Lymerick

[Sancho]

Y/N that one made me weirdly uncomfortable. Was the narrator afraid to leave prison? Was it a case of the prisoner preferring incarceration to freedom? Or was it more like The Allegory of the Cave? Tailor, I was getting a Doors of Perception vibe from that one, only without the psychedelics.

https://youtu.be/BqjdKWEV7eM?si=LF5UffjlvrhqOPee

There once was a thinker named Plato
Who dined on a big red tomato
He thought of a slave
Who was stuck in a cave
He then went to fetch some more mayo

[tailor STATELY]

Huxley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_of_Perception Interesting vibe. Great vid of "Break on Through" that I hadn't seen before... became a fan of the Doors music at the get go. Now that I reflect I've experienced many through the threshold moments... the most momentous having to do with leaving Seattle as a child and then returning home on a bus from Maple Valley after the passing of my Mother; crossing the bridge going into Portland with a double rainbow outside the window... a feeling of leaving reality, or some such. I still may be trying to find my way after all these years.

Lol, not sure what to make of Plato... Here's Google AI:
That limerick cleverly combines elements from Plato's famous Allegory of the Cave (prisoners seeing shadows, the journey out to light/truth) with a humorous, mundane twist (needing more mayonnaise!), highlighting how Plato's thought experiment from The Republic illustrates the difference between mere perception (shadows) and true knowledge (the outside world), and the philosopher's difficult role in guiding others toward reality.
Here's the philosophical breakdown of the limerick's references:
"Plato" & "a slave / Who was stuck in a cave": This directly references the core story where prisoners, chained since birth, mistake shadows on a wall for reality.
"He thought of a slave / Who was stuck in a cave": This is the philosopher's (Socrates in the dialogue) contemplation of people living in ignorance, mistaking appearances for truth.
"dined on a big red tomato" & "fetch some more mayo": These mundane, modern additions provide a comical contrast, emphasizing the gap between profound philosophical concepts and everyday life, or perhaps humorously suggesting even philosophers get hungry!.
The Allegory's Meaning:
The Cave: Represents the world of sensory experience and illusion.
The Shadows: The limited understanding or beliefs people hold as truth.
The Escapee: The philosopher who journeys out into the light (true knowledge).
The Sun: Represents the ultimate Form of the Good, true understanding.
The Return: The philosopher's duty to return and enlighten others, despite the difficulty and potential hostility. Genius :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Speaking of philosophers:

There once was a chap named Blaise Pascale
Whose adding machine presaged Hal
I’m sorry, Dave
You, I won’t save
Said Dave, “Open the pod bay doors, you shall”

https://youtube.com/shorts/97fz8S5K1mM?si=1yPpIEfa846zl3JA

Oh man. A.I. may have us on the precipice of a vast sea of sh…

But not yet. There’s still time. Google A.I. got it mostly right, but missed the main point, which was: What if a plump red tomato was the impetus behind the Allegory of the Cave. Plato sees and tastes the beautiful fruit and then imagines a world were there are only shades of gray.

Uhh, either that or I just couldn’t think of too many words that rhyme with Plato.

[tailor STATELY]

BP... enjoyed :)

"I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do..." :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_iorkS9Lh4

Lol... the tomato is well thought out AND it rhymes with Plato... as I said: Genius :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Haha. We’re on the precipice of a vast sea of sh…aving cream.

[YesNo]

I like the meter of that Sam McGee poem, Sancho. That is a very interesting door and perspectives do change passing through any door, Tailor.

Esther offers "curl" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/05/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-265/

Well, I don't think I have much to say
about curls that girls display.
When each curl is true,
then the girl is, too -
so I thought - and still do - come what may.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Very optimistic thoughts on the virtue of women.


Curl Those Biceps Mon

Angus just didn't get the idea of curling
a stone set in motion with nary a whirling
on ice no less for a foundation
then brooms!!! what an abomination !
seems it lacks of Highland bagpipes skirling

1/5/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

I gotta say, Y/N, I've been looking forward to Esther’s limerick prompts on Mondays. Looks like the three of us have chosen a different meaning of the word curl.

