Limericks

[housemouse]

Dinner had finally begun
Spain's praises were sung
And after Jim's rotten day
He lost patience with Clay
And wished he'd choke on his fat Irish tongue

[maggiethecat]

Karma for working in the fat Irish tongue!

[rducasey]

Mouse, I went looking for a screencap for you, and then there was this pic and a limerick just jumped out. Aaaahhhh.....help..I think I am talking in limericks now. I told my husband, "if you just skip your dinner, it will make you a bit thinner"....and he gave me a weird look. So let me post this one and then I will go find Clay.



"You did that on purpose", she cried.
"I did not", he flatly denied.
And amid all that shout-
The hurt did come out
That was buried so deeply inside.

[rducasey]

housemouse said:

Dinner had finally begun
Spain's praises were sung
And after Jim's rotten day
He lost patience with Clay
And wished he'd choke on his fat Irish tongue

"Nice"Mouse, and thanks for letting me pick a pic.

[maggiethecat]

Long live the Queen!

Here's my swan song for the weekend, since I have a pile of work due Monday morning.



Christie watches him leave and she frets,
A brief farewell is all that she gets . . .
When Jim comes home to dine
She's well into the wine
And the kindness of morning forgets.

Why can't she just leave him alone?
He's frazzled and down to the bone.
She doubts him, she nags --
Her husband she frags
In a crisply impersonal tone.

What we all wanted Christie to say
Was, "Oh, Jimmy, just come here and lay
Your sweet head on my chest
For some well-deserved rest."
Why did she have to "do this today?"

[inuvik]

Ahhh, sweet Saturday! This one came to me this morning just after I woke up and was lying in bed, savoring not having to get up.

Welcome to Dogma and any other newbies! Here's an invitation to those on the Board who have yet to jump in the pool.

Limericks can be lots of fun
Just try it! C'mon, everyone!
But do your chores first
And prepare for the worst
The rhyming will never be done.

[rducasey]

maggiethecat said:

Here's my swan song for the weekend, since I have a pile of work due Monday morning.

Maggie, love the Christie on the first day limericks, but pardon me why I roar over your post above. "Are you kidding me?" "I've never known a (Limerick writer) to just..give...it..up." You'll be posting before the weekend is over. "twenty bucks"

[maggiethecat]

rducasey, when could I ever resist a challenge or a gauntlet so charmingly thrown down? (You can keep your twenty bucks and pay me in karma! )

Randy Lyman the tongue-freak is gone
And Karen has learned Jim's no pawn.
But he still wants to know
Her eye color, so
She says "Brown" . . . and he smiles and walks on.

[rducasey]

maggiethecat said:

rducasey, when could I ever resist a challenge or a gauntlet so charmingly thrown down? (You can keep your twenty bucks and pay me in karma! )

Randy Lyman the tongue-freak is gone
And Karen has learned Jim's no pawn.
But he still wants to know
Her eye color, so
She says "Brown" . . . and he smiles and walks on.


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Oh Maggie, I knew you wouldn't disappoint. This one brought tears to my eyes. Loved that scene so! And karma to you, and I will not hold you to the "twenty bucks".

Modified to add: How'd I lose the picture??

[maggiethecat]

Thanks, rducasey -- it's one of my favorite moments, too.

And now I really do have to get back to work!

Modified two hours later to add:

But I am allowed a coffee/limerick break every so often.

"Got the perp to go, huh? So will I,"
Christie says. She's all packed, on the fly.
He begs -- she won't remain.
Infidelity . . . pain . . .
No real solace, remembering the rain.

[rducasey]

maggiethecat said:

Thanks, rducasey -- it's one of my favorite moments, too.

And now I really do have to get back to work!

Modified two hours later to add:

But I am allowed a coffee/limerick break every so often.

"Got the perp to go, huh? So will I,"
Christie says. She's all packed, on the fly.
He begs -- she won't remain.
Infidelity . . . pain . . .
No real solace, remembering the rain.

Oh Maggie, you're tugging at the heartstrings today. This one is so good. I feel slouchy. No inspiration! Kathy's back and I bet she has one all ready to fire off. Karma for this one!

[Katryna]

I am happy to see upon my return to the Board that the Limerick writers have not taken the weekend off! I Loved them all!

