# How was your day? In rhyming couplets. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696 "2018-04-03T06:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/1 "2018-04-03T06:38:24Z")
I start is off with one line. Second person rhymes with mine with one line. Third poster starts a new rhyming couplet… a…also one line. And so on. I’ll start with, I got a late start and didn’t finish my yard. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/2 "2018-04-03T07:02:03Z")
Now where did I put the gardener’s card? (Am I doing this right? Should I supply a next first line? Or did I misunderstand the instructions?) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/3 "2018-04-03T13:24:14Z")
A train held me up on my morning commute ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/4 "2018-04-03T14:25:18Z")
It caused just a momentarily dispute. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/5 "2018-04-03T15:17:52Z")
I woke with a charley-horse in my leg. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/6 "2018-04-03T15:28:51Z")
So I cut it off and replaced with a peg. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/7 "2018-04-03T15:30:22Z")
The peg made me look like a buccaneer. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/8 "2018-04-03T15:39:44Z")
So I decided to dig out my pirate gear. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/9 "2018-04-03T15:48:51Z")
I threw on me eyepatch and got me a hook. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/10 "2018-04-03T15:56:15Z")
Went to the marina for a boat which I took. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/11 "2018-04-03T17:34:22Z")
Found a parrot to perch on me shoulder ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/12 "2018-04-03T18:37:08Z")
But it made me look a little older. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/13 "2018-04-03T19:44:52Z")
So I exchanged it for a large iguana. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/14 "2018-04-03T19:59:24Z")
And then I smoked some marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/15 "2018-04-03T20:46:34Z")
Tried to catch some native fauna. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/16 "2018-04-03T21:00:24Z")
Hey, let’s start a new rhyme (I know I wanna) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/17 "2018-04-03T21:32:10Z")
This toasty office feels like a sauna. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/18 "2018-04-03T21:34:18Z")
I led the charge; you can call me Bwana! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/19 "2018-04-03T23:39:24Z")
My new boss did not like that much. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/20 "2018-04-03T23:52:23Z")
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