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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Rosie
I see nought but crap
Projoy
Oh, please give me a slap
Chalky
In return for this gold Krugerrand
Projoy
The women are coming and going
Stevie
(Still refusing to fly on a Boeing)
Simons Mith
I too think this wise
Rosie
(They fall out of the skies)
muttleee
When you fly, that is something worth knowing.
CdM
You can try the FT for £1
Hidden text
or so it says on my screen, at least
Rosie
Don't do it; it's boring, I've found
Projoy
Instead, pay for X
Radox The Green
Before Elon Musk wrecks
Software
And then X is no longer around
Projoy
On a Thursday, one does Thursday things
Raak
Such as fletching a new set of wings
Rosie
Then learning to fly
Chalky
When Friday is nigh
Stevie
For who knows what angst Saturday brings?
Rosie
My cat catches birds just for fun
Raak
Their wings broken, see how they run!
Projoy
Three blinded winged rats
Bismarck
Are her playthings, and that's
Chalky
Just a taste - now the real fun's begun
Radox The Green
My microwave's gone on the blink
Projoy
It turns all my food into drink
Simons Mith
And my drinks into gloop
or sludge if that fits your muse better
Rosie
Resembling fresh poop
blamelewis
Can someone please unblock my sink?
Rosie
The best way to unblock your sink
CdM
(It turns out) is not what you’d think
Chalky
Just go to your settings
Projoy
Set twice a day jettings
Raak
And make sure your pipes never kink.
Software
This morning I woke with a start
CdM
Remembering you broke my heart
Simons Mith
And ruptured my spleen
Projoy
But at least you were clean
Rosie
But frankly, not a work of art
Bismarck
An old photo, from when I was young
Projoy
Shows my uvula, tonsils and tongue
Rosie
Vibrating in sync
blamelewis
and pleasingly pink
Raak
So unlike my old, grey, wrinkled lung.
blamelewis
No wait! I'll explain! Hold your fire!
Software
And please don't call me a liar
Rosie
I'm an orange-free zone
Projoy
So go shoot someone known
Raak
With the arrow of true love's desire.
blamelewis
I can't wait to tell you the news.
Software
I've found a source of cheap booze
CdM
There
is
one small catch
Projoy
You must not light a match
Chalky
If you smoke on the cross-channel cruise
Projoy
When it's hot I get grumpy real quick
Raak
When it's hotter I'm just very sick
Rosie
Hotter still, I explode
blamelewis
And flee my abode
Stevie
And get hit in the nuts with a brick.
Rosie
Nothing can beat Branston Pickle
blamelewis
For a bit of the old slap and tickle
Radox The Green
My masseur once said
Chalky
If you smear on the head
Software
Down you neck it surely will trickle
KagomeShuko
I can't wait to catch a nice bath
blamelewis
I shall take it on my garden path
Tuj
If a neighbour comes by
Rosie
And gawps at my
Software
Wotsits then I'll just laugh
Projoy
With Wotsits you get quite a whoosh
blamelewis
But afterwards you'll need to douche
Stevie
For a
cleanse
inter
nal
Raak
Of all
horr
eurs fa
tales
Software
What are you talking about, mush?
blamelewis
I once had a dream of a parrot.
Projoy
Cohabiting here in my garret
Radox The Green
Then it said, "Nevermore"
Phil
So I showed it the door
Chalky
Then awoke with a weirdly-shaped carrot
blamelewis
A merry young antipodean
Simons Mith
Was cheerfully rude and obscene
Yeah that rhymes perfectly
Software
As he turned the air blue
Raak
The girls’ blushing hue
Rosie
Lit up the sky. What a queen!
Simons Mith
A stubborn old donkey from Deele
Chalky
Took a ride on a broodmare from Keele
penelope
The following Yule
allow me...
Software
As kno any fule
KagomeShuko
He took a ride on a seal.
Projoy
Well that's put a seal on the matter.
