Limericks of the Straight Dope

(crap… replace “had” with “has” in the first line above)

The members here - quite sublime
to show they’ve the smarts and the time
To acknowlege a mod’s reaming
and know the thread’s themeing
To respond to the mod with a rhyme.

Though Ludovic’s limerick was clever,
Nature’s Call thought the endeavor
had too many words.
A great WHOOOSH was heard
which this thread will record forever.

The experts all flock to GQ;
Share their wisdom in Great Debates, too;
IMHO, CS,
M-P-S-I-M-S…
But the Pit’s got the best BBQ.

While “Nantucket” is used much more often
I’m enjoying the smile “snuck off” brought on
So in this reply
A “whoosh” I deny
What else can a Tangent go off on? :smiley:

Nature was obviously stalling
Since Dex for her joke had been falling
I thought it was cool
To be played a fool
For whooshing is clearly her calling

(If Nature’s Calling is a guy, change the appropriate pronouns)

My comment to Ludovic’s not rude
Dexter’s post (if I rightly construed)
Was aimed at Key Lime Guy
and his Liberal drive by
(And oh, by the way, I’m a dude)

Sublime is an awfully strong word
in fact it seems almost absurd
for Dopers like me who
would respond easily to
a label like geek, dweeb, or nerd

I’m surprised that no one’s used the schtick
which isn’t a an actual limerick
they may stop at line three…
but this one doesn’t, you see
Hey! stop highlighting my words ya prick! :).

There once was a lady of Kew
Whose limericks stopped at line two

There once was a man of Verdun

I will make fellow posters aware
of Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share
Read my rad MMP
Where I tell you with glee
How my kitten got covered with Nair.

There was an OP in the Pit
Posted by someone madder than shit
All those who did view
Gave it 7.2
For its inventive use of “fuckwit”.

He would get SDSAB bunk keys,
If he wrote a guest column, just one, please.
He said “Yes”, in retort,
“If it’s called ‘Staff Report’,
'Cuz that ‘Mailbag’ crap is for flunkies.”

Have a boring old screenname? Hell, never!
He’d think of one smashingly clever
He tried to be pithy
But ended up with the
Least Original User Name Ever

Crappy dayth? Yeth, OpalCat hath 'em,
In The Fabulouth Forumth of Fathom,
For the wandering Doperth,
And third-item Hi Op’lerth
Can cauthe her to go into thpathm.

(meant purely in jest)

A clever IT guy named Jerry
Found a fix for the deluge of queries
That made the boards lurch:
“Once you’ve finished one search,
Your second one’s next February!”

Could bibliophage, Dex or Ed kill?
Roll, you’d better believe, lots of heads will,
If e’en one of them see
One more #*$&-ing OP
About goddamned airplanes on a treadmill!

If of lame running jokes you are scared
Be warned that v. few threads are spared
Some words about Og
or “I burning your dog”
or “Batman, if he was prepared”.

Although I’m not much of a boaster
I think I’m a pretty good roaster.
This thread’s fun to take up
It’s jolly to make up
Lies About The Previous Posterp

Whilst surfing the S.D.M.B.
I was quite astonished to see
My name taken in vain
But looking again
It was nothing to do with ole me…