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The Obligatory Limericks Game
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When the Crescenters arrive at Rab...
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Blob
With the Maid of Tralee
Fat German
And a horrible, slavering beast
penelope
'Well, it's not worth the effort,' she said
rab
Whilst putting her husband to bed
Thos
"He seldom displays..."
Puckoon
"He usually just lays..."
snorgle
"There and pretends that he's dead"
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim!
Breadmaster
The baby is starting to crawl
Puckoon
so far his out in the hall
penelope
Reaching five miles an hour
rab
WIth formidable power
Ibid
Uh-oh - he's just stopped for a bawl
Mr Line
penelope
I've cleared a space under the stairs
Dujon
For magic and other strange wares
rab
Next door to a potion
Puckoon
I've some unknown lotion
Breadmaster
That makes my hands covered in hairs
The return of Mr Line
snorgle
I've got a grenade in my case
Breadmaster
So you'd better get out of my face!
DrQu+xum
Lest the Mad Pineapple
Puckoon
burst it to shrapnel
I know it don't quite rhyme.
Puckoon
Sorry but it's a can of MACE!
- sorry no one else was going to finish it.
penelope
Making sense over scansion and rhyme
Boolbar
Is often a complete waste of time
Breadmaster
Cos if the words don't fit
rab
They will in a bit
snorgle
Hell, using too many syllables isn't a crime!
neither is forgetting the line..
Thos
I've taken to riding a horse
Puckoon
but it's a pain in the bum, of course.
Ouch!
Projoy
But enough fiddle-faddle!
penelope (blind-folded)
Take those spikes off the sdaddle!
Projoy
[pen] 'blinkered', shurely?
Simons Mith
And bloody well show some remorse!
rab
I once had a wonderful dream
Thos
That I was passing a stream
possible unfinished sentence alert
snorgle
Of fine single malt whisky
penelope
Without taking the piss. Wee
unfinished and dubious sense sentence alert...
DrQu+xum
Badger, quite drunk, shouted "FLEEM!"
Breadmaster
Was that the exhaust that fell off?
Thos
I asked of a top hatted toff
snorgle
He sneered down his nose
Projoy
Out of which grew a rose
penelope
And caused the poor top toff to cough
My feeezer's encrusted with ice
Breadmaster
And the pantry is chock full of mice
Your feeezer? sounds painful
snorgle
And as for the breadbin,
Puckoon
as well as the dustbin,
Lib
is covered completely with lice!
little miss line
Projoy
I have no sense of how to behave
Ibid
Or indeed the way that I should shave
Thos
I have a good strop
Puckoon
and a rub down with a mop
Breadmaster
And then I am oiled by my slave.
Bob
Adding a line because I was gazumped.
... the dog
Whilst mowing the lawn in the nude
DrQu+xum
I was spied by my neighbor, the prude
Blob
With shears a-flashing
snorgle
She came, a-dashing
Lib
And chopped off my daffodils, how rude!
snorgle
On a whim today, I decided
penelope
To change sex again," he confided
shepherd
But male or female?
Thos
He pondered by email
Boolbar
"Or perhaps I am just miss-guy-ded".
Lib
Whilst searching for sun, I found
snorgle
A Kiwi, gagged and bound
DrQu+xum
I took off his helmet
Oblig.
Blob
Which I nailed to the pelmet
(In lack-of-rhyme mode there)
penelope
As he uttered a whimpering sound
Breadmaster
It's spring, and the sap starts to rise!
Blob
A tumescence of frightening size !
Server
*Break in space-time continuum*
Projoy
Leaves me looking like
I
ate the pies
PaulWay
It came to me all in a flash
Breadmaster
Why shouldn't I print my own cash?
rab
It takes not much skill
LotUS
To knock up a bill
Martha Farquar
And wait for the next Wall Street Crash
rab
By jove, the weekend is here!
LotUS
A cause, as ever, for cheer!
Dujon
I shall gambol and caper
snorgle
And read the newspaper
Martha Farquar
Until - no, it's Monday! Oh dear
Breadmaster
And so we all trudge off to work
PaulWay
Dressed up like a crude, apeish berk.
rab
It would be less bad
Lib
If only I had
CdM
Time to play moves, not just lurk
penelope
My passport is way out of date
Bob the dog
The photo shot when I was eight
Breadmaster
I was a boy in those days
rab
Before a difficult phase
PaulWay
And, of course, 'twas before I met Kate.
Purple People Eater
I believe it's quite hard to rhyme orange
hard-hearted penelope
Yes, it is, and we've been there before.
DrQu+xum
Penelope has killed off one more
snorgle
The blatant, man-eating whore!
just kidding pen..
Breadmaster
Her tastes are voracious
Wol
Her dress sense ... audacious?
but what do I know ...
penelope
And I've heard that she
con
sumes them raw
You rotten swines :o)
PaulWay
I've invented a new kind of boot:
rab
It sometimes emits a loud
hoot
LotUS
The heel is explosive
snorgle
When touched by corrosive
Wol
but frankly, it costs too much loot.
Mohammed Said al-Sahaf
I confess I sniggered when I spotted his name was an entire limerick line. The rhymes, of course, are up to you ...
Breadmaster
Gave us all a jolly good laff
LotUS
By always insisting
rab
Iraq is resisting
DrQu+xum
And he's appearing on Saddam's behalf.
Breadmaster
My friends, I have something to say.
snorgle
My emotions can't get in the way.
LotUS
I'm speaking with candour
PaulWay
I've got a big gander.
Wol
But sadly, I've nothing to lay.
Now then, that's quite enough of all that. Move along now, please.
Boolbar
A green token at Notting Hill Gate
rab
Is a tactic you can use to abate
DrQu+xum
A Circle Line Inversion
penelope
Without use of subversion
Martha Farquar
And lower the Harston Freem Rate
blamelewis
This technical talk is all greek
Thos
It's conventional wisdom I seek
rab
For advice on a hat
KH
Or which breed of cat
blamelewis
Or even the day of the week
snorgle
The best breed of cat is the
Moggy
peneloope
I eat four when I feel a bit groggy
Bob the dog
I fry them with cheese
Welcome Peneloope.
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