# 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:** 132
**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 13, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2628 "2016-08-13T15:43:42Z")
Charles had wanted to build a machine To change flab into something obscene It would hum, it would click Then extrude a huge dick Tracy, and boy! was that detective mean. It’s Gene, Gene the dancing machine. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2629 "2016-08-13T16:07:28Z")
It’s Gene, Gene the dancing machine. The best hoofer the show’d ever seen ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2630 "2016-08-13T16:14:49Z")
It’s Gene, Gene the dancing machine The best hoofer the show’d ever seen Stubbed his toe on a rock ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2631 "2016-08-13T17:45:22Z")
It’s Gene, Gene the dancing machine The best hoofer the show’d ever seen Stubbed his toe on a rock While dressed in a frock ---
**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 15, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2632 "2016-08-15T07:48:54Z")
It’s Gene, Gene the dancing machine, The best hoofer the show’d ever seen. Stubbed his toe on a rock While dressed in a frock - It’s slippery Crepe that de Chine! * * * A Victorian nerd named Babbage, ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2633 "2016-08-15T08:53:36Z")
A Victorian nerd named Babbage Subsisted on red beans and cabbage ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2634 "2016-08-15T13:05:04Z")
A Victorian nerd named Babbage Subsisted on red beans and cabbage 'Till one day, his wife ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2635 "2016-08-15T13:09:11Z")
A Victorian nerd named Babbage Subsisted on red beans and cabbage 'Till one day, his wife Gave him the shock of his life ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2636 "2016-08-15T13:21:02Z")
A Victorian nerd named Babbage Subsisted on red beans and cabbage 'Till one day, his wife Gave him the shock of his life When she tore off his shirt and did ravage * * * A horrible sight so obscene ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2637 "2016-08-15T13:37:12Z")
A horrible sight so obscene A young goat was caught on 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 16, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2638 "2016-08-16T07:09:24Z")
A horrible sight so obscene, A young goat was caught on a machine. And tho’ it sounds silly, ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2639 "2016-08-16T10:55:00Z")
A horrible sight so obscene, A young goat was caught on a machine. And tho’ it sounds silly, This tormented billy ---
**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 16, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2640 "2016-08-16T11:56:24Z")
A horrible sight so obscene, A young goat was caught on a machine. And tho’ it sounds silly, This tormented billy Was happier than he’d ever been William of Ockham was trimming his beard ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2641 "2016-08-16T13:17:09Z")
William of Ockham was trimming his beard but the whole situation seemed queer’d ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2642 "2016-08-16T13:24:23Z")
William of Ockham was trimming his beard but the whole situation seemed queer’d It was his “beard” below his waist ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2643 "2016-08-16T14:04:26Z")
William of Ockham was trimming his beard but the whole situation seemed queer’d It was his “beard” below his waist that caused others to make haste ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2644 "2016-08-16T22:36:34Z")
William of Ockham was trimming his beard but the whole situation seemed queer’d It was his “beard” below his waist that caused others to make haste While others just stayed and leered! * * * When Don McLean wrote American Pie ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2645 "2016-08-18T12:39:46Z")
When Don McLean wrote American Pie He never suspected it’d fly ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2646 "2016-08-19T08:36:31Z")
When Don McLean wrote American Pie He never suspected it’d fly With the Jester and Satan ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2647 "2016-08-20T16:47:42Z")
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