# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/161 "2003-09-19T20:37:23Z")
Said an overweight actress of note, "I have to get rid of this bloat. My role in this play calls for **sheer** lingerie– I’m **afraid** I can’t eat your compote! ---
**Author:** ![Zella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zella)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/162 "2003-09-19T21:08:58Z")
A friendly young doe in a glade Spied a crying wolf **flopped** in the shade. “Why the **sorrow**?” quoth she. “Sheer hunger,” said he– The rest is a mess, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/163 "2003-09-19T21:20:50Z")
Since nobody responded to the limerick that put _cheap_ and _minutes_ into play, I’ll incorporate those as well… “You’ll get cheap minutes, my dear, As our long-distance plan’s better, it’s clear”, Said the _telemarketer_. But with Verizon I stayed, And replied, “I’m afraid A switch would be _folly_ so sheer!” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/164 "2003-09-19T21:24:04Z")
Well, at least getting _telemarketer_, _folly_, _flopped_, and _sorrow_ into one limerick shouldn’t be all that tough… ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/165 "2003-09-19T21:48:04Z")
Ummm, someone did respond to the cheap/minutes poem with a poem that wasn’t quite a limerick…I think it’s a page back. ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/166 "2003-09-19T22:45:14Z")
It was folly, I learned to my sorrow, And I flopped in attempting to borrow All the _ **wiles** _ of a tele- Marketer in _ **Delhi** _ – But I’ll find a new job come tomorrow! Ahhhhh… my brain hurts… ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/167 "2003-09-19T23:03:24Z")
Bravissimo, Eddy! Your wiles with the **language** should be known for miles– from Delhi to Perth to the ends of the earth, you’ve brought all the Dopers **big** smiles. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/168 "2003-09-20T00:43:18Z")
That should be _bravissima_, **ISNorden**! Language **play** ’s always a gig For those who think ourselves trig. And it’s **easy** to think If you’ve had 'nuff to drink, So pour me another, real big. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/169 "2003-09-20T00:51:49Z")
Easy on the drinks there **Hines** , Can you still type in _ **straight** _ lines? Dope\* is a fix With booze not to mix And _ **mods** _ play police with the fines. - As in Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/170 "2003-09-20T01:05:57Z")
I’m trying to play this game straight, avoiding **responses** irate. Provoking the mods isn’t worth **risking** odds– should I quit now, before it’s too late? ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/171 "2003-09-20T01:09:57Z")
P.S. I hope Hines and ETF forgive my gender mistake in the limerick I wrote to compliment her work. :o ---
**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 20, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/172 "2003-09-20T01:38:21Z")
Poor **Norden** : “I’m risking the ire Of the gal I called guy – is that fire That I see in her eye?” My responses: “No, why? Since my screen name’s _ **thrice** _ male, 'tisn’t _ **dire** _.” ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/173 "2003-09-20T01:52:56Z")
To a slacker, the manager rants: “It’s _thrice_ now, you’ve had your fair chance! Your **future** is _dire_– I’ll soon have to fire you, **thrown** out by the seat of your pants.” ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/174 "2003-09-20T01:56:26Z")
_doh_ I forgot that the old link-words should be underlined instead of italic…stupid no-edit rule! ---
**Author:** ![trystacid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@trystacid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trystacid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/175 "2003-09-20T01:58:10Z")
i must agree its debonaire allmost with a certain flare but i cant italicize my words nor bold so i must be a nerd i will be ferocious and leave you with this word supercalafrajalisticexpialadocious ---
**Author:** ![trystacid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@trystacid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trystacid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/176 "2003-09-20T02:01:20Z")
i think im out of place ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/177 "2003-09-20T02:16:42Z")
Okay, _that_ rhyme didn’t feature either of the words underlined below. Caesar’s “_Iacta alea est_” is a quote known (and not to **Latin** scholars alone) To mean “the die is **cast** ” – (Not “this template will last”, but rather, “the future is thrown”). ---
**Author:** ![ISNorden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@ISNorden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISNorden)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/178 "2003-09-20T02:33:37Z")
C. Tacitus spoke once in Latin: “I **heard** from a trav’ler who sat in on some German buffoons who were casting the runes: tell me, **scribe,** do we need to keep _that_ in?” ---
**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 20, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/179 "2003-09-20T02:42:34Z")
“The future is now!” So I’ve heard But to me, the idea is _ **absurd** _. The die’s cast, bones are thrown O’er the Palatine stone: Past _ **perfected** _, and future obscured. Ah, **Sternvogel** – I had to trash two lines of my offering when Preview revealed you’d beaten me to **ISNorden’s** words. So lines 3 and 4 are a last-minute scramble. 😃 :eek: **ISNorden** ripostes! A new stanza I must craft: Have you heard all the news of our tribe? How the Dopers have tried to describe What the truth is, but find There’s no _ **meeting** _ of mind Diff’rent world views refuse here to _ **jibe** _. ---
**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 20, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705/180 "2003-09-20T03:06:55Z")
Ahem. Yes, I realize I’ve now tossed out _four_ words in those two stanzas. No, I won’t be crushed if you pick only two to play with. But, if you’re (wo)man enough for the challenge… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-linking-limerick-game/201705.md?page=10)