# 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:** 163

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3248 "2016-12-22T14:07:30Z")

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When someone says “Have a blessed holiday”  
I offer them a glass of my cabernet  
I really have no dismay  
I just think “Santa will come today”

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3249 "2016-12-22T18:12:01Z")

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Thin Ice; Limerick rhyme scheme is AABBA. You just turned it into AAA??

[I did and am so sorry. Don’t know how or why it happened]

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3250 "2016-12-22T19:10:39Z")

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When someone says “Have a blessed holiday”  
I offer them a glass of my cabernet  
I really have no dismay  
I just think “Santa will come today”  
He’s just passing the capitol of Norway.

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If you flock three large tumbleweeds

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3251 "2016-12-22T22:03:13Z")

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If you flock three large tumbleweeds  
Then pulverize and smoke all the seeds.

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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:** [December 23, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3252 "2016-12-23T06:17:11Z")

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If you flock three large tumbleweeds  
Then pulverize and smoke all the seeds  
As you look at your Fred

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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:** [December 23, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3253 "2016-12-23T10:55:58Z")

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If you flock three large tumbleweeds  
Then pulverize and smoke all the seeds  
As you look at your Fred  
With eyes glazed and red

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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:** [December 24, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3254 "2016-12-24T07:58:43Z")

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If you flock three large tumbleweeds  
Then pulverize and smoke all the seeds  
As you look at your Fred  
With eyes glazed and red  
You’ll wonder what he did with those beads

Santa Claus is coming tonight

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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:** [December 24, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3255 "2016-12-24T12:32:08Z")

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Santa Claus is coming tonight  
And boy is he in for a fright

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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:** [December 24, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3256 "2016-12-24T14:13:17Z")

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Santa Claus is coming tonight  
And boy is he in for a fright  
It’s Jesus’s Birthday

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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:** [December 25, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3257 "2016-12-25T01:13:52Z")

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Santa Claus is coming tonight  
And boy is he in for a fright  
It’s Jesus’s Birthday  
And all’s astray

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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:** [December 25, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3258 "2016-12-25T15:51:43Z")

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Santa Claus is coming tonight  
And boy is he in for a fright  
It’s Jesus’s Birthday  
And all’s astray  
The manger looks like a campsite.

My memory’s getting quite dicky

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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:** [December 25, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3259 "2016-12-25T17:38:10Z")

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My memory’s getting quite dicky  
Wherefore my fingers are sticky

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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:** [December 26, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3260 "2016-12-26T01:55:07Z")

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My memory’s getting quite dicky  
Wherefore my fingers are sticky  
My velvet spot’s on fire

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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:** [December 26, 2016, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3261 "2016-12-26T08:44:33Z")

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My memory’s getting quite dicky  
Wherefore my fingers are sticky  
My velvet spot’s on fire  
And I sing in a choir

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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:** [December 27, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3262 "2016-12-27T14:21:09Z")

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My memory’s getting quite dicky  
Wherefore my fingers are sticky  
My velvet spot’s on fire  
And I sing in a choir  
Everyone leaves quite quickly.

Prince, David Bowie, George Michael

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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:** [December 27, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3263 "2016-12-27T16:38:59Z")

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Prince, David Bowie, George Michael  
2016 had a horrible cycle

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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:** [December 28, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3264 "2016-12-28T04:27:59Z")

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Prince, David Bowie, George Michael  
2016 had a horrible cycle.  
With a one, two, three, four

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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:** [December 28, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3265 "2016-12-28T16:35:03Z")

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Prince, David Bowie, George Michael  
2016 had a horrible cycle.  
With a one, two, three, four  
They’re not here anymore

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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:** [December 29, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3266 "2016-12-29T06:10:13Z")

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Prince, David Bowie, George Michael  
2016 had a horrible cycle.  
With a one, two, three, four  
They’re not here anymore  
I just hope their talent is set to recycle

2017 is coming around real quick

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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:** [December 29, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3267 "2016-12-29T09:57:36Z")

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2017 is coming around real quick.  
'16 has been making me sick

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