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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated
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And so it begins....
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KagomeShuko
but I wish you'd just hold my hand
Giertrud
I get lost in the crowds
Spangle
Coz my head's in the clouds
(KS, G) Little scope for decent rhymes. Are you one person doing double postings under two names?
Marc
When I hug your right mammary gland...
(Cloud number seven?)
FGZstar
I'm gonna jump in with a punt
(Blame Jim. I challenge you all to avoid any smut with this one!)
irach
While eating a cake - a great Bundt
Juxtapose
Which I bought in Nantucket
Giertrud
Along with a bucket
KagomeShuko
After I had a lunt
lunt: smoke a pipe. Also, me? I am one person. KagomeShuko is my single screen name I use now. Giertrud is not me.
Marc
There once was a Japanese fighter
[KS,G Occasionally I'm also a little schizo!] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekagi-shuko
Kim
Who had a mishap with a lighter
Software
His
Zero
caught fire
irach
And he faced Tojo's ire
Dujon
For smoking at work, the poor blighter.
Software
There once was a Christmas elf
Spangle
Who suffered from very poor helf
Marc
So he went to the doc
Rosie
Who did naught but mock
irach
And charged him the bulk of his welf
Raak
Nngh Naouwfaouwk vaey aouw taouwk woik vif
"In Norfolk they all talk like this"
Rosie
Whaa'? Even 'ng pahsh taoüns loike Diff?
"What? Even in posh towns like Diss?"
KagomeShuko
Jeg vil prøve å lære det
"I'd try to learn it"
Marc
Fast jag är en analfabet
"Though I am an analphabit"
Éirinn go Brách
Póg mo thóin! Tá mo bhríste trí thine!
"Kiss my ass! My trousers are burning like this"
Marc
There once was a chic little chick
(back to basics)
Software
A fashionista that made the rest sick
Raak
Her little black dress
Rosie
Revealed to the press
Tmkr
A house built of silicone brick
"If you can remember the seventies, would you admit it?"
Santas underlining elf
Marc - Twas the Night before Christmas I think,
Raak
That I thought I would have a wee drink
Rosie
So I poured out a brandy
Software
Got a hooker called Mandy
KagomeShuko
And called Charlie Sheen's shrink.
(
apologies about the reference to the
US News
)
Marc
At the end of this year let me say,
irach
It's been 52 weeks of great play
Raak
This collective of wit
Projoy
- since its fuse was first lit -
Giertrud
has taxed my matter that's gray.
KagomeShuko
A new year's a time for new things
FGZstar
And a time when ev'rybody sings
Juxtapose
So let's sip some wine
Marc
With some food that's divine
(Can anyone please explain Giertrud's line? I do not understand it at all but I am a blody foreigner of course...)
Software
And wait till the microwave pings
.
Grey matter - a reference to the stuff inside the head - i.e. the brain.
penelope
I've forgotten the things that I knew
irach
For example, is this year still new?
Rosie
And if not, then how old
Software
We should all be told
Spangle
If I'm kept in the dark - I shall sue
Rosie
While stuck on the M25
Software
A shortcut I tried to contrive
penelope
But my detour through Slough
You have the option - sluff or slouw...
Raak
Was more than enough
enuff or enow...
irach
To add a half hour to my drive
Giertrud
Hey, have you seen my rubber?
KagomeShuko
If I don't find it I'll blubber.
Marc
Is it this one - the black?
(G and KS, I admire the remarcable precision in two different persons posting ;-)
Software
Flavoured if you need a snack
Spangle
Another mercy killing -
Bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba
Now play properly!
Audience
Spangle, your license is now confiscated. You may go to your room and stay there!
penelope
We'd very much like you to try
Marc
Finding rhymes that will fit, don't be shy
Spangle
When you've done that
irach
Verses won't go all "splat"
Software
Or fizzle out and just die
Giertrud
Oh look! Here's a blow-up sheep!
penelope
[G] No there isn't. 1. It doesn't scan. 2. It's effing childish. Try harder.
Spangle
[penelope] I, too, am deeply disappointed with the children's recent behaviour.
Spangle - I need to confess to a crime
penelope
I've wasted four hours of your time
Knobbly
But in my defence
Marc
I will use common sense
irach
To provide you both reason and rhyme
penelope
I need to confess to a sin
irach
I went out the door that said "In"
Phil
My erratic egress
Marc
To my X's address
Software
Is because my mind's in a spin
Spangle
Was a flimsy excuse to buy gin
penelope
My shame of embarrassing sin
oh this is turning out to be a sorry tale...
