Lymerick

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Originally Posted by Tabula_Rasa

how are clerihews different?
are they of four lines then...?

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Four lines is correct.
A Clerihew is a humorous, "pseudo-biographical" ditty invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. As a young lad he came up with the idea when he was trying to avoid doing his homework. The name of the subject, usually a celebrity, appears at the end of Line One. (So you're more likely to find a Clerihew about someone whose name is easy to rhyme, like Donald Trump or Condoleeza Rice say, as opposed to David Ignatow or Zbignew Brzezenski.)
Here’s a couple, which like Law and Order plots, are ripped off today’s headlines:

Like a veggie out of the can, that Scooter “Libby”
Essentially scot-free from being all fibby,
He’s still driving a Bentley (not a Jeep)?
I guess it pays to be pals with The Veep.

Way down in the ratings, Ms Couric, Katie,
Gussied up for the news, all flirty and date-y,
Putting sober(?) CBS execs into a lather,
Consoled, at least, that she’s not Dan Rather.

I can't claim this one as my own, but it is one of my favorite limericks. (Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd)

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(12 + 144 + 20 + 3 ∙ √4) ∕ 7 + 5 ∙ 11 = 9² + 0

A dozen, a gross, and a score,
plus three times the square root of four,
divided by seven,
plus five times eleven,
is nine squared and not a bit more.

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Words as coy ambassadors
Sparking wry and fancy mores
Drive to distraction
A bated retraction
A limited stay on wars.

There once was a puzzle most addled
That crossed many lusties that battled.
It fazed their behinds
And made them maligneds
And known for the way that they prattled.

There once was a flower named Maisie,
A cornflower sweet as a daisy.
She spread out her leaves
When some hummingbird divas
Sat down and groaned good and lazy.

there once was a 'roo
witha piece of bamboo
and everytime he would round
the bamboo dragging would sound
and scare the poor 'roo anew.

:D

Oh, i have no shame......


There once was a girl so in love
especially when her lover was above
not a word she could speak
while biting the sheets
since the couple fit as too small of a glove

this is terrible:

there once was a man named red
who couldnt get out of his bed
he often needed to pee
and would release with glee
now his wife cursed the day they were wed

okya this is the last really bad one...no more after this
my friend made me do it


da da dit da dit ta taa da
is what i said when i took off her bra
with my head in a spin
i was ready to put it right in
but then she started reciting marital law

there once was a vegan named hugh
who picked up the wrong sandwich to chew
he took a big bite
and screamed out in fright
OMGWTBBQ!

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Originally Posted by djy78usa

I can't claim this one as my own, but it is one of my favorite limericks. (Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd)

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oh my! good one! i really liked this one, very clever :D

The queens first Indian rifles
Got into a bit of a trifle,
When on the rounds,
They stumbled and found,
A minefield less then delightful

Off of the top of my head...

You know that gent named Jack?
He seems to have come back.
He went down South,
and they fixed his mouth
with a chisel and a WHACK!

Remind me to pencil in an hour or two later to be horribly offended by all this...:)

I scribbled this one down in psychology class...

I wish eye was blew
You wish ewe as two
An Robin Lou
End Stasis Où
Wash thé wan Oz to.

A bit absurd, perhaps, but I like it. Nonsense verse is very nice.