# 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:** 147

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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:** [October 3, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2928 "2016-10-03T18:03:06Z")

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I did not give the waiter a tip.  
His thumb’s in my artichoke dip.  
But more horrible than that  
Was the place that he shat

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**Author:** ![eloquently](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@eloquently](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eloquently)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2929 "2016-10-03T19:08:56Z")

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I did not give the waiter a tip.  
His thumb’s in my artichoke dip.  
But more horrible than that  
Was the place that he shat  
Left us void of any fellowship.

Paul played third base in Oakland

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2930 "2016-10-03T19:54:37Z")

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Paul played third base in Oakland  
And he also played bass in a band

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**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:** [October 3, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2931 "2016-10-03T19:59:31Z")

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Paul played third base in Oakland  
And he also played bass in a band  
When he sang playing ball

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2932 "2016-10-04T01:31:08Z")

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Paul played third base in Oakland  
And he also played bass in a band  
When he sang playing ball  
He would let the ball fall

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**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:** [October 4, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2933 "2016-10-04T02:53:23Z")

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Paul played third base in Oakland  
And he also played bass in a band  
When he sang playing ball  
He would let the ball fall  
And tell his teammates to go pound sand.  
Porky Pig, Elmer, and Bugs

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**Author:** ![eloquently](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@eloquently](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eloquently)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2934 "2016-10-04T03:15:58Z")

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Porky Pig, Elmer, and Bugs  
Had quite a game of tugs.

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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 4, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2935 "2016-10-04T13:07:06Z")

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Porky Pig, Elmer, and Bugs  
Had quite a game of tugs.  
Now they’ve all missing legs.

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2936 "2016-10-04T13:55:45Z")

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Porky Pig, Elmer, and Bugs  
Had quite a game of tugs.  
Now they’ve all missing legs.  
(Which are tasty with eggs)

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**Author:** ![eloquently](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@eloquently](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eloquently)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2937 "2016-10-04T22:59:33Z")

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Porky Pig, Elmer, and Bugs  
Had quite a game of tugs.  
Now they’ve all missing legs.  
(Which are tasty with eggs)  
Happy as psychedelic drugs.

Alice Lovely had a ranch.

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**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:** [October 4, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2938 "2016-10-04T23:46:58Z")

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Alice Lovely had a ranch,  
Along with her poodle named Blanche.

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2939 "2016-10-05T00:32:54Z")

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Alice Lovely had a ranch,  
Along with her poodle named Blanche.  
Men would come night and day

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**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2940 "2016-10-05T08:02:38Z")

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Alice Lovely had a ranch,  
Along with her poodle named Blanche.  
Men would come night and day  
But not for very long they’d stay

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2941 "2016-10-06T01:15:47Z")

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Alice Lovely had a ranch,  
Along with her poodle named Blanche.  
Men would come night and day  
But not for very long they’d stay  
At her Palace of Horizontal Dance

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“You are under arrest” the cop said

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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:** [October 6, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2942 "2016-10-06T01:40:51Z")

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“You are under arrest” the cop said  
“For committing a crime in your bed”

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**Author:** ![eloquently](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@eloquently](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eloquently)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2943 "2016-10-06T04:20:28Z")

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“You are under arrest” the cop said  
“For committing a crime in your bed”  
“Take heed, you young louse.”

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**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:** [October 6, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2944 "2016-10-06T12:26:14Z")

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“You are under arrest” the cop said  
“For committing a crime in your bed”  
“Take heed, you young louse.”  
“And you had better not grouse.”

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**Author:** ![eloquently](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@eloquently](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eloquently)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2945 "2016-10-06T22:50:14Z")

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“You are under arrest” the cop said  
“For committing a crime in your bed”  
“Take heed, you young louse.”  
“And you had better not grouse.”  
“Watch what happens after you give head.”

John Ignatius had the kindest heart

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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:** [October 7, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2946 "2016-10-07T01:17:24Z")

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John Ignatius had the kindest heart.  
He excelled at making abstract art

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**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:** [October 7, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/2947 "2016-10-07T09:12:29Z")

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John Ignatius had the kindest heart.  
He excelled at making abstract art.  
When some asked “What is it?”

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