# 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:** 304

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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:** [April 4, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6070 "2025-04-04T19:05:59Z")

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My daddy keeled over on a golf course  
Soon after sounding a bit hoarse  
while cursing his putter

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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:** [April 4, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6071 "2025-04-04T19:56:48Z")

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My daddy keeled over on a golf course  
Soon after sounding a bit hoarse  
while cursing his putter  
His partner did mutter

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**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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6072 "2025-04-04T23:31:08Z")

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My daddy keeled over on a golf course  
Soon after sounding a bit hoarse  
while cursing his putter  
His partner did mutter  
“Now Melania won’t need a divorce.”

A long-legged spider lives in my shower

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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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6073 "2025-04-04T23:54:01Z")

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A long-legged spider lives in my shower  
His personality is rather dour

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6074 "2025-04-05T01:49:31Z")

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A long-legged spider lives in my shower  
His personality is rather dour  
He’s intrusive and rude

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**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:** [April 5, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6075 "2025-04-05T04:54:54Z")

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A long-legged spider lives in my shower  
His personality is rather dour  
He’s intrusive and rude  
He stares when I;m nude

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6076 "2025-04-05T10:40:01Z")

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A long-legged spider lives in my shower  
His personality is rather dour  
He’s intrusive and rude  
He stares when I’m nude  
and causes my pecker to cower

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My hair stylist was born without thumbs

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6077 "2025-04-05T13:06:38Z")

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My hair stylist was born without thumbs  
And when she cuts my hair she hums

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6078 "2025-04-05T13:55:46Z")

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My hair stylist was born without thumbs  
And when she cuts my hair she hums  
With scissors she’s useless

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6079 "2025-04-05T16:54:07Z")

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My hair stylist was born without thumbs  
And when she cuts my hair she hums  
With scissors she’s useless  
And causing undue stress

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6080 "2025-04-05T18:24:21Z")

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My hair stylist was born without thumbs  
And when she cuts my hair she hums  
With scissors she’s useless  
And causing undue stress  
Before a trim I must gobble some Tums

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My dog Fido eats pizza for lunch

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6081 "2025-04-05T19:44:36Z")

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My dog Fido eats pizza for lunch  
And his fave snack is Capt. Crunch

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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:** [April 5, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6082 "2025-04-05T20:27:25Z")

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My dog Fido eats pizza for lunch  
And his fave snack is Capt. Crunch  
He drinks Coca Cola

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**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:** [April 5, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6083 "2025-04-05T23:17:47Z")

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My dog Fido eats pizza for lunch  
And his fave snack is Capt. Crunch  
He drinks Coca Cola  
And gobble granola

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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:** [April 6, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6084 "2025-04-06T13:58:51Z")

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My dog Fido eats pizza for lunch  
And his fave snack is Capt. Crunch  
He drinks Coca Cola  
And gobbles granola  
There isn’t anything he wouldn’t munch

[my inner grammarian insisted on the fix]

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The stars are my destination

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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:** [April 6, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6085 "2025-04-06T20:37:19Z")

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The stars are my destination  
“Go for launch! Wait… check elevation”

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6086 "2025-04-06T23:49:53Z")

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The stars are my destination  
“Go for launch! Wait… check elevation”  
We’re falling too fast

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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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6087 "2025-04-07T00:00:14Z")

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The stars are my destination  
“Go for launch! Wait… check elevation”  
We’re falling too fast  
C’mon! Give it the gas!

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**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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6088 "2025-04-07T00:11:43Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
>
> [my inner grammarian insisted on the fix]

(Thanks, that was a typo.)

The stars are my destination  
“Go for launch! Wait… check elevation”  
We’re falling too fast  
C’mon! Give it the gas!  
We avoided death by conflagration!

How many peanuts can Barry eat?

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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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/6089 "2025-04-07T00:34:29Z")

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How many peanuts can Barry eat?  
As a trencherman, he is elite

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