An easy rhyme this time

Xi-An

It's pronounced she-ANNE.

I'll get one in, Bob.

I am intrigued by how you wrote she-ANNE. There's no reason you made it "anne," right? It could have been "an" or "ann," too, correct? I just don't want to lose on a technicality!

No reason at all.

Could be really hard to pick a winner.
So far I have a grand total of zero limericks.

This is odd! Your post didn't show up on my computer until today! I'll get to work on Xi-an!

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So far I have a grand total of zero limericks.

Give us a chance!

Today I have to prepare a debate on beer, look through a book on pubs and start putting together some moderators' rules for a beer forum.

And I have to leave for London by 1430. But if I have time...

Working yourself into a lather I see!

Mine's in...it won't win.

Nothing is coming to me - I might have to sit this one out.

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Originally posted by Greg S:
Nothing is coming to me - I might have to sit this one out.

Unacceptable.
Participation is mandatory.
Failure to participate will result in extermination.
You have been warned!

Almost a week and I still only have two.

Remember as the stress is on AN not xi that's all you need to rhyme.

an, ban, bran, can, clan, Chan, dan, fan, gran, lan, man, nan, pan, plan, ran, stan, scan, span, tan, than, van

and that's just a few one syllable words.

Come on folks, this is an easy one!

I'm trying!

It's funny about rhymes. Sometimes the ones that seem easy, just are not. I found this one hard and don't much like my limerick. I have to confess...I wrote one to write one. Maybe after Bob's hints, I'll try again.

I'm baffled.
This has to be the easiest rhyme ever.

I'm going to try an experiment. I'll write a limerick here and now off the top of my head with this rhyme and see how long it takes.

3...2...1...Go

A young woman who came from Xi-An
Said' "I'm going in search of a man
I'll look east, I'll look west
But when I find the best
I'll grab him as fast as I can."


45 seconds including correcting typos.
Not great but not terrible either.

Let's try again.

3...2...1...Go

There was a young man of Xi-Aa
Who said, "I'm in need of a plan
I just can't get a rhyme
for my verse at this time
and try as I might I simply can't get the thing to scan.

Yes, it's a novelty attempt and yes it took longer - almost ninety seconds in fact.

Either I've turned into some sort of limerick Genius or THE REST OF YOU JUST AREN'T TRYING!!!

A French dance troupe performed in Xi-an
but their act did not quite go to plan
Some watched and then booed
and declared it too rude,
"Can-can clan? Can we ban? Yes we can!"

Very nearly two minutes for that one.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: BobHale,

I agree it's an easy rhyme, and I have rhymed it. The challenge is not simply in the rhyme, of course, it's in making something that rhymes, is funny, is slightly naughty and, if possible, has some relevance to the town.

Of course, the word remined me of a very old limerick which I repeat here:

The was a young man from Xian
Whose limericks never would scan.
He said, I'm just fine,
'till the very last line,
Then I try to get as many syllables into it as I can."

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Richard English,

That's a thought.
Hey everyone, if you can't rhyme Xi-An use Japan and then when you've finished change one word and Hey Presto!

Well for me the thing is that I want to do all the things Richard has suggested and I want to rhyme both syllables - twice. So your Japan suggestion will not help me.

But rhyme is from the final STRESSED syllable to the end and that means that you only have to rhyme the AN.

If you choose to impose additional personal restrictions why not make them really arbitrary - the limerick words must be in alphabetical order, every word must begin with an X or every word should be a palindrome come to mind as suggestions.

What I "have" to do and what I "want" to do are not one and the same. When I did my Yackandandah limerick, which by the way was the winner, I not only rhymed all 4 syllables of the town, twice, but also a 5th syllable not in the town's name, and it also reflected something about the town. I didn't have to do that, but I was very proud of it.

In the town born of gold Yackandandah
Stood a beautiful old Jacaranda,
That grew from a sprig
To be so bloody big,
It uprooted a whole back veranda.

And very fine it is too but at the moment I still have a grand total of two limericks for what is, technically, a very easy rhyme.

In fact, even rhyming both syllables is not too difficult. Withiout too much effort I can think of at least a dozen perfect rhymes.

Indeed, I'll maybe post another limerick just to prove my point.

No don't do that - I am working on one that I'm going to put in, and if yours uses the same rhymes I'm thinking of, I'll feel I can't put it in. Unless of course you're thinking of entering it and then by all means do so.

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Well for me the thing is that I want to do all the things Richard has suggested and I want to rhyme both syllables - twice.

Yep, me too. That's why I don't like the one I wrote and had so much trouble writing it. I agree, Bob, that it's not required, but the "full" rhyme sounds so much better to me.

Well at the moment with a total of four and no sign of more coming I don't really know what exactly to do next.

I promise to get one in tomorrow if you can wait

At this point I have little choice. Four isn't enough to post.

I'm in

I sent another. I can't wait to comment on mine when the selections are over.

I sent a feeble attempt, but at least I'm in.

I'll post the selection tomorrow.

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Originally posted by BobHale:
I'll post the selection tomorrow.

It was tomorrow yesterday!

As usual I'll not vote for my own

I am totally confused by why you regularly remind us of this fact Richard? Are suggesting the rest of us do, or that we think you do? Given the number of times you've reminded us, I tend to think it's the former, but quite frankly I would be very surprised if anybody does. After all it's not like we actually win anything.

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Originally posted by Greg S:
I am totally confused by why you regularly remind us of this fact Richard? Are suggesting the rest of us do, or that we think you do? Given the number of times you've reminded us, I tend to think it's the former, but quite frankly I would be very surprised if anybody does. After all it's not like we actually win anything.

I only mention it since the ruling - if ruling it be - is unclear. As to what others do - I have no idea. But everybody knows what I do. It is unfortunate that we have so few voters; were there to be several hundred then it would matter little who voted for whom.

I'm worried that the Chinese government may have seen these limericks and tossed Bob in the hoosegow.