# Revenge of the SonoftheWifeofthePlanetofthe Limericks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912 "2002-05-20T05:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912/61 "2002-06-02T09:24:21Z")

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Oh, Hippie and Trade, you’re astounding!  
You’re _limerickal_ talents, confounding!  
When one serves an ‘ace’  
The other, saving face,  
Returns with a volley resounding!!!

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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912/62 "2002-06-02T11:50:24Z")

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The mighty barbarian Grax  
was strong, yet his brain was quite lax.  
He’d split all his foes  
from the head to the toes  
but with the wrong end of his axe!

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**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912/63 "2002-06-02T17:35:15Z")

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I feel that I’m being slighted.  
I admit I came in uninvited.  
But Hippie and Trade  
Though great rhymes they have made  
Aren’t the only whose muse has alighted.

Then again, on the first page I saw  
More atrocious rhymes shoved down my craw  
Than I could shake a stick at.  
It’s nothing to pick at;  
But, I’ll tell ya’, there should be a law.

Meanwhile, I’m sitting here steaming.  
The temp’s climbed. I’m no longer beaming.  
If it weren’t for AC  
You’d see my kids and me  
Changing state, with our skin all but melted.

Another, I’ll throw up for y’all.  
(“Throw up” can mean “vomit,” recall.)  
If you want quality  
You should take it from me…  
You shan’t find it in my prose at all.

And now, just to fill up some space  
Five more lines, all in their happy place.  
Bad limericks abound  
Tossed aloft and around  
It’s a good thing this isn’t a race.

“Enough!” you all cry. “This is madness!”  
I can’t disagree; and with sadness  
I’ll finish this post  
And I won’t even boast  
That this is the only one I’ve written which contains an entirely too-long ending line with no decent rhyme and no particular point or meter.

:D:D:D:D:D

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**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912/64 "2002-06-02T17:38:06Z")

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Oi! I totally screwed up the third one!  
I should now start all over from word one!  
I won’t though. Thing is  
I’ve shown I’m not a whiz  
Of your fingers, just flip me the bird one.

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**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-the-sonofthewifeoftheplanetofthe-limericks/109912/65 "2002-06-02T21:44:07Z")

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Applauds you all madly… I’m sneeking in to add a favorite of mine. the meter is normal but the ryme is… well, you’ll see 🙂

There was a young fellow named Dirken  
Who was fond of jerking his gerkin  
Said his wife to Dirken  
From jerkin’ yer gerkin  
You been shirkin’ your ferkin’ You bastard!

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