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The Obligatory Limericks Game
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When the Crescenters arrive at Rab...
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Darren
Unless you will do what you're told
Chalky
So I'm telling you now
Software
Stick your hands in a cow
© Dunx
Bigsmith
Or a maiden from Stow-on-the-Wold
Botherer
Cotswold ladies can react quite badly
Rosie
When seduced by a schoolboy from Radley
Darren
They throw up their arms
Uncle Korky
And expose all their charms
Projoy
Which are not all that charming, quite sadly
Until now I had never known fear
Uncle Korky
But my arm is now stuck up the rear
unfinished sentence alert
Chalky
Of a gestating cow
Irouleguy
and what I need now
Raak
Is a booking on Brighton's West Pier
penelope
I've booked a half-page colour space
bloody newspapers
snorgle
(On which to emblazon my face)
Raak
It may cost a lot
nights
but I'll give it a shot
Chalky
My address is attached - just in case.
Tuj
I threw up my arms in dismay
Uncle Korky
Distraught at the death of Fay Wray
nights
at the hands of a monkey
Darren
So sprightly and spunky
Juxtapose
a girl was gorilla paté.
The Wichita Lineman Rides again
ZK
The disturbance this evening in Maine
god, I hope nothing's actually happened in Maine
Rosie
For news of which we search in vain
If we're that sad.
Tuj
I am told was a shocker
Darren
It took place in a locker
Chalky
But no trace of events do remain.
... bugger
Projoy
Explosive and dangerous stuff
Puckoon
is Marmite stains on a shirt cuff
Darren
For, when they ignite,
Thos
Not even "Allbrite"
Botherer
Can douse the flames quite well enough.
Rosie
When rain stops play at Trent Bridge
Uncle Korky
I immediately dive for the fridge
Kim
In its depths I discover
Chalky
My previous lover
Thos
That's Mary (with Mungo and Midge)
Projoy
A cloak of the finest azure
Irouleguy
With sequins and feathers galore
Raak
Is the best thing to wear
Uncle Korky
When you have an affair
penelope
And it beats 'doing it' on the floor
Tuj
A dog and a cat and a hat
Knobbly
An ice-skate and large cricket bat
Darren
A man, a canal,
Raak
A plan quite banal
Chalky
The result? An unsolved dingbat.
Darren
Most people who went to my school
Projoy
Epitomised liminal cool
Chalky
The rest of the nerds
Kiwi Chris
Who travelled in herds
Raak
Are the ones who are destined to rule.
Juxtapose
It's true that us nerds have an edge
nice finish, Raak
Projoy
In signing the temperance pledge
Darren
Because we can't drink
penelope
We think we can think
Uncle Korky
With more than our meat and two veg.
Marc
Confucius said: “This new year,”
Chalky
just adding a tiny syllable ...
Confucius he said: "This new year
Will bring forth a glorious fruit beer.
Raak
It's flavoured with lichees
Darren
And, doing your tai chis,
Rosie
will get you slung out on your ear.
Tuj
Whilst on the razz, dressed as a nun
Botherer
I happened upon a shotgun
penelope
I'd no need to worry
Darren
As I was in Surrey
muttleee
A great place to be 'on the run'
Chalky
Your honour, I plead mitigation
Darren
Because of this strange litigation
Ye Olde Gong Farmer
I'm stuck in this dock
Tuj
Because of my cock
a doodle doo
Rosie
which I exposed at East Croydon station.
What's the problem? Nobody would notice because they're all wittering into their sodding mobiles.
(Tuj) Bad luck!
Juxtapose
The judge showed no mercy at all
continuing the story...
Kiwi Chris
and had me chained up to a ball
Tuj
He duly proclaimed
Rosie] for the sake of decency, it could still be an animal...
Raak
I deserved to be blamed
Chalky
For the rate of exchange in Nepal
Thos
The answers which all of us seek
Projoy
Will be broadcast on telly next week
Irouleguy
When Richard and Judy
Snodgrass
And an overweight foodie
Kiwi Chris
Will consume a quarter-ton leek
Pull the chain, old fruit!
Rosie
Whilst overindulging on veg
nights
I managed to fall into a hedge
Projoy
Beneath which, I found
Irouleguy
ten dollars, one pound
Snodgrass
And an ageing gay rocker named Reg
Projoy
A predisestablishmentarian
snorgle
Said this, to a parliamentarian
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
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