Limerick Addicts/ Go for it, be creative. Possible Adult/Sexual language.

[Sir Nigel]

Yet I would beg to differ Lin :
‘Looked smart in a purple cap’
I would suggest you need another syllable in here to make it bounce.
'Looked smart in a (blank) purple cap'
But then again – why would a dog wear a purple cap? What sort of a prat names their dog woof? I’m the first to stand up and point fingers but this new totalitarian regime smacks of New Labour, Central Control and the Nanny State. Why not just slap a £60 fine on wrongdoers?

What about one thread for Beginners and No Hopers, one for Nice Try Love but no Goldfish, and one the Big Lads - Come and Have a Go if you Think You’re Hard Enough. 


Just a thought.

[Amie]

I would suggest you need another syllable in here to make it bounce.

Never mind comply with ISO 71233 Limericks.  Part 1:  Requirements for meter.  (psst, Lin - it's 9 syllables for line 2, although you can get away with 8 if it's got the right "bounce" )


How about "Looking smart in a purplish cap"?  (but you have to pronounce "purplish" as three syllables to make it work)

But I think you've hit the crux of the matter Sir Nige - how can we concentrate on meter when we're distracted by pratty dogs named woof?  I think this merits further investigation.  In the meantime, I can't wait until it's my turn to start a new one, for which I'll use the line "On some men who were quite hard enough"

Anyway, back to the serious manly business of limericking:

Three dogs named Bark Wuff and Yapp
Looking smart in a purplish cap
Said "This rhyme is quite pants"

[Sir Nigel]

Three dogs named Bark Wuff and Yapp
Looking smart in a purplish cap
Said "This rhyme is quite pants"
I could tell at a glance

[Mark H]

Three dogs named Bark Wuff and Yapp
Looking smart in a purplish cap
Said "This rhyme is quite pants"
I could tell at a glance
that Gap caps worn by Yapp were just crap.

[Pippie]

At the auction I made a large bid,

[Mark H]

At the auction I made a large bid,
for a rather nice cast iron squid

[Narnian Prince]

At the auction I made a large bid,
for a rather nice cast iron squid
A rather nice piece I did think

[Sir Nigel]

At the auction I made a large bid,
for a rather nice cast iron squid
A rather nice piece I did think
squirting rather nice ink

[Mark H]

At the auction I made a large bid,
for a rather nice cast iron squid
A rather nice piece I did think
squirting rather nice ink
on a rather nice print of El cid

[Sir Nigel]

There was a young lady called Gussy

[Lin]

There was a young lady called Gussy
Whose mother was terribly fussy

[Sir Nigel]

There was a young lady called Gussy
Whose mother was terribly fussy
Even worse was her granny

[Mark H]

There was a young lady called Gussy
Whose mother was terribly fussy
Even worse was her granny
fastidious Fanny

[Sir Nigel]

There was a young lady called Gussy
Whose mother was terribly fussy
Even worse was her granny
fastidious Fanny
Who would reprimand Tiddles - her pussy

[Mark H]

There was a young lady called Gussy
Whose mother was terribly fussy
Even worse was her granny
fastidious Fanny
Who would reprimand Tiddles - her pussy
Who'd reprimand Tiddles - her pussy