In spite of the spectacular lack of interest when I posted before I'll persevere for another round.

Here is a slightly revamped version of the game I proposed in the other forum.

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s there has been recent comment here that we don't do enough limericks anymore (spending all the limerick effort over at the OEDILF) I had an idea that might reinvigorate it a bit.

How would you all feel about this for a game?

One person posts the name of a place - could be a country or a town or a village or whatever.

If it's somewhere not generally known the person posting also provides a pronunciation guide.

Everybody else provides a limerick by PM to the originator, the only rules being

1. It must be of the classical "person from place" form

2. The place name must be in the A-rhyme position.

When the originator has enough he publishes them and chooses his or her favourite to provide the next place name.

This version means there is no voting but there is still competition as the person who posted the place name picks a new winner.

And from the last try I choose jerry for his limerick on Bilston and its decidely groanworthy "dildo" pun.

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Taking grain to the mill down in Bilston,
We find 2,000 pounds is a mill's ton.
This Miller's Tale
Would make Chaucer turn pale
But the dill dough's not done till the dill's done.

Over to you jerry. WHich place would you like us to write about? (Try to give us one a bit easier to rhyme than I chose as that might be what put people off)

The next word is Kehena

Stress on the penultimate syllable ... keh HENN ah

Rhymes with henna, vienna .....

************* ******** ***** *** ** * * ** *** ***** ********
While you're exploring Kehena you might as well also take a look at Ahalanui Park -- a playground for children of all ages.

Okay, okay, I'll play. Do we post our limericks here or do we PM them to Jerry?

PM them to me .... I'll store them in my Limerick Locker until the Right Time comes.

So far, I have received only one, so there's still plenty of room in the Locker.


..... ... .. .

Mine has been sent.

Here's my reservation with this game...don't we get to read them all at some point?

Cancel that reservation, Kalleh.

My plan is to publish ALL of them in a few days when there aren't any more forthcoming.

