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Subject: Fun with Limericks

Posted by: moonraker2
Date: Jun 05 15

For the past year or so my team the Scrambled Eggheads have indulged in the lighthearted composition of limericks. One person provides the first line and then other members (first come first served) add one more line until it is complete. The person adding the final line then provides the starter for the next limerick. We thought it might be popular on the FT chat boards.

Anybody not familiar with limericks should note:
"The limerick is well known for its bawdy flare and sexual humor, but beyond that it is a well-structured poem with strict rules of composition"
1.It's a five line poem.
2.Lines 1, 2, & 5 share rhythm and rhyme patterns.
3.Lines 3 & 4 share rhythm and rhyme patterns.
4.Lines 1, 2 and 5 contain 7 to 10 syllables that follow the stress pattern da-DA da-da-DA da-da-DA da.
5.Lines 3 and 4 contain between 5 to 7 syllables each and follow a da-DA da-da-DA da stress pattern.
6.Lines 1, 2 and 5 share an end rhyme.
7.Lines 3 and 4 share an end rhyme.

Here are a few of the most recent ones we've come up with:

Of the Mongols young Genghis was Khan
To create mighty Empire his plan
With looting and pillage
Of blood there was spillage
But beneath it he just loved his Gran

A gardener was bit by a bee
On a spot somewhat North of her knee
It wasn't her nose
Where the bee chose repose
But right where she sits down to pee

As she daintily waltzed on the floor
Resembling the muse Terpsichore
Her eyes were ablaze
Which perhaps was malaise
As she found her dance partner a bore

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moonraker2 star


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I'll kick off with a first line .....

An Englishman once cried "I say!"

Reply #1. Jun 05 15, 8:11 AM
Plodd star


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An Englishman once cried "I say!"
When the weather turned rainy and grey

Reply #2. Jun 05 15, 8:26 AM
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An Englishman once cried "I say!"
When the weather turned rainy and grey
"Where the heck are my wellies?"

Reply #3. Jun 05 15, 9:00 AM
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The problem with Barney Magoo

Reply #4. Jun 05 15, 9:27 AM
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An Englishman once cried "I say!"
When the weather turned rainy and grey
"Where the heck are my wellies?"
You know them, the smellies..

Reply #5. Jun 05 15, 9:28 AM
Plodd star


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An Englishman once cried "I say!"
When the weather turned rainy and grey
"Where the heck are my wellies?"
You know them, the smellies..
Their whiff like a cheesy bouquet!

Reply #6. Jun 05 15, 10:18 AM
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The problem with Barney Magoo

Reply #7. Jun 05 15, 10:18 AM
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The problem with Barney Magoo
Occurred when he went to the zoo

Reply #8. Jun 06 15, 12:44 AM
rossian


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The problem with Barney Magoo
Occurred when he went to the zoo
When he looked at the snakes

Reply #9. Jun 06 15, 11:01 AM
kimbwitchn
The problem with Barney Magoo
Occurred when he went to the zoo
When he looked at the snakes
He thought they were fakes--
The wake is tomorrow at two.

Reply #10. Jun 06 15, 11:43 AM
kimbwitchn
Sorry, I couldn'r resist finishing off Barney Magoo!!

New start:

My brother is good with his hands

Reply #11. Jun 06 15, 12:02 PM
moonraker2 star


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No problem kimbwitchn, sometimes it just has to be done! lol

Reply #12. Jun 06 15, 12:10 PM
moonraker2 star


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My brother is good with his hands
Makes odd things from old rubber bands

Reply #13. Jun 06 15, 12:11 PM
kimbwitchn
My brother is good with his hands
Makes odd things from old rubber bands
He once made a thing

Reply #14. Jun 06 15, 12:54 PM
kimbwitchn
I cannot control myself!!

My brother is good with his hands
Makes odd things from old rubber bands
He once made a thing
That worked just like a spring
And launched him to faraway lands!

Somebody else start one and I promise to go sit in the corner until tomorrow.

Reply #15. Jun 06 15, 12:57 PM
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There was an impatient kimbwitchn
Whose hands were all sweaty and twitchin'
She could finish a rhyme
In quite half the time
So she's locked up, just itchin' in Hitchin.


A comet fell down from the sky

Reply #16. Jun 06 15, 1:40 PM
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A comet fell down from the sky
It rolled over and started to cry

Reply #17. Jun 06 15, 2:08 PM
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A comet fell down from the sky
It rolled over and started to cry
It had lost its way

Reply #18. Jun 06 15, 10:34 PM
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A comet fell down from the sky
It rolled over and started to cry
It had lost its way
On the ground it lay

Reply #19. Jun 07 15, 12:13 AM
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A comet fell down from the sky
It rolled over and started to cry
It had lost its way
On the ground it lay
Hopelessly wishing to fly

Reply #20. Jun 07 15, 1:16 AM


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