# 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:** 44
**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 25, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/862 "2015-03-25T12:33:21Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > \*(You will notice that I overlook the mis-rhyme). \* _“He who smelt it, dealt it”_ > [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > Way down south where the buds are all poppin’ > Paula Deen is making dessert toppin’. > Though she cut out the sugar > And should not have used nougat ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/863 "2015-03-25T17:45:31Z")
I’ve never made love on a sidewalk, Or loved up a maid at the Bangkok. But one thing I’ve done Or, at least, half-begun, Was a willing young barkeep in Montauk. In Heidelburg it is often said, ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/864 "2015-03-25T18:18:41Z")
In Heidelburg it is often said, That before you get into bed ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/865 "2015-03-25T18:39:23Z")
In Heidelburg it is often said, That before you get into bed If you eat a herring ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/866 "2015-03-25T19:31:51Z")
In Heidelburg it is often said, That before you get into bed If you eat a herring And one small ball-bearing _(Btw. There aren’t too many choices when rhyming with ‘sugar’. Where I come from, ‘nougat’, correctly pronounced, is a pretty close match. In its context too, it actually meant something which alluded to the theme. If you read what comes just before it, you might possibly understand that my comment, re rhyme, didn’t come completely out of the blue.)_ ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/867 "2015-03-25T19:34:50Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > \*(Btw. There aren’t too many choices when rhyming with ‘sugar’. \* booger ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/868 "2015-03-25T19:38:55Z")
In Heidelburg it is often said, That before you get into bed If you eat a herring And one small ball-bearing You’ll wake up as a tuna instead. As I watched from the top of the hill ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/869 "2015-03-25T19:46:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > booger I didn’t say there were no other choices. I simply took the best one, which, conveniently also had meaning in the context. And I’m still not sure that you’re convinced that the rest of the English-speaking world (outside US.) doesn’t actually pronounce ‘nougat’ (something) like ‘nugget’, but ‘sugar’. ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/870 "2015-03-25T19:49:52Z")
As I watched from the top of the hill I noticed young Jack mounting Jill. ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/871 "2015-03-25T19:54:51Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > I didn’t say there were no other choices. I simply took the best one, which, conveniently also had meaning in the context. > And I’m still not sure that you’re convinced that the rest of the English-speaking world (outside US.) doesn’t actually pronounce ‘nougat’ (something) like ‘nugget’, but ‘sugar’. I am convinced that no one, anywhere, believes ‘nougat’ rhymes with ‘sugar’. But that’s beside the point; if your standards are so loose that nougat and sugar rhyme, I don’t see how you can nitpick ‘Bangkok’ and ‘sidewalk’. I think it is a lot more fun without less attention to rules and rhyming, and more attention to bawdy limericks. ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/872 "2015-03-25T20:09:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I am convinced that no one, anywhere, believes ‘nougat’ rhymes with ‘sugar’. But that’s beside the point; if your standards are so loose that nougat and sugar rhyme, I don’t see how you can nitpick ‘Bangkok’ and ‘sidewalk’. > > I think it is a lot more fun without less attention to rules and rhyming, and more attention to bawdy limericks. As I’ve already said, what you are calling nit-picking (Bangkok/sidewalk) was merely a response to previous entry that was doing just that with someone else. And here’s someone else with ‘loose standards’. [http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/site/improve/pronunciation-guide-say-it-right/how-to-pronounce-nougat.html](http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/site/improve/pronunciation-guide-say-it-right/how-to-pronounce-nougat.html) ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/873 "2015-03-25T20:13:16Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > And here’s someone else with ‘loose standards’. > [http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/site/improve/pronunciation-guide-say-it-right/how-to-pronounce-nougat.html](http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/site/improve/pronunciation-guide-say-it-right/how-to-pronounce-nougat.html) That doesn’t rhyme with sugar either. ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/874 "2015-03-25T20:23:25Z")
As I watched from the top of the hill I noticed young Jack mounting Jill. But then I heard some folks sparring, ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/875 "2015-03-25T20:25:55Z")
As I watched from the top of the hill I noticed young Jack mounting Jill. But then I heard some folks sparring, Two empty vessels jarring, ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/876 "2015-03-25T21:03:59Z")
As I watched from the top of the hill I noticed young Jack mounting Jill But then I heard some folks sparring Two empty vessels jarring With a Wheaton who’s first name is Wil When Sandra emerged from the sea ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/877 "2015-03-25T21:11:26Z")
When Sandra emerged from the sea Her tiny top popped off and flew free ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/878 "2015-03-25T21:13:58Z")
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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 25, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/879 "2015-03-25T21:16:28Z")
When Sandra emerged from the sea, Her tiny top popped off and flew free. We then heard the squeals ---
**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/880 "2015-03-25T21:21:24Z")
When Sandra emerged from the sea, Her tiny top popped off and flew free. We then heard the squeals Of the crabs and the eels, ---
**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 25, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/881 "2015-03-25T22:15:29Z")
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