Limerick thread

[Rhythm Thief]

Let's make up a limerick one line at a time.

I'll start ...

... A senior member of CycleChat ...

 

[Shaun]

... used to struggle with really big hills ...

 

[Keith Oates]

so he went to see the doctor!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fnaar]

There was a young poet called Dan
Whose poetry just didn't scan.
When asked why 'twas so
He said "I don't know.
But perhaps it's because I always try to fit as many words into the last line as I possibly can"

A personal favourite!

 

[Keith Oates]

Um, perhaps I misunderstood what was wanted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Aperitif]

' There was a young fellow called Keith
who tried to rhyme with 'The Thief'.
His was on a par
with the entry by Fnaar
and everyone said "Good Grief!"


slopes off...

 

[Unkraut]

The name of our Admin is Shaun
Coz he looks like a young leprecorn
He tries for decorum
On his CycleChat forum
But his chances are pretty forlorn

(From the poet laureate (designate))

 

[trustysteed]

Rhythm Thief tried to start a thread
To prove that rhyme wasn't dead
Despite the innuendo of Fnaar
And a few of Keith's !'s
The thread went successfully ahead.

 

[Fnaar]

There was a young man from Dundee
Who got stung on the nose by a wasp.
When asked if it hurt
He said "No, not much.
It can do it again if it likes".

Another fave. Right number of syllables, rhythm etc, but no rhyme. It's a cracker!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

He said "member"!!!! Pfffftttt!!!

senior member kyak kyak kyak!!!

 

[Fnaar]

A lawyer who came from Llanelli
Had clients whose crimes were quite deathly
He relaxed with some talk
With a lady of York
But his thoughts became rather unhealthy!

 

[chris42]

bu boom?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

there once was a cycling forum
with only a few and it bored 'em
then kapoom went c+
a big influx and fuss
and shaun's eyes popped out when he saw 'em

 

[chris42]

there once was a cycling forum
with only a few and it bored 'em
then kapoom went c+
a big influx and fuss
and shaun's eyes popped out when he saw 'em

Very good!

 

[Arch]

A lawyer who came from Llanelli
Had clients whose crimes were quite deathly
He relaxed with some talk
With a lady of York
But his thoughts became rather unhealthy!

Never let geography get in the way of a rhyme, eh?

For famous poems in limerick style:

http://badgods.com/limerickpoems.html

I came up with:

Charge of the Light Brigade, Tennyson

Into the valley of death,
shouting and gasping for breath.
But it's no good of course,
when you're riding a horse,
with cannon to right and to left...


As for a forum limerick... er... <goes away to think>