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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
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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
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