# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 14
**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 23, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/261 "2003-09-23T22:49:45Z")
My coding is way less than grand I’m defeated too oft when my _ **hand** _ Doesn’t hit the right key And the _ **message** _-to-be Isn’t punsafe – do you understand? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/262 "2003-09-23T22:53:42Z")
The _ **model** _ was billed as a waif 'Cause her weight was considered unsafe But, she _ **earned** _ a cool grand Merely having to stand And puking out what she just ate Are you guys not using the linked word as the rhyming words? ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/263 "2003-09-23T23:07:25Z")
The rules of the game don’t require the linked word to be the rhyme in the next entry, no…though it can be, if you choose. ---
**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 24, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/264 "2003-09-24T03:03:16Z")
The model froze. Held in her hand Was a message that pumped every _ **gland** _ Of emotion, and earned Her a _ **jolt** _ as she learned That she’d lost every cent, every grand! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/265 "2003-09-24T06:56:21Z")
Jim, a dashing young stablehand Thought his boss’s **daughter** was simply grand In his arms the lass did melt, But when caught, Jim **suddenly** felt A jolt to each endocrine gland! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/266 "2003-09-24T12:50:47Z")
My daughter’s first name is epon. With “daughter,” her name is synon. “Suddenly” is the _ **time** _ That her last name doth rhyme. Sometimes she _ **wishes** _ she were anon. ---
**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 24, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/267 "2003-09-24T15:53:26Z")
“Three wishes I grant!” Said the frog As he sat on the _ **magical** _ log. “Wealth, health, and the time To enjoy them,” did chime Back the prince, standing _ **kneedeep** _ in bog. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/268 "2003-09-24T16:33:05Z")
“I’m knee-deep in this magical stuff” Said the wizard, all grizzly and _ **gruff** _. "But my mother insisted. “Her _ **brain** _ was all twisted.” With that, he was gone in a puff. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/269 "2003-09-24T17:43:44Z")
At one time, I couldn’t get enough Of the tale of “Three Billy **Goats** Gruff” Then my brain demanded tales Of bears, **chimps** , and whales – Now I make remarks off the [chough](http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/nature/species/pages/chough.shtml)! ---
**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 25, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/270 "2003-09-25T00:22:49Z")
There are three goats that roam 'round the place Where my two horses live. Plus, you face Mini _ **donkey** _ and mare, Ponies, _ **guinea** _ hens there; But no chimps – there just wouldn’t be space. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/271 "2003-09-25T08:15:28Z")
EdFred (Oh - and Ted in the middle) Seems a regular Doctor Dolittle Many guineas She’s spent But would she **repent**? Pah! Would Donkey-ote not bow at a **windmill**? In this rhyme I was faced with a fun Choice: should I rhyme or try pun? In the end as you see It rhymes… well, slightly. And if you argue, I’ll go fetch my gun! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/272 "2003-09-25T15:33:51Z")
A windmill on a **Dutch** country lane Was destroyed by a **tourist** from Spain. When asked to repent, She replied: “I resent Remarks so opposed to my grain!” ---
**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 25, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/273 "2003-09-25T21:47:04Z")
The Dutch have a small, _ **tidy** _ land That they’ve labored to win from the sand And the sea. Their great _ **polders** _ So flat, lacking boulders Yet have charm that the tourists demand. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/274 "2003-09-26T22:40:15Z")
I knew girls from two different polders – Saskia had great legs and shoulders. Mirjam was tidy and **pretty** , But though they were both witty, They were also quite **merciless** scolders! ---
**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 27, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/275 "2003-09-27T01:18:15Z")
The merciless storm pounded down Many tree limbs and _ **boles** _ in our town Our pretty town green The next morn was a _ **scene** _ Of _uprooted_ oaks; flowerbeds drowned. \*Upping the ante a bit more: Still two words to link on with, but bonus points if you can also work in the \* word. ---
**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 29, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/276 "2003-09-29T01:23:44Z")
My limerick game has, alas, Moved from present tense into the past. It had a good run; We had lots of fun; But too bad – it’s just run out of gas. And thanks to all who played! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=13)