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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Raak
And a glass of no-alcohol beer.
Rosie
My hair grows ever longer
Superman
Surely a glow worm?
Raak
My hair grows ever longer
But falls out just as fast
I'll beat upon the conga
Until I breathe my last.
Rosie
(Superman) 'Kinell. It is, isn't it.
Stevie
My hair seems to grow ever longer
Pablo
But my body just doesn't get stronger
Rosie
So, Sampson I'm not
KagomeShuko
And Delilah is rot
Software
Can it get any wronger?
CdM
I like to eat spinach with jam
Hidden text
Not really
Dujon
Far better than Marmite with spam
Hidden text
Urk!
KagomeShuko
But jellied eel mousse
Hidden text
Getting grosser here . . . )
Rosie
Just makes the bowel loose
Hidden text
So they say
penelope
I'm a slave to my guts, that I am.
Software
But I love strawberry jam with my cheese
Stevie
'Tis a consu
ma
tion sure to please
Rosie
But not ev'rybody
KagomeShuko
is Passamaquoddy
Superman
Who eat it while shooting the breeze.
Simons Mith
I shot at the breeze and I missed
CdM
And the breeze is now royally pissed
Rosie
"I'll blow your house down"
muttleee
It said, with a frown
Pablo
Til I asked it to kindly desist
KagomeShuko
My arrow is caught in a tree
penelope
And my grapeshot has not made it free
Simons Mith
My petard is hoist
Stevie
My powder is moist
Rosie
And my peashooter - it lacks a pea.
CdM
*applause*
That should be exhibited immediately in the showcase game.
Software
The thunder is getting quite near
Rosie
I'd better finish off my beer
Bismarck
For this heat and this weather
Dujon
Ruffle many a feather
Pablo
With a large bolt of lightning, I fear
Stevie
Hat off. Another winner
Stevie
Ye Gods! What a bang! That was close!
KagomeShuko
It made me yell, "Great Caesar's Ghost!"
Pablo
But try not to fret
Raak
It's not over yet
Simons Mith
You've still got to
butter
the toast
nfras
The smell of hot crumpet with butter
CdM
Will cause a curmudgeon to mutter
Raak
"How gruntled I feel!"
Resisting the temptation to put "gruntled" at the end of the line.
Software
"This is not quite a meal"
Stevie
But the prospect still makes my heart flutter
KagomeShuko
Cream cheese on a bagel is better
Pablo
Though I much prefer to use feta
CdM
While some like ricotta
Raak
I think that you oughta
Dujon
Feed that lot to the nearest red setter
(The weirdest dog breed I've ever come across.)
KagomeShuko
A strange dog, you see, is the Puli
CdM
Think Dougal (though not so unruly)
Software
And the magical thing
Superman
Is one gets them to sing
Bismarck
By kicking them in the left goolie.
Demonstration event at Crufts
Software
A sudden change in the weather
Stevie
Can motivate me to wear leather
True
Bismarck
Then, astride my Hog
Radox The Green
I ride into the fog
Pablo
Adorned with a large ostrich feather
KagomeShuko
When it rains down bricks and mortar
Software
There's one thing that you oughta
Rosie
Never ever do
(KagShu) Earthquake, tornado?
penelope
Lock yourself in the loo
Let's get this moving.
Pablo
And pointlessly call for a porter
CdM
Immunity, so I have heard,
Pablo
Is a highly politicised word
Software
Especially for Trump
KagomeShuko
An idiot chump
(Rosie) Probably tornadoes in Hurricane Laura
penelope
Whose IQ was somehow deferred
Rosie
If your trombone is blocked up with crud
(KagShu) Mmm, nasty. Hope the bits missed you.
Raak
The best thing is to fill it with mud
Simons Mith
Apply moderate heat
penelope
Till the tone becomes sweet
Software
Then clear it all out with a thud
KagomeShuko
If you like reading adventure novels
Stevie
Or Dickensian books set in hovels
CdM
Then I've got just the thing:
Pablo
(It's written by Sting)
Software
As for his fans he grovels
Radox The Green
Hey! Here's some terrific advice
Stevie
If your clock is infested with mice
Raak
Wait until it strikes one
Rosie
They'll have no more fun
KagomeShuko
The tone, their brains will splice
Hidden text
H/T Pinky and the Brain
Rosie - was already evacuated for Laura and saw my city basically damaged by it when I first wrote that and n ow Delta has hit my city, too. I was still evacuated, so I'm safe
Juxtapose
I've heard there's a brand new vaccine
muttleee
To protect us from Covid-19
I wish
Raak
But there is a small catch
Software
You'll lose all your thatch
Rosie
And your privates will glow lurid green.
oblig.
