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The Obligatory Limericks Game
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When the Crescenters arrive at Rab...
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Rosie
"The Bishop of Ely
(snorgle) Are you absolutely certain that Parliament existed in the predisestablishment era? I only arsk. :-)
Darren
Just gave me a feely
Chalky
Which proves he's a humanitarian."
Snodgrass
And copped an incredibly hairy one
Snodgrass
sorry - Simulpost Carry on
Snodgrass
'
On a course aimed at self-cultivation
Raak
We learned about auto-cremation
penelope
So give me a match
Chalky
And a nicorette® patch
Projoy
Self-esteem, Self-respect, immolation!
Exteleologicalism
(that's better, I was trying to find a word that would take up a whole line).
Projoy
*sigh*
Exteleologicalism
Thos
When spelled wrong can cause rheumatism
Tuj
But with letters correct
penelope
It is not, I suspect
Chalky
A reason for triumphalism
Botherer
Proper spelling's a thing that's essential
Tuj
Lest your writing's deemed inconsequential
Darren
So practise with letters
Rosie
As do all good typesetters
hope that's spelt right . . .
Dujon
When slinging the lead to their betters.
Chalky
Vary the rhyme scheme for kicks!
muttleee
Or instead of just five lines, write six!
Darren
Yes, lengthening's one of our tricks.
Raak
When we get to the middle
penelope
Of the Rhymsterists's riddle
Kim
Attempting to fiddle
CdM
Around with the form, and to mix
Darren
In even more words, making the whole structure very hard to fix.
Projoy
*Bing-bong* An announcement for you:
snorgle
Pink will henceforth be sky-blue
nights
Red is now Green
Irouleguy
Fergie is now Queen
Darren
And all that was false is now true.
Kim
This lim'rick, in truth, is a lie
Irouleguy
It was written by him on the sly
Projoy
While him on the swings
Thos
Eating butterfly wings
Darren
Was sitting there wondering why.
Rosie
While binning a pile of junk mail
Uncle Korky
I bumped into Donna McPhail
Darren
She's lived in my bin
stehvelo
With her patrilineal kin
plump
writing jokes which invariably fail
Tuj
My golden retriever once said
muttleee
I fancy a trip to the Med
Projoy
I sent him at once
Rosie
'cos they've now banned the hunts
Darren
Which makes it hard keeping him fed.
nights
On a bus into town one morning
snorgle
A huntsman jumped on, without warning
Projoy
, yelled, "Follow that Fox!"
Botherer
Pointed at my red socks
Software
I said, "They're pinks, now stop all that fawning"
Rosie
While murdering a Chopin Mazurka
stehvelo
Veiled in her secretmost bhurka
Projoy
The lady concerned
snorgle
Amusingly gurned
Chalky
And dreamed of her broad-chested Gurkha.
Uncle Korky
The cast of
Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Irouleguy
doubled as stagehands building the set
Darren
Their cry was, "Oh Lordie!"
[setting up a rhyme there]
Software
"We're almost all Geordie!"
Botherer
"Except for that daft Brummy get!"
Darren
^^^^ Very good one! ^^^^
In time, we will look back and laugh
Software
At the day we got stuck in the barf
Snodgrass
As the water was rising
Raak
What we found most surprising
Rosie
was the vulgar response of the staff.
Projoy
Simplicity runs in my veins
Juxtapose
I don't care for lacquers or stains
Software
I like everything plain
Darren
I'll say it again:
Raak
I use spoons to hack off my chilblains.
Raak
The rain in Spain's mainly on plains
Darren
As stated by those with large brains
Uncle Korky
But the snow in Oslo
nights
As any fule kno
Software
Is there in spite of the Danes
Rosie
The frost in Spain's mainly on cars
Software
And the ex-pat's are mainly in bars
Darren
They get drunk most nights
Projoy
And dress up in red tights
Juxtapose
And dance like there's frost in their drawers
Darren
For those who are cymbocephalic
Projoy
Cries of "egghead" ("oeuftête" if you're Gallic)
Rosie
You look like a Martian
Software
Much less than a Spartan
Bastard rhyme, Rosie
Kim
All in all, you look really quite phallic.
Rosie
Some people, it seems, like the snow
(Softers) As I realised too late. :-(
Raak
But what I like, I really don't know
Darren
I've tried asking my
Knobbly
psychoanalyst why
Botherer
I'm so fond of the stuff. He don't know
Sorry for the grammar,but had to be done.
snorgle
My fav-our-ite colour is blue
Tuj
Dunno why, strange but it's true
snorgs] simulposted, but I agree with you ;]
Botherer
And that sky blue pink
Software
I what most people think
Software
I = Is
:-(
Chalky
Is a warning when bad weather's due.
.. shepherds, notably. [not sure where you were heading with that line, Software, but I did my level best]
Chalky
Personal hygiene's a must
penelope
In the places where gathers most dust
Software
That hole in the tummy
Rosie
is not always yummy
Tuj
Go elsewhere to
ex
press your lust.
Sage advice
Darren
One should never hide one's own smell
Botherer
For perfume will damn you to hell
Rosie
Especially if male
Marc
Are smelling like "Dead Whale"
Software
For your pheromones will ring someone's bell.
Rosie
The flowers that bloom in the spring
Ought to be in quotes, really.
Darren
Are worn in the beard of the king
Software
So let us cheer
Raak
And quaff lots of beer
Tuj
And do ye olde "whoop-de-doo" thing.
Tuj
Line. Drat.
Uncle Korky
The truth about Morecambe and Wise
penelope
Is they both shared the same pair of eyes
nights
No-one could tell
Irouleguy
save Eskimo Nell
Darren
Which joker was which, for a prize.
Juxtapose
There once was a poet from Bonn
Darren
Who had lots of clothing to don
plump
From her thong to her coat
Puckoon
and her little pet Stoat
Simons Mith
Backwards strip-tease is a con!
Tuj
If you are a fan of punk rock
Rosie
You're locked in a timewarp, old cock.
(Simons Mith) Quel espèce de con?
Software
Such a '70's fad
st dogmael
You're worse than my dad
Darren
Whose tank-top and sideburns I mock.
nights
Les mots vulgaires sont, ici,
[rosie] j'suis tant choqué.
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