Cowabunga!

Big Wave Dave sat on his board waiting
The size of the surf frustrating
He wanted a curl
But got an eddy swirl
The swells it seemed were abating

That's a bummer, man.

[tailor STATELY]

Dude!

[Sancho]

Duuuude…

[tailor STATELY]

Lol !


Dude. Dude! Dude? Duuuude?

here in Cali 'dude' is a most ubiquitous word
interjection, adjective, and adverb I've heard
also noun and verb - 'tis not a trite affectation
merely change your inflection
so use 'dude' most liberally and undeterred

1/6/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Dude!?

Few appellations have the versatility of "Dude." That limerick was clearly written by an expert of dudeology. Do you remember this comedy bit from the 90s? Rob Schneider on dudeness:

https://youtube.com/shorts/zEVcLS0E2pI?si=2ij0SrAdKX1daFyu

Here, pointing out a regional difference, is Sam Elliot as The Stranger in The Big Lebowski:


Dude. Now there's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.

I grew up in the American South. We used Bubba sort of like Californians use Dude. Yo Bubba. Whoa Bubba. Damn Bubba. Aww Bubba. Also there’s the 2nd person collective — All Y'all Bubbas. And who can forget the movie version of Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff — F**kin’ A Bubba.

There once was fella named Bubba
Seen a girl and said “hubba-hubba”
Went in to kiss her
But it was his sister
Kinship no matter to such a lovah

Yikes!
Might have something to do with that recessive gene that pops up in them hills every couple of generations.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... enjoyed Rob's take... I may have heard it anciently :)

Bubba, lol. Reminds me of Bubba's soliloquy regarding shrimp... https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=Bubba+on+shrimp&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:630fc3fb,vid:xD_LHYe2JaM,st:0



Driftwood

"If your family tree does not fork, you might just be a redneck" - Jeff Foxworthy

A family tree that doesn't fork much at all
in royal bloodlines and some southern's drawl
and other regional milieus where it's extolled
is rarely brought up in polite company, left untold
and that's just the tip of the crux of it, all y'all

1/7/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Ya know, I usually read the book and then take a pass on the movie. With Forrest Gump I saw the movie and then never got around to reading the book. But I’ve got some questions. Maybe if I read the book I’ll get some answers. For instance, Benjamin Buford Blue’s nickname:

“My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Jess like one of them ole redneck boys. Can you bleve dat?”

To my ear Bubba speaks in a rural southern white accent, which is distinct from a rural southern black accent. I wonder if that was on purpose on the part of the director. I’m not sure what Tom Hanks is going for. Maybe it’s a Gulf Coast thing. Southern accents are always morphing and seem to be going away, or at least flattening out, but they never were all one thing or another. From Richmond to New Orleans there are huge variations.

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting observation... too much nuance for me to discern. I might just venture a look-see through the book as well :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

It is amazing how many meanings the word "curl" can have. Also nice Bubba/redneck limericks.

Esther offers "farm" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/12/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-266/

There's a farm in the valley that's fine.
You can buy there fresh veggies and wine.
There are eggs there as well.
Though some critters may smell,
when there's sun, then the sun loves to shine.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)



Driving Anxiety


it seems pfarmicopeia is my last resort
it's not like I want to caper and cavort
for driving used to be such a pleasure
touring seasides and mountains at leisure
alas no joy yet on that front I must report

1/12/2026 r. 1/15/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Y/N I know of place like the one you describe. Oddly enough it’s near where I think Tailor lives. Hooverville Orchards, Placerville, CA. We stopped there last summer. It wasn’t too busy so we must’ve stood there an hour or two chatting with the couple who owned it. She was from there and he was from up around here somewheres. Anyway it was a cool place. They had pies. It was a cornucopia if not a pfarmicopeia.

So I’m trying to answer the age-old question of which came first…

Gals in the henhouse mainly stayed in
So Leghorn Rooster suavely weighed in
He had some charm
Down on the farm
“Ah say, hello there my little barnyard maiden”

As it turns out, a fast-talking rooster named Foghorn Leghorn came before the chicken or the egg.

