# 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:** 397
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7930 "2026-02-16T01:45:15Z")
On dismounting, the goat rider said “I have a throbbing pain in my head” The horns of the goat ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7931 "2026-02-16T02:45:42Z")
On dismounting, the goat rider said “I have a throbbing pain in my head” “The horns of the goat” “Got me right through the throat” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7932 "2026-02-16T06:59:27Z")
On dismounting, the goat rider said “I have a throbbing pain in my head” “The horns of the goat” “Got me right through the throat” “Now my job and brain function are dead!” It’s Chinese Lunar New Year today! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7933 "2026-02-16T11:34:47Z")
It’s Chinese Lunar New Year today! So I’m sleeping in and I hope it’s okay ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7934 "2026-02-16T11:43:36Z")
It’s Chinese Lunar New Year today! So I’m sleeping in and I hope it’s okay But this Horse of Fire ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7935 "2026-02-16T17:41:49Z")
It’s Chinese Lunar New Year today! So I’m sleeping in and I hope it’s okay But this Horse of Fire Neighs on his bright pyre ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7936 "2026-02-21T21:15:28Z")
It’s Chinese Lunar New Year today! So I’m sleeping in and I hope it’s okay But this Horse of Fire Neighs on his bright pyre much to this layabout’s dismay * * * I married a man with no scruples ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7937 "2026-02-22T00:58:46Z")
I married a man with no scruples He spends so our debt now quadruples ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7938 "2026-02-22T01:03:23Z")
I married a man with no scruples He spends so our debt now quadruples On hookers and blow ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7939 "2026-02-22T01:15:51Z")
I married a man with no scruples He spends so our debt now quadruples On hookers and blow He has blown all the dough ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7940 "2026-02-22T05:59:58Z")
I married a man with no scruples He spends so our debt now quadruples On hookers and blow He has blown all the dough On barely legal Sorbonne pupils! Oh Andrew, now Mountbatten-Windsor! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7941 "2026-02-22T12:11:37Z")
Oh Andrew, now Mountbatten-Windsor! It appears you’ve committed some sins, sir ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7942 "2026-02-22T13:22:34Z")
Oh Andrew, now Mountbatten-Windsor! It appears you’ve committed some sins, sir Documented in the Files ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7943 "2026-02-22T17:27:32Z")
Oh Andrew, now Mountbatten-Windsor! It appears you’ve committed some sins, sir Documented in the Files of which there are piles ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7944 "2026-02-22T22:25:33Z")
Oh Andrew, now Mountbatten-Windsor! It appears you’ve committed some sins, sir Documented in the Files of which there are piles You’re caught in a strong legal pincer! I awoke to a horrible sound ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7945 "2026-02-23T00:44:50Z")
I awoke to a horrible sound As I picked myself up off the ground ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7946 "2026-02-23T01:51:22Z")
I awoke to a horrible sound As I picked myself up off the ground I yelled, “What the hell?” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7947 "2026-02-23T01:56:25Z")
I awoke to a horrible sound As I picked myself up off the ground I yelled, “What the hell?” To the clanging of a bell ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7948 "2026-02-24T03:48:20Z")
## I awoke to a horrible sound As I picked myself up off the ground I yelled, “What the hell?” To the clanging of a bell And the baying of a lonely hound Poor Ethel has a wart on her chin ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/7949 "2026-02-24T16:37:49Z")
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