# Loopy Limericks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149>\
**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:** 101

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**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:** [August 27, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2008 "2015-08-27T08:48:37Z")

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I had enchiladas for dinner,  
Cause I’ve heard eating beans makes you thinner.  
But it’s hard to feel sassy  
When you’re really quite gassy,  
And you really must smell good to win her.

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In a cabin tucked deep in the woods,

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2009 "2015-08-27T17:51:25Z")

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In a cabin tucked deep in the woods,  
My sweetie-pie sold her baked goods

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2010 "2015-08-27T17:59:35Z")

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In a cabin tucked deep in the woods,  
My sweetie-pie sold her baked goods  
Mountain men praise her pie

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2011 "2015-08-27T18:04:26Z")

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In a cabin tucked deep in the woods,  
My sweetie-pie sold her baked goods  
Mountain men praise her pie  
And I still don’t know why

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2012 "2015-08-27T19:39:37Z")

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In a cabin tucked deep in the woods,  
My sweetie-pie sold her baked goods  
Mountain men praise her pie  
And I still don’t know why  
But I’ve never been hung up on shoulds.  
Playing hookie, I threw out my line

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**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:** [August 27, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2013 "2015-08-27T21:23:58Z")

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Playing hookie, I threw out my line.  
There’s whoppers out there in the brine.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2014 "2015-08-27T21:49:35Z")

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Playing hookie, I threw out my line.  
There’s whoppers out there in the brine.  
Ladies with fishes’ tails

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2015 "2015-08-28T15:32:29Z")

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Playing hookie, I threw out my line.  
There’s whoppers out there in the brine.  
Ladies with fishes’ tails  
and Leviathan whales.

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**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:** [August 29, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2016 "2015-08-29T05:16:50Z")

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Playing hookie, I threw out my line.  
There’s whoppers out there in the brine.  
Ladies with fishes’ tails,  
And Leviathan whales,  
But just a sprat for the cat would be fine.

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An old bandsman who blew on a cornet,

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2017 "2015-08-29T16:38:52Z")

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An old bandsman who blew on a cornet,  
Remarked "It’s a weird little horn, yet

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2018 "2015-08-29T16:45:15Z")

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An old bandsman who blew on a cornet,  
Remarked "It’s a weird little horn, yet  
It’s the heart of the band

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2019 "2015-08-30T04:42:23Z")

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An old bandsman who blew on a cornet,  
Remarked "It’s a weird little horn, yet  
It’s the heart of the band  
In jazz or dixieland

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2020 "2015-08-30T10:37:03Z")

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An old bandsman who blew on a cornet,  
Remarked “It’s a weird little horn, yet  
It’s the heart of the band  
In jazz or Dixieland,  
But when I blow it sounds like a hornet”.  
I really can’t stand to watch tennis,

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**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:** [August 30, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2021 "2015-08-30T11:59:03Z")

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I really can’t stand to watch tennis  
That small day-glo ball is a menace

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Bungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Mr\_Bungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bungle)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2022 "2015-08-30T19:13:54Z")

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I really can’t stand to watch tennis  
That small day-glo ball is a menace  
those pretentious players

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2023 "2015-08-30T20:03:55Z")

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I really can’t stand to watch tennis,  
That small day-glo ball is a menace.  
Those pretentious players  
Are often as gay as

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**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:** [August 30, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2024 "2015-08-30T20:48:53Z")

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I really can’t stand to watch tennis,  
That small day-glo ball is a menace.  
Those pretentious players  
Are often as gay as  
Martina, who should be named Dennis.

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When I waved my cape at El Toro,

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2025 "2015-08-30T21:26:49Z")

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When I waved my cape at El Toro,  
I was meaning to do so at Zorro

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2026 "2015-08-30T23:48:22Z")

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When I waved my cape at El Toro,  
I was meaning to do so at Zorro  
The bull got enraged

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2027 "2015-08-31T01:25:15Z")

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When I waved my cape at El Toro,  
I was meaning to do so at Zorro  
The bull got enraged  
Like a bibliophage

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