# 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:** 105

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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 10, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2088 "2015-09-10T16:30:42Z")

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An astronaut, circling Callisto,  
Confused a brassiere with a bistro.  
She shouldn’t be blamed  
Even though she proclaimed  
“I’ve got a hot date with Mephisto!”

An actress tripped while walking on stage

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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 10, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2089 "2015-09-10T17:11:14Z")

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An actress tripped while walking on stage  
Saying " I think I am showing my age!",

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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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2090 "2015-09-10T21:21:14Z")

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An actress tripped while walking on stage  
Saying, " I think I am showing my age!  
I was told, ‘break a leg’

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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 11, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2091 "2015-09-11T14:45:06Z")

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An actress tripped while walking on stage  
Saying, " I think I am showing my age!  
I was told, ‘break a leg’  
But I drank from the keg

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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 12, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2092 "2015-09-12T07:29:13Z")

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An actress tripped while walking on stage,  
Saying, “I think I am showing my age!  
I was told, ‘break a leg’  
But I drank from the keg,  
And I’m talkin’ jes like Satchel Paige”.

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When Donald was once in Ann Arbor,

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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 12, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2093 "2015-09-12T14:07:49Z")

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When Donald was once in Ann Arbor,  
He went to an unlicensed barber.

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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 12, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2094 "2015-09-12T22:16:23Z")

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When Donald was once in Ann Arbor,  
He went to an unlicensed barber.  
He said, “Just a trim”

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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 13, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2095 "2015-09-13T00:12:36Z")

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When Donald was once in Ann Arbor,  
He went to an unlicensed barber.  
He said, “Just a trim”  
But he cut with grin,

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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 13, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2096 "2015-09-13T00:27:24Z")

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When Donald was once in Ann Arbor,  
He went to an unlicensed barber.  
He said, “Just a trim”  
But the barber did grin,  
And shaved him from larboard to starboard.

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To be or not to be? That’s the query

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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:** [September 13, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2097 "2015-09-13T00:43:15Z")

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To be or not to be? That’s the query.  
Not the exact words, I know, but pretty Shakespeare-y.

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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 13, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2098 "2015-09-13T02:02:35Z")

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To be or not to be? That’s the query.  
Not the exact words, I know, but pretty Shakespeare-y.  
And he said, ‘Brevity’

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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 13, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2099 "2015-09-13T02:12:29Z")

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To be or not to be? That’s the query.  
Not the exact words, I know, but pretty Shakespeare-y.  
And he said, ‘Brevity  
Is the essence of levity’

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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 13, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2100 "2015-09-13T02:17:22Z")

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To be or not to be? That’s the query.  
Not the exact words, I know, but pretty Shakespeare-y.  
And he said, ‘Brevity  
Is the essence of levity’  
And the long-winded are so often dreary.

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An elderly priest, Father Kelly,

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2101 "2015-09-13T04:53:03Z")

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An elderly priest, Father Kelly  
Took a walk to the new kosher deli

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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 13, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2102 "2015-09-13T05:22:32Z")

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An elderly priest, Father Kelly,  
Took a walk to the new kosher deli.  
He’d not had salami,

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Schindler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Alex\_Schindler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Schindler)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2103 "2015-09-13T06:09:12Z")

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A tongue or pastrami,

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Schindler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Alex\_Schindler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Schindler)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2104 "2015-09-13T06:10:13Z")

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> [@Orson\_Carte](#):
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> An elderly priest, Father Kelly,  
> Took a walk to the new kosher deli.  
> He’d not had salami,

Or tongue or pastrami,

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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 13, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2105 "2015-09-13T08:20:19Z")

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An elderly priest, Father Kelly,  
Took a walk to the new kosher deli.  
He’d not had salami,  
Or tongue or pastrami  
“Because cured meats will make my farts smelly.”

One night while drinking some whiskey

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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 13, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2106 "2015-09-13T20:50:56Z")

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One night while drinking some whiskey,  
Old Aggie turned suddenly frisky.

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**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2107 "2015-09-13T21:55:31Z")

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One night while drinking some whiskey,  
Old Aggie turned suddenly frisky.  
So she stumbled on over

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