# 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:** 256

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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:** [January 7, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5110 "2024-01-07T07:37:57Z")

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Sorry, I got confused. It’s the Haiku thread where we use the last line of the preceding submission.

Here we go…

Said the maiden to her bashful beau,

_ **-“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:** [January 7, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5111 "2024-01-07T07:53:45Z")

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Said the maiden to her bashful beau,  
“You have such a lovely chateau!”

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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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5112 "2024-01-07T12:05:10Z")

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Said the maiden to her bashful beau,  
“You have such a lovely chateau!”  
If you make me your wife

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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:** [January 9, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5113 "2024-01-09T23:32:41Z")

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Said the maiden to her bashful beau,  
“You have such a lovely chateau!”  
If you make me your wife  
But … put down that knife

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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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5114 "2024-01-18T03:50:18Z")

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Said the maiden to her bashful beau,  
“You have such a lovely chateau!”  
If you make me your wife  
But … put down that knife  
Or I’ll rush you like Mark Gastineau!"

It’s been a brutal winter so far

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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:** [January 18, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5115 "2024-01-18T04:19:50Z")

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It’s been a brutal winter so far  
Said the actress who lived in her car

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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:** [January 19, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5116 "2024-01-19T20:28:20Z")

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It’s been a brutal winter so far  
Said the actress who lived in her car  
She parked at the mall

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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:** [January 20, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5117 "2024-01-20T01:44:06Z")

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It’s been a brutal winter so far  
Said the actress who lived in her car  
She parked at the mall  
Which proved her downfall

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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:** [January 20, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5118 "2024-01-20T02:43:51Z")

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It’s been a brutal winter so far  
Said the actress who lived in her car  
She parked at the mall  
Which proved her downfall  
Guess she’ll never become a star.

Election workers must all beware

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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:** [January 20, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5119 "2024-01-20T16:35:08Z")

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Election workers must all beware  
Of the horde from the man with the orange hair

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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:** [January 22, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5120 "2024-01-22T01:00:50Z")

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Election workers must all beware  
Of the horde from the man with the orange hair  
When they shout and they squeal

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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:** [January 22, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5121 "2024-01-22T02:16:36Z")

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Election workers must all beware  
Of the horde from the man with the orange hair  
When they shout and they squeal  
And demand an appeal

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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:** [February 4, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5122 "2024-02-04T15:29:06Z")

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Election workers must all beware  
Of the horde from the man with the orange hair  
When they shout and they squeal  
And demand an appeal  
Then see Taylor Swift, and despair.

I awoke with start from a dream

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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:** [February 4, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5123 "2024-02-04T20:27:27Z")

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I awoke with start from a dream  
I’d heard every groundhog scream

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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:** [February 4, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5124 "2024-02-04T21:38:10Z")

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I awoke with start from a dream.  
I’d heard every groundhog scream  
That their shadows were glowing

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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:** [February 4, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5125 "2024-02-04T23:26:08Z")

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I awoke with start from a dream.  
I’d heard every groundhog scream  
That their shadows were glowing  
Even though it was snowing –

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [February 5, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5126 "2024-02-05T00:47:30Z")

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I awoke with start from a dream.  
I’d heard every groundhog scream  
That their shadows were glowing  
Even though it was snowing –  
T’was a nuclear winter-like theme.

A hapless young baker named Phil

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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:** [February 5, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5127 "2024-02-05T03:47:58Z")

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A hapless young baker named Phil  
Liked to butter his baguette and chill

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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:** [February 24, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5128 "2024-02-24T05:30:11Z")

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A hapless young baker named Phil  
Liked to butter his baguette and chill  
Margarine would not do

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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:** [February 26, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5129 "2024-02-26T15:50:21Z")

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A hapless young baker named Phil  
Liked to butter his baguette and chill  
Margarine would not do  
Since he had not a clue

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