# Loopy Limericks **URL:** \ **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:** 131
**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:** [August 6, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2608 "2016-08-06T15:21:28Z")
A kitten, a pig and a parrot Quite good friends, they lived in a garret 'Til the bird and the swine Heard that cat’s lives numbered nine. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2609 "2016-08-06T15:26:46Z")
A kitten, a pig and a parrot Quite good friends, they lived in a garret 'Til the bird and the swine Heard that cat’s lives numbered nine. So splitting the rent three ways was disparate. A donkey was thinking quite deeply ---
**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:** [August 6, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2610 "2016-08-06T15:33:34Z")
A donkey was thinking quite deeply How the elephant could live so cheaply. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2611 "2016-08-06T16:02:59Z")
A donkey was thinking quite deeply How the elephant could live so cheaply Seeing as peanuts cost little ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2612 "2016-08-08T10:22:01Z")
A donkey was thinking quite deeply How the elephant could live so cheaply Seeing as peanuts cost little Though stinking his shit’ll ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2613 "2016-08-08T13:49:35Z")
A donkey was thinking quite deeply How the elephant could live so cheaply Seeing as peanuts cost little Though stinking his shit’ll Make both Democrat and Republican eyes weepy. I’m sick of crying in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2614 "2016-08-08T13:53:13Z")
I’m sick of crying in the rain Said Noah through the pain ---
**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:** [August 12, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2615 "2016-08-12T04:53:26Z")
“I’m sick of crying in the rain,” Said Noah through the pain. "The ark’s sprung a leak ---
**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:** [August 12, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2616 "2016-08-12T12:33:53Z")
“I’m sick of crying in the rain,” Said Noah through the pain. "The ark’s sprung a leak "The dove’s gone for a week ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2617 "2016-08-12T14:07:09Z")
“I’m sick of crying in the rain,” Said Noah through the pain. "The ark’s sprung a leak "The dove’s gone for a week “And unicorn for dinner again” Charles\* had the strangest invention \*I’m thinking of Babbage, but you, of course, can go where you want ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2618 "2016-08-12T14:16:01Z")
Charles\* had the strangest invention Which he brought from the seventh dimension. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2619 "2016-08-12T16:20:32Z")
Charles had the strangest invention Which he brought from the seventh dimension It hummed and it clicked ---
**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:** [August 12, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2620 "2016-08-12T21:29:23Z")
Charles had the strangest invention Which he brought from the seventh dimension It hummed and it clicked And spat eggs benedict, ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2621 "2016-08-12T22:29:30Z")
Charles had the strangest invention Which he brought from the seventh dimension It hummed and it clicked And spat eggs benedict Thought that wasn’t Charles’s intention Charles had wanted to build a machine ---
**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:** [August 12, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2622 "2016-08-12T23:05:34Z")
Just a reminder (because the simple Rules were set quite some time ago) ; 1\*\*\*. Each writer may contribute more than one line per limerick. But these cannot be consecutive. 2. The writer of the first line cannot write the last - unless the thread has gone into hibernation. 3. The writer of the last line earns the right to suggest the first line of the new limerick. (The only time exception to this, is again, if the thread becomes dormant).\*\*\* Not wishing to discourage anyone. Don’t be too disappointed if the limerick doesn’t take the shape envisaged by the writer of the first line - it rarely does. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2623 "2016-08-12T23:18:12Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > _**1. Each writer may contribute more than one line per limerick. But these cannot be consecutive. > 2. The writer of the first line cannot write the last - unless the thread has gone into hibernation. > 3. The writer of the last line earns the right to suggest the first line of the new limerick. (The only time exception to this, is again, if the thread becomes dormant).**_ Worst limerick ever. It doesn’t rhyme, the lines are too long, and there’s not enough of them. Still, point taken. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2624 "2016-08-13T00:24:15Z")
Charles had wanted to build a machine To change flab into something obscene ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2625 "2016-08-13T00:29:21Z")
Charles had wanted to build a machine To change flab into something obscene It would hum, it would click ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2626 "2016-08-13T00:42:55Z")
Charles had wanted to build a machine To change flab into something obscene It would hum, it would click Then extrude a huge dick ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2627 "2016-08-13T00:53:20Z")
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