Lymerick

[ampoule]

Virgil gets lots of kicks
By writing his limericks
He's really quite clever
By writing whatever
Look out for his bag of tricks.

[Virgil]

Virgil gets lots of kicks
By writing his limericks
He's really quite clever
By writing whatever
Look out for his bag of tricks.

Thanks.

[PrinceMyshkin]

A limerick’s a fine if sometimes filthy thing,
the desire for a romp, a roll in the hay, a fling
the words pour out,
a lascivious shout
by someone who’d much rather spring than sing.

[Bii]

Today's been a real rubbish day
my mood has been gloomy and grey
but work is now done
and it's time for fun
so I'm off to have a good play!

[AuntShecky]

Guess I'll chance it or maybe "luck" it
To toss a limerick into the bucket.
A risque kind of verse
Going from bad to worse--
(At least I stayed far from Nantucket.)

http://journals.aol.com/auntshecky71...without-clues/

[motherhubbard]

Guess I'll chance it or maybe "luck" it
To toss a limerick into the bucket.
A risque kind of verse
Going from bad to worse--
(At least I stayed far from Nantucket.)

[Granny5]

There once was a girl named Chaney
Who really was quite brainy
Everyday she would read
Whatever she pleased
Then run outside and act quite zany

A beautiful girl named Bailey
Primped with her hair almost daily
Then with her clothes and her shoes
It was so hard to choose
She just stayed home and played ukulele

[PrinceMyshkin]

The granny of Chaney and Bayley
loved each of them more than the other.
"Now, how can that be?
And what about me?
Cried their still somewhat youthful mother.

What, Bayley don't rhyme with "other"?
Neither does bread with butter.
Only a fool
always stick to the rule,
and just watch how I end with So, sue me!

[Tabula_Rasa]

"A limerick is furtive and mean
You must keep her in close quarantine.
Or she sneaks to the slums
And promptly becomes
Disorderly, drunk and obscene."

Today I found limerick as a means to condemn myself...
Its a good way to laugh at or upon... onself...
...gives a sense of accomplishment to make people laugh.
(though one can do that even without someone else's efforts)
anyhow...

[Tabula_Rasa]

To start... with...

There is a gentleman from Mumbai
Dreams of going places in this world
Thinks he is an absurd hero
Nothing but absolute zero
a perfect paradigm of a dumb guy

[Tabula_Rasa]

...came across the very popular limericks by the very Edward Lear "Nonsense Alphabet" which goes like...

A was an Area Arch
Where washerwomen sat;
They made a lot of lovely starch
To starch Papa's cravat.


B was a Bottle blue,
Which was not very small;
Papa he filled it full of beer,
And then he drank it all.

C was Papa's gray Cat,
Who caught a squeaky Mouse
She pulled him by his twirly tail
All about the house.

D was Papa's white Duck,
Who had a curly tail;
One day it ate a great fat frog,
Besides a leetle snail.


...and so on till

Z was a Zebra striped
And streaked with lines of black;
Papa said once, he thought he'd like
A ride upon his back.


http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/na1mz.html

[Niamh]

I thought a limerick was five lines?

[hedbanger]

I always end up saying Limerick like "Lime - Rick"

:F

[Granny5]

There once was a man who liked fishing
He fished like he was on a mission
Once while he was away
His wife she did play
When he came home she was missing

[Tabula_Rasa]

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