# 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:** 409

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8170 "2026-07-08T17:08:09Z")

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I sailed to the edge of the Earth  
for an autograph from Colin Firth  
He gave me a smile

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8171 "2026-07-08T19:37:32Z")

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I sailed to the edge of the Earth  
For an autograph from Colin Firth  
He gave me a smile  
Before he began to defile

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8172 "2026-07-08T20:27:17Z")

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I sailed to the edge of the Earth  
For an autograph from Colin Firth  
He gave me a smile  
Before he began to defile  
my dog, which kinda lessened his worth

My new bride is one hundred and four

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8173 "2026-07-08T21:42:29Z")

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My new bride is one hundred and four  
I carried her in through the door

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8174 "2026-07-08T23:21:09Z")

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My new bride is one hundred and four  
I carried her in through the door  
Though being a bowhead whale

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8175 "2026-07-08T23:36:27Z")

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My new bride is one hundred and four  
I carried her in through the door  
Though being a bowhead whale  
We still plan to set sail

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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:** [July 9, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8176 "2026-07-09T03:28:44Z")

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My new bride is one hundred and four  
I carried her in through the door  
Though being a bowhead whale  
We still plan to set sail  
To our honeymoon suite by the shore

My underwear’s twenty years old

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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:** [July 9, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8177 "2026-07-09T04:01:36Z")

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My underwear’s twenty years old  
You can bet it’s a sight to behold!

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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:** [July 9, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8178 "2026-07-09T13:20:09Z")

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My underwear’s twenty years old  
You can bet it’s a sight to behold!  
It has a will of its own

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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:** [July 10, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8179 "2026-07-10T01:18:32Z")

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My underwear’s twenty years old  
You can bet it’s a sight to behold!  
It has a will of its own  
That fondles my bone

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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:** [July 11, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8180 "2026-07-11T20:46:56Z")

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My underwear’s twenty years old  
You can bet it’s a sight to behold!  
It has a will of its own  
That fondles my bone  
But otherwise won’t do what it’s told

I have an ostrich and an emu

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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:** [July 11, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8181 "2026-07-11T20:52:09Z")

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I have an ostrich and an emu  
Which one looks nicer to you?

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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:** [July 11, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8182 "2026-07-11T21:13:23Z")

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I have an ostrich and an emu  
Which one looks nicer to you?  
The ostrich has dimples

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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:** [July 11, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8183 "2026-07-11T21:36:35Z")

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I have an ostrich and an emu  
Which one looks nicer to you?  
The ostrich has dimples  
The emu pops pimples

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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:** [July 11, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8184 "2026-07-11T22:02:20Z")

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I have an ostrich and an emu  
Which one looks nicer to you?  
The ostrich has dimples  
The emu pops pimples  
How would a cassowary do?

There was an old guy who lived in a shoe

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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:** [July 12, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8185 "2026-07-12T03:49:01Z")

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There was an old guy who lived in a shoe  
It was big, and made mostly of glue

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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:** [July 12, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8186 "2026-07-12T05:16:22Z")

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There was an old guy who lived in a shoe  
It was big, and made mostly of glue  
Which allowed him to stick

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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:** [July 12, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8187 "2026-07-12T20:28:40Z")

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There was an old guy who lived in a shoe  
It was big, and made mostly of glue  
Which allowed him to stick  
And that did the trick

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8188 "2026-07-15T23:45:06Z")

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There was an old guy who lived in a shoe  
It was big, and made mostly of glue  
Which allowed him to stick  
And that did the trick  
So he stuck on the old woman too.

My elbow’s been hurting me lately

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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:** [July 15, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8189 "2026-07-15T23:58:29Z")

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My elbow’s been hurting me lately  
I just cannot stretch it out straightly

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