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Does anyone want to try the limerick game again?

Asked by yankeetooter (9651points) April 17th, 2011

This was really fun, but then everyone stopped…let’s try and start it up again…remember the rhyme scheme is AABBA. I’ll start…

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That vexed my significant other

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You were on it so much…

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As I longed for your touch

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Now I’ve left you to go find another…

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A magician from Kalamazoo

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Who just didn’t know what to do…

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When he saw that his hat

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Had gone rather flat…

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And he feared that his rabbit had too.

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Lol! There once was a guy named Joe…

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Who stepped on random baby toes

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They screamed and fussed…

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And stomped and cussed…

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And wailed to the world about all their woes…

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While standing on their tippy toes.

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No, we shold have started over, lol!

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starting over Aloft in a hot air balloon…

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I tried to reach the moon…

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But the winds were not willing

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And the balloon was not filling…

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So I ended up in the lagoon.

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Lol!

There once was a handsome professor…

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a cute student, he tried to impress her

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In class they would flirt…

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He’d sneak peeks down her shirt

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And with his eyes he’d undress her..

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you said it, I didn’t

In my closet I have a blue suit

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That I wear with my cowboy boots.

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@thorninmud…I didn’t mean to be so naughty, but my poetic desire to continue the poem along it’s natural trend (and with the perfect rhyme, I might add), overcame my natural “goodness”, lol!

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it was the natural order of things

In this flashy atire…

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I sing in the choir

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Alternating hosannas with hoots!

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Good one!

There once was an irritated girl…

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Who lived out of town in the RURAL.

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She hated all bugs…

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And despised snakes and slugs

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So she gave urban living a whirl.

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An improbable marriage occurred…

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Shaken not stirred.

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His name was Bond…

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When they met at the altar…

This one’s kind of lost its rythm. Want to start over?

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Sure

I’ve had a rotten day…

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Not a single thing’s going my way.

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Sounds like we need a drink!

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I’ll be there in a wink!

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I’m having two margaritas, if I may…

kind of lame, but I ran out of ideas

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There once was a guy named Norm…

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Who started a fire in his dorm

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He got thrown out of school…

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(starting fires isn’t cool)

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But he never has a problem staying warm…

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An orangutan learned how to skate…

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Among primates a very rare trait…

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With each toe-loop and spin…

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The ice grew more thin…

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And the ape met his wet frigid fate

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A feathered Fedora wearing Fred…

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Found a pigeon attacking his head

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Turns out the hat was a sister…

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of this pigeon, who’d missed her

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So he started wearing a hoodie instead!

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There’s a hole in the sole of my shoe…

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And I really don’t know what to do…

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Though it lets in the rubble…

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It’s not too much trouble…

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And my toes are enjoying the view.

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I’m afraid I’m allergic to pollen…

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When those grains see my nostrils they crawl in.

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They then make me sneeze…

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itch my eyes, sniff and wheeze…

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If this keeps up, I’ll be bawlin’.

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Two more six packs, I’ll be Crawling.

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no, start a new one now, @Tropical_Willie

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starting over They say a grown man shouldn’t cry…

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But he got a splinter in his eye…

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Through the blur of his tears…

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He heard all the guys’ jeers…

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But he had the last laugh, by and by.

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There once was a guy named Jim.

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Who took off all his clothes on a whim.

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He wowed all the ladies…

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But since then I’m afraid he’s…

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Cancelled his membership to the gym.

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Did you see what I saw on the news?

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The Yankees once again did lose…

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When you think what they’re paid…

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They’re not making the grade…

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So I’m trading my “yeahs” in for “boos”!

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nice ending! @thorninmud

Today is a really nice day…

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Part of me wants to go out and play…

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But there’s this really big dog…

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and my sink to unclog

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So I guess that inside I will stay.

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I had such a bizarre dream last night…

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A bee in my hair did give me a fright…

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But when I tried to shoo it

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Unfortunately, I blew it…

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And I lost a full head’s worth of height

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This once was a frustrated girl…

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Who had straight hair, but longed for some curl.

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She wore it up all the time…

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Tried foul chemical slime…

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But she couldn’t win her love for all the world…

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My mom gave me this piece of advice:

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To others always be nice…

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It’s not easy to do…

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Done only by the few…

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Not to brag, but I’ve pulled it off twice!

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Glad to see @yankeetooter‘s still here…

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She’s not left yet, it’s clear…

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Guess it’s been a rough ride…

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But I decided not to hide…

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Way to go! I hope you persevere.

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A girl had a broken heart…

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But hearts mend, so she made a new start…

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Still, she was sad for a while…

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(Getting snubbed feels so vile)

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And she wishes that he would do his part.

a llittle weak-I was stuck.

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