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Let's Write a Limerick!

Hi everyone! We'd love to have a go at writing a limerick as a group :D You'll need to post the next line that will follow the last comment in the thread.

Here are the basic rules:

5 lines

Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme
Distinctive rhythm
Usually funny


Here is an example of a limerick:

There was an old man named Jake,
Who ate only spuds and beefsteak,
He drank, and he smoked,
And told dirty jokes,

And died young at a hundred and eight.

I'll get us started:

There was an old man in a tree...
 
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Hi everyone! We'd love to have a go at writing a limerick as a group :D You'll need to post the next line that will follow the last comment in the thread.

Here are the basic rules:

5 lines

Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme
Distinctive rhythm
Usually funny


Here is an example of a limerick:

There was an old man named Jake,
Who ate only spuds and beefsteak,
He drank, and he smoked,
And told dirty jokes,

And died young at a hundred and eight.

I'll get us started:

There was an old man in a tree...
Who had a dispute with a bee
 
There was an old man in a tree
Who had a dispute with a bee
He got stung so bad
 
Which made him sad
 
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Thank goodness I didn't have a pee!
 
Hi everyone! We'd love to have a go at writing a limerick as a group :D You'll need to post the next line that will follow the last comment in the thread.

Here are the basic rules:

5 lines

Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme
Distinctive rhythm
Usually funny


Here is an example of a limerick:

There was an old man named Jake,
Who ate only spuds and beefsteak,
He drank, and he smoked,
And told dirty jokes,

And died young at a hundred and eight.

I'll get us started:

There was an old man in a tree...
Who got stung on the thumb by a bee
 
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There was an old man in a tree
He was not at all happy
He called a guide
To bring a slide
To get his sad ass free
 
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Writing limericks can be great fun

next line please (copy & paste line above then add yours)
 
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Writing limericks can be great fun
When all is said and done
But it would be more fun
If we could be like Skoob doo
And all just go to the Zoo
 
There was a little lady who lived in a shoe
 
There was a little lady who lived in a shoe
When it came to cleaning she had not a clue;

next line please
 
She probably felt better going to the zoo
 
At least then she knew
No cleanng to do
 
There was a little lady who lived in a shoe
She probably felt better going to the zoo;
At least then she knew
No cleaning to do,
AS there were keepers to clean up the poo!
 
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At least then she knew
No cleaning to do
G'day as you will see from my post your 2nd, 3rd & 4th lines assembled by copy & pasting... I added the last line which made for a completed limerick. :D Quite easy once you get into the swing of it... VT
 
I'll start a new one.....
While at the zoo she saw a keeper divine
 
Who's skill with animals was sublime
 
While at the zoo she saw a keeper divine
Who's skill with animals was sublime;
The tricks he could teach

Copy the 3 lines above and add your fourth....
 
While at the zoo she saw a keeper divine
Who's skill with animals was sublime;
The tricks he could teach
The sky he could reach
 
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While at the zoo she saw a keeper divine
Who’s skill with animals was sublime;
The tricks he could teach
The sky he could reach
I just knew I would make him mine
 

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