# The Limerick Appreciation Society **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043 "2003-02-24T00:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/21 "2003-02-24T05:47:31Z")
Forgetting that **sperfur** ’s a girl Is making my head start to twirl If I do it again She’ll see to my end And kick my ass off of the world. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/22 "2003-02-24T05:57:44Z")
When kicking **Q.E.D.'s** ass off the world You must have your leg properly curled A straight leg won’t do Watch that follow-through! And make sure your foot is unfurled ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/23 "2003-02-24T06:18:12Z")
[While **Lobsang** practices his rants](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3037134#post3037134) I’m laughing so hard I’m peeing my pants This thread is so funny I’d almost pay money To read more of these guys and their dance ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/24 "2003-02-24T06:28:30Z")
I’m trying to think of a way To applaud that **sperfur** ’s OK Her poems are so silly And she’ll post willy-nilly I could sit here reading all day! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/25 "2003-02-24T07:06:06Z")
Here’s one for the "a’ thread: It was just a mistake by **Klaatu** but a concept entirely new siezed control of the thread now the hamsters are dead and the inmates are running the zoo! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/26 "2003-02-24T07:52:14Z")
There once was a SPOOFE in a thread Who couldn’t think of what should be said So he became quite entranced With saying “Underpants” When nothing else would do in its stead ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/27 "2003-02-24T13:10:08Z")
There once was a newbie named **sperfur** Whose limericks everyone fought for. With a razor sharp wit And the speed of the 'net She delighted many a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/28 "2003-02-24T13:39:48Z")
**sperfur’s** rhyming aplomb should win trophies But not her use of apostrophies. They shouldn’t appear In plurals, my dear. As a proofreader, I’d pay you quite low fees. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/29 "2003-02-24T14:29:59Z")
On a clear and beautiful day You can see from miles away The steam plume aglow From the cooling towers below At the nuke plant in _Limerick, PA_. I just had to contribute this one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/30 "2003-02-24T14:35:41Z")
Have you people ever been to Limerick? Tis a festering hole full of trolls. Oh, different Limerick… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/31 "2003-02-24T15:15:17Z")
Limerick’s known as “stab city”, And the reason is not very pretty: 'Tis a festering hole Chock-full of trolls Who stick knives in each other. How shitty. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/32 "2003-02-24T23:12:30Z")
OMG, I misused an apostrophe! **jjimm** is planning to shoot me! While he gets out his gun I plead just having fun And say I was just testing you, see? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/33 "2003-02-25T00:12:41Z")
I don’t think he wanted to shoot you Punctuation made him dispute you Next time get it right And you won’t have a fight Your poems will be better, to boot, oooh! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/34 "2003-02-25T12:02:08Z")
If I were a mod I’d have banned 'em For apostrophies scattered at random, But relax, no harm done, And I don’t own a gun. As explained: quod erat demonstrandum. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/35 "2003-02-26T00:02:11Z")
[I’m addicted to posting to ‘a’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158752&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) It makes me feel fuzzy and gay I can read posts by **Kat** Whose’s a’s lead posting brat 😛 And going there makes my day! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/36 "2003-02-26T00:26:56Z")
This apparent “a” thread monomania is a new form of rare schizophrenia but with help from the gods we’ll keep posting till mods sink the thing like the ole Lusitania. ---
**Author:** ![litwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@litwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litwit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/37 "2012-11-08T03:15:05Z")
Happy Birthday Morley Safer A newsman they call Morley Safer Is from land of canuck, like Paul Shaffer Now he’s wrinkled and craggy His gonads are saggy His hair is as thin as a wafer In Canada Morley began Writing stories his newspaper ran Then he changed his address When he joined CBS And they sent him to South Viet Nam After that they assigned him to Britain Where many more stories got written Where that prick Jack the Ripper Killed hooker and stripper And many a throat he was slittin’ He came back to the States 3 years later Met his wife, and he started to date ‘er Pretty soon they were hitched Morley’s life was enriched When he probed her below the equator He’s been on 60 Minutes for years Now retirement patently nears They have begged him to go But he’s needing the dough And he likes hanging out with his peers Now Morley has turned 81 And it seems that he’s still having fun Doing work he adores During peacetime and wars When he’s gone we will miss him a ton ---
**Author:** ![litwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@litwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litwit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/38 "2012-11-08T03:18:34Z")
Happy Birthday Sally Field There’s an actress we call Sally Field Many virtues and flaws she’s revealed In the roles she has played Now her hair is all grayed And her arteries partly congealed As Gidget she starred on TV In the role of the late Sandra Dee She was perky and cute And she gained some repute As a gal who was footloose and free Sally then played a nun who could fly Though we still haven’t figured out why But it lasted 3 years Through the gibes and the jeers Then she found bigger fishes to fry In the movies her roles were more various From funny to sad to nefarious Norma Rae brought her fame And much savored acclaim And in Punch Line her act was hilarious Now in Lincoln she plays Mary Todd Who was kind of a chubby old broad Whose husband got dead Due to shots in the head From a singleton firing squad Now Sally has turned 66 And she’s still making quality flicks And she still looks angelic Although she’s a relic Too old to be out turning tricks ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043/39 "2012-11-08T18:41:06Z")
So limerick is a place or a thing Of this I can really sing I can’t get it out of my head this kind of crazy dread OH what will the madness bring ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043.md?page=1)