Lymerick

[AuntShecky]

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

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.

[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)

(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.

[alakungfu]

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

[alakungfu]

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.

[alakungfu]

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.

[Beautifull]

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.

[dara.cv]

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

[dara.cv]

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

[dara.cv]

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

[dara.cv]

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!

[The Walker]

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)

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

[Indy]

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

[Zeniyama]

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!

[isidro]

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

[Zeniyama]

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.