# The Meter Maid tickets lousy limericks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821 "2005-10-31T23:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/1 "2005-10-31T23:23:00Z")
The art of the limerick depends On its rigorous metrical blends— Not just rhyming twiddles That are much too long in their middles And too short at the ends. The limerick’s a rhythmical lay Where iambics and anapests play; It demands more _poesis_ Than five random phrases That rhyme in A-A-B-B-A! [Grrr. Stupid non-metrical fake “limericks”. I hate 'em. :mad:] ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/2 "2005-11-01T00:17:42Z")
That first one…that was to ilustrate the point, right? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/3 "2005-11-01T00:23:10Z")
Unless someone wants to hotly defend limericks with bad meter, I think this discussion will probably stay civil enough for MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/4 "2005-11-01T00:41:49Z")
You gots something to say 'bout my limerick in another thread or what? There once was a poster persnicky Whose word choice was nuttin’ but picky He claimed to be expert But sadly, twas just pert So, we snorted and slipped him a Mickey Heh. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/5 "2005-11-01T01:03:37Z")
The limerick looks oh, so easy But screwed up, it makes me quite queasy When the metrical dance Limps and stumbles, perchance Screams of outrage will leave me quite wheezy. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/6 "2005-11-01T01:13:15Z")
There once was a poster named Legomancer, who wanted a list of words that did not rhyme with monkey. So pravnik wrote a limerick, with words that did not rhyme with monkey or each other, and on top of all that the meter was absolutely horrible as well. [Words that Don’t Rhyme With “Monkey”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=3077831&highlight=pravnik#post3077831) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/7 "2005-11-01T02:05:45Z")
There once was a man from Rangoon who tried to fart his way to the moon. He failed as a rocket, shat in his pocket, and died in a rectal typhoon. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/8 "2005-11-01T04:19:05Z")
One day on the SDMB The posters could nary agree The proper meter for limericks 'twas just the same gimmicks especially for **MBB&B** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meter-maid-tickets-lousy-limericks/328821/9 "2005-11-01T10:03:30Z")
With **Kimstu** I largely agree. But too-precise verse can sound twee. Though it’s quite a tradition To flaunt erudition, It reminds one of princess and pea.