[tailor STATELY]

Hooverville Orchards is not too far away... over the river and through the woods via the California Gold Discovery site highway 49... Alexa says 5.5 miles (8.9 km) away but i believe it's a bit longer the way I have to drive through the twisty hills, heck it's 4 miles (6.4 km) to 7/11 and that's before the steep Marshall grade down into Coloma where the river is, then up through the winding hills of HWY 49 to get there... I'd guestimate 8-10 miles or so. Been there; a nice place to visit :)

Lol limerick :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Okay, so I just read Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. And it did (sort of) answer my question about why Bubba talked like “one of them ole redneck boys.” In the book Bubba is a white dude, probably of Acadian descent. Anyway the book is a lot different than the movie. The characters are much edgier. The basic outline is there, but the whole premiss is different. The story is told by Forrest in his voice with all his linguistic quirks and Forrest is the archetypical unreliable narrator. It was fun to read.

There was a young soldier named Gump
Who got hisself shot in the rump
You’re a good man
Said Lieutenant Dan
But why you got to be such a chump

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... a million dollar wound if I recall, enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

I’m kinda getting off topic for the thread, but I found Dan to be a compelling character in the book. Rather than coming from a long line of military men, Dan had been drafted:


Dan come from the state of Connecticut, an he were a teacher of history when they grapped him up an thowed him into the Army. But cause he was smart, they sent him to officer school an made him a lieutenant.

Forrest doesn’t meet Dan until he is recovering in the hospital in Danang. Dan has been “blowed up in a tank” and is in the bed next to him. Dan and Forrest have long conversations and Dan explains his philosophy to Forrest. His philosophy has to do with finding how you best fit into a world that is governed by natural laws. Forrest takes it to heart and that is what propels him through the rest of the book.

Dan’s philosophy however is continually changing. Years later Forrest bumps into Dan on the streets of Savannah, Georgia. Dan is what Nelson Algren would call a “halfy.” He’s not in a wheelchair. He’s on a wheeled platform. Forrest is with an orangutan named Sue (don’t ask). It’s pouring rain and Dan is under a trash bag shining the shoes of a businessman. Forrest yanks the bag off to see if it’s really Dan. Here’s the exchange:


“Gimme that bag back you big oaf,” Dan say, “I’m gettin soakin wet out here.”

Then he saw Sue. “So you finally got married, huh?” Dan say.

“It’s a he,” I tole him. “You remember—from when I went to space.”

“You gonna shine my shoes, or what?” say the feller in the suit.

“F*ck off,” Dan says, “before I chew your soles in half.”

The feller, he walked away.

“What you doin here, Dan?” I axed.

“What does it look like I’m doing?” he say. “I’ve become a Communist.”

“You mean like them we was fightin in the war?” I axed.

“Nah,” says he, “them was gook Communists. I’m a real Communist—Marx, Lennin, Trotsky—all that bullsh*t.”

“Then what you shinin shoes for?” I say.

“To shame the imperialist lackeys,” he answers. “The way I got it figured, nobody with shined shoes is worth a sh*t, so the more shoes I shine, the more I’ll send to hell in a handbasket.”

“Well, if you say so,” I says, an then Dan thowed down his rag an wheel himself back under the awnin to git outta the rain.

“Awe hell, Forrest, I ain’t no damned Communist,” he say, “They wouldn’t want nobody like me anyhow, way I am.”

“Sure they would, Dan,” I says, “You always tole me I could be anythin I wanted to be an do anythin I want to do—an so can you.”

“You still believin that sh*t?” he axed.

“I got to see Raquel Welch butt neckit,” I says.

“Really?” Dan say, “what was it like?”

[tailor STATELY]

LOL ! I have to find that book :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

I have a very vague remembrance of the movie, but liked the dialogue.

