# 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:** 2
**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 13, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/21 "2005-12-13T20:33:08Z")
The doctor was frantic ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/22 "2005-12-13T20:35:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The doctor was frantic He perscribed yoga tantric ---
**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 13, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/23 "2005-12-13T20:39:49Z")
Brief hijack to establish a rule to make this work better: Quote what you’re replying to. Bus Guy, out. ---
**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 13, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/24 "2005-12-13T20:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > I fell in the ocean, ker-splash > For to pay off a mackerel, cash > The doctor was frantic > He perscribed yoga tantric But I couldn’t afford all the hash! There once was a man from Nantucket ---
**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 13, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/25 "2005-12-13T20:46:01Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket ---
**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 13, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/26 "2005-12-13T20:54:39Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Who kept all his cash in a bucket His dollars thus potted ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/27 "2005-12-13T20:55:01Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Who kept all his cash in a bucket He said, "The deeper in debt ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/28 "2005-12-13T20:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > There once was a man from Nantucket > Who kept all his cash in a bucket > His dollars thus potted They soon grew quite spotted ---
**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 13, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/29 "2005-12-13T21:00:55Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > They soon grew quite spotted So off to the bank he then took it. A big burly man named Bruce ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/30 "2005-12-13T21:03:52Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > A big burly man named Bruce Took to wife a Canadian moose ---
**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 13, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/31 "2005-12-13T21:05:31Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Took to wife a Canadian moose The moose was aghast ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/32 "2005-12-13T21:07:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The moose was aghast But Bruce had a blast ---
**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 13, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/33 "2005-12-13T21:14:19Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > But Bruce had a blast When he gave his new wifes moose a goose ---
**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 13, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/34 "2005-12-13T21:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac But Bruce had a blast[/QUOTE] [del]When he gave his new wifes moose a goose[/del] When he goosed the mooses caboose. It pays to fully read the preceeding posts ---
**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 13, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/35 "2005-12-13T21:18:06Z")
The boy read a book on Abe Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/36 "2005-12-13T21:20:41Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > The boy read a book on Abe Lincoln Which quickly got him to thinkin’ ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/37 "2005-12-13T21:23:54Z")
> [@everybody so far](#): > > The boy read a book on Abe Lincoln > Which quickly got him to thinkin’ Four score and seven… ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/38 "2005-12-13T21:37:41Z")
He looked up to heaven… ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/39 "2005-12-13T21:46:46Z")
> [@Canadiangirl](#): > > He looked up to heaven… While our hamster supply keeps on shrinkin’. **This thread can be hard to reply to** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/40 "2005-12-13T21:48:08Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > **This thread can be hard to reply to** But it’s worth makin’ the effort to try to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457.md?page=3)