# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/81 "2005-12-14T17:39:25Z")
Accusations were flying as was spit ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/82 "2005-12-14T17:51:22Z")
He called for repentance Dressed as Burt Reynolds and Dinah? **BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAA!!!** ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/83 "2005-12-14T18:04:15Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > He called for repentance (a pretty stiff sentence) ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/84 "2005-12-14T18:08:02Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > (a pretty stiff sentence) Or at least as stiff as those things will go. \*\* The mailman making his rounds\*\* ---
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/85 "2005-12-14T18:10:20Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Or at least as stiff as those things will go. Bzzzzt! I call “no good” on this as a last line – you need to rhyme with pulpit and spit. Try again. ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/86 "2005-12-14T18:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > A preacher was pounding his pulpit > Accusations were flying as was spit > He called for repentance > (a pretty stiff sentence) And his sermon got moved to The Pit. ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/87 "2005-12-14T18:12:27Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Bzzzzt! I call “no good” on this as a last line – you need to rhyme with pulpit and spit. Try again. How about “… as stiff as those things will git?” ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/88 "2005-12-14T18:13:16Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > How about “… as stiff as those things will git?” So edited. ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/89 "2005-12-14T18:28:16Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > \*\* > The mailman making his rounds\*\* When he found a Peter Paul Mounds ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/90 "2005-12-14T18:31:22Z")
But he felt like a nut ---
**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 14, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/91 "2005-12-14T18:35:46Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > But he felt like a nut And it entered his gut ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/92 "2005-12-14T18:36:23Z")
So he sat on his butt, ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/93 "2005-12-14T18:37:28Z")
And proceded to pack on the pounds. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/94 "2005-12-14T18:39:24Z")
A politico, running for election, ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/95 "2005-12-14T18:45:58Z")
Just for the heck of it, here’s what popped into my head to follow that line: A politico, running for election, Dissed Darwin and natural selection. Feeling quite sage, And with right-wing rage, Came to sport an unseemly erection. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/96 "2005-12-14T18:50:06Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > A politico, running for election, Showed congress a Christmas erection With a tip-o-the-hat to **Anastasaeon** ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/97 "2005-12-14T19:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=Earthworm Jim] Showed congress a Christmas erection [QUOTE] Get your mind from the gutter, you pervs It’s sparkles and winkles and curves, ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/98 "2005-12-14T19:47:31Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > > [@Earthworm Jim](#): > > > > Showed congress a Christmas erection > > Get your mind from the gutter, you pervs > It’s sparkles and winkles and curves, It’s a common enough prediliction. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/99 "2005-12-14T19:49:44Z")
Ooh, I get to start a new one! This one’s for the cool kids. 🆒 _This week, in the ol’ MMP …_ ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-limerick/335457/100 "2005-12-14T19:51:24Z")
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