[Sancho]

Sure, I think you might like it, Tailor. You too, Danik. It’s a quick, fun read. I read it in two or three sittings. That said I can’t help but to notice the book gets a lot of hate online. Mostly I think it’s people who’ve watched the movie and then go to the book to get more of the movie but are disappointed when Forrest doesn’t much look or act like Tom Hanks. Ah well, for what it’s worth, Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump gets El Sancho’s stamp of approval.

[Danik 2016]

Gona look for that book sometimes, Sancho. Always love your posts about books.

[Sancho]

Thanks Danik. I like reading your opinions on books as well. You seem to have read all the classics. I’m still trying to catch up.

[YesNo]

That was great dialog from Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump, Sancho. I'm going to have to read the book as well. I must have seen the movie but forgot it.

Good point that Foghorn Leghorn must have come before either the chicken or the egg.

I love the sound of the phrase "over the river and through the woods". I am going to have to remember to use it when giving directions, Tailor.

This week Esther offers "crime" to be used in a limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/19/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-267/

Though some thought that it should be a crime
and it was, more or less, for the time
when dark poems with words
like loud ravenous birds
made no sense and much worse didn't rhyme.

[tailor STATELY]

Bravo on your limerick YesNo... especially the last 3-lines :) Need to ponder a bit, and will return :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Haha. Agreed. If to rhyme was a crime, I’d be interrogated then incarcerated.

Okay, so it seems like all my limericks are in the voice of Foghorn Leghorn nowadays:

Ah say, this she-ah institution is peculiar!

The maid went for a bucket of bleach
After The Crime Against Kansas Speech
The senate floor
All covered in gore
Some guy thought he’d a lesson to teach

[tailor STATELY]

Lol...



A Petty Crime

I had a boss, an ex-professional bowler
of the tenpins persuasion, a high roller
bowled pot games, a petty gambling crime
we at times indulged in after closing time
when he lost a wager became quite bipolar

1/19/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Polly Syllabic - Want a Cracker ?

Milburn Pennybags has no monopoly on irredentism
to many inspired by the game it's no anachronism
Machiavelli foretold it
and I submit
kerfuffles abound whilst the world eschews schism

1/23/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Good one Tailor. I never knew that guy had a name. I bet he hangs out with Eustace Tilly.

A fellow once made a proclamation
Involving territorial annexation
Caused a great schism
And public activism
And threatened a global conflagration

So it goes when people assume Machiavelli is no longer relevant.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Eustace Tilly: a history up to 8/31/2017... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi3ntnIlqqSAxV5C0QIHYe2EPwQFnoECGYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fthe-true-history-of-eustace-tilley%2F&usg=AOvVaw3cKRO1AzzHSvhmQqnEBjj2&opi=89978449

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Nice limericks. That "Polly Syllabic - Want a Cracker?" title was perfect, Tailor. I like the voice of Foghorn Leghorn, Sancho.

This week Esther offers "night" to be used in a limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/26/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-268/

Light and Night Rhymes with Fright

Though the light said it's day, it was night.
I could see. What a horrible sight!
There were monsters out there.
There were goons everywhere,
but in peace I slept on through their fright.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx :)

Perhaps channeling MystyrMystyry... Enjoyed :)



Tinky III

As black as night he reposes sweetly
Nose and whiskers may flinch fleetingly
Perhaps a stir from tail or paw
He melts my heart with loving awe
My cat, my companion, my glee

1/26/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Nice poem of joy for your cat, Tailor! They are amazing creatures. I am glad they like, more or less, being around us.

Esther offers "calm" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/02/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-269/

Crazy Or Calm

"Are you crazy?" Not yet. I'm just calm
like a rash that is itching for balm
like a thought I won't think
like a word with a wink
like a heart beating true in your palm.

[tailor STATELY]

"like a word with a wink"... Enjoyed :)


calm

serene cool pond
night reflections from beyond
a mirrored universe
worthy of written verse
as such our sacred bond

2/2/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Gonna try again to see if I’m still banned:

There was an old sea dog, Muldoon
Who raced to beat a typhoon
Was calm as a clam
‘Cos he had a plan
Grinned at fate and laughed like a loon

(Sort of a high-pitched warbling laugh of I know bird song)

[Sancho]

Woo-hoo

[tailor STATELY]

Congrats and elations... enjoyed the minimalist shanty :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Àaii!

