# 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:** 252

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**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:** [October 21, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5029 "2023-10-21T20:02:23Z")

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The quest for a Speaker goes on.  
No one worthy wants the baton.  
It’s almost a game  
And it’s getting kinda lame  
More tiresome farce than denouement

If you’re visiting Libya or Chad

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5030 "2023-10-21T22:37:40Z")

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If you’re visiting Libya or Chad  
You might stopover in Riyadh

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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 22, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5031 "2023-10-22T22:22:13Z")

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If you’re visiting Libya or Chad,  
You might stopover in Riyadh.  
See the Masmak Fort

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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:** [October 23, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5032 "2023-10-23T02:37:52Z")

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If you’re visiting Libya or Chad,  
You might stopover in Riyadh.  
See the Masmak Fort  
After leaving Khalid Airport

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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 23, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5033 "2023-10-23T04:23:01Z")

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If you’re visiting Libya or Chad,  
You might stopover in Riyadh.  
See the Masmak Fort  
After leaving Khalid Airport  
Just try not to do it unclad.

There was a composer named Beryl

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5034 "2023-10-23T04:25:02Z")

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There was a composer named Beryl  
Who liked an actress named Meryl

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**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:** [October 25, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5035 "2023-10-25T08:17:59Z")

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There was a composer named Beryl  
Who liked an actress named Meryl  
So she wrote up a score

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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 25, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5036 "2023-10-25T17:21:58Z")

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There was a composer named Beryl  
Who liked an actress named Meryl  
So she wrote up a score  
Singing “love evermore”

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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 25, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5037 "2023-10-25T22:59:10Z")

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There was a composer named Beryl  
Who liked an actress named Meryl  
So she wrote up a score  
Singing “love evermore”  
But the highest notes rendered her sterile.

The one thing I won’t do in bed

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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:** [October 26, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5038 "2023-10-26T04:11:41Z")

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The one thing I won’t do in bed  
Is pull the covers up over my head.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [October 26, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5039 "2023-10-26T17:54:17Z")

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The one thing I won’t do in bed  
Is pull the covers up over my head.  
'Cuz my feet stick out

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**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:** [October 30, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5040 "2023-10-30T20:05:27Z")

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The one thing I won’t do in bed  
Is pull the covers up over my head.  
'Cuz my feet stick out  
The cold sets off my gout

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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 31, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5041 "2023-10-31T02:08:05Z")

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The one thing I won’t do in bed  
Is pull the covers up over my head.  
'Cuz my feet stick out  
The cold sets off my gout  
And that makes me wish I were dead.

There once was a red Jack O’ Lantern

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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:** [October 31, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5042 "2023-10-31T02:10:00Z")

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There once was a red Jack O’ Lantern  
Who held station outside of a tavern.

_ **aside – do you realize that we are creating what is probably the largest collection of mostly-clean limericks in the world?** _

_ **-“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:** [October 31, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5043 "2023-10-31T02:18:05Z")

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There once was a red Jack O’ Lantern  
Who held station outside of a tavern.  
The red light confused

> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
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> _ **aside – do you realize that we are creating what is probably the largest collection of mostly-clean limericks in the world?** _
> 
> _ **-“BB”-** _

And some of them are quite good.

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**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:** [November 5, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5044 "2023-11-05T23:02:54Z")

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There once was a red Jack O’ Lantern  
Who held station outside of a tavern.  
The red light confused  
Some who wished to get boozed

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5045 "2023-11-06T03:01:51Z")

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There once was a red Jack O’ Lantern  
Who held station outside of a tavern.  
The red light confused  
Some who wished to get boozed  
I drove there last night in my Saturn

The board says I’ve been here a year

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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:** [November 6, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5046 "2023-11-06T03:34:46Z")

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The board says I’ve been here a year  
A perfect excuse to drink beer

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5047 "2023-11-06T03:54:23Z")

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The board says I’ve been here a year  
A perfect excuse to drink beer  
It’s not that I need one

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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:** [November 6, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5048 "2023-11-06T04:37:42Z")

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The board says I’ve been here a year  
A perfect excuse to drink beer  
It’s not that I need one,  
'Cause drinking beer’s such fun

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