National Limerick Day today.

[Dave7]

I didn't realise that May 12th was the birth date of Edward Leah**, the nonsense writer, hence national limerick day.
So.....what is your favourite ??
**as a kid I loved his writings.

 

[matticus]

<pulls up stool, cuddles mug of cocoa>

 

[ColinJ]

There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light
She went out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There was a young lady of Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
with the lady inside
and the smile on the face of the tiger

 

[Beebo]

There was a young lady of Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
with the lady inside
and the smile on the face of the tiger

Pedant note:
You can’t rhyme tiger with tiger.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There was an old party of Lyme,
Who married three wives at one time
When they asked, "Why the third?"
He replied, "One's absurd,
And bigamy, sir, is a crime!"


And the rest I won't post, it'd get me banned.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Pedant note:
You can’t rhyme tiger with tiger.

I didn't write it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've got a load of these on my computer and I've just found another one I can post.

There was a young man from Darjeeling,
Who got on a bus bound for Ealing;
It said at the door:
'Do not spit on the floor.'
So he leant back and spat on the ceiling.

 

[newfhouse]

View: https://youtu.be/mrsjZ4Tyalc?t=87

 

[Ian H]

Pedant note:
You can’t rhyme tiger with tiger.

The original limericks mostly did repeat words.

 

[Ian H]

There was an old woman from Slough
Whose cooking was terribly rough.
She cooked a whole cow,
Tied its tail in a bow,
And stuck a skewer right through.

 

[Poacher]

A sewer inspector from Hyde
Fell down a sewer and died
His unlucky brother
Fell down another
And now they're interred side by side

 

[matticus]

There was an old woman from Slough
Whose cooking was terribly rough.
She cooked a whole cow,
Tied its tail in a bow,
And stuck a skewer right through.

yeah ... er ... hmmm ...
I think we might have to agree to disagree about this "rhyming" business.

 

[Ian H]

Gavin Ewart wrote one of the best ever:-

There was a young lady from Exeter
Who's so pretty that men craned their necks at her.
One went so far as to wave (from a car)
The distinguishing part of his sex at her.

 

[Ian H]

Lear didn't only write nonsense.

View: https://twitter.com/JennyGaschke/status/1524633399029383168