[Danik 2016]

Gonna try again to see if I’m still banned:

There was an old sea dog, Muldoon
Who raced to beat a typhoon
Was calm as a clam
‘Cos he had a plan
Grinned at fate and laughed like a loon

(Sort of a high-pitched warbling laugh of I know bird song)

From time to time Litnet releases a banned message just to remind us that algorithm is the master here. Nothing to take serious! Sancho.

[Sancho]

Yeah it’s weird. I’d get the “banned” message whenever I tried to post a limerick for Esther’s “laugh along with limerick” prompt last week. (Night) Maybe the algorithm didn’t like the poem. I mean it was pretty silly. I based it on a Funk tune from the 70s by Parliament, Mothership Connection.

[YesNo]

I like those night reflections from beyond, Tailor, and Muldoon's a great name for someone laughing like a loon, Sancho.

The word this week from Esther is "apple": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/09/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-270/

There once was a queen who thought she
was the loveliest queen that could be,
till Snow White came along.
Though that apple was wrong,
the queen's gone, right or wrong, thankfully.

[tailor STATELY]

I know that story... Enjoyed :)


A Golden Key

She was the apple of his eye
Of that no one could deny
She passed on this winter morn
And though our hearts are torn
Our faith soars in rich supply

2/9/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Two strong emotions there, one inward, one outward. Condolences, Tailor. Mine leans into the silly:

Should’a went with the donut

There once was a fellow named Ritter
Who wolfed down a huge apple fritter
It didn’t sit right
His belly got tight.
So he spent the whole night on the…toilet

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx.
Lololol... definitely silly (shaving creamesque). Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

This week Esther offers "cast": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/23/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-272/

Cast Your Cares Away

All my worries are worrying fast.
They have cast into now what was past,
but today is today
and the past's gone away
and this worrisome present won't last.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the word play with past, present, and future :)



John 14 KJV

Cast away your cares and fears
Heed prophets, revelators, and seers
Repent if necessary your natural man
Invest your energy in salvation's plan
Serenity will master this vale of tears
T

2/23/2026 r. 2/25/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Good advice, Tailor.

Esther offered the word "hiss" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/02/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-273/

Kiss Like This

There is bliss when a kiss doesn't miss
though that snake in the grass loves to hiss.
Though the moon might be round
the fine sun can be found
in that bliss when we kiss just like this.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

Back later with an offering...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

This week Esther offers "shout" as her limerick prompt: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/09/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-274/

The Joy of Sprouting

It might sprout if it only went out
of its shell and then looked all about,
saw the sun in the sky
and white clouds flying high.
If it did, watch it sprout with a shout.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Forgive me for being behind in my offerings... they are on my To Do list, which is more a "round to it" list come to think of it at this point.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

hiss and shout: at the bazaar

a hiss then a shout
then all blazes came about
dancing like a five-legged fool
as a viper took me to school
I left unharmed but more devout

3/12/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Got to avoid those vipers at the bazaar! Nice one, Tailor!

Esther offers "bath" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/16/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-275/

Since a shower's as good as a bath
and my heart is more sure than my math,
I'll rejoice and I'll say
I am blessed everyday day
and not lost - not at all - on this path.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx :)

The covenant path is the sure way... Enjoyed :)

back later...



unto life eternal


The covenant path is not paved with gold
yet for the weary and faithful is highly extolled
imagine being bathed in His life giving light
then with our departed families we reunite
cleansed every whit for our God to behold!

3/16/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Amen, Tailor! I agree. We will reunite with them bathed in His life. Blessings!

Esther offers "ride" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/23/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-276/

When I ride I can look out and say,
What a wonderful, wonderful day!
If you're sighing inside,
then come out for a ride.
Do not hide for the Lord leads the way.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Back later...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

In the Land of Færie

A færie maiden I once knew loved to ride
upon dragonflies with me by her side
We'd laugh as we dart through the forest
seeing who was the more airworthiest
Neither giving quarter till eventide

3/25/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Riding dragonflies is wonderful and in a way we all do. Beautiful limerick, Tailor.