KagomeShuko
Eating chicken soup as a cure
Radox The Green
Is common in Jewish cul
ture
Stevie
But the Catholics swear
Raak
By the head of a bear
Simons Mith
And its testicles just to be sure
penelope
I'm determined to start a fresh rhyme
Simons Mith
Though a challenging task for a mime
KagomeShuko
He can't say a thing
Stevie
Though his limbs he may swing
Bismarck
For to learn
ASL
takes some time.
CdM
As he ran like the wind to the border
Hidden text
No idea what this is about.
Software
Before Brexit to place his last order
Simons Mith
He wished that he had
Rosie
Stayed in Ahmedabad
Stevie
With his wife, (where he couldn't afford 'er)
Stevie
As I sailed in my boat on the briny
Raak
My toddlers got seasick and whiny
Simons Mith
So I sent them aloft
KagomeShuko
To work on a croft
Rosie
They didn't do much; they're too tiny
CdM
Do you really think it is OK
Hidden text
As for the penultimate one, I _still_ don't know what it was about.
muttleee
To start a new lim'rick this way?
Superman
Choose one: YES or NO
Stevie
And don't vacillate so
Rosie
For this, dear friends, is the way.
Superman
On this day, of all days, it is clear
penelope
That your vest is still showing, my dear
Stevie
I
did
say “Don’t inflate it!”
Simon Mith
But anticipated
Bismarck
Obedience - now should I try fear?
Stevie
In a dinghy I rowed out one day
Simons Mith
To the mouth of the silvery Tay
Radox The Green
Then I fell overboard
Pablo
And cried: "Save me, Lord"
muttleee
Though he never responds when I pray
YMMV
Pablo
I'm offering up this kind thought-
Raak
If you do what you know that you ought
Simons Mith
Then if someone sees
Stevie
You stuffing golf tees
Unfinished thought alert
KagomeShuko
Surely, you will be caught.
muttleee
I'd like to say 'well done' to Pfizer
Nothing if not topical
Software
If it's true let's all have a spritzer
Stevie
At -80 degrees Cee
Hidden text
er ... the name is pronounced Pf-EYE-zer, innit?
Stevie
It's obvious to me
It will be applied by Thagomizer
Mercy killing
Stevie
A vaccine? Oh my! Is it true?
Chalky
Should we cheer? Shout Hurrah and Woohoo?
Raak
But suppose it's a dud?
Software
And does us no gud
invoking poetic licence
Rosie
There'll be quite a hullabaloo.
CdM
Keep that needle away from my arm!
Rosie
In my bum, though, it works like a charm
Superman
I've been waiting for weeks
Simons Mith
To whip off me breeks
Pablo
Though it causes the wife some alarm
Chalky
Beware - do not try this at home
Software
Especially not on your own
Rosie
Suppose it explodes
penelope
And fuses your nodes
Shades of Rambling Syd Rumpo there.
Bismarck
You'll be blown from here half way to Nome.
CdM
Nome, and its green green green grass
Chalky
Is built on cooled volcanic glass
Raak
They say that at night
Software
Its emerald light
KagomeShuko
Looks like oxidized brass
Let the horizontal rule
Tuj
Ring the bells! Sound a gong! Hoist the flag!
Chalky
Says the front page of my Sunday rag
Rosie
Well, get
The Observer
Raak
Which proclaims with great fervor
Superman
"How to split up from your lifetime bag."
Raak
While shepherds were watching their flocks
Dujon
Of chickens and geese and some cocks
Rosie
They whiled away the time
Pablo
By eating a lime
KagomeShuko
And chasing off all chicken hawks.