Raak
So let's not have any more natter
penelope
The decision we've got
[Software] re: previous - I expected an answer to the equation 'Donkey + Brood mare = Mule'!
Chalky
Suits Alice's lot
(pen) woulda been a classic :^)
muttleee
Like the
Queen
of Hearts
and
the Mad
Hatter
blamelewis
The trouble with limitless time
Projoy
Is you wait until way past your prime.
Simons Mith
But any year now
Rosie
I'm not sure quite how
Raak
I’ll retire after just one last crime.
Chalky
cont.
To make sure I never get caught
Rosie
A cunning disguise has been sought
blamelewis
I'm dressed up as YOU!
KagomeShuko
but you haven't a clue
Pablo
Much less a relevant thought
KagomeShuko
The crime has been done in a day
Raak
Only fools say that crime does not pay
Stevie
As this big sack o' swag
Rosie
'Bout which I brag
blamelewis
Inhibits my quick getaway
Rosie
Ethelred was never quite ready
KagomeShuko
He always wanted his teddy
Superman
He lost out to Sven
penelope
Nine games out of ten
Projoy
But returned, was succeeded by
Eddie
CdM
In the space-time continuum’s pauses
CdM
I'm going to take that line to the Showcase game. In its place:
In the space-time continuum’s glitches
Simons Mith
[CdM] Aw, put it back. I was going to have
Effects must not precede causes
Projoy
Live the monsters and spectres and witches
Simons Mith
And don't forget Eddie
CdM
[SM] That's more or less why I decided to keep the line for myself. :) I struggled to find the best incarnation but eventually settled on
this
.
KagomeShuko
Who liked his beer heady
blamelewis
And left all the Danes needing stitches
Projoy
A magical dragon called Puff
Simons Mith
Decided enough was enuff
Raak
He fired all his guns
Raak
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The other Puff the Magic Dragon
Stevie
At those uppity Huns
Chalky
And flounced off in a fiery hot huff
Bismarck
While passing a black hole one day
Simons Mith
My loo paper floated away
muttleee
With much consternation
Unfinished sentence alert
Projoy
I watched the space station
Rosie
Wipe its bum. Disgraceful, I say.
unfinished business alert
KagomeShuko
Those stars are astronaut pee
Chalky
No doubt - just take it from me
Radox The Green
And what's more, I know
Software
The northern light show
Rosie
Is a bloke with a torch - tee-hee!
Projoy
When my head hits the pillow, I sleep.
Simons Mith
And when I cut onions, I weep
Raak
But when I play chess
Software
I feel more or less
Rosie
Like a nerd. (I'm a bit of a creep).
CdM
When Alpha Go met with Deep Mind
Rosie
They squabbled. Two of a kind
Chalky
The point of contention
CdM
—The Stayman Convention
Hidden text
Yes, poor form to post two lines, but I’m taken with the idea of the best chess and go machines arguing about bridge
Projoy
Meant both in short order resigned
Simons Mith
My Hide and Seek-playing AI
Raak
MI5 want to use as a spy
Rosie
For they had expected
Kim
To snoop undetected
Projoy
At bodies that come through the rye
Software
[
trad
]
A young lady from Burnham on Sea
Rosie
Had to stop the bus for a wee
Raak
By the time she was done
Stevie
We were all making fun
Projoy
Was the bus number 1, 2 or...3?
When you notice that things won't work out
Rosie
Don't worry; just give it a clout
works with steam engines
Software
If that don't do it
Simons Mith
(Can you make it, "If that doesn't do it"? Ta)
Well, then you can screw it
Chalky
And shove right back up the spout
Software
A young fellow from Burnham on Crouch
In the interest of gender equality
muttleee
Was a big fan of Oscar the Grouch
Chalky
Whose non-binary stance
Radox The Green
Gave a one-legged dance
Rosie
To that beanpole Peter Crouch. Ouch!
blamelewis
I have just one thing to declare
Raak
My genius — you may laugh — I don't care!