Esther offers "treat" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/03/30/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-277/

There once was a treat in a jar
on a shelf way up high very far
from the floor where he could
eat it up and he would
if he could get his nose in the jar.

[tailor STATELY]

Sounds like a Pooh story, lol... Enjoyed :)


treat yourself

treat yourself to some joy today
and keep the old doldrums at bay
seek uplifting glimmers
and all things that shimmers
be the light for all to survey

3/30/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

An Easter Dessert 4.5.2026

Sitting down with some lemon pie... Ai!
A stinging pierced the inside of my thigh
Methought it must be needles or pin
Thus shed outer garments to peer within
A yellow jacketed wasp sheepishly gone awry

4/5/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

That was a kind of Pooh story now that you mention it. May we treat ourselves to joy every day. That wasp must have got lost.

Esther offers "cape" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/06/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-278/

With a cape, funny clothes, I will fly
doing good as the bad guys go by.
Some will change. Some will not.
Some get burned. Some have got
nary one good excuse not to cry.

[tailor STATELY]

Sad poem of those who have need for repentance after an intervention of goodly super human effort. Enjoyed :)
Back later...

later...

(prompt: cape): "fish are friends, not food" - Finding Nemo

"ĕs-skă-pāy" Dori endearing did say
pondering a hatch where she was prey
with Nemo in a derelict sub
deep-deep in the deep blub-blub
in an attempt to negate Bruce's buffet

4/6/2026 https://www.google.com/search?num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=gwZ&sca_esv=8526ead1974f28d5&sxsrf=ANbL-n7LsjJ39ocj_WKsfA5kMVcOaGNn2A:1775503666060&udm=7&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpmAsnXCN5UBx17opt8eaTX5ijYCyJ dSZFM4mewRGuivaHuHursf-soOk0JbfkgzOIi1ZPsNSh18l54qW-c2NyuZ_Q8DPZnUuFyioJW7j9ei4zvJRBn8rQUwbZP6aoSSCYta 5Ouoyrs9EwrNLb7CF6selkST45US3WSfGVSgVm4v_qvdMhNizM Y_j5Y-Goo7IyDpO8_g&q=dory+finding+nemo+"es+cap+a"&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb8L_K-tmTAxX-m2oFHXyBIxIQtKgLegQIFRAB&biw=1066&bih=567&dpr=1.75#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:b7f2dd0b,vid:cmCFT0qxzb8,st:0


Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... tried to change the date of the preceding poem, actually 4/6/2026, and received a b a n n e d notice again... so, the date remains - except in my documents and Padlet :)

Ha!!! Was able to edit the date :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

after the storm 4.10.2026

after a gully-washing event
when the calm brings content-
ment how crisp the air
and so much the greener where'er
I view nature as it is meant

4/10/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Thank you for the remembrance of Dori and Nemo and that shark Bruce, Tailor. I do remember Dori the most of those characters.

Esther offers "scream" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/13/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-279/

Though I thought it might help if I'd scream,
but caught as I was in a dream
a scream couldn't come out,
no, not even a shout,
and right now I've forgotten that dream.

[tailor STATELY]

Dreams like that are worthy of forgetting. Enjoyed :)
Back later...



parting

a scream leapt forth from my heart
as my emotions all gathered as I depart
taking refuge in a cheap motel
without the courtesy of a farewell
tears in the shower as I fell apart

4/13/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Greenwood 4.14.2026

a Canada Goose made a terrible blunder
perhaps rattled by the recent thunder
a power line was encountered
and alas for the poor bird
its life was torn asunder

4/14/2026



Silver Springs

a 5.7 mag. quake rocked our city
in the middle of prayer at FHE
though it was 135 miles away
in Silver Springs yesterday
it rocked and rolled preternaturally

4/14/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Very nicely done limerick on parting. Poor Canada Goose.

