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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Guido Fawkes
I heard you first time
irach
There's no reason or rhyme
Marc
It’s Thor who have just found his stout
Rosie
My uncle, who lives in Cleckheaton
irach
At snooker, has never been beaten
Darren
His all-out attack
Software
By using the black
Marc
And pot it with super cue treatin’
Marc
The balls that were hit with his cue
Rosie
Followed a path that was true
All right, doesn't quite rhyme.
Juxtapose
His peerless precision
it does in America, Rosie
Raak
Was met with derision
Mac
But from the crowd there came a very loud "BOO"!
Scansion Police
*Ahem*, I think, Mr Mac, we'll just draw a line under this one and call it a warning....
irach
My auntie, who lives in Llangollen
Marc
Complained over legs that were swollen
Software
Her acute phlebitis
Raak
Makes her dance like St. Vitus
CdM
O! How the mighty are follen
No rhymes at all in that one
:-)
Marc
In a nice little village in Kent
Software
The priest found his coffers were spent
Raak
So he held a church fête
irach
Where his needs were all met
Phil
By a choirboy behind the beer tent
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Not my greatest scansion, but if French pronunciation is fine, then so is American stress.
Rosie
The good folk of Dwygyfylchi
Rosie
While pond'ring the nature of time
Phil
I found myself covered in slime
Software
This temporal gunk
Marc
Was spread out but shrunk
Anna
So I choked but performed a great mime
CdM
Two words; the first rhymes with 'bee'
Marc
Said the flea with a brie on his knee
irach
The debris on the brie
Phil
Would be tea for the flea
Juxtapose
But gives heebee-jeebies to me
Kim
"But what is the word?", asked the flea
irach
To a bee that just wanted to be
Rosie
Just known for spelling
penelope
So he wasn't telling
Marc
The number of words, was it three?
Kim
"The first word", the flea announced brightly
Phil
"Is one that is used almost nightly."
Marc
Like 'barhop' or 'beer'
Software
And 'gay' but not 'queer'
Audience
Then the flea hopped away quite politely
Juxtapose
When swimming, remember this tip
irach
First give your big toe a quick dip
Rosie
And if the water is wet
Marc
And that it will be I bet
Software
Down to your trunks you can strip
Marc
Good morning, we sail with the tide
Software
As Captain, I can make you a bride
Rosie
So make one for me
Robin
Or perhaps two or three
penelope
And a groom, but please keep him aside
Rosie
Beware the man in the moon
Raak
He will gouge out your eyes with a spoon
irach
He'll feed you green cheese
Phil
Swap over your knees,
Software
Then he'll seal you in a cocoon
CdM
It is much like a cloud that I wander
Software
My time and my effort I squander
Tuj
But I do have one goal
Rosie
To bring joy to my soul
Marc
By watching the free wild blue yonder
Simons Mith
Those magnificent men who all fly
Software
Weird flying machines in the sky
Darren
Sometimes they go up
Marc
With a huge champagne cup
Rosie
"Bollocks to RyanAir", they cry.
Simons Mith
I've invented a falling machine!
irach
It's gravity driven and green
Marc
You just start it like this
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