# Loopy Limericks **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 8, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149 "2015-02-08T21:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1 "2015-02-08T21:37:07Z")
With a modicum of trepidation, in that it might be seen as slightly precocious for a raw newbie to suggest a new game … oh, what the hell. The format that I would suggest is that each contributor may only ever offer one line for each new limerick, but the author of the fifth and last line initiates the first of the next new one. (Cut and paste all of the existing lines and then add your contribution. In that way each creation will reach its conclusion, complete). The Dope She asked, ‘Have you ever inhaled?’ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2 "2015-02-08T21:52:12Z")
She asked, ‘Have you ever inhaled?’ "I tried once and miserably failed. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3 "2015-02-08T22:02:19Z")
She asked, ‘Have you ever inhaled?’ "I tried once and miserably failed. My breathing asthmatic ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4 "2015-02-08T22:16:52Z")
nm (helps to read the rules) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5 "2015-02-08T22:42:05Z")
She asked, ‘Have you ever inhaled?’ "I tried once and miserably failed. My breathing asthmatic Made puffing erratic ---
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7 "2015-02-09T22:24:24Z")
She asked, ‘Have you ever inhaled?’ "I tried once and miserably failed. My breathing asthmatic Made puffing erratic And that’s why we sleep top and tailed. # I apologise for breaking my own suggested ‘rule’ of only one line per contributor per limerick. Call me impatient if you like, but, hopefully, not precious - I just grew tired of waiting to see if the idea would germinate. Now, I’ve started to think it won’t and so will just let it die - unless someone else (like I originally did) thinks it might provide just a little more of an intellectual challenge and amusement than mindlessly building ‘lists’ from information that at one click can be Googled by anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8 "2015-02-09T22:36:16Z")
No, I think this idea has merit. Let’s do another: There once was a pretty young thing ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/9 "2015-02-09T22:38:01Z")
There once was a pretty young thing Hunting an engagement ring ---
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/10 "2015-02-09T22:40:10Z")
withdrawn… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/11 "2015-02-09T22:44:11Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/12 "2015-02-09T22:45:48Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/13 "2015-02-09T22:46:37Z")
There once was a pretty young thing Hunting an engagement ring But the sight of her thighs ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/14 "2015-02-09T22:48:40Z")
There once was a pretty young thing Hunting an engagement ring But the sight of her thighs Brought tears to the eyes ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/15 "2015-02-09T23:19:57Z")
There once was a pretty young thing Hunting an engagement ring But the sight of her thighs Brought tears to the eyes And shrinkage to my ding-a-ling. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/16 "2015-02-10T00:35:28Z")
A famous foot doctor from France ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/17 "2015-02-10T00:39:43Z")
A famous foot doctor from France Was dismayed he had not learned to dance ---
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/18 "2015-02-10T00:56:55Z")
A famous foot doctor from France Was dismayed he had not learned to dance And what this podiatrist most missed ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/19 "2015-02-10T00:57:03Z")
A famous foot doctor from France Was dismayed he had not learned to dance And what this podiatrist most missed Was a pirouette twist ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/20 "2015-02-10T01:23:02Z")
A famous foot doctor from France Was dismayed he had not learned to dance And what this podiatrist most missed Was a pirouette twist From a toothsome young girl in tight pants A man on his way to Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Orson\_Carte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/21 "2015-02-10T01:37:08Z")
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