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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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Rosie
But they still burped and crapped - she'd been conned.
Marc
If we live ‘til we die we get old
Software
Unless we live backwards, I'm told
Kim
The path of time's arrow
Raak
Is both straight and narrow
Juxtapose
So how long 'til I get paroled?
Phil
I've not passed this way for a while
irach
And my path is now blocked by a stile
Raak
But my Right Of Way
Software
Will ensure that I may
Marc
Walk along any road with a smile
irach
I play a dead parrot in skits
Marc
And try imitate how it sits
Rosie
The nails in my feet
Juxtapose
Will help to complete
Pablo
the impression it's all done by twits
Software
A young lady from Burton-on-Trent
irach
Had a figure that seemed heaven-sent
Juxtapose
But closer inspection
Raak
Revealed imperfection
Rosie
By then, though, I'd come and she'd spent.
Marc
The dreams that she wove in her loom
irach
Were threads of both despair and gloom
Raak
But a streak of pure gold
Software
Her future foretold
Juxtapose
Once she'd promised the first from her womb
KagomeShuko
The tiger had vertical stripes
Giertrud
So he bought some nice baby wipes
Software
After a scrub and a rub
Rosie
Applied to her cub
Marc
The stripes turned to spots of three types
Marc
It's never too late to give up
irach
Trying to housebreak your pup
Rosie
So don't let it sit
Pablo
and just widdle and spit
Software
But the Brummies would say you were tup
KagomeShuko
The morning of Mr. Magellan
Software
Was spent with Roddy Llewellyn
Rosie
And this disparate pair
Uncle Korky
Hunted Lionel Blair
irach
To what end I am leery of tellin'
KagomeShuko
Driving in ovals is daring
irach
To go topless on beaches is baring
Raak
But diving with sharks
FGZstar
When completely starks
Marc
Will wake people up, keep'em staring.
Marc
Whatever you like is a sin
Software
From sex to a bottle of gin
Raak
But a nice cup of tea
irach
Spiked with pure THC
(tetrahydocannabinol, that is...)
Rosie
Makes Hamish and Dougal just grin.
Software
All's good in true moderation
irach
Excess may cause botheration
KagomeShuko
But a bit here and there
Marc
And a pint everywhere
FGZstar
May help to prevent constipation
Pablo
There's little that's new anymore
Software
We've seen all this stuff once before
Raak
The Cycle of Being
Sierra Mike
Can have one agreeing
Juxtapose
That reincarnation's a bore.
Sierra Mike
There's a man who lives right on our street
Well done on that last one, everyone.
irach
Who is said to possess two left feet
Rosie
His dual sinisterity
Raak
And absent dexterity
Pablo
is a hoot when his two left knees meet
Rosie
My efforts to drain the Black Sea
KagomeShuko
Were quite abysmal, you see.
Giertrud
From Romania's edge
Software
I started to dredge
irach
But global warming now does it for free
Software
Today at a quarter to three
Raak
I'll have honey for afternoon tea
Sierra Mike
And then - should I risk it?
Rosie
A raw egg; just whisk it
Yuk.
Chasty
Then ask her to lap-dance with me
Raak
I stare out the window all day
Software
I just want to go out to play
Sierra Mike
My red vuvuzela
Marc
For Nelson Mandela
Rosie
'Cos he's no musician, they say.
KagomeShuko
My cursor has turned big and white
Raak
And the rest of the screen's black as night
Sierra Mike
The CD-ROM's beeping
Rosie
The CPU's sleeping
Hidden text
Photoshop has crashed again.
Marc
Just Windows – no reason for fright.
Software
While watching the Test on the telly
Rosie
Which Waitrose now have near the deli
KagomeShuko
I dream of steak tartar
Giertrud
And electric guitar
Marc
To hide my big muscular belly.
Phil
The prodigal son has returned!
Raak
Let the fat calf be spitted and turned!
Rosie
And when it is done
Software
We'll serve on a bun
Sierra Mike
That's been toasted 'til brown but not burned
KagomeShuko
I've no time for chitter chatter
Giertrud
I have some paint balls to splatter
Knobbly
You'd best run and hide
Rosie
And seek scansion guide
Raak
Lest the ref call you off for a natter.
Sierra Mike
In Moscow the smog is disgusting
Marc
And Curtain of Iron is rusting
KagomeShuko
Acid rain is a problem
Rosie
So, factories? Just nobble 'em
irach
And give that domed Kremlin a dusting
Sierra Mike
'Tis said by the ones "in the know"
Marc
That in April the rain comes as snow
irach
In May, sleet is hail
Software
In June rain and gale
Rosie
Which only adds to our woe.
Software
While sunning myself on the beach
a change in the weather
Sierra Mike
Tony Blair began giving a speech
Raak
With my head in the sand
Marc
(I could not take a stand)
Rosie
Shut him up, please, I beseech.
Marc
On my way to the dentist I saw
Software
Something I'd not seen before
irach
Pus oozed from loose molars
KagomeShuko
And it ran onto the floor!
KagomeShuko
oops, got it mixed up!
KagomeShuko
Onto babies in strollers
This is the correct one to use.
Simons Mith
And then it ran on to the floor!
[Perfectly good last line too, I'd say.]
The talented Dr McCoy
Sierra Mike
Had a bugle. T'was his pride and joy
KagomeShuko
He'd play it all day
Giertrud
While he sat in the hay
irach
With Sulu, his winsome toy boy
KagomeShuko
In winter, the sky seems to snow
Giertrud
The flakes flurry as the wind blows!
Rosie
The will to live withers
Sierra Mike
The temptation to post: "BANG!<hr>" is overpowering
:o)
Sierra Mike
The weatherman blithers
Marc
And we sip our hot red bordeaux ...
Sierra Mike
With Dickens, Mulled Ale was the thing
or was it Mulled Wine?
irach
He preferred it to champagne or bling
Software
But of course, there's a Twist
Rosie
And with Oliver pissed
oblig.
KagomeShuko
Gruel was bought with the last farthing.
Sierra Mike
I heard the characteristic sound of a synchromesh eating itself on that last line. Perhaps it's just me though.
Today I met old Mr. Scrooge
Simons Mith
Wearing eyeliner, perfume and rouge
Rosie
With his arm around Cratchit
(Sierra M) It ain't just you unless it's just the pair of us.
irach
Whose own make-up did match it
KagomeShuko
I felt like I needed refuge!
Simons Mith
Oh, let's sing an ode to the tench
irach
Of its wonderful barbels and stench
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