# 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:** 56
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1102 "2015-04-11T01:47:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1103 "2015-04-11T01:50:29Z")
> [@jepflast](#): > > A baker was kneading his dough > While his apprentice was watching him go. > But the heat from the friction A baker was kneading his dough While his apprentice was watching him go. But the heat from the friction caused a powerful eviction ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1104 "2015-04-11T01:55:54Z")
A baker was kneading his dough While his apprentice was watching him go. But the heat from the friction Caused a powerful eviction And gave her muffin a wonderful glow I once bedded a girl from Shanghai ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1105 "2015-04-11T01:56:16Z")
A baker was kneading his dough While his apprentice was watching him go. But the heat from the friction Caused a powerful eviction ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1106 "2015-04-11T01:57:07Z")
I once bedded a girl from Shanghai. It turned out that “she” was a guy! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1107 "2015-04-11T02:46:57Z")
I once bedded a girl from Shanghai. It turned out that “she” was a guy! Cos’, there in her thong ---
**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1108 "2015-04-11T04:09:12Z")
I once bedded a girl from Shanghai. It turned out that “she” was a guy! Cos’, there in her thong Was, tucked up, a dong, ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1109 "2015-04-11T04:32:21Z")
I once bedded a girl from Shanghai. It turned out that “she” was a guy! Cos’, there in her thong Was, tucked up, a dong, With a crocodile tear in its eye. * * * I there was a ball-player named Clancy, ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1110 "2015-04-11T05:07:02Z")
I there was a ball-player named Clancy Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1111 "2015-04-11T06:37:40Z")
There was a ball-player named Clancy, Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy. And the pitchers he’d face ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1112 "2015-04-11T06:47:12Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > There was a ball-player named Clancy, > Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy. > And the pitchers he’d face There was a ball-player named Clancy, Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy. And the pitchers he’d face would give him a base ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1113 "2015-04-11T14:53:13Z")
There was a ball-player named Clancy, Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy. And the pitchers he’d face would give him a base By pitching four balls to a “Nancy.” While doing my big song and dance. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1114 "2015-04-11T18:56:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There was a ball-player named Clancy, > Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy. > And the pitchers he’d face > would give him a base > By pitching four balls to a “Nancy.” > > While doing my big song and dance. While doing my big song and dance I vowed to leave nothing to chance. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1115 "2015-04-11T20:51:34Z")
_ **By pitching four balls to a "Nancy."** _ _Nice finish, Annie!_ While doing my big song and dance, I vowed to leave nothing to chance. But then in the chorus ---
**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1116 "2015-04-11T21:09:46Z")
While doing my big song and dance, I vowed to leave nothing to chance. But then in the chorus He suffered a sore ass, ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1117 "2015-04-11T21:20:02Z")
> [@lottie](#): > > While doing my big song and dance, > I vowed to leave nothing to chance. > But then in the chorus > He suffered a sore ass, While doing my big song and dance, I vowed to leave nothing to chance. But then in the chorus he suffered a sore ass, now he no longer can prance. On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1118 "2015-04-11T21:29:02Z")
_While doing my big song and dance, I vowed to leave nothing to chance. But then in the chorus He suffered a sore ass, Now he no longer can prance._ _ **# Conventional form for a Limerick is capitalise each line. Thanks.** _ On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve, And I know it’s somewhat naïve, ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1119 "2015-04-11T23:59:00Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > _While doing my big song and dance, > I vowed to leave nothing to chance. > But then in the chorus > He suffered a sore ass, > Now he no longer can prance._ > > _ **# Conventional form for a Limerick is capitalise each line. Thanks.** _ > On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve, > And I know it’s somewhat naïve, #Hey, your thread your rules but I can no conventional capitalization traditions for limericks. In fact, the first known limerick was: There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to the show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. This from [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_%28poetry%29#cite_note-13) or if you prefer another [source](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-lim1.htm): There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to a show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. Tune, wont you come to Limerick. St John Daily News (New Brunswick), 30 Nov. 1880. The thought of someone going pedantic over limericks though truly gave me a great smile and I mean that. I love limericks and their very flaunting of the poetry rules. I think the inventor of the form would laugh too. Here are [study.com](http://study.com)’s rules for limericks. The last paragraph pretty much is what I think about the strict observance of capitalization rules with limericks. > [@](#): > > The limerick has a very specific structure. It consists of five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA. Rhyme scheme is the pattern determining which lines rhyme, with a letter of the alphabet representing the rhyming words. Rhyme scheme begins with the letter A and uses a new letter for each new sound. Thus, in a limerick the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme. > > In addition to the rhyme scheme, there is a certain number of feet (pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables) in each line of a limerick. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines usually have 3 feet, where the 3rd and 4th lines only have 2 feet. This works out to about 8 or 9 syllables and 5 or 6 syllables respectively. For the most part this affects the line length, giving the 3rd and 4th lines a shorter and faster read as compared to the others. > > \*\*The structure for the number of feet is often stretched and not always strictly followed. Many poets add in unstressed syllables in order to make a limerick have logical sense, but the general rule should be followed. \*\* Limericks only follow conventions when they work but even those that don’t follow them are generally enjoyed and shared. Sadly, in this thread they are not. I won’t make that mistake again. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1120 "2015-04-12T00:23:33Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > _While doing my big song and dance, > I vowed to leave nothing to chance. > But then in the chorus > He suffered a sore ass, > Now he no longer can prance._ > > _ **# Conventional form for a Limerick is capitalise each line. Thanks.** _ > On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve, > And I know it’s somewhat naïve, On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve, And I know it’s somewhat naïve, When I encountered a bat, ---
**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:** [April 12, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1121 "2015-04-12T01:01:46Z")
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