# For all those limerick fans.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422 "2000-02-28T20:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/1 "2000-02-28T20:50:00Z")
Complete the rhyme… and then start another… There once was a man name Sal… * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/2 "2000-02-28T21:07:00Z")
There once was a man named sal Who loved a bodacious gal… * * * VB Changing my Sigline again 'cause Vebs’tummy is all better now! ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/3 "2000-02-28T21:13:00Z")
There once was a man named sal Who loved a bodacious gal… * * * VB Changing my Sigline again 'cause Vebs’tummy is all better now! ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/4 "2000-02-28T21:16:00Z")
**PCW** – I generally enjoy your wit and wisdom on the board but … If you’re going to start a limerick game _at least start with a line that scans!!!_ How about … There once was a fellow named Sal… or There once was an old man named Sal… ## Sheesh!!! If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/5 "2000-02-28T21:18:00Z")
There once was a man named sal Who loved a bodacious gal, When he showed her his ‘thang’… ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/6 "2000-02-28T21:19:00Z")
Now you’ve got **VB** doing it!! Listen up everyone: The first line of a limerick has eight syllables!!! Eight. As in a few (see the few thread for details). Unless we’re supposed to pronounce “bodacious” with four syllables you both screwed up! Pluto \<- retires with his knickers in a knot. ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/7 "2000-02-28T21:53:00Z")
Ok Pluto, you asked for it: There once was a plumber named Lee who was plumbing a girl by the sea Said the girl “stop your plumbing,there’s somebody coming” Said the plumber still plumbing “it’s me!” * * * VB Changing my Sigline again 'cause Vebs’tummy is all better now! ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/8 "2000-02-28T21:59:00Z")
Pluto… as you may have noticed, I have never been one to follow rules… but thank you for pointing them out. * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/9 "2000-02-28T22:06:00Z")
There once was a fellow named Sal, who was in love with a bodacious gal, when he showed her his ‘thang’ she screamed out with a twang… ## And VB, that’s so YOU! always thinking from, well, never mind. 😉 Life is teaching you some painful lessons. But it is from adversity that strength is born. You may have lost the inning, but I know you’ll win the game. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/10 "2000-02-28T22:20:00Z")
## There once was a fellow named Sal, who was in love with a bodacious gal, when he showed her his ‘thang’ she screamed out with a twang and exlaimed, “Can’t you straighten it? I shall!” Mayor of [Snerdville](http://fathom.org/snerdville), the home of Mortimer Snerd “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/11 "2000-02-29T00:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by purplebear: > \*\* > > And VB, that’s so YOU! always thinking from, well, never mind. 😉 > \*\* Woohooo! 400 posts! Now, let’s be accurate, Purplebear; I don’t think _with_ it, but it’s the only toy God gave me, I will play with it 'til it breaks, and I was taught to share! 😉 * * * VB Changing my Sigline again 'cause Vebs’tummy is all better now! ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/12 "2000-02-29T19:45:00Z")
VB, dear, and I quote"let’s be accurate, Purplebear…" So, let’s! I said, _FROM_ there, not _WITH_ there. HAH! I won’t comment on ‘it’ breaking, but if you really share… you know where I live… 😉 To continue with this limerick thing: There once was a guy named Larry… * * * Life is teaching you some painful lessons. But it is from adversity that strength is born. You may have lost the inning, but I know you’ll win the game. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/13 "2000-02-29T20:10:00Z")
Are you guys trying to give pluto a seizure? Come on, now…if a thing’s worth doing, it’s woth doing right! The once was a **fellow** named Larry Whose “thang” was bodacious and hairy * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![drollman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@drollman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drollman)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/14 "2000-02-29T21:23:00Z")
Good Gawd, I love limericks! There once was a fellow named Larry, Whose “thang” was bodacious and hairy. It looked like a cigar… * * * My fate keeps getting in the way of my destiny. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/15 "2000-02-29T21:41:00Z")
Extra points to anyone who is able to work “The Virgin Mary” into the final line. ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/16 "2000-03-01T00:34:00Z")
There once was a fellow named Larry, Whose “thang” was bodacious and hairy. It looked like a cigar,was hard as a bar, and converted the Virgin Mary! “Gimmee the points!” 🙂 * * * VB Cowabunga Buffalo Bob! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/17 "2000-03-01T03:36:00Z")
[shoving the extra credit over to VB with the tip of his pool cue] There was a young man of Toledo… * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/18 "2000-03-01T04:26:00Z")
## There was a young man from Toledo, Who carried a bulge in his Speedo… If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/19 "2000-03-01T05:45:00Z")
There was a young man from Toledo, Who carried a bulge in his Speedo, The day it got loose, The cops cooked the goose, Of his spicy, exotic burrito. ## (don’t ask ME what it means!) [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422/20 "2000-03-01T06:25:00Z")
There was a young man from Toledo, Who carried a bulge in his Speedo, … You’re talking about me, right? * * * “People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis, But they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.” – Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) _/_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-those-limerick-fans/15422.md?page=2)