Our next limerick subject is....Dallas.

I tried to find an inspirational quote about Dallas for your next limerick-writing mission, but this is the best I could do:

It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass.
- E. S. Dallas

I have sent Kalleh my opinion regarding the selection of this place.

Two measly limericks (from the same person) on this very easy word? Come on, folks!

Tomorrow, I hope.

So far, only two. Come, come, folks. I know that Bob and Stella are out of town, but how about the rest of you?

Do you know, I've had a lot of trouble with this - there are actually very few rhymes for Dallas in UK English. Digitalis, Alice, malice - all shown in Rhymezone as good rhymes - don't work for me. But maybe I'll just have to stretch the rhyme to get something in.

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there are actually very few rhymes for Dallas in UK English. Digitalis, Alice, malice

Don't forget the all-important "phallus."

Oh, he didn't.

"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel wth the pestle
But the chalice with the palace has the brew that is true."

(Who wrote that? Danny Kaye sang it, but I think Sylvia Fine was out of the picture by the time The Court Jester hit the movie houses.)

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(Who wrote that? Danny Kaye sang it, but I think Sylvia Fine was out of the picture by the time The Court Jester hit the movie houses.)

The movie was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Songs by Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and Sylvia Fine (music).

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Originally posted by haberdasher:
"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel wth the pestle
But the chalice with the palace has the brew that is true."

...and you can even see it here.

Ain't YouTube wonderful!

Oh, I love that movie! Now come on, Hab. Play the game with us!

Well, I just got two from Hab...and neither uses phallus!

I am trying to get Shu to write one, but he is too much of a perfectionist. He's still working... He needs to be a bit more like me. Knock one off in 30 seconds, wretched as it may be!

Thirty seconds! What takes you so long?

Submissions?
I've made a few,
but then again,
too few to mention...

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I am wondering where our Jerry is these days. He hasn't posted here since April 3rd. He usually participates in these games.

Great to see you again, TrossL. Don't stay away so long!

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Originally posted by TrossL:
Submissions?
I've made a few,
but then again,
too few to mention...

Gee, I didn't know "Sinatra" rhymed with "Dallas" !

Yeah but Maria Callas does and didn't she date Sinatra?

...not so sure about that, but talking about Frank Sinatra and Maria Callas just may date both of us...

Hope it's not too late. I've just sent one.

wordmatic

Nope, not too late.

Are there any more submissions?

I am a little worried about Jerry. I haven't heard from him for awhile. Has anyone?

Are you really not posting the blue ones?

The blue ones?

Time to put Dallas to bed (after resurrecting them from the wrong thread!). I've got some goodies, but I'm missing Jerry's (I hope he's okay) and Bob's (he'll be back from N. Korea soon):

TrossL's

This is very creative with the double verse idea:

A homesick young Airman named Alice,
In school out on Sheppard, near Dallas,
Was heard to exclaim,
"I'm not one to lay blame,
But I think the instructors are callous."

The don't seem to care if they hurt
My feelings; make me feel like dirt.
The yell in my face,
"You are such a disgrace!"
Their morals are rather inert.

Wordmatic's

This is an interesting one. I looked up gallus, and it can mean: "suspenders" or "common domestic birds and related forms"(?) or "daring in a foolhardy or arrogant way," which is the obvious intent here. Still, what a great word!

The cavernous airport at Dallas
Was full of rich cowboys, all gallus.
Their brusqueness, their pomp,
Made me just want to stomp--
And despite all their bling, I waren't jallous!

Then there's this blusher from Richard English:

A randy young lady called Alice
Was seeking an oilman in Dallas.
It wasn't his oil
That made her blood boil
But the size of his toolpusher's phallus.

Hab's

I love your rhymes! I hope you will write a few more limericks for us in the future.

When I sparked a young maid in Corvallis
(Made a special trip, came up from Dallas)
We just watched from the lawn
Northern Lights until dawn
The aurora – that’s right - borealis.

All the guys want to know who that gal is,
And the girls wonder just who her pal is.
But she's turned down my pass
So I'll just weed the grass
And the lawn will be clear of oxalis.

And finally, Proofreader's

Love the digitalis rhyme (and he's write about the callousness of my choice!):

I believe Kalleh only picked Dallas
To inspire me to write something callous--
To plot some sexual scene
In a lmerick unclean
That would end with the mention of “phallus.”

I refuse to make fun of folks (Dallas)
Since I hold for them simply no malice.
So no limerick I'll start
To make fun...OH, my heart!
Could you find me my meds -- digitalis?

So, while I had to work with the meter more than I might have liked, I am passing the torch over to Proofreader (I hope you don't have to reach for the dig!).

Well. I don't think mine were the best.

However, I will pick out a new place in a day or so.

Blue limericks are indeed still being posted here, TrossL. Check out Limerick games "Tahiti", "Gibraltar", and others in that time frame.

Bluffing Game: Yapp will be posted shortly.

A gentleman traveling from Dallas
Had an immensely over-sized phallus.
When he went in the ocean
The attendant commotion
Was it being chewed off by a squalus.

That chewed-upon victim from Dallas
Said, "I don't bear that squalus much malice.
That dick sure did rankle
When it whacked on my ankle
And I'm having more fun now as 'Alice'."


Squalus = type of shark

I only asked about the blue ones since I sent the following into Kalleh and she didn't post it...

I'd heard of a rancher from Dallas
Who'd developed one heck of a callus
On the palm of his hand
From stroking his grand
And amazingly beautiful phallus.

Oh, heck, TrossL. I just missed it because of our conversation on the other two. I am sorry because I love blue!

This wasn't one of my best games. Let's see, first, after begging him to enter, I forgot Hab's submissions! Then I posted the answers in the bluffing game thread! And then I forgot TrossL's!

So sorry, everyone. Please forgive me and keep playing?

Proof, sometimes there's fun rhyme or use of a word or pun or whatever that just makes the limerick a winner. I loved your "digitalis." There were others that were really good, though, too.