# Build-a-limerick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457>\
**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\
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**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/41 "2005-12-13T21:50:59Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> But it’s worth makin’ the effort to try to.

It moves really fast…

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/42 "2005-12-13T22:04:01Z")

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> This thread can be hard to reply to  
> But it’s worth makin’ the effort to try to.  
> It moves really fast…

And no rhymes are rehash’t…

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**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/43 "2005-12-13T22:20:31Z")

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> This thread can be hard to reply to  
> But it’s worth makin’ the effort to try to.  
> It moves really fast…  
> And no rhymes are rehash’t…

But it easier than trying to Haiku  
**She discovered a horrible rash**

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**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/44 "2005-12-13T22:21:29Z")

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> [@Mr Bus Guy](#):
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> **She discovered a horrible rash**

But the remedy came in a flash

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**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/45 "2005-12-13T22:26:15Z")

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> She discovered a horrible rash  
> But the remedy came in a flash

She pan fried some semen

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/46 "2005-12-13T22:26:19Z")

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> She discovered a horrible rash  
> But the remedy came in a flash

One bottle of vodka…

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**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/47 "2005-12-13T22:30:15Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> She pan fried some semen

and summoned a demon

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/48 "2005-12-13T22:44:46Z")

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> She discovered a horrible rash  
> But the remedy came in a flash  
> She pan fried some semen  
> And summoned a demon

I’ve never seen _that_ on M_A_S\*H!

A young lad from Kalamazoo

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**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/49 "2005-12-13T22:48:05Z")

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> A young lad from Kalamazoo

Mixed turtle and dragonfly poo

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**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/50 "2005-12-13T23:04:05Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Mixed turtle and dragonfly poo

The ladies came runnin

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/51 "2005-12-13T23:35:09Z")

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A young lad from Kalamazoo  
Mixed turtle and dragonfly poo  
The ladies came runnin’

As the young man was sunnin’

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/52 "2005-12-14T03:11:03Z")

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It was a hell of a hullabaloo.

**A clever young Doper named Zoe**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/53 "2005-12-14T03:26:22Z")

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A clever young Doper named **Zoe**  
Had a pet kangaroo she called Joey.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/54 "2005-12-14T03:42:18Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> A clever young Doper named **Zoe**  
> Had a pet kangaroo she called Joey.

She taught it to swim

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/55 "2005-12-14T04:02:56Z")

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A clever young Doper named Zoe  
Had a pet kangaroo she called Joey.  
She taught it to swim

With vigor and vim

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/56 "2005-12-14T04:45:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> A clever young Doper named Zoe  
> Had a pet kangaroo she called Joey.  
> She taught it to swim  
> With vigor and vim

And to go-ey along with the flow-ey.  
Said a man who sat down on a tack,

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**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 14, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/57 "2005-12-14T04:46:39Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> A clever young Doper named Zoe  
> Had a pet kangaroo she called Joey.  
> She taught it to swim
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> With vigor and vim

And it ended up saving a buoy…

There once was a lady named Robin-

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/58 "2005-12-14T05:37:45Z")

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> [@cmkeller](#):
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> Said a man who sat down on a tack,

“I must find the culprit and give him a smack!”

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**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 14, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/59 "2005-12-14T13:18:05Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> “I must find the culprit and give him a smack!”

For the tack pierced my hiney

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**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 14, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/60 "2005-12-14T13:36:05Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> For the tack pierced my hiney

And gave me a tiny

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