# Finish the Limerick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499 "2007-06-26T17:40:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4

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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:** [June 28, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/61 "2007-06-28T19:29:10Z")

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[QUOTE=buttonjockey308]  
Twas a young shooter named Willie…  
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Who wanted a girl named Millie.  
He thought she was hot,  
But when he took his shot,  
She told him to go screw a filly.

I’ve heard that three words end in _gry_…

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/62 "2007-06-28T19:48:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
I’ve heard that three words end in _gry_…  
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Niin ohut että sydämesi  
Mene vuorille  
Mene kauas merelle  
Hyväilen sinua, mene, mene.

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/63 "2007-06-28T19:49:14Z")

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[QUOTE=saoirse]  
Niin ohut että sydämesi  
Mene vuorille  
Mene kauas merelle  
Hyväilen sinua, mene, mene.  
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Oops. Never mind. I misread the thread title.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/64 "2007-06-28T20:38:38Z")

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There’s a rule: no writing in Quenya except in LOTR threads 🙂

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/65 "2007-06-28T22:04:14Z")

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There’s a rule: no writing in Quenya  
Because you never know when ya  
Will need someone’s aid  
To know what **saoirse** said.  
Elvish: as foreign as Kenya. \<-- yeah, that’s pretty lame  
A nerd who loved Tolkein once said…

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**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/66 "2007-06-29T00:42:36Z")

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A nerd who loved Tolkein once said,  
“I’d like horns to come out of my head”  
I’d rule Middle earth, and show them my worth,  
and get a REAL LIVE girl in my bed.  
There was a Pirate I knew name of Roger…

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/67 "2007-06-29T04:34:39Z")

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[QUOTE=buttonjockey308]  
There was a Pirate I knew name of Roger…  
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Who was a boring old arse of a codger  
Though a peg leg he was  
I didn’t listen because  
to me just another coffin dodger  
Two guys named Jack and Bob…

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/68 "2007-06-29T05:22:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]

Two guys named Jack and Bob…  
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had a fondness for each other’s knob  
they tried all kinds of things  
dildoes, butt-plugs, and swings  
and even a dried up corn cob :eek:  
A wizened old Rabbi from Brooklyn…

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/69 "2007-06-29T07:06:16Z")

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[QUOTE=danceswithcats]  
A wizened old Rabbi from Brooklyn…  
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Bought hookers and started with ticklin’,  
They’d laugh and he’d come,  
And pay a large sum,  
Then fry up a large batch of chitlins.

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/70 "2007-06-29T07:14:52Z")

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Oh right, a new starter line. First I have to share this quote, because I can’t resist.

“There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a-”

“Data!”

[sub]Ahem, moving on…[/sub]

There once was a lonley programmer…

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/71 "2007-06-29T13:33:07Z")

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[QUOTE=sturmhauke]  
There once was a lonley programmer…  
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Who grew bored and became a spammer  
Pushing perscription pills  
For all sorts of thrills  
until his fingers were broken with a hammer.  
How about Straight Dope cliches…

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/72 "2007-06-29T17:43:08Z")

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There once was a butcher named Hutton…

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/73 "2007-06-29T18:55:38Z")

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How about Straight Dope cliches  
Think of liberals, dweebs and “the gays”  
There’s a general theme  
A non-ignorance meme  
That’s enforced on the seldomest days  
There once was a butcher named Hutton

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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:** [June 29, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/74 "2007-06-29T19:16:38Z")

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[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso]  
There once was a butcher named Hutton  
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Who was asked to cut up some mutton  
His day could have been nicer –  
He got caught by the slicer  
Not only his hands, but his butt in!

Kate and Amy took off their tops…

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/75 "2007-06-29T19:20:31Z")

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[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso]  
There once was a butcher named Hutton  
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Who made himself a wife out of mutton  
When caught getting down  
He turned with a frown  
And said “C’mon, I aint’ doing nuttin.”

Kate and Amy took off their tops…

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/76 "2007-06-29T20:02:24Z")

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There once was a butcher named Hutton,  
whose wife was a glutton for mutton.  
He snuck up beside 'er,  
threw 'er into the grinder…

…NO MUTTON NO GLUTTON **NO NUTHIN’!**

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**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:** [July 1, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/77 "2007-07-01T03:26:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Kate and Amy took off their tops…  
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Kate and Amy took off their tops  
When busted by radar-armed cops.  
They were doin’ ‘bout eighty,  
So they flirted R-ratey…  
But the cops knew well the girls’ pops!

There once was a die-hard “Die Hard” fan,

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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/78 "2007-07-01T06:51:56Z")

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there once was a twin name of Juan  
looked just like brother Amal  
The pictures were taken  
only of Juan, if-I am not mistaken,  
cus if you seen Juan, you’ve seen Amal

FML  
Next line

Two photons set out one night

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**Author:** ![Djurmz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Djurmz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Djurmz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/79 "2007-07-01T16:37:19Z")

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There was once a die-hard “Die Hard” fan.  
Shocked by the latest die-hard plan  
a PG-13 rating?  
it sounds too sedating  
Where’s the YIPPEKIYAYMOTHERFUCKER, man?

ETA: Two photons set out one night

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**Author:** ![Djurmz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Djurmz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Djurmz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-limerick/409499/80 "2007-07-01T17:39:32Z")

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Photons? This is the lowest I could go when given photons…  
Two photons set out one night  
Chasing women, at the speed of light  
we’ll never get ass  
we don’t have any mass  
only molecules can we excite.  
New line:

Old Brutus, he worked on the dock…

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