# 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:** 243
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4849 "2023-08-24T23:13:02Z")
Late one night, at my favorite bar A dolphin played on a bass guitar An orca joined in On the drums - what a din! ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4850 "2023-08-24T23:23:48Z")
Late one night, at my favorite bar A dolphin played on a bass guitar An orca joined in On the drums - what a din! With a singer they’ll probably go far. A fisherman, angling for trout _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4851 "2023-08-24T23:25:42Z")
A fisherman, angling for trout Flicked his rod and played his line out ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4852 "2023-08-25T00:29:08Z")
A fisherman, angling for trout Flicked his rod and played his line out Then from out of the depths ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4853 "2023-08-25T11:09:38Z")
A fisherman, angling for trout Flicked his rod and played his line out Then from out of the depths ‘It’ came within a hairsbreadth _(Just glad there’s at least one rhyme for ‘depth’.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4854 "2023-08-27T21:24:28Z")
A fisherman, angling for trout Flicked his rod and played his line out Then from out of the depths ‘It’ came within a hairsbreadth Me getting smacked with a rotten pig’s snout The castaway knelt on the beach ---
**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:** [August 27, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4855 "2023-08-27T22:20:39Z")
The castaway knelt on the beach With a coconut palm within reach ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4856 "2023-08-27T22:38:02Z")
The castaway knelt on the beach With a coconut palm within reach “If I only had rum,” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4857 "2023-08-27T22:47:26Z")
The castaway knelt on the beach With a coconut palm within reach “If I only had rum,” He remarked, feeling glum ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4858 "2023-08-28T02:00:51Z")
The castaway knelt on the beach With a coconut palm within reach “If I only had rum,” He remarked, feeling glum A ‘daiquiri gospel’ I’d preach My flight doesn’t leave for an hour ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4859 "2023-08-28T02:15:48Z")
My flight doesn’t leave for an hour There’s just time for one more whiskey sour ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4860 "2023-08-28T02:39:25Z")
My flight doesn’t leave for an hour There’s just time for one more whiskey sour My mate cried “just one?!” ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4861 "2023-08-28T05:59:27Z")
My flight doesn’t leave for an hour There’s just time for one more whiskey sour My mate cried “just one?!” “Well, that’s just no fun” ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4862 "2023-09-01T14:47:22Z")
[May I offer a closer?] My flight doesn’t leave for an hour There’s just time for one more whiskey sour My mate cried “just one?!” “Well, that’s just no fun” Came a voice from the flight control tower. Corporal Clancy McNabb was court martialled ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4863 "2023-09-01T20:50:58Z")
Corporal Clancy McNabb was court martialled By a judge who was hardly impartial ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4864 "2023-09-01T21:36:17Z")
Corporal Clancy McNabb was court martialled By a judge who was hardly impartial For the judge was his mother ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4865 "2023-09-01T23:21:41Z")
Corporal Clancy McNabb was court martialed _(… a little clean-up work… only one ‘L’ in ‘martialed’)_ By a judge who was hardly impartial. For the judge was his mother, Who’d always favored his brother, _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4866 "2023-09-02T02:27:38Z")
Corporal Clancy McNabb was court martialed By a judge who was hardly impartial. For the judge was his mother, Who’d always favored his brother. You might say that it was quite farce-ial. They updated my Adobe Pro ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4867 "2023-09-02T02:52:20Z")
They updated my Adobe Pro With a new version called, oddly, Stucco ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/4868 "2023-09-02T15:12:49Z")
They updated my Adobe Pro With a new version called, oddly, Stucco. The changes are grating [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149.md?page=242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149.md?page=244)