# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/122 "2015-02-12T20:47:51Z")
There was an old girl from Hawaii Who hooked an immense mahi-mahi “This dolphin smells fishy,” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/123 "2015-02-12T21:23:00Z")
There was an old girl from Hawaii Who hooked an immense mahi-mahi In the fight with the fish She started to wish _**(I KNOW it’s a clunky rhyme, but all rhymes for “Hawaii” are clunky**_!) It’s a matter of how hard you traii. ---
**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 12, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/124 "2015-02-12T21:34:47Z")
_Hey!!_ ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/125 "2015-02-12T21:37:07Z")
_**Hey? On my screen you were beaten to the third line by the contributor of the line that I followed. In other words, I don’t think your line should be there, if that’s what you are indicating.**_ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/126 "2015-02-12T22:03:12Z")
There was an old girl from Hawaii Who hooked an immense mahi-mahi In the fight with the fish She started to wish She hadn’t eaten that last piece of pie-e. **Biotop** gets the ninja. Next: There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/127 "2015-02-12T22:10:21Z")
There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne Whose Daddy had Euros to burn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/128 "2015-02-12T22:34:06Z")
There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne Whose Daddy had Euros to burn Though most Swiss use francs ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/129 "2015-02-12T22:43:18Z")
There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne Whose Daddy had Euros to burn Though most Swiss use francs He owned foreign banks ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/130 "2015-02-12T22:49:13Z")
There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne Whose Daddy had Euros to burn Though most Swiss use francs He owned foreign banks And he bought both Geneva and Bern. A gremlin was messing with planes ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/131 "2015-02-12T22:52:25Z")
A gremlin was messing with planes Replacing the cargo with brains ---
**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 12, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/132 "2015-02-12T22:55:31Z")
A gremlin was messing with planes Replacing the cargo with brains There were so many zombies, ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/133 "2015-02-12T23:09:19Z")
A gremlin was messing with planes Replacing the cargo with brains There were so many zombies, Writing unrhymable ditties ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/134 "2015-02-12T23:15:58Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > Writing unrhymable ditties What about: “That Mitt and the Romneys…”? Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/135 "2015-02-12T23:21:01Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > A gremlin was messing with planes > Replacing the cargo with brains > There were so many zombies, > Writing unrhymable ditties A gremlin was messing with planes Replacing the cargo with brains There were so many zombies, [del]Writing unrhymable ditties[/del] Wearing Fitch and Abercrombies ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/136 "2015-02-12T23:23:09Z")
Please explain what’s going on here. Where in the rules does it say you can delete someone elses entry? ---
**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 12, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/137 "2015-02-12T23:26:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A gremlin was messing with planes > Replacing the cargo with brains > There were so many zombies, > [del]Writing unrhymable ditties[/del] > Wearing Fitch and Abercrombies (Some were [Jason Giambi’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Giambi)) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/138 "2015-02-13T00:03:26Z")
> [@Orson\_Carte](#): > > Please explain what’s going on here. Where in the rules does it say you can delete someone elses entry? Lines three and four in a limerick should rhyme, so other posters were just trying to get the limerick back into the correct form before it was finished. Here’s an example (from Wiki): Writing a Limerick’s absurd, Line one and line five rhyme in word, And just as you’ve reckoned They rhyme with the second; The fourth line must rhyme with the third. Please don’t be offended. Some of us are a little OCD about limerick form. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/139 "2015-02-13T00:04:21Z")
A gremlin was messing with planes Replacing the cargo with brains There were so many zombies, Wearing Fitch and Abercrombies That it crashed near Roswell, in flames. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/140 "2015-02-13T00:12:14Z")
\*\*\*Please don’t be offended. Some of us are a little OCD about limerick form. \*\*\* I’m well aware of Limerick form. As the initiator of this game I also suggested some rules and suggestions. One of the suggestions was to not write others into a corner. In other words, write your line as if you could follow with the next, if you had to. My ‘unmetered and mis-rhymed line’ was tongue in cheek. The game really IS meant to be fun but so far I’ve noticed some very good efforts by others sabotaged, either by intention or oversight. You don’t have to look very far back to find examples of this. Nevertheless, I really do hope you are enjoying the game (when it’s working well) as I am. Best wishes. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/141 "2015-02-13T00:14:08Z")
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