# 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:** 283

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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 22, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5650 "2025-02-22T06:35:07Z")

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My brother Wilbur is dating a pig  
It has dimples and wears a blonde wig  
His poor heart’s been achin’

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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:** [February 22, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5651 "2025-02-22T07:54:48Z")

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My brother Wilbur is dating a pig  
It has dimples and wears a blonde wig  
His poor heart’s been achin’  
For some maple glazed bacon

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5652 "2025-02-22T11:11:05Z")

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My brother Wilbur is dating a pig  
It has dimples and wears a blonde wig  
His poor heart’s been achin’  
For some maple glazed bacon  
and he’s sick of the truffles they dig

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5653 "2025-02-22T14:06:59Z")

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
I cannot decide which one to marry

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5654 "2025-02-22T14:33:00Z")

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
I cannot decide which one to marry  
Tom is too tall

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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:** [February 23, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5655 "2025-02-23T01:53:41Z")

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
I cannot decide which one to marry  
Tom is too tall  
Dick is too quick to bawl

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5656 "2025-02-23T02:25:20Z")

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
I cannot decide which one to marry  
Tom is too tall  
Dick is too quick to bawl  
And Harry’s so hairy it’s scary

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I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5657 "2025-02-23T02:29:41Z")

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My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
I cannot decide which one to marry  
Tom is too tall  
Dick is too quick to bawl  
And Harry well he talks like a canary

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and Nessie were eating lunch

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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:** [February 23, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5658 "2025-02-23T03:11:42Z")

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I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo  
He likes now and then to play the kazoo

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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 24, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5659 "2025-02-24T20:34:42Z")

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I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo  
He likes now and then to play the kazoo  
The same tune each time

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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:** [February 24, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5660 "2025-02-24T20:39:31Z")

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> [@2\_More\_Bits](#):
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> My boyfriends are Tom, Dick and Harry  
> I cannot decide which one to marry  
> Tom is too tall  
> Dick is too quick to bawl  
> And Harry’s so hairy it’s scary

clap clap clap

I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo  
He likes now and then to play the kazoo  
The same tune each time  
And it has just one rhyme

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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:** [February 24, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5661 "2025-02-24T21:07:37Z")

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I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo  
He likes now and then to play the kazoo  
The same tune each time  
And it has just one rhyme  
I wish he’d find something else too do

Betty Sue dances alone at night

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5662 "2025-02-24T21:34:02Z")

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I found a blue cat in Kalamazoo  
He likes now and then to play the kazoo  
The same tune each time  
And it has just one rhyme  
I’m a cat who is Blue. Too-ra-loo too-ra-loo

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I shaved my chinchilla, I do not know why

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5663 "2025-02-24T21:35:57Z")

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Betty Sue dances alone at night  
She often invites me but my pants are too tight

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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 25, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5664 "2025-02-25T00:19:34Z")

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Betty Sue dances alone at night  
She often invites me but my pants are too tight  
And my zipper is stuck

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5665 "2025-02-25T01:52:01Z")

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Betty Sue dances alone at night  
She often invites me but my pants are too tight  
And my zipper is stuck  
Just my damn luck

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5666 "2025-02-25T02:19:59Z")

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Betty Sue dances alone at night  
She often invites me but my pants are too tight  
And my zipper is stuck  
Just my damn luck  
So she dumped me for Hoss Cartwright

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and Nessie were eating lunch

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5667 "2025-02-25T02:38:13Z")

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and Nessie were eating lunch  
Yeti complained that the celery didn’t crunch

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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:** [February 25, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5668 "2025-02-25T02:45:16Z")

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and Nessie were eating lunch  
Yeti complained that the celery didn’t crunch  
Nessie had spaghetti. The noodles? Limp.

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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 25, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5669 "2025-02-25T18:03:30Z")

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I think we lost the traditional meter of the limerick, but I’ll play anyway…

Bigfoot, Yeti, and Nessie were eating lunch  
Yeti complained that the celery didn’t crunch  
Nessie had spaghetti. The noodles? Limp.  
While Bigfoot dined on Szechuan shrimp.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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