# limericks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123 "2000-08-21T03:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/141 "2000-09-01T15:46:21Z")
What Scylla had thought was a slappin’ Was realy Spidey’s legs a wrappin’ And he said with a grin as those legs drew him in “MMMMmmm mmm mrrrmm mm mmmmm mmmrm mm.” ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/142 "2000-09-01T15:53:07Z")
Nice to see some fresh electrons in here. There once was a lively MB Which served well for them, you, and me But there are some contrarian Just ask Libertarian How many he’s put over his knee So Scyla has joined in to write The Spider he went to invite While there’ll be some unrest To this I’ll attest The Spider’s got quite the nice bite ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/143 "2000-09-01T15:56:55Z")
We’re honored that you will engage with us in this versing thread so contagious. whether (or not) we’re real I really do feel that your rhymes will be always sagacious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/144 "2000-09-01T16:03:47Z")
That Scylla and sili are silly but I feel they have gilded the lily. While this Spider is spinnin’ her webs, she is grinnin’ as she latches legs on to her quilly\*. \*[ouch] ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/145 "2000-09-01T19:18:56Z")
_Suessian doggerel vs haiku for epistemological champion of the 'verse_ by S Mundi _ahem_ There once were two styles poetic Engaged in a righteous polemic Haiku claimed a crown And Suess threw him down But we all know the king is the limerick ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/146 "2000-09-01T20:32:55Z")
Since you happened to mention Haiku I knew instantly what I must do To fashion a rhyme With no rhythm or time So I put this together for…thou ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/147 "2000-09-01T21:10:19Z")
Aaaarrrgggg! Can;t stop. (But the good news is I’m outa here till Teusday - have a great holiday weekend all you limerickers! There once was a fiesty youg Shrew And the man who would marry her knew If she’d wait at the alter And her diet would falter She would be much more tame, it is true ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/148 "2000-09-01T21:30:13Z")
tradesilicon is quite a knave He posted with accent most grave I laughed and I sputtered and then I just muttered At a keyboard to coke-filled to save ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/149 "2000-09-01T22:30:17Z")
More players jumped into the field and such limericks their efforts did yield I must praise and applaud them and fittingly laud them for poetry talents revealed. S. Mundi his opus has shared and a second rhyme he has prepared His debate intermission fulfills his commission with jingles congenially aired. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/150 "2000-09-02T02:17:07Z")
A student of physics most weary thought the waking world dreadfully dreary but found solace in dreams of revising extremes in her version of Unified Field Theory. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/151 "2000-09-02T02:19:39Z")
A black and white purring feline is an amiable companion divine. Her vibrations thunderous provide comfort wonderous and inspire this glowing opine. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/152 "2000-09-02T02:22:59Z")
Vile aggregates tighten their tentacles ensnaring the credulous in manacles Machiavellian pedagogy is their philosophy: Greed overcomes all obstacles. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/153 "2000-09-02T05:23:12Z")
An arachnid of female persuasion Spun a web which allowed no evasion She invited her prey To come in and play Then she stunned them with five-lined equations ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/154 "2000-09-02T05:27:29Z")
A madman of lost erudition Complained to his tired physician I started to rhyme Now I can’t find my mind But I swear it could once do cognition. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/155 "2000-09-02T05:37:22Z")
There’s no hope for Spiritus Mundi since the black widow came down and stung he Now his syntax is canted And his rhyme schemes quite canted He’s become a limerickal fundie! ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/156 "2000-09-02T14:17:50Z")
Into this thread Spirit’s injected. It’s clear to see he’s been infected. With words he is tricky and so limericky his doggerel he has perfected. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/157 "2000-09-02T16:05:24Z")
With joy and a smile I must say, I’ve returned from my holiday, A brilliant conquest, the tale is no jest, For fishing is work, it’s not play! This once cold thread has more heat, My friends have accomplished this feat, While I’m gone for a day, they get others to play, By recruiting a bunch of “fresh meat”. ---
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/158 "2000-09-02T16:22:43Z")
For fuck’s sake you guys this is gay, This is thread is too long I say, So shut the fuck up Before I saddle up And blow you all fucking away ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/159 "2000-09-02T16:42:07Z")
The MadHatter’s name’s apropos with firearms he threatens to blow us all into the pit because he’s in a snit (this thread is quite long, we know). I say to this crazed milliner if our versing you do not prefer just choose to ignore us and please don’t deplore us or attempt our attempts to deter. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123/160 "2000-09-02T18:23:09Z")
The Styler return from his leave but his missive just misses (I believe). There’s no fish story hyperbole though we know that vebally his talent this mission could achieve. (\*disclaimer: Spiders do not eat fish, at least not this spider) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123.md?page=9)