# LIMERICKS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 1999, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002 "1999-09-07T04:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/101 "1999-09-16T14:07:00Z")
With Limericks, my biggest trouble, Is getting the meanings to double. Like poetry oughta’ , Come hell or high watta’. If you don’t get it, you’ll rupture my bubble. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/102 "1999-09-16T14:13:00Z")
I’m posting here for the first time To say these limericks are sublime But they’d be so much sweeter If we’d stick to the meter Instead of ignoring the proper rhythm and going on and on to get to the rhyme. (get it?) ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/103 "1999-09-16T14:39:00Z")
Chef Troy, I don’t mean to offend, But it’s clear from the poem you penned, That your brain has no meter, ‘cause you want it neater. So read it aloud and rescind. ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/104 "1999-09-16T14:42:00Z")
Lines 1,2 and 5 have three beats with 3 and 4 two times are neat Call me eccentric I wanna be metric But how can these meters have feet? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/105 "1999-09-16T14:47:00Z")
It’s true that one must use good meter For a limerick to be a repeater; Sharp rhyming and a pun Makes the ditty more fun; As do naughty words like woo-woo and peter. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/106 "1999-09-17T05:07:00Z")
You have to be thoughtful like me, To hear rhythm in 4 beats, not three. If the rhyme’s really clever, Don’t be anal—WHATEVER! It’s s’posed to be FUN, don’t you see? ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/107 "1999-09-17T05:59:00Z")
To ChefTroy: After reviewing your post I must say, It’s FUNNY, yep, it made my day. That last line was too much It had just the right touch. Goes to show that there’s more than one way. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/108 "1999-09-16T18:59:00Z")
Damn, allready on page three Now you done surprised me This damn thread Won’t end up dead Until armegeddon comes to be ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/109 "1999-09-16T20:10:00Z")
**okatym** is correct about poem creation: Don’t get hung up on rhythmic variation; Likewise don’t be anal, Nor overly banal: Yes, that’s an accepted pronunciation! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/110 "1999-09-16T20:15:00Z")
My last post was worded a wee bit wrong: I’ve got no objection to sodomy song, If you’re singing of lasses With nice rounded asses, Go ahead! I’ll sing right along! ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/111 "1999-09-17T03:28:00Z")
While your rhyme really did entertain us TennHippie your tempo was heinous The kids’ll avoid us For talking of coitus And other fun in a gal’s anus. ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/112 "1999-09-17T04:07:00Z")
I know we’re not trying to compete But our posts are rather petite Others are widespread This is a unified thread We posters of 5 lines are aesthete ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/113 "1999-09-17T05:33:00Z")
Thanks, Loco, for the left-handed praise. Know that limericks can be read various ways. Try sounding it twice, Perhaps even thrice, To hear different rhythms it displays. If your opinion still does not budge, Despite my encouraging nudge: I write not for measure, But simply for pleasure. Thus, I do not carry a grudge. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/114 "1999-09-17T07:06:00Z")
Dear Lord will you please come and save us Lest TennHippie’s limericking deprave us I speak for myself A libidinous elf Sexual rhyming stirs something in my _huevos_ ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/115 "1999-09-17T11:25:00Z")
Just clicked on this post the first time. 'Fraid of lameness and not worth my mind. But give TennHippie top grade! For the poems he hath made, And giving others a great chance to shine. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/116 "1999-09-17T18:15:00Z")
I sure hope that this thread still has life. Love that sarcasm that cuts like a knife! So come on Posters who Can throw a barb, maybe two? Hit me with it! I promise no strife. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/117 "1999-09-17T18:32:00Z")
Just promise you won’t start a row And then I’ll take a crack at you now. The unkindest cut isn’t insult flames, but Hearing, “Just who are YOU, anyhow?” * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/118 "1999-09-17T18:43:00Z")
Divemaster, my friend and my brother You seek flaming unlike any other One does come to mind But since I’m so kind I refrain from insulting your mother. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/119 "1999-09-17T19:32:00Z")
Divemaster, I think you’ll get pissed, Cause you sound like a wimp-masochist. But I’ll flame you later, You Divemasterbater, For now I’m a poetry sadist. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002/120 "1999-09-17T19:55:00Z")
A Wordmeister I know I am not. I think champaign, but it comes out like snot So if you happen to see Magical verse come from me, You know it’s not mine; rather bought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/8002.md?page=7)