# 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:** 91

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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:** [July 16, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1808 "2015-07-16T22:21:49Z")

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I was walking down the street and singing,  
I was wet and my stockings were clinging.  
But twasn’t the rain,  
I had stepped in a drain

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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:** [July 17, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1809 "2015-07-17T01:44:02Z")

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I was walking down the street and singing,  
I was wet and my stockings were clinging.  
But twasn’t the rain,  
I had stepped in a drain,  
And my bell-bottom pants needed wringing.  
The magic pill dissolved fast in my throat,

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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:** [July 17, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1810 "2015-07-17T06:14:32Z")

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The magic pill dissolved fast in my throat,  
It tasted just like creosote,

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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:** [July 18, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1811 "2015-07-18T16:07:54Z")

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The magic pill dissolved fast in my throat,  
It tasted just like creosote,  
Then I sprouted a beanstalk

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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:** [July 18, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1812 "2015-07-18T20:38:49Z")

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The magic pill dissolved fast in my throat,  
It tasted just like creosote,  
Then I sprouted a beanstalk,  
Where once there had been dork

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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:** [July 20, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1813 "2015-07-20T23:06:47Z")

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The magic pill dissolved fast in my throat,  
It tasted just like creosote,  
Then I sprouted a beanstalk,  
Where once there had been dork,  
But it’s well hidden inside my coat.

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Grandma Moses sat on the front porch,

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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:** [July 20, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1814 "2015-07-20T23:47:03Z")

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Grandma Moses sat on the front porch  
Smoking crack with her pipe and a torch

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1815 "2015-07-21T06:12:13Z")

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Grandma Moses sat on the front porch  
Smoking crack with her pipe and a torch  
Then she grabbed at her palette

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1816 "2015-07-21T18:36:31Z")

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Grandma Moses sat on the front porch  
Smoking crack with her pipe and a torch  
Then she grabbed at her palette  
But instead, seized a mallet

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1817 "2015-07-21T21:04:24Z")

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Grandma Moses sat on the front porch,  
Smoking crack with her pipe and a torch.  
Then she grabbed at her palette,  
But instead, seized a mallet,  
And broke the coke so that it could scorch.  
An old gunslinger who lived in the West,

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1818 "2015-07-21T21:05:57Z")

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An old gunslinger who lived in the West,  
Put his Indian sidekick to the test.

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1819 "2015-07-21T21:13:35Z")

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An old gunslinger who lived in the West,  
Put his Indian sidekick to the test.  
“Is this kale, or kohlrabi?”

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1820 "2015-07-21T21:43:32Z")

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An old gunslinger who lived in the West,  
Put his Indian sidekick to the test.  
“Is this kale, or kohlrabi?”  
“I don’t much care, Kemosabe.”

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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:** [July 21, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1821 "2015-07-21T22:16:23Z")

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An old gunslinger who lived in the West,  
Put his Indian sidekick to the test.  
“Is this kale, or kohlrabi?”  
"I don’t much care, Kemosabe,  
“I can’t think when you stand there undressed.”

The blacksmith was forging a sword

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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:** [July 22, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1822 "2015-07-22T04:38:21Z")

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The blacksmith was forging a sword  
For a grumpy, tight-fisted dwarf lord

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1823 "2015-07-22T11:49:13Z")

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The blacksmith was forging a sword  
For a grumpy, tight-fisted dwarf lord  
From iron of low grade

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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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1824 "2015-07-22T21:03:19Z")

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The blacksmith was forging a sword  
For a grumpy, tight-fisted dwarf lord  
From iron of low grade  
and obsidian blade

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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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1825 "2015-07-22T21:06:39Z")

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The blacksmith was forging a sword  
For a grumpy, tight-fisted dwarf lord  
From iron of low grade  
and obsidian blade  
When he saw it, the dwarf lord roared.

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At a party I met John Wayne Bobbit

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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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1826 "2015-07-22T21:28:05Z")

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At a party I met John Wayne Bobbit,  
He was so short that I could not throb it.

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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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149/1827 "2015-07-22T21:49:33Z")

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At a party I met John Wayne Bobbit,  
He was so short that I could not throb it.  
It’s kept so well-hidden,

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