Esther offers "box" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/20/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-280/

Like some rocks in a black and blue box
I discovered the truth of hard knocks.
Being knocked all about
I had no breath to shout
except, "Help me get out of this box!"

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... Enjoyed :)
Back in a bit... your prompt has already tickled an idea :)

later...



little boxes

there are several boxes systematic
where I store my toys in the attic
but my favorite box of all
is where no toys are and I can crawl
to escape within and avoid the dramatic

4/20/2026 r.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ6mVumHY9I

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I like the thought of having a box to crawl in in the attic. The dramatic can get way too dramatic.

Esther offers "floor" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/27/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-281/

As I stand on the solid wood floor,
as I walk to the open wood door,
there is more there to see,
but I don't being me.
Let me change. Ah, just did! I see more!

[tailor STATELY]

New vistas... Enjoyed

Back later...

an attractive frivolous young woman

Alex cut quite a rug on the dance room floor
at the færie cotillion near the seashore
she changed partners each dance
never giving them a second glance
a debutante demurring lest they implore

4/27/2026 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

She sounds hard to get and maybe just as well.

Esther offers this week two words, "prince" and "clean", since she'll be out next week: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/04/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-282/

Our fine prince is a wonderful guy.
When he walks all the ladies say, "Hi!"
All the dragons do, too,
as he walks through the zoo.
What a wonderfully wonderful guy.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... Prince and Alex should get together... Enjoyed the poem and the alliteration :)



vince

a frog told a princess he was a prince
in fact he said his name was vince
but she had her doubts
'cause she was used to these louts
sent vince to her chef (he hasn't been seen since)

5/4/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

That is the danger of a frog approaching a princess. He might be sent to the chef.

Esther offered a second word last week because she is gone this week. Here is my limerick using "clean".

Clean Limerick

He’s pretentiously, pompously clean
except when his rhymes are obscene,
but he’s doing his best,
so he said, then confessed
that his best is much better unseen.

[tailor STATELY]

A bit ambiguous, but well done :)

Adding to my collection of "anonymous" limericks:


An Anonymous Dude Named Wayne

Wayne was so dope and so clean
and his eyes were all sparkly and green
when he sang in the hood
he was mostly misunderstood
'cause he mumbled whilst playing tambourine

5/11/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

May Wayne be blessed wherever he goes to sing.

Esther offers "warn" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/18/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-283/

Bliss In Spite Of Warning

Diving deep in delusion he goes.
You might warn him, but waters now close
and who knows where he'll be
when a kiss sets him free
as the bliss of eternity grows.

[tailor STATELY]

At least he got a kiss... Enjoyed :)

fair warning and following seas

take heed of the Isles of Langerhans
take note of your AO1C with plans
to alter your diet if need be lest you die
ignominiously - at least try
for man was fated for longer life spans

5/18/2026 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

I will avoid those Isles of Langerhans.

Esther offers "heat" for this week's limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/05/25/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-284/

Though I thought it was hot it was not,
since the heat got much hotter. I got
a fine thought for a verse
(not a whiny, cold curse)
as the heat got much worse than just hot.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol, enjoyed... will not be enjoying the hot weather to come.

On a lighter note:


heat of the moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0KxqxWeZGo

itt shed in the heat of the moment
hardly Brobdingnagian did itt went
shedding its floor length hirsute
alarmingly during any dispute
such is the winter of itt's discontent

5/25/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[YesNo]

Nice warning in that song "Heat of the Moment". Even Brobdingnagians don't like the heat.

Esther offers "road" for this week's limericks: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/06/01/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-285/

Like a hog he was hogging the road
and he carried a hoggish, huge load.
Well, we all tried to pass
but we couldn't alas,
so we let the huge hog hog the road.

[tailor STATELY]

Happens all the time in our canyons in the Gold Country... Enjoyed :)

Back later...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccL1VuUTbHM



the roadie

the roadie was knowledgeable but humble
like from a turnip truck he must'a took a tumble
but when the show must go on
and the band's drummer had gone
he stepped up to the kit and did rumble

6/2/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor