Loopy Limericks

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There was an old girl from Hawaii
Who hooked an immense mahi-mahi
“This dolphin smells fishy,”

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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.

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Hey!!

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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.

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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

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There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne
Whose Daddy had Euros to burn

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There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne
Whose Daddy had Euros to burn
Though most Swiss use francs

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There was a Swiss maid from Lucerne
Whose Daddy had Euros to burn
Though most Swiss use francs
He owned foreign banks

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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

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A gremlin was messing with planes
Replacing the cargo with brains

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A gremlin was messing with planes
Replacing the cargo with brains
There were so many zombies,

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A gremlin was messing with planes
Replacing the cargo with brains
There were so many zombies,
Writing unrhymable ditties

134

What about:

“That Mitt and the Romneys…”?

Carry on…

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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

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Please explain what’s going on here. Where in the rules does it say you can delete someone elses entry?

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(Some were Jason Giambi’s)

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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. :smiley:

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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.

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***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.

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The dame in the golden gown