Gettysburg was my destination this weekend because it was equal driving distance for myself and my friend, whom I was meeting. Neither of us are history buffs. As fairly typical women, we chose it for it's shopping and dining! We decided to take a guided battlefield bus tour, as we felt it was our civic duty. That said...I came back totally moved by our visit to the site of that Civil War Battle. For two solid hours the guide told us tales of the battle as we rode through endless battlefields, past monuments and markers too numerous to count. Although he injected humor into his presentation at times, such as the story of one soldier who dove into a pig sty to evade capture (I wondered if the soldier stayed there for six hours and said "smell me" when he emerged); most of his tales were of the horror of war. I found myself choking back tears at time.

We ate dinner by candlelight at Farnsworth House Inn, which boasts roughly 100 bullet holes in an exterior wall. We were served by women in period dress. (Dogma - I couldn't remember if it was the pumpkin fritters or sweet potato pudding that you recommended! I chose the sweet potato pudding, but I think you said the fritters. The spoon bread was excellent!)

There was a roped off pew in the church we attended this morning. It is marked by a small American flag and a bronze placque. Abraham Lincoln sat in that pew at a meeting he attended late in the afternoon of the day that he delivered the Gettysburg Address. The church also boasts having had President and Mrs. Eisenhower as members.

All in all, the visit affected me in a way that I did not expect. Of course it was great to experience it with an old friend, and we did get in lots of shopping as well!

So here is my post-Gettysburg limerick...

Young men from the North and South did go,
Each to fight for their own cause they did know.
Great carnage was seen
On those broad fields of green,
and Plum Run's water red with blood did flow.


Modified to work on re-sizing picture! I hope that this is better!

[maggiethecat]

Who says limericks have to be "light?" Kathy, your Gettysburg lines are definitely karma-worth, as was your account of the day.

And thanks for the karma, rducasey, but I slipped a mental cog this afternoon and was working the wrong rhyme scheme. Edit, edit, edit . . .

"Got the perp to go, huh? So will I,"
Christie says. She's all packed, on the fly.
He begs -- she won't remain.
Infidelity . . . pain . . .
And he lifts a bleak face to the sky.

[rducasey]

kathy said:

I am happy to see upon my return to the Board that the Limerick writers have not taken the weekend off! I Loved them all!

Gettysburg was my destination this weekend because it was equal driving distance for myself and my friend, whom I was meeting. Neither of us are history buffs. As fairly typical women, we chose it for it's shopping and dining! We decided to take a guided battlefield bus tour, as we felt it was our civic duty. That said...I came back totally moved by our visit to the site of that Civil War Battle. For two solid hours the guide told us tales of the battle as we rode through endless battlefields, past monuments and markers too numerous to count. Although he injected humor into his presentation at times, such as the story of one soldier who dove into a pig sty to evade capture (I wondered if the soldier stayed there for six hours and said "smell me" when he emerged); most of his tales were of the horror of war. I found myself choking back tears at time.

We ate dinner by candlelight at Farnsworth House Inn, which boasts roughly 100 bullet holes in an exterior wall. We were served by women in period dress. (Dogma - I couldn't remember if it was the pumpkin fritters or sweet potato pudding that you recommended! I chose the sweet potato pudding, but I think you said the fritters. The spoon bread was excellent!)

There was a roped off pew in the church we attended this morning. It is marked by a small American flag and a bronze placque. Abraham Lincoln sat in that pew at a meeting he attended late in the afternoon of the day that he delivered the Gettysburg Address. The church also boasts having had President and Mrs. Eisenhower as members.

All in all, the visit affected me in a way that I did not expect. Of course it was great to experience it with an old friend, and we did get in lots of shopping as well!

So here is my post-Gettysburg limerick...

Young men from the North and South did go,
Each to fight for their own cause they did know.
Great carnage was seen
On those broad fields of green,
and Plum Run's water red with blood did flow.

Thanks Kathy, a double treat! Hearing about your weekend at Gettysburg, and that beautiful limerick. Karma to ya. Oh and also the picture. I like that statue of Honest Abe! I would love to see Gettysburg one day.
OK , let me see if I can eek out a limerick too.

[Katryna]

maggiethecat said:

rducasey, when could I ever resist a challenge or a gauntlet so charmingly thrown down? (You can keep your twenty bucks and pay me in karma! )

Randy Lyman the tongue-freak is gone
And Karen has learned Jim's no pawn.
But he still wants to know
Her eye color, so
She says "Brown" . . . and he smiles and walks on.

Karma to you Maggie for all of the Limericks this weekend! Mary - you'll get some, too. Just wait an hour or so