# 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:** 104

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2068 "2015-09-03T14:54:00Z")

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Last night when I tried counting sheep,  
wide awake and yearning for sleep,  
But sleep never came  
So I started a game  
And fantasizing of sleeping with Bo Peep  
I’ll continue with **Bungle** ’s

A tugboat was docking in Portland,

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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:** [September 3, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2069 "2015-09-03T16:36:58Z")

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A tugboat was docking in Portland,  
after pushing off a ship with a jazz band.

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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:** [September 4, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2070 "2015-09-04T07:13:42Z")

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A tugboat was docking in Portland,  
After pushing off a ship with a jazz band.  
And the weird syncopation,

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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:** [September 4, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2071 "2015-09-04T09:03:24Z")

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A tugboat was docking in Portland,  
After pushing off a ship with a jazz band.  
And the weird syncopation,  
Made the mate (a Croatian),

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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:** [September 4, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2072 "2015-09-04T10:38:05Z")

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A tugboat was docking in Portland,  
After pushing off a ship with a jazz band.  
And the weird syncopation,  
Made the mate (a Croatian),  
Seek his own little tug from a taut hand.

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Old Tex told me how he loved roping,

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2073 "2015-09-04T18:41:25Z")

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Old Tex told me how he loved roping,  
But he was banned from the rodeo for doping

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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:** [September 4, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2074 "2015-09-04T20:10:46Z")

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Old Tex told me how he loved roping,  
But he was banned from the rodeo for doping  
So he soon got a job

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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:** [September 4, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2075 "2015-09-04T20:31:00Z")

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Old Tex told me how he loved roping,  
But he was banned from the rodeo for doping.  
So he soon got a job  
Selling crack for the mob,

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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:** [September 6, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2076 "2015-09-06T20:38:20Z")

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Old Tex told me how he loved roping,  
But he was banned from the rodeo for doping.  
So he soon got a job  
Selling crack for the mob,  
Whose ‘mooed’ changed when he wasn’t coping.  
When Old Polly had climbed into bed,

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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:** [September 7, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2077 "2015-09-07T00:14:18Z")

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When Old Polly had climbed into bed,  
She laid back and then bumped her head

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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:** [September 7, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2078 "2015-09-07T21:53:16Z")

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When Old Polly had climbed into bed,  
She laid back and then bumped her head.  
And the lump that appeared,

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2079 "2015-09-08T15:59:45Z")

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When Old Polly had climbed into bed,  
She laid back and then bumped her head.  
And the lump that appeared,  
Looked like she’d been reared

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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:** [September 9, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2080 "2015-09-09T21:51:02Z")

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When Old Polly had climbed into bed,  
She laid back and then bumped her head.  
And the lump that appeared,  
Looked like she’d been reared  
As it turned out she had been; by Ned!  
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%  
A willful young redhead named Kate,

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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2081 "2015-09-09T21:56:53Z")

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A willful young redhead named Kate  
Was getting dressed up for a date.

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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:** [September 9, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2082 "2015-09-09T22:15:04Z")

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A willful young redhead named Kate  
Was getting dressed up for a date.  
Forgot to wear her panties

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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2083 "2015-09-09T22:46:18Z")

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A willful young redhead named Kate,  
While getting dressed up for a date,  
Forgot to wear panties,  
So she borrowed her auntie’s

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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:** [September 10, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2084 "2015-09-10T02:45:58Z")

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A willful young redhead named Kate,  
While getting dressed up for a date,  
Forgot to wear panties,  
So she borrowed her auntie’s  
Twisted into a figure of eight.

An astronaut, circling Callisto

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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:** [September 10, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2085 "2015-09-10T04:17:47Z")

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An astronaut, circling Callisto,  
Confused a brassiere with a bistro.

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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:** [September 10, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2086 "2015-09-10T13:46:33Z")

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An astronaut, circling Callisto,  
Confused a brassiere with a bistro.  
She shouldn’t be blamed

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2087 "2015-09-10T14:18:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> A willful young redhead named Kate,  
> While getting dressed up for a date,  
> Forgot to wear panties,  
> So she borrowed her auntie’s  
> Twisted into a figure of eight.

_clap clap clap_

An astronaut, circling Callisto,  
Confused a brassiere with a bistro.  
She shouldn’t be blamed  
Even though she proclaimed

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