# 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:** 414

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8270 "2026-08-06T13:07:29Z")

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A bitch an ass and a cock  
All reside in a grandfather clock  
The bitch howls at nine

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8271 "2026-08-06T14:31:41Z")

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A bitch an ass and a cock  
All reside in a grandfather clock  
The bitch howls at nine  
As the ass sobs a whine

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8272 "2026-08-06T15:55:23Z")

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A bitch an ass and a cock  
All reside in a grandfather clock  
The bitch howls at nine  
As the ass sobs a whine  
And the cock just says tick and then tock

I don’t have five cents to my name

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8273 "2026-08-06T17:17:32Z")

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I slept with a lady giraffe  
She was too much for me by half!

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8274 "2026-08-06T19:21:25Z")

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Uhh, you’re about a day late and 13 posts late with that one, **HH** …

Going from **2\_More\_Bits** ’ last entry:

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I don’t have five cents to my name  
Yeah, I am flat broke, to my utter shame

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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:** [August 6, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8275 "2026-08-06T21:18:05Z")

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Crap.

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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:** [August 7, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8276 "2026-08-07T12:31:15Z")

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I don’t have five cents to my name  
Yeah, I am flat broke, to my utter shame  
And my timing is crap

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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:** [August 7, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8277 "2026-08-07T19:20:02Z")

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I don’t have five cents to my name  
Yeah, I am flat broke, to my utter shame  
And my timing is crap  
I just learned how to rap

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8278 "2026-08-10T12:28:44Z")

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[quote=“2\_More\_Bits, post:8277, topic:712149, full:true”]  
I don’t have five cents to my name  
Yeah, I am flat broke, to my utter shame  
And my timing is crap  
I just learned how to rap  
but it’s brought me no fortune or fame.

I ate your last plum from the fridge.

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8279 "2026-08-10T14:08:30Z")

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I ate your last plum from the fridge  
I gave half to the troll from the bridge

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8280 "2026-08-10T16:12:15Z")

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I ate your last plum from the fridge  
I gave half to the troll from the bridge  
The remainder I et

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8281 "2026-08-10T19:11:48Z")

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I ate your last plum from the fridge  
I gave half to the troll from the bridge  
The remainder I et

[I am assuming that last word was supposed to be “ate”…]

So I wouldn’t be late

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8282 "2026-08-10T20:34:20Z")

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[ **Past Tense of Eat**

An old or regional pronunciation/spelling for “ate” (e.g., “She et the last slice”).]

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8283 "2026-08-10T22:48:02Z")

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I ate your last plum from the fridge  
I gave half to the troll from the bridge  
The remainder I et  
With honey, you bet!

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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:** [August 10, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8284 "2026-08-10T23:05:16Z")

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I ate your last plum from the fridge  
I gave half to the troll from the bridge  
The remainder I et  
With honey, you bet!  
And Tabasco (well, only a smidge)

I ran fast so I wouldn’t be late

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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:** [August 11, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8285 "2026-08-11T04:41:44Z")

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I ran fast so I wouldn’t be late  
For my bleak, ignominious fate!

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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:** [August 11, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8286 "2026-08-11T20:23:13Z")

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I ran fast so I wouldn’t be late  
For my bleak, ignominious fate!  
As I reached the abyss

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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:** [August 11, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8287 "2026-08-11T20:56:29Z")

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I ran fast so I wouldn’t be late  
For my bleak, ignominious fate!  
As I reached the abyss  
The demon arose to hiss

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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:** [August 11, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8288 "2026-08-11T21:58:13Z")

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I ran fast so I wouldn’t be late  
For my bleak, ignominious fate!  
As I reached the abyss  
The demon arose to hiss  
and that was the start of our date

I’ll eat anything tossed into a stew

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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:** [August 12, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/8289 "2026-08-12T00:46:55Z")

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I’ll eat anything tossed into a stew  
From a stone to the heel of my shoe

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