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paulus
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When the cockroach girl married the mouse
The owl said he would take their vows
When her groom said: "I do"
The owl said: "me too"
And he promptly devoured her spouse.
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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There once was a Golden Baboon
Who decided to visit the moon
But try as he might
He couldn't get a flight
And returned home feeling like a buffoon.
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There once was a Golden Baboon
Who decided to visit the moon
But try as he might
He couldn't get a flight
And returned home feeling like a buffoon.

Too bad I'm sitting here alone, because the infection would have spread, you've made me smile
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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There was a Giraffe called Ed
Who decided to buy a new bed
They were all too small
Because he was so tall
So he bought a jacuzzi instead.
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Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a but in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


The rules for the rhyme do not matter:
Don't use them to severly batter
A tryer at writing
Who's cleverly delighting
With his nonsensical chatter!
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There was something quite odd about Mary:
Was it her armpits, so hairy?
Or was it that she was blessed
With hairs on her chest?
Maybe that's why they call Mary scary!
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Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a bit in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


The rules for the rhyme do not matter:
Don't use them to severly batter
A tryer at writing
Who's cleverly delighting
With his nonsensical chatter!


Perhaps you are wondering why
I did not let this question go by
I think I had the right
was just being polite
cause when a lady asks one should reply
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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Quote by paulus
Quote by authorised1960
Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a bit in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


The rules for the rhyme do not matter:
Don't use them to severly batter
A tryer at writing
Who's cleverly delighting
With his nonsensical chatter!


Perhaps you are wondering why
I did not let this question go by
I think I had the right
was just being polite
cause when a lady asks one should reply


Indeed, sir, your manners bring you credit
And now I believe we should let it
Take a course that is natural
Be it fiction or factual
And leave it to others to edit!
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This doesn't quite follow the AABBA rule, and some of the words are in Swahili, but it's still fun...

There was a young lady from Kikuyu
Whose stomach looked like a kibuyu
when asked
who did this to you
she said
huyo ama huyo ama huyo.

Translated, that means...

There was a young lady from Kikuyu (Kikuyu is a place and is also a tribe... pronounced Kic- kooo- you)
Whose stomach looked like a Kibuyu (Kibuyu means calabash... pronounced Ki- booo-you)
when asked
who did this to you
she said
huyo ama huyo ama huyo (huyo means he/him ... pronounced who-you, ama means either/or... so... him or him or him)
paulus
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Quote by AriesDragon
This doesn't quite follow the AABBA rule, and some of the words are in Swahili, but it's still fun...

There was a young lady from Kikuyu
Whose stomach looked like a kibuyu
when asked
who did this to you
she said
huyo ama huyo ama huyo.

Translated, that means...

There was a young lady from Kikuyu (Kikuyu is a place and is also a tribe... pronounced Kic- kooo- you)
Whose stomach looked like a Kibuyu (Kibuyu means calabash... pronounced Ki- booo-you)
when asked
who did this to you
she said
huyo ama huyo ama huyo (huyo means he/him ... pronounced who-you, ama means either/or... so... him or him or him)

So she has let some guys in to pillage
Let them seed her as if she was tillage
And from all that was sown
A full harvest has grown
And Papa could be half of the village
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
Colors_of_the_Wind
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All her energy is spent,
She didn't know what they meant
by all the mean words they said.
They don't know what runs through her head.
She feels so broken, but I think she's just bent.

💓 Melissa Etheridge - PULSE ( for orlando victims ) 💓 - YouTube

As always, kindness is free, so please consider that when replying to someone rather than the alternatives. You never know what's going on in their life that you may not see. Love, Light & Blessed Be, friends.
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Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a but in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


Thank you! I kinda see haha I will practice more but I am finding doing limericks fun(:
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Quote by GIGGLES
Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a but in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


Thank you! I kinda see haha I will practice more but I am finding doing limericks fun(:


Listen to Paulus,
his advice is good for all us:
He helped me find the trick
to the good ol' limerick...
I'm a mollusc.

