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!
[Projoy] I am typing this in the most amiable mood imaginable, not with any malice, although with some alcohol. I seem to be alone in wondering why the Rhyme Police didn't have words with you, regarding "Chartreuse : foes" as a rhyme? However, I can't think of any English word Chartreuse does rhyme with. Americans, apparently would rhyme it with "deuce", but not me.
[Marc] As it seems everybody else are busy talking to themselves why shouldn’t you? Don’t you believe they are advocating about the fine set of words Chart Re-use? In the olden days when we were still writing limerick lines and not just chatting I’m sure someone would have written a bunch of stupid lines like: Whenever I’m getting the Blues, I mix some Juice with some Booze, once I fell and got a Bruise, and as I have a short Fuse, my pink Moose I turned Loose then started to Snooze, but no sane or sober contributor would ever be able to create such bullshit without any traces of wit, scansion and rhyme, don’t you think? And besides, why should anyone want to re-use old charts?
Our Giantess moaned and then said : "I think that I’ll bite off your head,"[Chalky]We thought Odin was the one and never expected this rudeness from you...
That might have worked if everyone had stuck to the same syllable count when adding. This is my feeble attempt to pull it together:
A young whippersnapper named Jake Who was singing off-key at Ted's wake When all others lamented. It went "Take your rent, Ted" [the off-key song] So sad his pathetic mistake.
[irach]hope you were aiming at something better than this? There was a sting-ray named Irach Who threw shrimp-pate at his flock The old octopi (and four mates) All five chose to die (as shark baits) And tied that ray-gun to his jock we may need some more practice?
[Randy] I'd have it a little differently: There was a sting-ray, not so bright, Who threw shrimp all around in a fight The old octopi (All five) chose not to die And tied that ray up for the night (still far from brilliant, but scans better :) )
You said you would stay incognito Till the cows mooed "Old Faithful" to Tito But I won't go by And you will just cry So I'll wait in York Station. Finito.
[Blob]Excellent ‘finito’ considering raw-material provided! A humble suggestion: Let’s try it from rear end for once: vacation, temptation, fear, near, salvation!
...go on a summer vacation ...not yield to temptation ...are safe, never fear Wonder Woman is near ...will be your salvation! (boring set of moves, that)
[irach] Well done, squire! [everyone] How about a first - last - first - last - first word effort? Work backwards from the last words, forwards from the first...? I'm confident in you guys...
hope it's not presumptuous to try finishing There was a boss whose worth equated With how much he truly was hated The waste basket chute Was rotten was fruit Of what rancid answers he baited
I just looked at my last post... "Was rotten was fruit"?? Oi, somehow I read it as "Was rotten WITH fruit", which you must admit makes a lot more sense... now back to your regularly scheduled players with talent.
My first attempt at this manner of Limerick writing. Here goes. Speeding down country lanes in my lorry While the rain spatters o'er Tobermory In the dark I'm gung ho - Forever aglow - Tachometers telling their story