Loopy Limericks

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In north western south San Jose
Which is quite a mouthful to say
I choked on a green bean
But thank God, a teen queen
Turned that legume into a puree!

While swimming from Calais to Dover

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While swimming from Calais to Dover
I was quite nearly run over

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While swimming from Calais to Dover
I was quite nearly run over
By a big pod of whales

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While swimming from Calais to Dover
I was quite nearly run over
By a big pod of whales
With pink polka-dot tails

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While swimming from Calais to Dover
I was quite nearly run over
By a big pod of whales
With pink polka-dot tails
and jockeyed by semi-palmated plovers.

While exuding a batrachian air,

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[Hmm methinks we have a fellow birder in our midst!]

While exuding a batrachian air,
Father Guido wandered into the fair

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While exuding a batrachian air,
Father Guido wandered into the fair
He bought cotton candy,

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While exuding a batrachian air,
Father Guido wandered into the fair
He bought cotton candy,
And that sweet made him randy

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While exuding a batrachian air,
Father Guido wandered into the fair
He bought cotton candy,
And that sweet made him randy
So he blessed a frog’s sweet derriere
There was a young lawyer named Moose

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n/m - ninja’d

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There was a young lawyer named Moose
Who took a hard-case to deduce.

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There was a young lawyer named Moose
Who took a hard-case to deduce
His client was broke

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There was a young lawyer named Moose
Who took a hard-case to deduce
His client was broke
And lied when he spoke

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There was a young lawyer named Moose
Who took a hard-case to deduce
His client was broke
And lied when he spoke
And still the judge cut him loose!
A pregnant young lady from New Orleans

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A pregnant young lady from New Orleans
Was far too large to fit her jeans

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A pregnant young lady from New Orleans
Was far too large to fit her jeans
So she grabbed her pajamas

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A pregnant young lady from New Orleans
Was far too large to fit her jeans
So she grabbed her pajamas
And greased with bananas

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A pregnant young lady from New Orleans
Was far too large to fit her jeans
So she grabbed her pajamas
And greased with bananas
All pants-waists to fit in her means

At breakfast one day in New Hampshire

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At breakfast one day in New Hampshire
We sat bleary-eyed 'round the campfire.

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Side note:

Aren’t limericks supposed to have a specific meter? I thought the first, second and fifth lines were supposed to be nine syllables metered as:
da-DAH-da da-DAH-da da-DAH-da
With the third and fourth lines having five syllables metered as:
da-DAH-da-da DAH
Some of the limericks I see here, including the one I just finished, don’t stick to that meter scheme. Is that considered OK? To my ear, it makes the limerick sound off unless it fits (what I view as) the “standard” limerick meter.