asked what was wrong
Software
He burst into song
Raak
And demanded I bring him a beer.
Pablo
I've a problem with one of my glands
Rosie
My prostate's come off in my hands
Raak
Just squirt it with glue
Marc
Then fixate with a screw
Software
Then to hold it in place - rubber bands
penelope
There's a stock room of spare body parts
Raak
For my practice of ghoulish black arts
Rosie
In the box labelled "Noses"
Software
Nothing's smelling of roses
Marc
And some carrots, Jack Frost's private parts.
Marc
The question is free I've been told
Raak
But the answer will cost all your gold
Pablo
Not "The Meaning of Life?"
Kim
"How To Murder Your Wife"?
Software
No, it's down the river you're sold
Marc
"We are sinking, please finish your soup,"
Rosie
"Use the loo - we mustn't leave poop."
penelope
And then take your turn
Pablo
As the ship starts to burn
Projoy
To play "Nearer, my God" on a loop.
Tuj
It has eight legs! It's there on the floor!
Projoy
How'd that Octopus get in the door?
Software
It's fresh from the sea
Raak
And it's smarter than me
Pablo
And my God it looks just like Al Gore!
Projoy
In the land that we now call Iraq
Kim
They're proposing to place a blue plaq
Rosie
On a house in Baghdad
Software
A home for jihad
Phil
Where there once lived a young man called Raak
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