CdM
Me ‘n my mates, we’re all kings from back east
Rosie
We're the Basildon Bad Boys, now mainly deceased
KagomeShuko
From beyond the grave
Raak
We'll still have a rave
Chalky
with 'Unleashed From The East' - Judas Priest
(real album - honest guv')
Bismarck
While slamming tequila on ice
muttleee
I blacked out at least once or twice
Stevie
Hit me 'ead on the floor
Simons Mith
Lost a fight with a door
Raak
And got dragged off to jail by the Vice.
Chalky
In praise of the old Pearly Queen
Stevie
I painted my private parts green
Simons Mith
The public bits red
Bismarck
Then I shaved my head
Software
And stripped off so to be seen
Pablo
I went out with a real little raver
Stevie
Who moonlighted, days, as a paver
Chalky
His favourite dance
Simons Mith
Had a one in four chance
Rosie
Of not making him one to savour
Chalky
The chord that was lost has been found
Pablo
And has a most beautiful sound
Simons Mith
It's a mixture of
twang
,
Raak
And
blip-bloop
and
ktang
Rosie
Like George Formby falling t'' ground.
'Owja do glo''al stops?
Software
While cleaning windows what did I see?
Superman
A gentleman who looked like George Form
by
!
KagomeShuko
He was missing his uke,
Simons Mith
And he gave me a look
That's considerably less revolting than my first idea for the line
Chalky
And a rather refined cup of tea
muttleee
Whenever I hear Van the Man
Stevie
Or I see the Pres with the "tan"
Chalky
My hackles are raised
Radox The Green
And I go off half-crazed
Raak
When Her Majesty does the can-can
Stevie
You know, I miss Morecambe and Wise
Rosie
As I guzzle a dozen mince pies
KagomeShuko
Abbott and Costello
Pablo
And some other fellow
Chalky
All gone to that Club in the skies
Superman
Pine needles all over the floor
Stevie
A dried-up, dead wreath on the door
Raak
The cold light of day dawns
Software
Christmas over, so yawns
Pablo
Next year we'll be back for some more
Raak
Zut alors, wat is 'appening 'ere?
Chalky
Someone 'as put cheese in my beer
Software
And made it go flat
Rosie
I shall keel 'eem, zis rat
Radox The Green
With my
pistole-couteau
I 'ave 'ere.
Chalky
Mein Herr - du hast eaten my pie!
Stevie
Undt now, English pigdog, you die!
Raak
Mein Eisbein ist heilig!
Lime Rick Rescue
Tough luck - time ist veilig
Even exe
cu
tions go awry
KagomeShuko
Ahoy! Me hearties! Avast!
Software
Virus protection at last!
muttleee
Just roll up your sleeve
Bismarck
One jab, and then we've
Hidden text
Software - nice
Raak
Begun sending this plague to the past.
KagomeShuko
When counting in French, one can say
Software
Un, deux, trois - m'ouveré
Chalky
Alternatively
Bismarck
Count in Swahili
Hidden text
Someone has to give this a go
Dujon
Or simply use English/anglais
Chalky
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight
- splendid idea Dujon!
Raak
I count t'let my anger abate
Pablo
While I'll count in German
Rosie
Which won't be a sermon
Software
And Europeans I'll try to placate
Another Brexshit bonus
Pablo
So now it's the War of Vaccine
Chalky
With skirmishes covert and mean
Software
But wait! Who is wrong?
Raak
The few or the throng?
penelope
The death toll remains to be seen.
mercy killing - see what I did there?
Stevie
Well, I'm free of the COVID is seems
Chalky
When I finish applying these creams
penelope
In covert cere
mon
ies
Software
I'll plaster my knees
Pablo
In ointment, to cover my screams
Chalky
In order to seem more appealing
Raak
I serve only the finest Darjeeling
Rosie
In the very best bone china
KagomeShuko
Made by someone named Dinah
Software
It gives everyone such a nice feeling
Pablo
[C,R,R,KS,S] Couldn't be more English
In lockdown, I've done some repairs
Rosie
But it's still rather dodgy upstairs
Chalky
For instance, the ceiling
penelope
Is still only a feeling
Bismarck
And the walls and the floor are "not theres".
Raak
While strolling through Lincoln's Inn Fields
Chalky
I spotted a skip full of shields
Software
That the barristers dump
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