# 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:** 292
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5830 "2025-03-13T22:55:38Z")
Though they’re named for an old Irish city What they’re called I don’t know, such a pity The mystery deepens in Cork I asked Bill - he won’t talk ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5831 "2025-03-14T00:43:50Z")
Though they’re named for an old Irish city What they’re called I don’t know, such a pity The mystery deepens in Cork I asked Bill - he won’t talk It’ll have to be decided by committee * * * Ed rides an old llama to work ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5832 "2025-03-14T01:18:20Z")
Ed rides an old llama to work And one morning, on an odd quirk ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5833 "2025-03-14T01:20:22Z")
Ed rides an old llama to work And one morning, on an odd quirk It suddenly took to wing ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5834 "2025-03-14T01:22:12Z")
Ed rides an old llama to work And one morning, on an odd quirk It suddenly took to wing and started to sing ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5835 "2025-03-14T01:37:01Z")
Ed rides an old llama to work And one morning, on an odd quirk It suddenly took to wing and started to sing And then, my God, it went berserk. Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5836 "2025-03-14T01:46:58Z")
Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Devised a very cunning ploy ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5837 "2025-03-14T01:57:20Z")
Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Devised a very cunning ploy Sulu’s bed was short-sheeted ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5838 "2025-03-14T02:59:17Z")
Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Devised a very cunning ploy Sulu’s bed was short-sheeted And Chekov’s diary deleted ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5839 "2025-03-14T10:23:05Z")
Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Devised a very cunning ploy Sulu’s bed was short-sheeted And Chekov’s diary deleted Two things guaranteed to annoy * * * I took two aspirin for my pain ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5840 "2025-03-14T10:38:34Z")
I took two aspirin for my pain Since I’d ‘slipped in the shower’ again ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5841 "2025-03-14T11:16:16Z")
I took two aspirin for my pain Since I’d ‘slipped in the shower’ again The bleeding wouldn’t stop ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5842 "2025-03-14T16:35:55Z")
I took two aspirin for my pain Since I’d ‘slipped in the shower’ again The bleeding wouldn’t stop, So I reached for a mop ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5843 "2025-03-14T16:51:21Z")
I took two aspirin for my pain Since I’d ‘slipped in the shower’ again The bleeding wouldn’t stop, So I reached for a mop knowing full well it would stain * * * My blind date packed a gun in her purse ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5844 "2025-03-14T19:57:15Z")
My blind date packed a gun in her purse And she was actually blind, which is worse ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5845 "2025-03-14T20:40:51Z")
My blind date packed a gun in her purse And she was actually blind, which is worse It was loaded, I learned ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5846 "2025-03-14T21:50:41Z")
My blind date packed a gun in her purse And she was actually blind, which is worse It was loaded, I learned When my offers were spurned ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5847 "2025-03-14T22:01:30Z")
My blind date packed a gun in her purse And she was actually blind, which is worse It was loaded, I learned When my offers were spurned And I got wheeled into the hearse * * * Ringo, Paul, George, and John ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5848 "2025-03-14T22:17:03Z")
Ringo, Paul, George, and John Over them many lasses did fawn ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/5849 "2025-03-14T22:33:44Z")
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