# 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:** 117

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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:** [October 29, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2328 "2015-10-29T14:11:57Z")

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I just saw a skunk on the path.  
Startled, it attacked me in wrath  
What a God awful stench.

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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:** [October 29, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2329 "2015-10-29T18:23:17Z")

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I just saw a skunk on the path.  
Startled, it attacked me in wrath  
What a God awful stench.  
That Dame Judy Dench

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2330 "2015-10-30T02:13:27Z")

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I just saw a skunk on the path.  
Startled, it attacked me in wrath  
What a God awful stench.  
That Dame Judy Dench  
Couldn’t see it, but she said “Take a bath!”

(BTW, It’s “Judi.”)

The throng started running in fear

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2331 "2015-10-30T11:39:29Z")

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The throng started running in fear  
From what is not exactly clear

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2332 "2015-10-30T13:59:12Z")

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The throng started running in fear  
From what is not exactly clear  
Was it the howl of ghouls?

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2333 "2015-10-30T14:41:48Z")

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The throng started running in fear  
From what is not exactly clear  
Was it the howl of ghouls?  
Or just the running of fools?

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2334 "2015-10-30T17:34:54Z")

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The throng started running in fear  
From what is not exactly clear  
Was it the howl of ghouls?  
Or just the running of fools?  
Escape took far more than first gear.

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There once was a band that played rusty springs

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2335 "2015-10-31T13:17:36Z")

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There once was a band that played rusty springs  
And quite a number of other odd things.

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2336 "2015-10-31T15:17:02Z")

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There once was a band that played rusty springs  
And quite a number of other odd things.  
Old spoons, forks, and knives

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2337 "2015-11-02T04:27:41Z")

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There once was a band that played rusty springs  
And quite a number of other odd things.  
Old spoons, forks, and knives  
And active bee hives

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2338 "2015-11-02T09:22:46Z")

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There once was a band that played rusty springs  
And quite a number of other odd things.  
Old spoons, forks, and knives  
And active bee hives  
But the jazz they make really humdings!

A bishop was kneeling in prayer

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2339 "2015-11-02T15:09:17Z")

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A bishop was kneeling in prayer  
When his underwear began to tear.

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2340 "2015-11-02T15:20:00Z")

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A bishop was kneeling in prayer  
When his underwear began to tear.  
The fabric, it parted

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2341 "2015-11-02T15:22:23Z")

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A bishop was kneeling in prayer  
When his underwear began to tear.  
The fabric, it parted  
The bishop, he farted.

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2342 "2015-11-02T15:42:22Z")

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A bishop was kneeling in prayer  
When his underwear began to tear.  
The fabric, it parted  
The bishop, he farted.  
and the flock got a whiff of sacred air  
the acolyte was sitting in the pew

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2343 "2015-11-02T15:43:57Z")

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The acolyte was sitting in the pew  
when he said “Something stinks. P.U.”

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2344 "2015-11-02T21:14:53Z")

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The acolyte was sitting in the pew  
when he said “Something stinks. P.U.”  
I cannot vamoose

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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:** [November 3, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2345 "2015-11-03T03:32:39Z")

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The acolyte was sitting in the pew  
when he said “Something stinks. P.U.”  
I cannot vamoose  
And the bishop’s caboose

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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:** [November 3, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2346 "2015-11-03T14:10:29Z")

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The acolyte was sitting in the pew  
when he said “Something stinks. P.U.”  
I cannot vamoose  
And the bishop’s caboose  
Is getting ready to really spew!

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Don’t you just hate Halloween?

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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:** [November 3, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2347 "2015-11-03T15:34:31Z")

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Don’t you just hate Halloween?  
I can’t think of a day more obscene.

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