# 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:** 3
**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 16, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/41 "2003-09-16T12:38:28Z")
My :o now is thoroughly red To have :eek:ed in my very own _ **thread** _! So give me a :smack: But you know I’ll be back Or my name ain’t **EdTeddyFred**. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/42 "2003-09-16T13:05:23Z")
We hang by a thread, you might say But reveal not our threadless dismay! For a thread on this board Vigors heads what are _bored_ Now I’m verbing my nouns. I WILL PAY! ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/43 "2003-09-16T13:32:41Z")
Usually limericks are quite _ **crass** _ or quite crude, With sexual themes that are usually rude. I thought I’d be bored, But this has struck a chord. And so far in this thread, it’d please even a prude. ---
**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 16, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/44 "2003-09-16T13:41:01Z")
If this game were proposed for the Pit, Crass and crude would be names that would fit. But this forum is tamer; Quite safe for each gamer And clean, unless joined by a _ **twit** _. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/45 "2003-09-16T13:55:49Z")
I certainly agree with the words that you wrote That the forum description is a good antidote. Cuz if I were a twit I’d use the word ‘clit’. But _ **instead** _ I’ll say ‘the little man in the boat.’ ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/46 "2003-09-16T14:06:24Z")
Instead of a limerick rude, We compose some with more _attitude_. They can still be quite funny (but bring no fame or money) Instead of hard rock…an etude. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/47 "2003-09-16T14:43:53Z")
Procrastination, at heart. My attitude here to impart: Though try as I might, I have not the foresight To **finish** whatever I ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/48 "2003-09-16T16:13:17Z")
I don’t wish to be seen as a Nazi Or Eddy T. Freddy’s young patsy. But you ought have the courage To finish with a **flourish** Our rhymes should be ending like that. See? ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/49 "2003-09-16T16:31:44Z")
A flourish at end of a line, I grant would indeed be quite fine. But my typical fate: I get **somewhat** irate, 'Cause I get very close, then resign. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/50 "2003-09-16T16:34:34Z")
**pierre** , though your rhyming is dicey And your meter is nothing LIKE spicy Your finish had flair; Almost sleek - _ **debonaire** _! And that’s just the stuff that I like. See? ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/51 "2003-09-16T16:39:13Z")
\ the preview button is my friend 'ere posting, I should use it thus. This little couplet’s just to say: “my foul-ups are conspicuous!” \ ---
**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 16, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/52 "2003-09-16T16:43:12Z")
You debonaire thing, **Hamadryad**! You come up with rhymes I wish I had. Oh, no! What to find For the _ **rhyming** _ last line? Let’s see… oh, no, wait… Stumping MY head! ---
**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 16, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/53 "2003-09-16T16:45:53Z")
You and me both! My posting is toast. ☹ Oh, well – who’s up next? Grab the word; don’t be hexed! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/54 "2003-09-16T16:46:06Z")
Hamad, I admire your mettle Critique me? That’s grasping the **nettle**. Well if I may dare Be somewhat debonaire \* It’s a case of Pot calling the Kettle. \*(see what I did there?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/55 "2003-09-16T16:49:32Z")
Knackers. Erm go back a couple. Then it’s relevant. Preview is my friend, y’say? ---
**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 16, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/56 "2003-09-16T16:50:39Z")
Applause for **pierre72**!!! Just look at the things he can do! Not just grasp the nettle But _ **grasp** _ in fine fettle. His rhyming is great! Now, adieu. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/57 "2003-09-16T16:59:59Z")
The limerick words to entwine, It irritates me to define, syllables bound and my rhyme runs **aground** , 'Cause I just can’t seem to get a grasp at the moment on coming up with a means of finishing this thought in one line. ---
**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 16, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/58 "2003-09-16T18:33:09Z")
His ship’s run aground; what a pity! In sight of the lights of the city. He rambles along The shoreline, in song; And seeks an end rhyme that is _ **witty** _. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/59 "2003-09-16T18:41:18Z")
Our witty vocabulary, Has been brought up abstemiously. the sun, earth and moon in straight line are strewn here’s your term: celestial **syzygy**. ---
**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 16, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/60 "2003-09-16T19:43:50Z")
'Neath the light of the Moon-Earth-Sun syzygy Clad in naught but a pearl-studded frizzy G String danced the lassy With looks pert and _ **sassy** _; Made the onlookers gasp and go dizzy – gee! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=4)