# Limericks of the Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322 "2007-05-16T14:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/81 "2011-04-17T02:24:53Z")
An Objectivist Atlas will shrug When his GF won’t go past a hug Self-reliant as Rand Is his own nimble hand On his Fountainhead ready to tug! A Minuteman was a staunch, fearless warder Of the Brown Peril south of the border 'Til a boom-chicka chica From south Costa Rica Sucked him into a whole New World Order! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/82 "2011-04-17T02:26:02Z")
Libertarians swing and they play You can use them most any which way Straight, gay, trans, or bi Or whatever you’ll try All while shouting, “For freedom! Hooray!” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/83 "2011-04-17T02:52:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Libertarians swing and they play > You can use them most any which way > Straight, gay, trans, or bi > Or whatever you’ll try > All while shouting, “For freedom! Hooray!” A **BrainGlutton** would surely not shun Any thread that’s a zombified one But that limerick there Has a déjà-vu air Yep! You said that in post 61. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/84 "2011-06-09T15:15:12Z")
Although Fascists might seethe, rant, and hate You can still, if you’ll dangle the bait Have 'em your way and then some If but once you convince 'em It is all for the good of the State! When an Anarchist’s out of his clothes Make no mention of rules to impose As to what’s hot or not Or what tab fits what slot – He will make it all up as he goes! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/85 "2011-06-09T22:35:03Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > A **BrainGlutton** would surely not shun > Any thread that’s a zombified one > But that limerick there > Has a déjà-vu air > Yep! You said that in post 61. :o When called out on a foul double play It is Dopely decorum to say, Neither flailing excuses, Nor Pitful abuses, But, gracefully bowing, “Touche!” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/86 "2011-06-10T15:45:12Z")
I remember poor old **JDT** Whose parents just could not foresee That that one little snip When he was just a wee nip Made him (virtually) an amputee! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/87 "2011-06-10T17:26:34Z")
It has come out that my Congressman Sent a girl pix that proves he’s a man Brett Favre is his idol So resignation decidal Will go back and forth, long as he can ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/88 "2011-06-14T17:07:19Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > It has come out that my Congressman > Sent a girl pix that proves he’s a man > Brett Favre is his idol > So resignation decidal > Will go back and forth, long as he can In that same “vein” To all the guys with a bent tone Who send pix of their junk via cell phone: You aren’t being clever, They stay up forever, which cannot be said of your “hambone”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/89 "2014-02-24T03:33:46Z")
When Communists’ love interest sparks They fulfill dialectic of Marx From raging class struggle To lazy ass-snuggle In beds, kitchens, cars, shops, and parks! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/90 "2014-02-24T12:03:24Z")
A Doper named LavenderBlue Wrote a book that found a way to Equate anti-vaxxers, WTC collapsers, And other tin-hatters. “Woo” hoo! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/91 "2014-02-24T15:19:47Z")
Hey, Brain glutton. You left out the one about Nero. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322/92 "2014-02-24T20:03:35Z")
**Brain Glutton** , what’s up with your head? This thread was three years (again!) dead! For better or worse, If you’ve got a new verse, Can’t you just start a fresh one instead? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-of-the-straight-dope/404322.md?page=4)