# 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:** 107

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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, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2128 "2015-09-18T23:33:55Z")

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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,  
And we use whatever’s left on the stoop”.

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A mad magician hailing from Texas,

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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 18, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2129 "2015-09-18T23:52:49Z")

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A mad magician hailing from Texas  
Did a trick that offended both sexes

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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 19, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2130 "2015-09-19T13:31:04Z")

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A mad magician hailing from Texas  
Did a trick that offended both sexes  
With a twinkle in eye…

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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 19, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2131 "2015-09-19T14:34:51Z")

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A mad magician hailing from Texas  
Did a trick that offended both sexes  
With a twinkle in eye…  
And unzipping his 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 19, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2132 "2015-09-19T19:13:43Z")

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A mad magician hailing from Texas  
Did a trick that offended both sexes  
With a twinkle in eye…  
And unzipping his fly  
He’s in jail because of his hexes

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There was a young maiden from Maine

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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 19, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2133 "2015-09-19T19:30:12Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who decided to romance Lois Lane.

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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 19, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2134 "2015-09-19T22:43:58Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who decided to romance Lois Lane.  
But what she’d forgotten,

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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 20, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2135 "2015-09-20T22:18:17Z")

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_Ooops_

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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 21, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2136 "2015-09-21T19:08:30Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who decided to romance Lois Lane.  
But what she’d forgotten  
Is that, although wanton,

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**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:** [September 21, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2137 "2015-09-21T19:29:25Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who decided to romance Lois Lane.  
But what she’d forgotten  
Is that, although wanton,  
Lois only did it to drive Clark insane.  
The Dark Knight has a room in his cave

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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 21, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2138 "2015-09-21T20:49:10Z")

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The Dark Knight has a room in his cave  
For anyone bold enough to brave

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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 22, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2139 "2015-09-22T19:24:56Z")

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The Dark Knight has a room in his cave  
For anyone bold enough to brave,  
For inside dwells Cock Robin,

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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 23, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2140 "2015-09-23T13:20:05Z")

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The Dark Knight has a room in his cave  
For anyone bold enough to brave,  
For inside dwells Cock Robin,  
Who will tear off your noggin

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**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:** [September 23, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2141 "2015-09-23T19:09:11Z")

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The Dark Knight has a room in his cave  
For anyone bold enough to brave,  
For inside dwells Cock Robin,  
Who will tear off your noggin  
And use it to style his permanent wave.  
The young thing was trying out for a part

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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 24, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2142 "2015-09-24T03:18:55Z")

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The young thing was trying out for a part,  
But was stumped by a quote from Descartes.

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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 24, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2143 "2015-09-24T07:32:43Z")

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The young thing was trying out for a part,  
But was stumped by a quote from Descartes  
Except our own thoughts…

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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 24, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2144 "2015-09-24T21:57:15Z")

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The young thing was trying out for a part,  
But was stumped by a quote from Descartes  
Except our own thoughts…  
something something robots?

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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 24, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2145 "2015-09-24T22:19:44Z")

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The young thing was trying out for a part,  
But was stumped by a quote from Descartes.  
Except our own thoughts…  
Something something robots?  
Don’t blame me, it went wrong near the start.

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A pert lady who was pushing a stroller,

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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 24, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2146 "2015-09-24T22:30:43Z")

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A pert lady who was pushing a stroller,  
Met a guy she thought was bipolar

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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 24, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2147 "2015-09-24T23:33:06Z")

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A pert lady who was pushing a stroller,  
Met a guy she thought was bipolar  
It’s all ups and downs

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