Well, if I don't get some entries soon, I'll be declaring the one I have as the winner.
Would you all like me to choose a new place or just accept near rhymes? I admit it's harder than I first thought it would be. I could only come up with "trick" limericks myself.
The Batman fighth crime down in Gotham Catcheth villainth ath he cometh acroth 'em Itth a little know fact When he thtarted thith act At firtht he wath called "The Oppothum".
I think this one is just too hard so let's allow "Gotham City" and "Gotham Town" as variants (depending on which Gotham you mean) and you only need to rhyme 'City' or "Town".
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
On a quest three wisemen together had, An adventure to voyage to Trinidad They departed from Gotham The trip there was awe-thome But returned missing all of their Go-ninads
Okay, not great, but had to share anyway. I mean we had to transition from Trinidad to Gotham amyway.
The one I submitted was also on the older terms for "Gotham". If that is no longer valid, I'll retract it. I don't know that it was all that good anyway.
I think this one is just too hard so let's allow "Gotham City" and "Gotham Town" as variants (depending on which Gotham you mean) and you only need to rhyme 'City' or "Town".
My reading of this is that Gotham is still allowed, so no need to think again.
At the moment I only have five - six if Geoff wants to reinstate his withdrawn one. I'd like a few more... don't forget I'm accepting Gotham City and Gotham Town too.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
I'm open to however you want to handle it. It is just a fun game, after-all, and I don't see strict rules needing to apply. I like the entrants being random, but I would not have a problem if Geoff wanted his entered into the contest. I doubt it would sway votes even if every knows who did it.
It might help if the regular players were to PM you if they have given up on writing a (or "another" as the case may be) limerick or if they still have one coming.
I am probably not going to write anything else, but if I do, I'll get it to you.
I know. I had already decided on one of my rhymes before someone used it here. I went with it anyway, but it looks like I copied someone else. That's okay, though, because mine is not a winner. It's not that I didn't try; it's just that I couldn't....
I had already decided on one of my rhymes before someone used it here.
In an attempt to prevent that happening again (or the opposite), how about introducing a rule that no-one should post any limericks in the open thread until after the winner is declared?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Great idea, arnie! Particularly with hard-to-rhyme words, it can be tough when all the good rhymes are taken in the discussion about the word. Let's wait until after the vote before posting any limericks.
I would hope that no one will use the fact that you used the same rhyme someone else posted, against you in their vote. But I certainly see why you would want to request that no one post related limericks until the vote.
