# 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:** 106

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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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2108 "2015-09-13T22:24:10Z")

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One night while drinking some whiskey,  
Old Aggie turned suddenly frisky.  
So she stumbled on over  
To a Spanish sea rover,

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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 14, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2109 "2015-09-14T13:59:27Z")

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One night while drinking some whiskey,  
Old Aggie turned suddenly frisky.  
So she stumbled on over  
To a Spanish sea rover,  
And what they did then was rather risky.

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Is risqué pronounced risk-key or risk-kay?

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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 14, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2110 "2015-09-14T15:32:04Z")

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Is risqué pronounced risk-key or risk-kay?  
I need to have this question answered brisk-lay

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**Author:** ![chuangt2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@chuangt2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuangt2u)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2111 "2015-09-14T16:43:44Z")

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Is risqué pronounced risk-key or risk-kay?  
I need to have this question answered brisk-lay  
“Use your own Google-Fu”  
said that lump called chuangt2u

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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 14, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2112 "2015-09-14T20:44:33Z")

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Is risqué pronounced risk-key or risk-kay?  
I need to have this question answered brisk-lay  
“Use your own Google-Fu,”  
Said that lump called chuangt2u,  
“But don’t ever Ask Jeeves, because it’s-gay”.

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A long time ago I learned Latin,

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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 14, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2113 "2015-09-14T21:01:19Z")

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A long time ago I learned Latin  
Who taught me? 'Twas General Patton

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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 14, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2114 "2015-09-14T21:23:06Z")

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A long time ago I learned Latin  
Who taught me? 'Twas General Patton,  
“Non pro patria mori”,

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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 14, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2115 "2015-09-14T22:11:18Z")

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A long time ago I learned Latin  
Who taught me? 'Twas General Patton,  
“Non pro patria mori”,  
Though his syntax was hoary

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2116 "2015-09-14T23:44:41Z")

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A long time ago I learned Latin  
Who taught me? 'Twas General Patton,  
“Non pro patria mori”,  
Though his syntax was hoary  
Sweetly proper was his Manhattan

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In a compound one day in Abbottabad,

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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 14, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2117 "2015-09-14T23:48:12Z")

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In a compound one day in Abbottabad  
He said a phrase that made Costello mad

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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 15, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2118 "2015-09-15T14:24:15Z")

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In a compound one day in Abbottabad  
He said a phrase that made Costello mad  
So Bud punched out Lou

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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 15, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2119 "2015-09-15T14:38:49Z")

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In a compound one day in Abbottabad  
He said a phrase that made Costello mad  
So Bud punched out Lou,  
And said “Screw you, Who?!”

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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 15, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2120 "2015-09-15T15:01:31Z")

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In a compound one day in Abbottabad  
He said a phrase that made Costello mad  
So Bud punched out Lou,  
And said “Screw you, Who?!”  
Screws your mom? Certainly not your dad!

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As Raj said to Sheldon Cooper

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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 15, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2121 "2015-09-15T16:09:00Z")

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As Raj said to Sheldon Cooper  
Why do you knock when I’m on the pooper?

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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 15, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2122 "2015-09-15T16:11:30Z")

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As Raj said to Sheldon Cooper  
Why do you knock when I’m on the pooper?  
"Like Schrödinger’s cat,

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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:** [September 15, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2123 "2015-09-15T17:27:50Z")

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As Raj said to Sheldon Cooper  
Why do you knock when I’m on the pooper?  
"Like Schrödinger’s cat,  
I may or may not have shat

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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 16, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2124 "2015-09-16T20:34:09Z")

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As Raj said to Sheldon Cooper  
Why do you knock when I’m on the pooper?  
“Like Schrödinger’s cat,  
I may or may not have shat.  
Either way, I’m feeling quite super!”

I said “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!”

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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 18, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2125 "2015-09-18T06:25:40Z")

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I said “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!  
It’s glowing brightly there, deep in the goop”.

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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 18, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2126 "2015-09-18T13:51:32Z")

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I said “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!  
It’s glowing brightly there, deep in the goop”.  
He yelled “That’s no fly!”

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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 18, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2127 "2015-09-18T14:53:45Z")

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I said “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!  
It’s glowing brightly there, deep in the goop”.  
He yelled “That’s no fly!”  
“It’s just a cat’s eye.”

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