1.A lassie in love with a Lascar<BR>Found his body akin to a mass scar<BR>She had seen every cut<BR>But the one on his butt<BR>Which looked like, so he claimed, Madagascar<BR><BR>2.Hery Rajaon... rules Madagascar;<BR>He's the Pres and is clearly the mass star.<BR>He emerged from a coup<BR>(There were lots in the queue!)<BR>Let's hope that he's not the next ass star!<BR><BR>3. THE ALCOHOLIC TOURIST<BR>On a toot down in old Madagascar<BR>Left my pants and my shorts at the last bar<BR>Threw my hat up a baobob<BR>Gave my shirt to an Ihosy yob<BR>Nude & drunk, just like last year at NASCAR<BR><BR>4.In an opium den sat a <a href="https://mcmurdoscamp.wordpress.../the-rascally-lascar" target="_blank">lascar</a> <BR>In a bad part of old Madagascar<BR>Ah! A maid dressed in blue!<BR>When I said, Will she screw?<BR>He said back, I don't know, just go ask 'er.<BR><BR><BR>5.In the deepest of dark Madagascar<BR>Lurks the fearsomest beast, Snallygaster,<BR>Who with fang and with claw<BR>Stuffs prey into his maw,<BR>So beware, lest you meet with disaster!<BR><BR>6.On a field trip in deep Madagascar<BR>Carried specimens found in a glass jar<BR>For a butterfly and a bee<BR>Marinated in my pee<BR>Got a 'D' -- not exactly the class starPlease vote for your favoriteonetwothreefourfivesix

Wow - we seem to have an overwhelming winner here.

I voted for #7.

I can't remember anymore which limerick I voted for, but I don't think it was the winner.

Will the real limerick writer please stand up and take a bow?!

Hmmm. I think the lesson here is that if we take too long, our attention moves on to other things. And other places.

Speaking of moving along - let's try BOLIVIA as our next destination. That sounds as though it has potential... I'd like to try two weeks for submissions, then two weeks for voting.

Are you taking a bow?

Only if you insist...but it's small. Maybe I'll take two.

Whenever I think about "taking a bow," I remember that really old "I Love Lucy" where she takes that deep bow to meet the queen and gets stuck. They have to carry her to the queen. I just love those reruns! I just watched a YouTube of one where Lucy and Ethel were in London, trying to understand a man with an English accent. Finally they said, "We're Americans. We don't understand English!" (I am not sure if it's the one with the bow or not.)

I got no votes, but then maybe nobody knows what a snallygaster is. Should I use it in a bluffing game?

Well, I didn't get any votes this time either. Hab ran away with it, didn't he? Sometimes one limerick just grabs everyone's fancy.

Hab gets to take a bow; do we who got no votes take a stern?

Well, I think we should get a little hug for trying.

I didn't even look at these until yesterday. I thought number 1 was excellent. It was the only one that rhymed perfectly all the way through (to me). But I wish I were as good as any of you guys at this.

Thanks Tom. Limerick #1 was mine and I always like to try for perfect rhymes.

Ah, yes. That's the problem here. I like fun rhymes but many want perfect rhymes - which can be hard with all our different accents. Oh well.