arrow_circle_left arrow_circle_up arrow_circle_right
Multiple Lines Per Player: A Limericks Special Edition
help
Here's an experiment with the Limerick form. In this game (and this one only) it is permissible for players to contribute more than one line each to each limerick, just to see if we can increase the level of coherence in this much-loved form as practised in the Morniverse. Everything else is the same as normal... Take it away!
arrow_circle_up
There once was a Rover who swore
That no never would he rove no more How folky am I? :-)
Though barely so spoken
His promise was broken
When he roved where he hadn't before
Digging in to a bowl of hot chili
I'd bought in the Isles of Scilly
I found a small lump
Looking just like a pump
But it tasted like shrimp-stewed Ram-Willie
*applauds the 'Rovers'*
The Rover's Return to the Inn
Was thus met with a quarrelsome din
As he retold his life
Came a shriek from his wife
- He'd stuck her, not the doll, with a pin.
A bishop, while studying voodoo
Found himself knee-deep in doo-doo
"Exorcise me!" he cried,
"for this demon inside
is nasty and pooey and crude, ooh!"
With just tuppence for paper and strings
You can make up your own pair of wings
So dance on the breeze
Over houses and trees
Then crash in the midst of angels that sings
Marc - Her chastity-belt he had locked, another story begins...
But when he came back he was shocked
To his utter dismay
('twas on Valentine's Day)
He found that the padlock was crocked
sorry Marc, but your last line to me and Projoy's Mary Poppins lim not only didn't scan but was also a bit non-secateury. As the good book says - 'if in doubt, don't post' [which really means - if you can't nail it , butt out ]:-)
sorry Chalky, nevertheless I've posted it in good spirit and for sure it is not better than any of yours or Projoys lines but it is not so bad that anyone should bather commenting it the way you just did ;-)
www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/limerick/limerick.html
She went to the locksmiths one day
And said: “Can you please find a way,”
He took out his pick - [Marc] my comment reads a lot sharper than I intended, please forgive. It was the scansion that wasn't up to your usual standards.
[Chalky] Ironically, it almost scans according to the original tune! :)
She fondled his wick
He unlocked and she said “Let us pray!” [Pro/Chalky]It's called pacing...
When praying, it's best, I have found
To lower one's head to the ground
[Marc]
You see in the Limerick Biz.
We contributors get in a tizz -
When the rhythm's the shits
It just gets on our tits,
I'm sorry, but that's how it is.
Oops - sorry, Juxta - I'll repost yours
When praying, it's best, I have found
To lower one's head to the ground
No worries, I like yours better anyway ;)
Lift one's legs in the air
And balance with care
You'll be free with just one simple bound
Take some butter and cheese, and some crackers
Some paté; say, liver of quackers
A bottle of Krug
Carneros - 92 (or Pinot Noir twothousandandtwooo?)
A traditional meal for back-packers.....
How is Krug pronounced these days?
I can't help but sing while I Hoover
I often dance too - quite a mover!
Then last time - how unlucky Where I come from it’s pronounced crew that elegantly
As I hoovered - quite plucky would rhyme clue or ninety-two (which was a very good vintage by the way!)

• I can't help but sing while I Hoover
• I often dance too - quite a mover!
• Then last time - quite unlucky
• As I hoovered - so plucky
arrow_circle_down
Want to play? Online Crescenteering lives on at Discord