# In days of old when knights were bold... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978 "2007-11-19T01:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/1 "2007-11-19T01:01:49Z")
I am not asking for the actual limericks, but I am curious to know what is greatest number of limericks any Straight Doper knows beginning with those immortal words. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/2 "2007-11-19T01:16:19Z")
I’m guessing zero. The line doesn’t scan right for the beginning of a limerick. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/3 "2007-11-19T01:31:51Z")
Only the one (and this really took digging up some memory cells): In days of old when knights were bold and toilets weren’t invented, they laid their load upon the road and walked away contented ! (circa 5th grade - ~'68) ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/4 "2007-11-19T01:50:07Z")
Yep. Not a limerick. The only verse I remember beginning with that line was : In days of old when knights were bold And women weren’t invented, They all drilled holes in telegraph poles, and came away contented. Early 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/5 "2007-11-19T01:56:37Z")
In days of old, when knights were bold And condoms weren’t invented, He wrapped a sock around his cock And babies were prevented. I am surprised to see those other ones up there - I thought this was the only one! love yams!! ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/6 "2007-11-19T01:58:43Z")
In the same vein: In days of old When men were bold And paper had not been invented The wiped their ass With blades of grass And walked away contented. The other one I knew was already given. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/7 "2007-11-19T01:59:42Z")
Just as a piece of information, the refrain was subject to parody by 1906. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/8 "2007-11-19T02:23:56Z")
In days of old When knights were bold And condoms weren’t invented. They’d wrap their cocks Up in their socks And hump away contented. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/9 "2007-11-19T02:57:23Z")
In days of old, when knights were bold, And girls were not particular You’d line them all against the wall And screw them perpendicular ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/10 "2007-11-19T05:10:53Z")
In days of old when knights were bold and journeyed from their castles Trusty men were left behind Knights needed not the hassles. They helped themselves to pig and peach And drank from the King’s own chalice Ah, it was a stirring sight, These gypsies in the palace! Into to Jimmy Buffett’s song, _Gypsies in the Palace_ ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/11 "2007-11-19T12:55:01Z")
As noted, not limericks. You want a knight-related limerick? _There once was a knight named Lancelot Who had to adjust his stance a lot; For whenever he’d pass A pretty young lass The front of his pants would advance a lot._ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/12 "2007-11-19T15:16:26Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] In days of old when knights were bold and journeyed from their castles Trusty men were left behind Knights needed not the hassles. They helped themselves to pig and peach And drank from the King’s own chalice Ah, it was a stirring sight, These gypsies in the palace! Into to Jimmy Buffett’s song, _Gypsies in the Palace_ [/QUOTE] Post thief. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-days-of-old-when-knights-were-bold/426978/13 "2007-11-19T17:17:03Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] In days of old, when knights were bold, And girls were not particular You’d line them all against the wall And screw them perpendicular [/QUOTE] This is the one I know.