How do you know when a lime is ripe?
Eat it… If it doesn’t taste good, it wasn’t ripe…
Jeez, this stuff isn’t that hard.
Jason R Remy
“Open mindedness is not the same thing as empty mindedness.”
– John Dewey Democracy and Education (1916)
It should be an even, dark green all over, with almost no hint of any other color. When you squeeze it, it should give very slightly; unripe limes will be hard as golf balls, while overripe ones will be squishy.
Thanx. 
If, after 8 or 9 tequilla shots, you find that you are feeling a little dizzy and unwell, then you’ve definitely got yourself an unripe lime.
It only hurts when I laugh.
you find that you are feeling a little dizzy and unwell, Then it’s time to
Put de lime in de coconut and mix um boat up, put de lime in de coconut and dree um bo down.
Some kid was making limeades, according to the sign on his sidewalk stand. His father had to stop him–because he was using a big bag of lime. 
“If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge
I think I saw that joke in the Belvedere comic strip two decades ago.
Now I limey down to sleep.
I pray this tub won’t sink too deep.
Thanks, Tracer. I wondered where I got that.
“If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge
You put de lime in de coconut…