# The Linking Limerick Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705 "2003-09-15T12:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/1 "2003-09-15T12:18:50Z")
I offer this new game today: Write limericks – and you must say Somewhere in your post A word that the last Contributor put into play. **Thus:** _begin_ So come – take this game for a spin. There’s nothing in prizes to win, Except for the pleasure Of meeting the measure. And now – let the rhyming _begin_! Here’s a softball to get it started: _laugh_ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/2 "2003-09-15T12:39:23Z")
I just need the rules in my head - Should the word stand alone, or embed? And should it be relevant Or not: e.g. “_elephant!_” It’s a laugh, nonetheless, so well said. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/3 "2003-09-15T12:43:44Z")
Once, for a bit of a _laugh,_ A challenge was made to **Giraffe** To make sarnies for tea, Then dip them in pee, While the rest of use tried not to barf. Do I choose a word now? Here you go: lemon. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/4 "2003-09-15T12:45:32Z")
I was too late and **jiimm** ’s is better. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/5 "2003-09-15T12:52:16Z")
Good start! Both of you have the way Of the challenge I’ve made for today. I _like_ the word _elephant_ E’en though it’s not relevant For _lemon **fizz** _ in her essay. Hey, if you can fit your new word into your limerick, super! Or you can just lay it out separately, thus: _game_ ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/6 "2003-09-15T13:24:47Z")
Help me, as I am not wise. Should the linking word be italicised? If so then this game is anything but lame if not, then I’ll be _surprised_ ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/7 "2003-09-15T14:18:54Z")
I’m surprised by the lack of cliches. Should be plenty of twenties death rays. Hi, Opal. Rehash Gotcha ya and Og _Smash_. And words ending the “g-r-y” way. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/8 "2003-09-15T14:26:42Z")
“_Smash_ the State” used to be the graffit That appeared on the walls of our street - With the As crossed with Os Which means “_anarchy_” - so’s It’s actually “Smanarcysh the Stanarchyte”. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/9 "2003-09-15T14:58:59Z")
Some say the Straight Dope is anarchy But that’s just a load of malarkey It’s a _dictatorship_ So don’t give the mods lip And to the admins don’t be snarky! ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/10 "2003-09-15T15:13:49Z")
A dictatorship maybe, but what Are the alternatives that we have we got? A system where Mods Are treated like Gods And all disbelievers are _shot_ ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/11 "2003-09-15T15:35:15Z")
A limerick with a subplot: Demanding, as if by fiat That the rhyme must include, A word previously spewed. But I might as well give it a _shot_. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/12 "2003-09-15T15:41:33Z")
My friends once said I was moany But I told them that this was baloney: It was just that my _Fiat_ Was running so shiat, That I called it “Fix it again Tony”. Apologies for poor quality. ---
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/13 "2003-09-15T15:48:51Z")
_Baloney_, the lunch meat divine! The flavoring mostly benign And what scented bouquet! Just don’t get in my way. If available, it must be mine! ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/14 "2003-09-15T15:54:45Z")
On many occasions I’ve whined Those rule-benders ought to be fined. Instead of bouquet, A brickbat your way. The link’s italicised, not _underlined_! ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/15 "2003-09-15T15:59:53Z")
Back to poetry basics we go To give _bouquet_ a show Cos’ it’s oft pronounced “bucket” Which rhymes with…nantucket, A limerick classic, you know. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/16 "2003-09-15T16:07:34Z")
the formatting which was assigned, may well have been underlined but we all can agree the next words clear to see or at _least_ thats how I have opined. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/17 "2003-09-15T16:18:21Z")
The name is pronounced _Bouquet_ Is something Hyacinth liked to say But the truth, if I don’t muck it Is that her name was Bucket And we all knew that Sheridan was gay ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/18 "2003-09-15T16:24:44Z")
Oh, dear! Underlined or _ital_? At least let me say to you all The truth is, I blew it Underline old, _ital_ new! It Makes it all _clearer_, my pal! ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/19 "2003-09-15T17:15:34Z")
That surely is clearer, we’re told. But there are other methods. Behold: If italics wont do it one way to construe it is, if I may be so **bold**. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/20 "2003-09-15T18:48:55Z")
You can **bold** the new link, if you will. It’s quicker to spot when you fill In the limerick line. So the rules we define: **Bold** and underline now is the drill? But _ital_ has its charms nonetheless For the new word to use to progress. For the old, underline I agree would be fine. What the heck – let it roll, not _ **digress** _! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=2)