# 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:** 73

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**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:** [May 25, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1442 "2015-05-25T16:44:20Z")

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I really am tired of hash tags,  
Although they’re like $ on cash bags.  
Twitter makes us obtuse,

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**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:** [May 26, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1443 "2015-05-26T00:04:20Z")

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I really am tired of hash tags,  
Although they’re like $ on cash bags.  
Twitter makes us obtuse,  
So we keep with the abuse

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1444 "2015-05-26T03:34:44Z")

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I really am tired of hash tags,  
Although they’re like $ on cash bags.  
Twitter makes us obtuse,  
So we keep with the abuse  
And deplore jerks who always bash fags.

Heraclitus said “Time’s like a river”

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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:** [May 26, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1445 "2015-05-26T05:35:00Z")

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Heraclitus said “Time’s like a river”,  
Not like an arrow, freed from a quiver.

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1446 "2015-05-27T02:32:31Z")

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Heraclitus said “Time’s like a river”,  
Not like an arrow, freed from a quiver.  
And so, I would bet,

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**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:** [May 27, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1447 "2015-05-27T04:33:31Z")

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Heraclitus said “Time’s like a river”,  
Not like an arrow, freed from a quiver.  
And so, I would bet,  
That if he and Zeno met

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1448 "2015-05-27T10:47:07Z")

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Heraclitus said, “Time’s like a river”,  
Not like an arrow, freed from a quiver.  
And so, I would bet,  
That if he and Zeno met,  
Each would have an idea to deliver.

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In the distance a hound dog was baying,

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1449 "2015-05-27T14:14:39Z")

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In the distance a hound dog was baying,  
In the farmhouse the widow was staying

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**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:** [May 27, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1450 "2015-05-27T17:25:49Z")

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In the distance a hound dog was baying,  
In the farmhouse the widow was staying,  
wrapped up in black lace,

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**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:** [May 27, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1451 "2015-05-27T20:14:20Z")

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In the distance a hound dog was baying,  
In the farmhouse the widow was staying,  
wrapped up in black lace,  
and with powder on face

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**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:** [May 30, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1452 "2015-05-30T17:27:42Z")

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In the distance a hound dog was baying,  
In the farmhouse the widow was staying,  
wrapped up in black lace,  
and with powder on face  
In her husband’s coffin she was laying.  
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I went to see the Baby Jesus

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1453 "2015-05-30T17:41:13Z")

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I went to see the Baby Jesus;  
When I enter the room, he sneezes

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**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:** [May 30, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1454 "2015-05-30T19:53:01Z")

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I went to see the Baby Jesus;  
When I enter the room, he sneezes  
Was he allergic to myrrh?

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1455 "2015-05-30T20:07:48Z")

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I went to see the Baby Jesus;  
When I enter the room, he sneezes  
Was he allergic to myrrh,  
Or had some saboteur?

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**Author:** ![lottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lottie)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1456 "2015-05-30T20:27:43Z")

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I went to see the Baby Jesus;  
When I enter the room, he sneezes  
Was he allergic to myrrh,  
Or had some saboteur  
Let him suck on fermented cheeses?  
An Italian sailor named Guido,

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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:** [May 30, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1457 "2015-05-30T23:49:30Z")

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An Italian sailor named Guido,  
Was swabbing the deck in a Speedo

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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:** [May 31, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1458 "2015-05-31T05:17:18Z")

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An Italian sailor named Guido,  
Was swabbing the deck in a Speedo.  
His cazzalone dropped out,

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**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:** [May 31, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1459 "2015-05-31T21:29:18Z")

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An Italian sailor named Guido,  
Was swabbing the deck in a Speedo.  
His cazzalone dropped out,  
And there wasn’t a doubt

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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:** [May 31, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1460 "2015-05-31T22:21:49Z")

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An Italian sailor named Guido,  
Was swabbing the deck in a Speedo.  
His cazzalone dropped out,  
And there wasn’t a doubt  
It looked awfully like a torpedo.

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A thick-headed butcher named Billy,

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1461 "2015-06-01T05:51:15Z")

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A thick-headed butcher named Billy,  
Was asked for a filet of filly.

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