# 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:** 29

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/562 "2015-03-10T21:23:51Z")

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Way out in the wild, wild West  
There aren’t many men well-dressed.  
And buffalo roam  
Right through your home  
To ensure that your clothes are all pressed  
In Texas they don’t like us yanks

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/563 "2015-03-10T21:50:52Z")

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In Texas they don’t like us yanks  
So it’s tempting to play on them some pranks

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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:** [March 10, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/564 "2015-03-10T21:54:36Z")

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In Texas they don’t like us yanks  
So it’s tempting to play on them some pranks.  
But these simple folks

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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:** [March 10, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/565 "2015-03-10T22:03:16Z")

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In Texas they don’t like us yanks  
So it’s tempting to play on them some pranks.  
But these simple folks  
Are suckers for jokes

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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:** [March 10, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/566 "2015-03-10T22:12:52Z")

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In Texas they don’t like us yanks  
So it’s tempting to play on them some pranks.  
But these simple folks  
Are suckers for jokes.  
It’s why the Bush family joined their ranks.

My Uncle once told me he knew

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/567 "2015-03-10T22:17:22Z")

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My Uncle once told me he knew  
The violent art of kung fu.

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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:** [March 10, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/568 "2015-03-10T22:24:33Z")

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My Uncle once told me he knew  
The violent art of kung fu.  
But I didn’t like much

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/569 "2015-03-10T22:26:41Z")

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My Uncle once told me he knew  
The violent art of kung fu.  
But I didn’t like much  
The kick to the crotch

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/570 "2015-03-10T22:45:43Z")

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My Uncle once told me he knew  
The violent art of kung fu.  
But I didn’t like much  
The kick to the crotch.  
Let’s face it, few of us do.

An actor named Oliver Reed

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/571 "2015-03-10T22:58:02Z")

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An actor named Oliver Reed  
Muffed his lines, then he peed.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/572 "2015-03-11T00:29:40Z")

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An actor named Oliver Reed  
Muffed his lines, then he peed.  
It wasn’t his day,

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/573 "2015-03-11T00:37:14Z")

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An actor named Oliver Reed  
Muffed his lines, then he peed.  
It wasn’t his day,  
So he drank Tanqueray

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/574 "2015-03-11T01:52:11Z")

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An actor named Oliver Reed  
Muffed his lines, then he peed.  
It wasn’t his day,  
So he drank Tanqueray  
And he changed to some trousers of tweed  
A baker named Joe caused a fire

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/575 "2015-03-11T02:28:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> In Texas they don’t like us yanks  
> So it’s tempting to play on them some pranks.  
> But these simple folks  
> Are suckers for jokes.  
> It’s why the Bush family joined their ranks.  
> My Uncle once told me he knew  
> The violent art of kung fu.  
> But I didn’t like much  
> The kick to the crotch.  
> Let’s face it, few of us do.

Great ones!

A baker named Joe caused a fire  
He said he had a burning desire

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/576 "2015-03-11T02:42:54Z")

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A baker named Joe caused a fire  
He said he had a burning desire.  
But I don’t think it wise

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/577 "2015-03-11T04:21:36Z")

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A baker named Joe caused a fire  
He said he had a burning desire.  
But I don’t think it wise  
No matter how hard he tries

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/578 "2015-03-11T04:45:41Z")

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A baker named Joe caused a fire  
He said he had a burning desire.  
But I don’t think it wise  
No matter how hard he tries  
To warm up his socks in the fryer.  
The pox-doctor’s clerk was impressed

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/579 "2015-03-11T10:55:35Z")

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The pox-doctor’s clerk was impressed  
By the way I resisted arrest

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/580 "2015-03-11T12:39:50Z")

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The pox-doctor’s clerk was impressed  
By the way I resisted arrest  
I applied Vaseline

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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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/581 "2015-03-11T14:41:08Z")

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The pox-doctor’s clerk was impressed  
By the way I resisted arrest  
I applied Vaseline  
And supplied gasoline

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