Limerick thread

[Gumby]

There was an old codger called OX
Who found himself locked in the stocks
but the locks he did pick
with his long, hard... stick

[moderan]

There was an old codger called OX
Who found himself locked in the stocks
but the locks he did pick
with his long, hard... stick
and returned to hiding under a rock

[Olly Buckle]

There was an old codger called OX
Who found himself locked in the stocks
but the locks he did pick
with his long, hard... stick
Nothing can box that cunning old fox

[Olly Buckle]

Sorry Moderan, you posted while I was composing

[The Backward OX]

A French-speaking writer named Quertyman

[moderan]

Sorry Moderan, you posted while I was composing

I'm sorry we composted at the same time, Olly. Would have been much funnier if we'd come up with the same line.

A French-speaking writer named Qwertyman
Met a cannibal hurdy-gurdy man

[Sigg]

A French-speaking writer named Qwertyman
Met a cannibal hurdy-gurdy man
He held a bag of salt

[The Backward OX]

A French-speaking writer named Qwertyman
Met a cannibal hurdy-gurdy man
He held a bag of salt

Sigg, fer f*ck's sake have a look at some of these before you write another one
Limericks

[Sigg]

aw im sorry mr.ox did i upset your delicate sensibilities?

how about you try (emphasis on try) to explain what I've done wrong instead of attacking me and then giving me a link to information I've already read. My line has the proper number of syllables, it fits the theme (salt, as in a spice for the qwertyman to be eaten by a cannibal)... it fits the meter in my mind too but i can only assume that is what you are complaining about.

in all seriousness, does anyone ever respond positively to such abrasive comments?

[The Backward OX]

In our culture, when someone says ‘for f*ck’s sake’ it means they personally are exasperated. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the person who hears the words, it is NOT an attack on ANYBODY.

That said, how the f*ck do I know what you’ve read and what you haven’t?

Bloody prima donna - now that’s an attack, so I retract it.


And fyi, it’s the rhythm of the group of words.

Compare ‘he held a bag of salt’ with ‘in his hand he held salt’ - not that I’m suggesting that is a suitable line, I use it solely for demonstration purposes. Have a think about Lear's examples and see if you can't pick that same rhythm in all of them.

[Sigg]

i disagree, when i wrote "he held a bag of salt" it was a lead in to the following line which is my understanding of limericks, the 2 middle lines go together with their lesser number of syllables.

like,



A French-speaking writer named Qwertyman
Met a cannibal hurdy-gurdy man
He held a bag of salt,
to compliment the malt

[The Backward OX]

Have it your way.

Btw, 'compliment' (vb) means 'to praise'. The word for 'adding to' or 'balancing' is 'complement'.

[Sigg]

ah yeah, sorry, i meant complement

[moderan]

A French-speaking writer named Qwertyman
Met a cannibal hurdy-gurdy man
He held a bag of salt,
to complement the malt
that he used to make the lager fer de man

[Sigg]

or a nice dark brew called Port-de-Man