# 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:** 13
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/241 "2005-12-15T22:35:16Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > A Doper named Eleanor Rigby, > fell in love with a nearsighted pygmie > The story’s not long > But the pool que and gong Helped her sleep through his borborygmi ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/242 "2005-12-15T22:36:42Z")
It nettles me, though I must say ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/243 "2005-12-15T22:45:46Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > It nettles me, though I must say To see cowboys on screen who are gay ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/244 "2005-12-15T22:45:50Z")
Okay, now that we’ve all stroked **eleanorigby** ’s ego, let’s return to this limerick that was left abandoned by the side of the road: A big plate of greasy eggs My dog eyes as he silently begs He then starts to whimper ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/245 "2005-12-15T22:50:15Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, now that we’ve all stroked **eleanorigby** ’s ego, let’s return to this limerick that was left abandoned by the side of the road: > > A big plate of greasy eggs > My dog eyes as he silently begs > He then starts to whimper And he moves with a simper- ego, eh? :dubious: I’m sleeping with a borborygumous pygmie–and I don’t know what a que pool and gong ARE! I’m packing condoms is all I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/246 "2005-12-15T22:57:32Z")
A big plate of greasy eggs My dog eyes as he silently begs He then starts to whimper And he moves with a simper As he laps up the coffee’s last dregs. Okay, now to continue with this one: It nettles me, though I must say To see cowboys on screen who are gay ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/247 "2005-12-15T23:06:45Z")
It nettles me, though I must say To see cowboys on screen who are gay You could say they’re attacked I’d rather be Bushwhacked, ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/248 "2005-12-15T23:40:31Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > It nettles me, though I must say > To see cowboys on screen who are gay > > You could say they’re attacked > I’d rather be Bushwhacked, So why can I not look away? A rabbi, a priest and a nun… ---
**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 16, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/249 "2005-12-16T00:33:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A rabbi, a priest and a nun… Went out looking for fun ---
**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 16, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/250 "2005-12-16T01:16:44Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Went out looking for fun But their fun was cut short ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/251 "2005-12-16T01:31:31Z")
> [@Earthworm Jim](#): > > But their fun was cut short By a large, ugly wart ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/252 "2005-12-16T01:42:12Z")
A rabbi, a priest and a nun… Went out looking for fun But their fun was cut short By a large, ugly wart On the nose of Attilla the Hun. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/253 "2005-12-16T02:01:30Z")
A jolly old geezer named Santa ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/254 "2005-12-16T02:03:33Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > A jolly old geezer named Santa Discovered… [sub]don’t kill me…[/sub] his wife was a panta ---
**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 16, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/255 "2005-12-16T02:06:22Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Discovered his wife was a panta He grabbed his machete ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/256 "2005-12-16T02:34:08Z")
Yelled “You aren’t my Betty!” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/257 "2005-12-16T02:39:42Z")
But his wife ran off at a cantah. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/258 "2005-12-16T03:30:58Z")
**The Donald is making a choice** ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/259 "2005-12-16T03:36:20Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > **The Donald is making a choice** to fire a loud shrilly voice ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/260 "2005-12-16T03:55:47Z")
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