Limericks Options

[Jerry]

Since I didn't see this topic anywhere, I thought I'd start it. Limericks are short, usually humorous poems that generally have the form of 'AABBA' rhyme scheme with every third syllable accented, where 'A' is a rhyming word to the other 'A's and 'B' is a rhyming word to the next 'B'.

Here is an example (a science-based one):

On a merry-go-round in the night,
Coriolis was shaken with fright.
Despite how he walked,
'Twas like he was stalked,
By some fiend always pushing him right.



This one happens to be a play-on words:

A tutor who taught on the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"


See what you could come up with

Again, if this topic exists somewhere else, just ignore mine.

[QuickHare]

One created off the top of my head:

There once lived three blind mice,
Who lived only on basic rice.
Since they were blind,
They didn't mind
To instead be eating dead lice.

[hockeygod]

That is so gross QH.

[Jerry]

There was once a man from Perdue
whose limericks ended on line 2
There was once a man from Perdun

[Willow]

Have you noticed loads start with...There once....

One made up just....now.

There once was a Rabbit called bobby,
who lived in a hotel lobby,
He ate all day,
And could still pay,
And as a result his friends called him Snobby.]

Lmao...is that even right?

[Drie]

lol, these are great!

There once was a rose from Seattle
Whose goal in life was to raise cattle
"How absurd!"
Cried every bird.
So the rose waged an excellent battle.

Okay, that was odd.

[QuickHare]

There once was a girl in California,
Who had a rather large beer.
She tried very hard
But her vision was marred
And when walking she started to veer.

[Jerry]

Very good, Quickhare!


A Flea and a fly in a flue
Were trapped so what could they do
Said the fly "let us flee"
Said the Flea "let us fly"
And they flew through a flaw in the flue.

[QuickHare]

There was a young guy from Devon,
Who was very good at creating a pun.
But his jokes ran dry
So harder he'd try,
And now he's seen as fun.

[Jerry]

A mosquito was heard to complain,
'A chemist has poisoned my brain!'
The cause of his sorrow
was paradichloro-
triphenyldichloroethane.

[Drie]

Green tea will always make me smile,
Yet feel like walking for a mile.
It's aroma is pleasant
To any pesant
To forget about life for awhile.

[Jerry]

That was a nice one, Drie


There once was a woman named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set out one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.

[QuickHare]

Watch out for the autumn plonkers
Who insist in playing with conkers.
They'll split yours in half,
Which will cause them to laugh,
And their wailing will drive you all bonkers.

[Jerry]

Maxwell had plenty of time to think
While dipping his pen in the ink.
Today's computations
With Maxwell's equations
Don't leave you the time for a wink.

[Drie]

There once was a trio of red
"We'll scare all the men!" They said.
All but QuickHare
Was aware of the scare
So they sent him warm fuzzies instead.