# 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:** 36

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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 18, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/702 "2015-03-18T01:28:33Z")

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Said a nun, with a soul full of hope  
"I will wash out that heathen’s mouth with soap  
But the heathen was wiley  
And lied low like O’Reilly  
Til she showed him her slippery slope  
In Texas they know how to wrangle

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/703 "2015-03-18T03:02:20Z")

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In Texas they know how to wrangle  
A pretty boy and his friends from a tangle

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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 18, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/704 "2015-03-18T03:23:41Z")

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nm

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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 18, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/705 "2015-03-18T03:26:46Z")

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In Texas they know how to wrangle  
A pretty boy and his friends from a tangle.  
I know it sounds corny

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/706 "2015-03-18T03:55:01Z")

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[Oh quite the nice setup!]

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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 18, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/707 "2015-03-18T04:13:15Z")

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In Texas they know how to wrangle  
A pretty boy and his friends from a tangle.  
I know it sounds corny  
But when things get quite thorny

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/708 "2015-03-18T04:27:32Z")

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In Texas they know how to wrangle  
A pretty boy and his friends from a tangle.  
I know it sounds corny  
But when things get quite thorny  
It’s the tender bits caught in a mangle

Well, she said cocking a hip

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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 18, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/709 "2015-03-18T04:58:19Z")

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Well, she said cocking a hip  
You might like to loosen my slip.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/710 "2015-03-18T07:34:42Z")

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Well, she said cocking a hip  
You might like to loosen my slip.  
So I let off her lines

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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 18, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/711 "2015-03-18T10:32:40Z")

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Well, she said cocking a hip  
You might like to loosen my slip.  
So I let off her lines  
Paid all her fines

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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 18, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/712 "2015-03-18T11:07:30Z")

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Well, she said cocking a hip  
You might like to loosen my slip.  
So I let off her lines  
Paid all her fines  
Then giggled as she cracked her whip.

The steward, as Titanic was sinking

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/713 "2015-03-18T13:00:17Z")

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The steward, as Titanic was sinking  
Was loath to cut down on his drinking

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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 18, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/714 "2015-03-18T14:27:01Z")

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The steward, as Titanic was sinking  
Was loath to cut down on his drinking  
"If I’m going to drown,

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/715 "2015-03-18T15:35:34Z")

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The steward, as Titanic was sinking  
Was loath to cut down on his drinking  
“If I’m going to drown,  
Have a smile not a frown”

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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 18, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/716 "2015-03-18T16:14:07Z")

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The steward, as Titanic was sinking  
Was loath to cut down on his drinking  
“If I’m going to drown,  
Have a smile not a frown”  
And he sank into the water unblinking  
As the friar came over for dinner

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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 18, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/717 "2015-03-18T16:21:42Z")

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As the friar came over for dinner  
He passed a notorious sinner

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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 18, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/718 "2015-03-18T17:03:24Z")

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As the friar came over for dinner  
He passed a notorious sinner  
He offered a blessing,

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/719 "2015-03-18T17:33:05Z")

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As the friar came over for dinner  
He passed a notorious sinner  
He offered a blessing,  
In the form of French dressing

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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 18, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/720 "2015-03-18T18:56:09Z")

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As the friar came over for dinner  
He passed a notorious sinner  
He offered a blessing,  
In the form of French dressing.  
So we praise mayonnaise - it’s a winner!

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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 18, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/721 "2015-03-18T18:59:56Z")

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All ballplayers once chewed tobaccy

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