# Build-a-limerick **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457 "2005-12-13T19:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/181 "2005-12-15T19:13:44Z")
Ok…we’ll just let it die… [quote] A man who programmed a computer[/] came to work with a Browning six-shooter ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/182 "2005-12-15T19:14:00Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > A man who programmed a computer Once hired himself out as a tutor ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/183 "2005-12-15T19:15:02Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Ok…we’ll just let it die… > [@](#): > > A man who programmed a computer[/] > came to work with a Browning six-shooter Dang again! He aimed for his boss ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/184 "2005-12-15T19:16:54Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > He aimed for his boss Figuring, “Shit, no great loss” ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/185 "2005-12-15T19:16:58Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > He aimed for his boss And he said “No great loss” ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/186 "2005-12-15T19:18:08Z")
Um, **twicks**? That was kinda scary … ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/187 "2005-12-15T19:18:59Z")
Couldn’t choose which would be the best toy. The nun was quite crude And often just rude, But the boy was inclined to be coy. Sorry, I couldn’t resist finishing it! ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/188 "2005-12-15T19:20:37Z")
> [@Oy!](#): > > Couldn’t choose which would be the best toy. > The nun was quite crude > And often just rude, > But the boy was inclined to be coy. > > Sorry, I couldn’t resist finishing it! Curses! That was in response to “A priest with a nun and a boy” Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/189 "2005-12-15T19:21:57Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Um, **twicks**? That was kinda scary … You got a _problem_ with it? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/190 "2005-12-15T19:22:43Z")
New one… There was a young girl with a twinkie ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/191 "2005-12-15T19:22:51Z")
Most. Simulposts. Ever. A man who programmed a computer came to work with a Browning six-shooter He aimed for his boss Figuring, “Shit, no great loss” And he made his escape on a scooter. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/192 "2005-12-15T19:23:58Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You got a _problem_ with it? said **twicks** while foaming with spit ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/193 "2005-12-15T19:24:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You got a _problem_ with it? Absolutely not. I like the idea that a stranger in another state had the SAME THOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME. Brings the world closer together, really. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/194 "2005-12-15T19:25:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Figuring, “Shit, no great loss” Gotta finish this one first. I’ll say I thought he was an intruder. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/195 "2005-12-15T19:25:37Z")
> [@Earthworm Jim](#): > > said **twicks** while foaming with spit She cackled with glee ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/196 "2005-12-15T19:26:58Z")
**Oy!** 😉 Ok, see, glee doesn’t rhyme with spit. where are we? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/197 "2005-12-15T19:29:46Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Absolutely not. I like the idea that a stranger in another state had the SAME THOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME. > > Brings the world closer together, really. 😉 “Kumbaya (bang! bang!), kumbaya…” ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/198 "2005-12-15T19:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > You got a problem with it > said twicks while foaming with spit > She cackled with glee And limerick’d madly ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/199 "2005-12-15T19:32:16Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > **Oy!** 😉 > Ok, see, glee doesn’t rhyme with spit. > > where are we? You got a problem with it? said twicks while foaming with spit She cackled with glee And limerick’d madly while proclaiming “I don’t give a shit!” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/200 "2005-12-15T19:33:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Kumbaya (bang! bang!), kumbaya…” That’s not a limerick. Twickster had problems re anger,\* - just kidding! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457.md?page=11)