# 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:** 6
**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 18, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/101 "2003-09-18T05:04:20Z")
For thirst, find solace in milk; For softness, turn ye to silk. But if you’re annoyed, It’s best to avoid The _ **source** _ of your ire, or its ilk. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/102 "2003-09-18T06:14:32Z")
Speke discovered the source of the Nile After many a mishap and trial. But while out **shooting** a partridge, He fatally emptied a cartridge Into himself – should have missed by a mile. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/103 "2003-09-18T08:11:56Z")
Speke you say… Are you certain? Not shooting in the dark with closed curtain? I was told with a smile That the source of the Nile Was **discovered** by [R. Francis Burton](http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/burton.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/104 "2003-09-18T08:20:04Z")
Dammit! The above link is poo But what are you going to do? It suggests that Speke Had Burton quite beat Wouldn’t mind mind clicking [here instead](http://vvv.com/home/rowena/srfb.html), would you? ---
**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 18, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/105 "2003-09-18T12:51:42Z")
ACK! **pierre72** has discovered That the point he put forth isn’t covered Quite the way he believed In the link we received; Will the _ **truth** _ out in what he’s uncovered? ---
**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 18, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/106 "2003-09-18T18:39:27Z")
The truth is, I’m pale as a ghost As Isabel slams the East Coast For our friends in her way Like our **Rotorhead** , say; Let us hope he’s not now (_ **soggy** _) toast! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/107 "2003-09-18T19:14:05Z")
In England, where it often gets soggy Many a woman has found that her doggy Has been attacked, slashed, and mauled By a savage feline she’s called A cougar, and not just a [moggy](http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-mog1.htm)! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/108 "2003-09-18T19:15:45Z")
Oops, linked but forgot to italicize “moggy” in the preceding post. ---
**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 18, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/109 "2003-09-18T19:52:49Z")
As the sun sinks behind field and river The moggy creeps forth, all aquiver To capture and slay Its verpentine\* prey Or whatever the dusk may _ **deliver** _. - Yeh, I thought about bold/ital-ing this word, but I’m not that sadistic. Bonus points if you can work it into your limerick, though. 😛 ---
**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 18, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/110 "2003-09-18T19:58:44Z")
ACk :eek: ACK :eek: ACK That should be _VESPERTINE_, not verpentine!! ACK :o ACK :o ACK :o ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/111 "2003-09-18T20:05:32Z")
Shoot. There goes my limerick using verpentine. Shoot. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/112 "2003-09-18T20:09:05Z")
I deliver for a _ **pizzeria** _ I cruise around town in my Kia My vespertine driving Means business is thriving I guess we don’t cause diarrhea Sorry… 😉 ---
**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 18, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/113 "2003-09-18T20:44:13Z")
Poor **Algernon** thought “verpentine” Worth tackling; words like “serpentine” Would do the job nicely. Alas, 'twarn’t precisely Correct; like mis-saying “turpentine”. Meanwhile, our fair **Lily** leapt in With witty word-play she did win The _ **bonus** _ award For the “vespertine” word. But does her pizzeria serve gin? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/114 "2003-09-18T21:43:43Z")
On us, for those diners who phone us Is deeply incumbent the onus To serve such pizza **pie** As to make strong men cry. The gin is merely a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/115 "2003-09-19T00:26:05Z")
Oh, come on! Don’t let this thread die! There’s no need to even ask why. Just jot down some verse Either clean or perverse. Lim’ricks are easy as pie! Don’t let Isabel get you down. She’s not staying long in your town. Please, brighten our night With a lim’rick you write And make us **smile** rather than frown. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/116 "2003-09-19T00:37:19Z")
The rain has **started** to come down But that shouldn’t make us all frown Face the storm with smile As it whips through the miles Even if that requires a clown! ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/117 "2003-09-19T01:05:14Z")
**TeaElle** , you must be warm-hearted. It seemed as if all had departed. But you came right _ **through** _ (And that makes you true-blue!) To continue what **ETF** started. ---
**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 19, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/118 "2003-09-19T01:10:18Z")
When I started\* this thread, I did hope 'Twould be fun for the fans of Straight Dope. I’m delighted to see That it’s through to Page 3! So let’s give a new link: _ **jackelope** _!\*\* We at least should keep going this thread Till we’ve heard from our friend **RotorHead** Now awash in this storm Taking care of his mom; Writing limericks, he’d rather instead. \*Preview is my friend: I was just about to send my limerick, then checked it – and discovered **AvhHines** got there first. 🙂 \*\*Hey, go for the pun – I know you can do it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/119 "2003-09-19T01:17:12Z")
The gentleman cried “I can’t cope With flowers and church, all that dope.” His friend scratched his head And then, after thought, said “Here’s what you should do, Jackelope!” **TGF** , it was just too easy… ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/120 "2003-09-19T01:18:59Z")
Oops!:eek: The gentleman cried “I can’t cope With flowers and church, all that dope.” His friend **scratched** his head And then, after thought, said “Here’s what you should do, Jackelope!” TGF, it was just too easy… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=7)