Lymerick

My mind is trying to wrap around itself re: L5... thinking teeth cracking? (mine have) or street candy?... dunno... I'll assume there is a more pleasant resolution that escapes me :)

Poem hopefully to follow...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Thanks Y/N. I just checked out her website. She's got lotsa cool stuff there. I love those quirky little corners of the web. Anyway on with the challenge:

Haw, haw, haw,
Allons down on de bayou
Ça c’est si bon

Boudreaux, he sippin’ a long-neck Jax
Thibodeaux, he got a question to axe
Whas dat dere in de pot?
Eessa somepin you caught?
Un p'tite Co-co-dree, nuff fo some snacks

Love the dialectic poem :)

whilst craving a snack

a brightly lit snack vending machine
all slots stocked with snacks easily seen
dropped in all of my shekels
equaling all of two rolls of nickels
!@&*!@* trinitrophenylmethylnitramine !

11/14/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Bravo!
You win the internet today, Tailor.

Love that word, trinitrophenylmethylnitramine, Tailor, and hopefully the co-co-dree was tasty, Sancho.

Esther Chilton offers "scale" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/...-limerick-258/

There once was a scale on sale
and a guy who weighted more than a whale.
He decided to see
what he weighed needlessly
and then that was the end of the scale.

Poor co-co-dree!
As there are now three Lymerickers might it not be opportune to ressurect the poetry contest?

Re: "Love that word, trinitrophenylmethylnitramine" Lol, I was giddy when it showed up as a rhyme word on the Rhyme Desk page https://www.rhymedesk.com/desk

I don't think we're quite ready for contests quite yet, they are more robust when many are at hand to play. Just my humble opinion.

Enjoyed your take on such a weighty matter :)

Tipping the Scales

Tipping the scales in Gold Rush times
Has been the subject of a dearth of rhymes
But know if a gold weighing was insincere
That justice was swift and severe
For the unhappy purveyor of these crimes

11/17/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Sorry Danik…

Thibodeaux gotta go, me-oh my-oh
Wit a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo
Co-co-dree got tails
Sac-au-lait, got scales
Bon appétit down on the bayou

Thanks Hank
https://youtu.be/4hi8maQH_SI?si=LkvfEvSpGWb1UGZp

That looks like a useful rhyme dictionary, Tailor. Justice is swift for those who tip the scales. It is amazing what they will eat on the bayou, Sancho. Poetry contests can be fun, Danik.

Esther Chilton offers "shopping" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/...-limerick-259/

Shopping My Life Away

With nothing to do I went shopping.
The eyes in my head were a-popping.
I saw this. I saw that.
Everything thing I looked at
asked me why I don’t buy? Price is dropping!

Enjoyed both limericks... have to revisit Hank later... Synchronicity is playing :) Back later...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

shopping for glimmers

shopping for glimmers amongst the wares
thrift castoffs by billionaires
"... None of scant cause thy sorrowing can accuse,
Since, losing that which thou for aye dost lose,..."*
found in a loose frame a first draft poem of Molière's !

11/24/2025 * translation

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

J'accuse les billionaires of being ten lords a-leaping!

There is a young gal named Leigh
She's the own true love of me
Went out a-shopping
Sales were a-popping
Came home with a partridge in a pear tree

Who knows what wonderful wares one will find that billionaires have thrown away, Tailor. That girlfriend knows that partridges and pear trees reproduce, Sancho.

Esther Chilton offers "boring" for this week's limerick challenge: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/12/...cription_popup

Though it's boring I'm snoring away
all those daydreams that come during day
and those nightmares as well
got me snoring. I'd tell
you a story - "It's boring," you say.

A boring challenge... I'd rather be snoring... Enjoyed :)

madness

an earworm has found its way
by boring into my skull to my dismay
"And some kind of madness has started to evolve"*
an enigma with no apparent resolve
tormenting me throughout the day

12/1/2025 * L3 from L2 of Madness, song by Muse

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

This Ole House

Under the sink water was pouring
Home ownership never boring
The floors are creaky
The faucet leaky
Which likely needs a new O-ring

Here’s an ear worm for ya, Tailor:

Brian Setzer Orchestra, This Ole House
https://youtu.be/VfLIJPRX-tU?si=XOumKMKhw5IvtMOJ

Same tune by Shakin’ Stevens
https://youtu.be/dRvcrWGUmR4?si=4YRTN_iGtX0Pg2Q0