# 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:** 183

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**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3649 "2022-05-13T03:07:43Z")

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You can’t spend the night at the Zoo,  
but I have a plan for us two.  
We’ll climb a big tree  
And then we will see

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3650 "2022-05-13T03:18:12Z")

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You can’t spend the night at the Zoo,  
but I have a plan for us two.  
We’ll climb a big tree  
And then we will see  
If the animals even had a clue.

There was a young maiden from Maine

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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:** [May 13, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3651 "2022-05-13T12:56:17Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who was only a little insane.

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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:** [May 13, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3652 "2022-05-13T18:09:08Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who was only a little insane.  
She likes her eggs runny

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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:** [May 13, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3653 "2022-05-13T20:05:47Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who was only a little insane.  
She likes her eggs runny  
And goes dressed as a bunny

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3654 "2022-05-13T20:13:24Z")

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There was a young maiden from Maine  
Who was only a little insane.  
She likes her eggs runny  
And goes dressed as a bunny  
Whenever she visits her swain.

A man from the city of Bangor

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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:** [May 13, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3655 "2022-05-13T20:21:03Z")

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A man from the city of Bangor  
Awoke to a terrible clangor

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3656 "2022-05-13T23:32:42Z")

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A man from the city of Bangor  
Awoke to a terrible clangor  
He threw on his pants

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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:** [May 13, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3657 "2022-05-13T23:35:19Z")

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A man from the city of Bangor  
Awoke to a terrible clangor  
He threw on his pants  
And called for his aunts

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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:** [May 14, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3658 "2022-05-14T00:17:39Z")

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A man from the city of Bangor  
Awoke to a terrible clangor  
He threw on his pants  
And called for his aunts  
Who were boinking his own doppelganger.

The man with the very large ears

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**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:** [May 14, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3659 "2022-05-14T03:21:57Z")

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The man with the very large ears  
Is standing behind me with shears.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3660 "2022-05-14T08:09:01Z")

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The man with the very large ears  
Is standing behind me with shears.  
I should not be dismayed,

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3661 "2022-05-14T08:41:18Z")

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The man with the very large ears  
Is standing behind me with shears.  
I should not be dismayed,  
He’s good at his trade

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**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:** [May 15, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3662 "2022-05-15T02:12:52Z")

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The man with the very large ears  
Is standing behind me with shears.  
I should not be dismayed,  
He’s good at his trade -  
He’s ‘Sweeney the Barber’, my dears.

There was a forgetful commuter,

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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:** [May 15, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3663 "2022-05-15T02:26:42Z")

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There was a forgetful commuter  
Who kept tokens for trains in her cooter

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**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3664 "2022-05-15T05:24:04Z")

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There was a forgetful commuter  
Who kept tokens for trains in her cooter  
She went in for a pap smear

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3665 "2022-05-15T13:18:13Z")

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There was a forgetful commuter  
Who kept tokens for trains in her cooter  
She went in for a pap smear  
And the doctor said, "My dear,

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [May 15, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3666 "2022-05-15T17:24:32Z")

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There was a forgetful commuter  
Who kept tokens for trains in her cooter  
She went in for a pap smear  
And the doctor said, “My dear,  
Do you think you’re a third-person shooter?”

There once was a hiker from Stockton

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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:** [May 15, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3667 "2022-05-15T17:46:40Z")

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There once was a hiker from Stockton  
With no shoes on the feet that he walked on

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**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/3668 "2022-05-15T23:18:06Z")

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There once was a hiker from Stockton  
With no shoes on the feet that he walked on.  
Instead he wore hose

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