Marc
I've drowned in a gallon of gin
Spangle
My soul's taken flight
FGZstar
So I think that I might
Chalky
Have some fun in the hell that I'm in
irach
Alas and alack! Woe, is me!
KagomeShuko
I think I just scraped my knee!
Marc
As I kneeled on the floor
Raak
Wrestling with a trapdoor
[Marc] Is "kneeled" modern American for "knelt"?
Juxtapose
While fleeing the
L.A.P.D.
[Raak] both are acceptable here in the States.
Marc
There once was a kneeling young nun
[Raak] Don't ask me, I'm an alien using MS-word for my poofreading...
irach
Who thought she'd stand up just for fun
FGZstar
Her habit then ripped.
Software
And her modesty slipped
Spangle
But she made the third page of 'The Sun'
Giertrud
Monty Python would just be so proud
KagomeShuko
if you played a tuba that's loud!
irach
With dead parrots in tow
penelope
Let's get on with the show!
Raak
Individuals all in this crowd!
Phil
Whilst playing "The Liberty Bell"
Spangle
Our bandstand collapsed - then we fell
Marc
And the bell fell and cracked
Knobbly
So with guilt I am wracked
irach
And Ben Franklin is giving me hell
Spangle
A round of applause please - I've just
Raak
Excavated this ancient Greek bust
irach
It is Aphrodite
Rosie
It's going back to Blighty
Giertrud
After I've cleaned all the dust.
KagomeShuko
My camera's screen's certainly dying
irach
I broke my scanner too without much trying
Spangle
So now I can't scan
-
pun intended - oh yeah
Marc
'cause when shit hits the fan
[Spangle]
Brilliant!
Mama
It is off to the shop and start buying.
Rosie
While bringing a meeting to order
irach
I played the Bach "Air" on recorder
Marc
After tapping the mike
Spangle
Someone said "Take a hike!"
Raak
For my Musical Offering just bored her.
penelope
I've done
all
your laundry by hand
well... almost half of it - the washing machine is broken
Software
And to scrub every floor I have planned
Rosie
Including the loo
Raak
And the soot-laden flue
Giertrud
And the beach that's STILL covered in sand!
Software
One day an old Pearly King
Phil
Was somehow mistaken for Sting
irach
Every breath that he took
Pablo
Caused his fizzog to look
Spangle
Like a tantric arrangement of bling
Marc
It's so cold I think hell freezes over
Software
As I'm driving my old Vauxhall Nova
Rosie
My fingers are numb
Raak
And so is my bum
(oblig.)
KagomeShuko
How long is it 'til I read Dover?
Chalky
It's taken four years to explain
penelope
Where the rain falls in some parts of Spain
Software
Yet the answer was clear
Rosie
It's in Andalucía
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Driest part, actually. Too bad.
Giertrud
Where they have located the drain!
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Marc
I tried finding words to rhyme clear
irach
Then gave up, and went to buy beer
KagomeShuko
When I entered the store
Giertrud
I found it cost more
Software
So my eye developed a tear
Marc
I cried, and I cried, and I cried,
Raak
For I tried, and I tried, and I tried
Software
But dear oh dear
irach
I do fear, I do fear
Phil
That you lied and you lied and you lied.
penelope
[M, R, S, i, P] That's the most heart-rending limerick I think we've ever had. Well done.
Now let's think of cheerier matters
Software
Like Tommy Cooper and other mad hatters
Pablo
Morecombe and Wise?
Rosie
Making mud pies
Knobbly
With their dressing gowns covered in spatters
Rosie
It's time for my daily banana
Spangle
All smothered with pureed sultana
Raak
A durian milk shake
irach
(Quite a smelly mistake!)
Software
Maybe I'll come back manãna
Pablo
There's a reason I don't like young Dave
Spangle
And I'll share it with you 'cause I'm brave
penelope
Is, he scares me, y'see
Marc
With that noise as he wee
penelope
And the daredevil way that he shave
Marc, is English your native language? Because sometimes I wonder, the way you force rhymes in when the subject and sense just don't fit.
Marc
There once was a man with a beard
Spangle
Which he grew because folks said he
leered
Rosie
But he leered unabated
Softwa
At each lady he dated
Passin' Thru
And that Sir, is how come he got sheared.
