# 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:** 371

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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:** [September 7, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7410 "2025-09-07T10:13:18Z")

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I don’t know what to do ‘bout my cyst  
Should I pinch it and give it a twist?  
Or lance with a pin?  
Or burn off the skin

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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:** [September 8, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7411 "2025-09-08T00:40:44Z")

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I don’t know what to do ‘bout my cyst  
Should I pinch it and give it a twist?  
Or lance with a pin?  
Or burn off the skin  
Or go see a dermatologist?

Betty loves a red-headed guy

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7412 "2025-09-08T01:03:12Z")

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Betty loves a red-headed guy  
('Though I’m fairly sure it’s a dye)

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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:** [September 8, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7413 "2025-09-08T01:22:55Z")

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Betty loves a red-headed guy  
('Though I’m fairly sure it’s a dye)  
His name is Archie

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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:** [September 8, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7414 "2025-09-08T01:32:17Z")

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Betty loves a red-headed guy  
('Though I’m fairly sure it’s a dye)  
His name is Archie  
And he lives in Karachi

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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:** [September 8, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7415 "2025-09-08T01:39:17Z")

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Betty loves a red-headed guy  
('Though I’m fairly sure it’s a dye)  
His name is Archie  
And he lives in Karachi  
In a small hut on mountain high

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I once tried to climb Mount Everest

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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:** [September 8, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7416 "2025-09-08T02:11:40Z")

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I once tried to climb Mount Everest  
I heard the view up there is the best

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7417 "2025-09-08T10:14:01Z")

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I once tried to climb Mount Everest  
I heard the view up there is the best  
But I tripped on a corpse

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7418 "2025-09-08T10:17:11Z")

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I once tried to climb Mount Everest  
I heard the view up there is the best  
But I tripped on a corpse;  
The thin air, one’s mind warps;

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7419 "2025-09-09T00:38:27Z")

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I once tried to climb Mount Everest  
I heard the view up there is the best  
But I tripped on a corpse;  
The thin air, one’s mind warps;  
and I left feeling rather depressed

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Everything I own is in my back pocket

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7420 "2025-09-09T00:43:29Z")

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Everything I own is in my back pocket  
Including my three sixteenths socket

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7421 "2025-09-09T00:55:52Z")

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Everything I own is in my back pocket  
Including my three sixteenths socket  
Plus my pet bumblebee

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7422 "2025-09-09T01:24:05Z")

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Everything I own is in my back pocket  
Including my three sixteenths socket  
Plus my pet bumblebee  
And my wife the banshee

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7423 "2025-09-09T02:22:07Z")

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Everything I own is in my back pocket  
Including my three sixteenths socket  
Plus my pet bumblebee  
And my wife the banshee  
When they buzz and they scream I just block it.

Oh my lord! I’m horribly late

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7424 "2025-09-09T02:52:57Z")

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Oh my lord! I’m horribly late  
I’m left pounding my fists on the gate

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7425 "2025-09-09T03:24:48Z")

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Oh my lord! I’m horribly late  
I’m left pounding my fists on the gate  
As the Titanic sails away

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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:** [September 9, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7426 "2025-09-09T20:50:13Z")

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Oh my lord! I’m horribly late  
I’m left pounding my fists on the gate  
As the Titanic sails away  
I fall to my knees and pray

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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:** [September 10, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7427 "2025-09-10T00:26:59Z")

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Oh my lord! I’m horribly late  
I’m left pounding my fists on the gate  
As the Titanic sails away  
I fall to my knees and pray  
That it will be back. I can wait.

There once was a boy named Robby

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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:** [September 10, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7428 "2025-09-10T00:48:45Z")

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There once was a boy named Robby  
With a most lascivious hobby

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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:** [September 10, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7429 "2025-09-10T02:31:26Z")

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There once was a boy named Robby  
With a most lascivious hobby  
He cuddled with squirrels

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