(That last line was just nonsensical 'cause I couldn't think of anything else.)
Ghosts, flamingos, guitars and vodka. Eclectic subjects, eccentric stories:

Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
paulus
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Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a but in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


Thank you! I kinda see haha I will practice more but I am finding doing limericks fun(:
If you don't mind some spicy language, there's a song on youtube that might help find the right meter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei68YJe-nA0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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I will listen and try
Maybe it'll even rhyme
But who knows
My rhyming blows
So I sit here and sigh ....haha
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Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
~*~ did I do it right??

Yes and no, AABBA is correct, the meter isn't spot on. If you go back a but in this thread, You'll find somethin I wrote about the rules for limericks.
But with a little effort, and forgive me for stealing your words:

When you finally do find your place
Show some real class and also some grace
Never tell any lies
And don't overly sigh
And remember to wash your sweet face


Thank you! I kinda see haha I will practice more but I am finding doing limericks fun(:
If you don't mind some spicy language, there's a song on youtube that might help find the right meter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei68YJe-nA0&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/quote]

Ok thankssmile
paulus
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I will listen and try
Maybe it'll even rhyme
But who knows
My rhyming blows
So I sit here and sigh ....haha

I have been on here quite a while
and have seen almost every style
and I have to say
that yours is okay
it never fails to make me smile
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
I will listen and try
Maybe it'll even rhyme
But who knows
My rhyming blows
So I sit here and sigh ....haha

I have been on here quite a while
and have seen almost every style
and I have to say
that yours is okay
it never fails to make me smile


There are other people posting on this thread...

I was wondering if you'd noticed...
paulus
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Quote by paulus
Quote by GIGGLES
I will listen and try
Maybe it'll even rhyme
But who knows
My rhyming blows
So I sit here and sigh ....haha

I have been on here quite a while
and have seen almost every style
and I have to say
that yours is okay
it never fails to make me smile


There are other people posting on this thread...

I was wondering if you'd noticed...

Yes Andy, I noticed. I'm following this thread. I've read them all and responded to some.
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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My little giggles are for you
No more nightmares no more blues
My sexy cowboy
My forever joy
Our love is contagious and true
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A farmboy in county Armagh
Never one inch of female he saw
so when his neighbour girl Bess
slipped right out of her dress
his feet were both hit by his jaw
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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I once saw a cow jump the moon
I remember think "too soon
For April Fools jokes
Created by blokes
Who can only eat with a spoon"
paulus
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A crazy old dude from Southampton
who adored that song by Peter Frampton
once dressed up like a frog
and jumped into a bog
and got bit by a snake that he stamped on
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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A crazy old dude from Southampton
who adored that song by Peter Frampton
once dressed up like a frog
and jumped into a bog
and got bit by a snake that he stamped on


Nice one, P... This made me chuckle. Not giggle..., not laugh-out-loud..., not guffaw..., just a small appreciative chuckle...
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Quote by paulus
A crazy old dude from Southampton
who adored that song by Peter Frampton
once dressed up like a frog
and jumped into a bog
and got bit by a snake that he stamped on


Nice one, P... This made me chuckle. Not giggle..., not laugh-out-loud..., not guffaw..., just a small appreciative chuckle...

Thanks Andy, any sign of appreciation, no matter how small, is a reward for me.
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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The whole town knew him as a cripple
Never one single move, not a ripple
And he only showed proof
That one muscle could move
When the girl next door flashed him a nipple
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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Quote by paulus
The whole town knew him as a cripple
Never one single move, not a ripple
And he only showed proof
That one muscle could move
When the girl next door flashed him a nipple


Another little gem, my friend




There once was a man who spoke his mind
And although he wasn't being unkind
He was roundly berated
His ideas soundly slated:
In some places, that's what you find....
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A curmudgeon stumbled into the room,
Nattering pronouncements of doom,
He was politely ignored,
By him we were terribly bored,
Til he left, to share with others his gloom.
paulus
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To use rhyme to relate of your friction
is okay, but take care of your diction
because we all are adult
and I'd hate the result
if the language would lead to eviction
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"