Rosie
While trying to play Brubeck's Take Five
Marc
My feet started dancing the jive
Software
Their groovy gyrations
Raak
Made large perturbations
Spangle
- I'm told that her toes won't survive.
Marc
Tonight is a full Lenten Moon
Juxtapose
Which comes not a moment too soon
Rosie
For I have indulged
Raak
And my belly has bulged
Pablo
I admit - I'm a thorough poltroon
Spangle
My favourite Uncle has claimed
penelope
That he was mistakenly blamed
Software
For the financial mess
Marc
And for cheating in chess
Pablo
For which he was named, shamed and maimed.
Spangle
[p,S,M,P] :-)
Marc
"In jail you belong Uncle Andy!"
irach
"Your excesses go beyond randy"
Software
"For your lecherous way"
Rosie
"You now have to pay"
"Juxtapose"
But first, pour me some of that brandy?
Spangle
Please stop this absurd punctuation
Marc
It leads to complete obfuscation
Raak
Say the words as they're spelled
Rosie
Like "yacht", "Keighley", "knelt"
(Raak) I'm
sure
you meant "spelt".
Pablo
or "supertranssubstantiation"
Rosie
All of us use electricity
Raak
Its chiefest appeal is simplicity
Spangle
However, some find
Marc
That Propane gas, combined
Software
In the kitchen causes duplicity
Raak
My mouse balls are sticky with dust
penelope
Which disables the joy of mouse lust
well, really!
Marc
So I've screwed off the plug
Software
Gave its balls a good tug
Spangle
All of which leaves my mouse quite nonplussed
Rosie
My monitor's baleful stare
Phil
Seems to plead, "Is anyone there?"
penelope
The answer, so sad
KagomeShuko
Because it's just a fad
Giertrud
To use this outdated hardware.
Pablo
I've revived my old VC10
Kim
Which I last flew in - goodness known when!
Marc
Though its synthetic sound
(http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/vc10.php)
Mifto
Makes it bound to the ground
Caesar
Though we're airborne each Friday at ten.
Rosie
The next time I see a black cat
Software
At it I shall throw my hat
Marc
I shall swear curse and spit
[Softers] Wouldn't 'old hat' give your line a better scansion?
Pablo
As I rightly see fit
penelope
Then kick it away. And that's that.
Pablo
Incredible as it may seem
irach
I like being broad in the beam
penelope
The comfort I get
Software
From a full buttock set
Spangle
Is matched by a fine bosom team
Phil
[P, i, p, So, Sp] Jolly good, I enjoyed that :-)
My shoulder is hurting like hell
Software
And it makes my arm ache as well
Actually this is timely, I have a trapped nerve in my shoulder and it does hurt like hell!
Rosie
I must give up darts
Chasty
And start dating tarts
As my jerk-muscle's started to swell.
irach
I shall reach for my coat and my hat
Rosie
Don them, adjust my cravat
(Chasty) Your jerk muscles are situated in your hand and forearm and I detect overuse.
Software
The make for the door
Marc
For us who don't score
Simons Mith
The whorehouse will remedy that
Rosie
My life has been turned upside down
irach
In my new job as "Famed Head-stand Clown"
Giertrud
The blood to my head rushes
Raak
Which gives me hot flushes
Pablo
Which at least brings some kind of renown
Linemaker
Marc
There once was a man who was smart
irach
Who could cunningly conceal a fart
penelope
Or so he had thought
Fool. You can never achieve that.
Software
Because he was caught
Rosie
Claiming hydrogen sulphide as art.
KagomeShuko
I wish I had super strength
Raak
I'd not ask, "Are the foils all a length?"
Giertrud
I would just use me arms
Marc
And switch on all my charms
Pass'n Thru
Albeit imbibe far less absinthe.
Software
One day while washing my car
Rosie
Of bird droppings, fag ash and tar
Last one absolutely dreadful.
penelope
Which clogged up my chamois
*careful now*
Pablo
And made it all clammy
Antipodean Pronunciation
invoked
Marc
Now it's shining and worthy a Czar
Rosie
In French, but not English, there's gender
(Pablo) Wot,
clamwah?
.
Software
In UK its a wing, not a fender
irach
US -"center", not "centre"
Pablo
but you can tell what is meant: a
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