1.
Big Bad Wolf resided in Leicester
Red Riding Hood came to pester
Our wolf with bad puns
'bout her luscious buns
"I'll show her," Wolf thought, "I'll in jest 'er!
-- Geoff

2.
A horny young lady from Leicester
Gets screwed many times a semester.
It'll just be my luck
She'll be too worn to fuck
From the dicks that are drawn to molester.
-- Proofreader

3.
A Bostonian, hailing from Liecesta
Announced he would host a fiesta
But his mistress, no snob,
Brought an unruly mob
And his wife called the cops to arresta.
-- Haberdasher
4.
When dating a guy up in Leicester,
Though his monster dong quite distressed 'er,
Twas a far bigger shock
Than the size of his cock,
That he was a Double-D Chester.
-- Greg

5.
A pretty young hooker in Leicester
Was raided by cops to arrest 'er
But she offered to do'em -
To suck 'em and screw 'em
Now coppers no longer molest 'er
-- Geoff again
Caught Tom’s eye

6.
My friend Hester who lives down in Leicester
Is quite a good looker - big breaster!
No bra holds her in
(Her men live in sin);
I'm letting my jealousy fester!
-- Kalleh

7.
I've been told of a maiden from Leicester
Who had sworn that no fella could beicester,
But a gentleman charming,
Genteel and disarming
Impreicester, undreicest and posseicester.
-- Shufitz
PREFERRED by Arnie, beethree, Geoff, Hab, Kalleh, Proof

8.
During travels on business to Leicester
Many salesmen dropped in on Ms Hester
With black hair, eyes of blue,
And a red “A” tattoo--
Grateful gents up in Leicester all bless’d ‘er
-- bethreee5

9.
There once was a couple in Leicester
Whose names were Chester and Esther
Although brother and sis,
They saw nothing amiss
Being incestee and incestor
-- Geoff
Attracted Greg; First Runner-up by Hab

10.
My chancre is starting to fester;
My doctor does nothing but pester:
"You've syphilis, Hon -
Your love life is done!"
I'm sure it's that jerk down in Leicester!
-- Kalleh again



Ten limericks, by six Crafters: Bethree5, Geoff (3), Greg, Haberdasher, Kalleh (2), Proofreader, Shufitz

Eight votes: six for Shu, two for Geoff, for (5) and for (9). Good work, gang.


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Musings:

Recurring themes:
– six of the ten verses used ‘er to make a workable variant of the target phoneme
– accurate meter adds crowd appeal (a.k.a. sloppy rhythm gets downgraded)
– internal rhymes, within the same line, appeal to the writer too (7, 8, 9)
– novelty sells (3,7,9)

the Bigger Picture: hard-to-rhyme names evoke much cleverness, but I think we have more conversation with simpler targets. Compare Tooleybuc vs. Leicester. The Poll doesn’t prevent the interchange, but somehow we abdicate, having fulfilled our task by checking off the circle. And that’s the end of it.

One final thought: I was reminded this afternoon that all the British-originating names with –caster and -chester and –cester aren’t really British after all, but rather evolved as leftovers of the Roman occupation. See here .

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Shu? Tag, you’re "It." Unless you can appoint a Lord High Substitute.



Edit: Forgot to tally my own vote for Shu! Shame on me!

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I'll jiggle my husband's elbow to get him to post a new venue. Congrats, Shu! Well done.

What a great write-up, Hab! I feel like I just came from a limerick class.

I second that, Bethree5! Very well done!

Haberdasher's been hiding his talent for waaaay too long!

And Shu, you've been dormant too long. This was one heck of a re-emergence! Keep it up!

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[tee-hee] And did you catch the rhyme-scheme acrostic? and the terminal acrostic? Another side-effect of the Boston accent; an autological limerick, describing itself. "Form Follows Function."[/tee-hee]

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And did you catch the rhyme-scheme acrostic? and the terminal acrostic?

I didn't at the time, but I see them both now. So clever! If I had my time again I would vote for No. 3.

I didn't get any votes for mine either, but was happy that it made a few people smile, which is always my primary aim in this game.

I do thank you for that, but I have to stick by what I said: #7 was better!

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#7 was better!

Talent should not be allowed in this game.