CdM
Cos you won’t laugh when
muttleee
Trump is POTUS again
Software
And leaves the world in despair
KagomeShuko
The world just got darker, I fear
Projoy
It shall darken yet more, year by year.
Rosie
The sun will go out
Raak
The last Trump will shout
Software
No more voting - I'm here!
Projoy
Perhaps one fine day I will learn
Software
A way to do a great gurn
Raak
I shall bite my own nose
muttleee
While reciting some prose
Stevie
As I tell the jury to adjourn.
Stevie
This curly old wig's a right pain
Software
I need a new straight one, that's plain
Rosie
Slap-head, that's me
blamelewis
But you have to agree
Projoy
That it covers my cranial stain
For the antepenultimate time,
Stevie
I seek postinceptory rhyme
Rosie
A preposterous demand
KagomeShuko
Which I cannot stand
Superman
Will I soon have to do this in mime?
Projoy
My mum can't remember things now.
Software
Sadly, she's lost her know-how
Pablo
She's now ninety-eight
STevie
Thinks that she's Johnny Speight
Chalky
So shouts silly old moo to my cow
Software
I've a craving for pickle with Spam
Projoy
With some be-boppa-lu-a-whop-bam
Bismarck
But McDonald's has stuck it
Stevie
In the janitor's bucket
Chalky
So bring on Le Filet O'Lamb
Rosie
If you're stuck on the M25
Raak
Give thanks that at least you’re alive
Software
Four lanes of pollution
Radox The Green
(There's an electric solution)
KagomeShuko
With no guarantee you'll arrive.
Projoy
Eight more months, then a chance to be free
Raak
From the curse of the Witch of Tiree
Stevie
This anticipation
Chalky
Has gripped our proud nation
blamelewis
Except for one guy in Dundee
Raak
When death, plague, and war rule the land
CdM
We’ll take stock, take up arms, take a stand
Simons Mith
And then take the piss
Software
Something like this
Stevie
By forming a naff one-man band
Rosie
You cannot go on like this, mate
CdM
You’ve got far too much on your plate
blamelewis
Inadequate crockery
Raak
Will spoil your fine frockery
muttleee
That's
one
way to ruin a date.
Radox The Green
Please look after your own mental health!
Rosie
Or madness will grab you with stealth
muttleee
Try a dip in the sea
Bismarck
Or a Sudoku spree
blamelewis
You'll feel much better after a twelfth
Pablo
And now, for the worst of the snows
Chalky
And the shiniest ruddy red nose
Projoy
As you home, with the gifts
Raak
Sourced from dumpsters and thrifts
Stevie
The swizzle-stick’s mine, I suppose?
Projoy
Blue Monday approaches apace
Stevie
T'will match the hue of my face
Rosie
And other parts too
blamelewis
Shall I show them to you?
Pablo
I will do so with exquisite grace.
Stevie
In Port Talbot, on Fridays, 'tis said
Projoy
You can shag or avoid or get wed
Software
'Cos down on the dock
Raak
In an old toilet block
KagomeShuko
Is where the priest rests his head.
Software
A young lady from Kingston-on-Hull
trad
Chalky
Dressed up as a boatman from Mull
Projoy
Gave lifts 'cross the river
muttleee
For which men would give 'er
CdM
The fare. (This limerick’s dull.)
Rosie
The rain it falleth in torrents
Software
It's even raining in Florence
Projoy
Away with these clouds!
blamelewis
And off with these shrouds!
Raak
Let's put on a ball — who's for correntes?
Software
While waiting my turn at the bar
Projoy
In the back of my gas-guzzling car
Stevie
I came up with a plan
blamelewis
for attracting a man
Pablo
Although really, it did go too far
Raak
In the forests of far Khalahand
blamelewis
I tuned up my old baby grand
Projoy
And gave them some Liszt
Blob
As the bushmasters hissed
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