This is probably a violation or a twist of the Rules but at my age .... who cares ??

~~~~~ jerry

And now you should have mine.

Mine's in

And mine too.

The Unveiling --- the complete list of all submissions and replies == is now scheduled for twelve o'clock noon, Hawaii Stantdard Time today.

go figger

Don't forget to choose a winner to post the next place name.

Richard English wrote,
An elderly whore from Kehena
Would blacken her eyelids with henna.
When asked why she did it
She said, "I admit it:
They act like a feller antenna"


My reply .......

The one to which Richard referred
When asked to explain it, demurred
Her hair-dye decision
Affected her vision
Her hennasight's horribly blurred..

BobHale wrote ...

The question to ask yourself when a
Stroll is complete on Kehena,
Is "Was I over-dressed
In my shorts and my vest?
Should I strip off and stroll down again-a?"

Reply to Bob ...

This topic, we all understand,
Is to settle the question at hand.
To prevent hate and loathing
One's choice as to clothing,
Must always be carefully planned.[/b]

Here's Kalleh ....

Our Jerry loves life in Kehena;
He sits in the sun and he then a-
TTracts all the gals
From widespread locales,
From Hilo to Minsk to Vienna!


My reply to Kalleh...

You know the Kehena Beach boy
Whose life is a bundle of joy
His guests hedonistic
Come from places quite mystic
Some even from Illinois.

Bethree5 wrote ...
An elderly ant in Vienna
Wore a gps on her antenna
The device now read “It.”;
She yelled “piece of s***!
“I was trying to crawl to Kehena!”
My reply ...

Expletives aren't deleted
Unless the rhyme, when completed
Wallows in muck
And exclaims, "What the fuck?
Is my Limerick's purpose defeated?"

Now comes WordMatic with ...

All those hula girls down in Kehena
Favored grass skirts made out of verbena;
Then they danced on hot rocks,
(Which hurt lots, without socks)
Raising more than one old boy's antenna!

Reply ....

For their audience of thieves and of Vandals,
Who lighted the show up with candles,
They protested, "That hurts !"
And took off their grass skirts.
Now they're dressed only in sandals.

..... and the winner (and new HOST) is ....

WordMatic

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Wow...we got lots of entries. Very nice, Wordmatic! And, Jerry, you went way above and beyond. Thank you!

Well, I'm speechless. Thanks, Jerry--but I think yours were much better. I'll only agree to host the next round if I don't have to write a wonderful limerick in response to each entry, please?

OK, so here's the next place, one you've all heard of probably: Reno.

Have fun, but "know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em!"

(Send me your Reno Chamber of Commerce Limericks via PM.)
Wordmatic

Only two in this new round so far. Should I have started a new thread, the way we do in the Bluffing Game?

Anyway, if a limerick happens to hit you in the face containing the word "Reno" at the end of line one, send it to me in a PM, folks!

WM

Shu, get yours in! He had some fantastic ideas.

I'll send one tonight

I now have two from Jerry, one from Kalleh and one from Bob.

And I take it I'm waiting for at least one for Shu. C'mon, Shu--we don' do no workshoppin' 'round heah! Anybody else?

Just think: three lines of anapestic trimeter, interspersed with two lines of anapestic dimeter and you're there. So easy. So relaxing. So painless.

Oh what the heck. I'll go play JUMBO for a few weeks and check back later. I haven't been over there for awhile (now making up anagrams--that takes time!)

OK, I'm sending one. I'd wanted to put Reno in the 3rd-and-4th lines, but managed to work around putting it in the first as required.

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Originally posted by shufitz:
OK, I'm sending one. I'd wanted to put Reno in the 3rd-and-4th lines, but managed to work around putting it in the first as required.

It's in my fifth. But, hey, I invented the game. If I can't break the rules,who can?

I'm in-- not too late, I hope.

Bob, I'm probably going to have to call in the Supreme Court on your technicality, but "I'll worry about that tomorrow."

I now have six entries from five people. During the chat yesterday, Jerry asked me only to go only with his second one, and then TIOTG (The Inventor of the Game) decreed that I should include both. Being a former member of The Newspaper Guild, I know that the guy with the byline has the right to withold at least his name, so I'll honor Jerry's request. That's five entries from five entrants--

Any more? I'll give it until the end of the evening. (oops, just realized it's probably bedtime in the UK, so I'll give it until tomorrow a.m., noon GMT. OK, that should bring Richard out to the contest!)

Cheers, Reno dears--

Wordmatic

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It's in my fifth. But, hey, I invented the game. If I can't break the rules,who can?

No fair! Mine would have been so much better had I been able to put it elsewhere. Bah! Humbug!

All righty, then. It is now 12:30 GMT and five entries it is:

From bethree5 we have this interesting gourmet concept:

An old-fashioned drinker from Reno
Got gassy when at the casino
When he drew a heart
He would toodle a fart
And eat Bean-o with his maraschino

Shu sends this tribute to marriage:

Marital Politics
He planned their vacation in Reno,
Saying “Dear, we’ll enjoy the casino.”
Now we know, of course,
It’s a place for divorce,
But does he know what we know? Does she know?

Here's Bob's famous and clever "rule-breaking" (?) bonanza:

"This Evil," said monkey, "I see no,
Such thing!" Said his brother, "For me no
Kind of evil is heard."
The third said not a word
As he knew so much more about Reno.

And now here's Kalleh, with her own take on Reno Relationships. Does Shu know?:

I'm a virgin no more 'cuz of Reno;
It's the fault of that stupid casino!
I drank lots of beer,
And the next day I fear
I awoke with a fellow named Gino.

And Jerry's caution on the risks of wagering:

Major General Jesse L. Reno
Said there's one thing that we know:
Gambling's fun
If we quit when we've won,
Be it roulette or black jack or keno.

Ladies and gentlemen, the task of the judges was not easy, but we have, after much deliberation, finally selected a winner....


Shufitz.

Your turn, sir--

Wordmatic

Edited to fix formatting problems.

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Nice limericks everyone.
shu, can I suggest you post your suggested place name in anew thread - it might draw more attention that way.

P.S. Does the rule 2, "The place name must be in the A-rhyme position." mean that the place name must be at the end of the first line? I don't think so. there are three A-rhymes, at the ends of lines 1, 2 and 5, with the rhyme scheme AABBA. So My Supreme Court has belatedly ruled Bob's limerick legal.

Sigh! That's a relief. How much do I owe the lawyers, though? That's the question.

I was waiting for the Real lawyers to check in on this one, and as we know, they (is there more than one of them?) might go around and around on this for weeks! This question will be settled long after we're all dead; therefore, you owe the lawyers nothing. They should do this thing pro bono anyway, right Shu?

Laughing! Wordmatic is hereby proclaimed omnipotent despot of this game, with full power to render final and binding judgments.

I particularly liked the limerick by JT, whose choice of which "Reno" made me regret that we didn't think to use Janet Reno (former US Attorney-General). The way you have to stress the "we" near the end of his line 2 ("Major General Jesse L. Reno / Said there's one thing that we know") reminds me of another limerick with the same device:

An Argentine gaucho named Bruno,
Said, "There is one thing that I do know:
A woman is fine,
And a sheep is divine,
But a llama is Numero Uno!"

Next location to be posted shortly, in a new thread, once I think of one.

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P.S. Does the rule 2, "The place name must be in the A-rhyme position." mean that the place name must be at the end of the first line? I don't think so. there are three A-rhymes, at the ends of lines 1, 2 and 5, with the rhyme scheme AABBA.

You are correct, Wordmatic, and I was wrong. Shall we keep the word in the A-rhyme position then?