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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Stevie
The locusts, the plague
Rosie
The busts of Earl Haig
Software
And Brexit is costing us dear
muttleee
I'm thinking of taking a stand
Raak
Canute-like, upon the sea strand
Stevie
On account of a bet
Pablo
(The debt must be met)
Superman
Accompanied by a brass band.
Stevie
I'm now hooked on this new TV show
Chalky
It has arrows and flights - and a bow
Software
It's not 'Golden Shot'
Raak
Or 'Black Which You Pot'
Bismarck
It's "Up To The Oche You Go"!
Hidden text
I I didn't think of "Bullseye" or Jim Bowen during writing this line. No, not once.
penelope
[S, C, S, R, B] Perfection.
Why don't we all head for the beach
CdM
Where the mermaids they sing, each to each
Simons Mith
Their sweet harm-o-nee
Chalky
Tempting men of the sea
Raak
But beware! Stay out of their reach!
Chalky
I think you all know what I meant
Rosie
Concerning a recent event
Stevie
My con
text
was implicit
Juxtapose
So next time I visit
Bismarck
I’ll come, and I’ll see, and I’ll went.
CdM
So here is the source of the tension:
Raak
No-one wants my robotic invention
penelope
For knitting a widget
Rosie
With which I can fidget
muttleee
So much for it boosting my pension
:-(
blamelewis
I've repurposed my robotic knitter
Simons Mith
And now it posts daily on Twitter
[muttleee] That's pretty much the ending I'd been trying to come up with, but you did it better
Raak
It's so much like me
Stevie
With a yen for the twee
Chalky
Hashtag #bolderandleanerandfitter
penelope
Is anyone checking my Tweets?
Simons Mith
On seductive radish and beets
[This really is a thing]
Rosie
They
are
so provocative
Chalky
And strangely evocative
Stevie
Of that which is wooly and bleats
Stevie
I'm a farmer, and farmers must farm
CdM
So all of you, please just stay calm
Superman
And I say to you lot
KagomeShuko
Please, don't plant pot
Pablo
It might set off the fire alarm
Chalky
If Dennis The Menace was real
Rosie
Then just try the following spiel
penelope
Give him 10 days detention
Pablo
As a form of prevention
Stevie
And if he tries a plea bargain: don't deal!
Radox The Green
Assam, Earl Grey, and Darjeeling
Raak
Are the teas that I find most appealing
Rosie
But for me PG Tips
Bismarck
Is what passes my lips
CdM
And sets all my senses a-reeling
How could you have been so unfeeling?
Hidden text
Yes, officer. I have it right here.
Chalky
Arabica beans or Robusta?
Simons Mith
- The Indian asked General Custer
muttleee
Just before his last stand
penelope
When no coffee was planned
Rosie
Pepsi was all they could muster.
CdM
There's really no point in complaining
Stevie
Of one's lack of sub-aqua weld training
Superman
You're in the deep end
Raak
And we all depend
Chalky
On you and your penchant for feigning
Rosie
Why are people so touchy
(Chalky) Classy.
Raak
(Taking the liberty of slightly adjusting the metre.)
Why ever are people so touchy?
Their reactions are too muchy-muchy
CdM
They just make me puke
Bismarck
But I
am
an Archduke
muttleee
So I'll
kick
them all
out
of my
duch
y
And good riddance
CdM
Yes! My thinking-two-moves-ahead feed worked. That makes me very happy.
Chalky
I'm feeling unreason'bly chipper
Tuj
I've just got a job as a stripper!
Expecting philosophical discourse
Simons Mith
There's one tiny hassle
muttleee
It's based in New
castle
Rosie
Where they all boast about their Big Dipper
.
Chalky
laughs out loud
Simons Mith
I think it unseemly to brag
Software
But people don't know I'm in drag
Raak
I pass perfectl
ee
Pablo
As a lass- don't you see?
Rosie
So old fart turns into old hag.
Stevie
There's a story they tell down our local
Rosie
'Bout this bloke whose specs were bifocal
penelope
He saw future and past
Software
Tiny and vast
Chalky
And forecast Eyjafjallajökull
Simons Mith
Forecast it? I can't even say it
muttleee
This line's not much good but I'll play it
Raak
I'm a big fan of Björk
Chalky
'Though this rhyme doesn't wörk
Bismarck
Incoherency helps to inveigh it.
Chalky
Kudos to the Lime Rick Rescue Team -
Chalky
If ever you feel like complaining
Tuj
Could I interest you in refraining?
penelope
'Cos whiners are shunned
Pablo
Then become moribund
Rosie
They need, it would seem, some retraining
muttleee
So it's farewell to Lionel Blair
Nothing if not topical
Raak
Who performed with unparalleled flair
Software
His craft of the mime
Chalky
Was just as sublime
• Me Again - As his head of magnificent hair.
Chalky
A whole week has passed without action
Raak
Is our steam engine losing its traction?
Software
So I'll write a line
Rosie
Me too; here's mine
CdM
I'll write a fraction
muttleee
Let's start a new verse right away!
Simons Mith
And commence without any delay
Tuj
Now let us begin
Raak
And headlong dive in
Chalky
To some comic'ly crafted word play
Chalky
Beware of the cruel Villanelle
Raak
Whose precision would tax William Tell
muttleee
As 'femme fatales' go
Unfinished sentence alert
Rosie
She was tops; stole the show
Software
As under her spell we all fell
penelope
The end of the world, it is not.
Dujon
Though I'm many a year from the cot
Pablo
I shall still stand erect
Software
As you would expect
Rosie
Till I fall over (dry rot)
Bismarck
When writing in HTML
Rosie
You don't have to learn how to spell
Software
But the syntax you must
penelope
Make sure it is just
Superman
Lest you open a portal to Hell.
Pablo
While writing a long piece of code
Rosie
I thought, could this be an ode?
Software
As I write this in "C"
Radox The Green
Which is my favourite key
Rosie
Especially in Phrygian mode.
Two goes. I dunno - pushy bugger
Raak
Let's go for a brisk, bracing walk!
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