1.
I've got a good friend in Xianyang
Whose boyfriend belongs to a chain gang.
He's really a punk
Who smells like a skunk -
But he's got money up the ying-yang.

2.
At tea with my friends in Xianyang.
I praised the host's lemon meringue
To the Vietnamese butler.
Next time I'll be subtler;
He sent it back home to Danang.

3.
As Bob now resides in Xianyang
I won't mention the Yin and the Yang.
Yes, it's one thousand miles
But government styles
Make it simply too close to Pyongyang.

4.
A despicabe guy from Xianyang
Played the banjo with prominent twang.
He took songs from others
(Like Tom and Dick Smothers)
And claimed them with nary a pang.

5.
An Englishman in Xianyang
Did ev'rything, even sang
For his students' delight
He wrote lim-riks at night
They'd greet him still with such slang.

6
This word just doesn't fit in the lang-
uage. I feel like an Utan (Orang-)
Participles may dang-
Le, you all can go hang,
I'll give up on a rhyme for "Xianyang."

7
A firecracker man in Xianyang
Had a really odd song that he sang:
"Swallow two bowls of chowder
With both laced with gun powder
When you fart it will be a twin bang"

8
A crusty old man in Xianyang
Went bar-hopping along as he sang.
He liked all the brews,
But if he had to choose,
The one he liked best was Gin Tang.

Question:
Time to vote.

Choices:
Click here to vote for number 1.
Click here to vote for number 2
Click here to vote for number 3
Click here to vote for number 4
Click here to vote for number 5
Click here to vote for number 6
Click here to vote for number 7
Click here to vote for number 8

 

My vote was a rebellion. I couldn't remember my entry, even when I checked my PMs.

Just recall, if looking at the results, that the bars go with the words BELOW the bar, not above (even though it's closer to the line above !)

I can't wait to see who came up with the one I chose. It is pretty clever and right up my alley. Wish it had been mine.

BTW, do any of you ever tweet? I have taken a bit to Twitter to vent politically because no one knows me there. My Facebook page is different.

Anyway, on Twitter I follow this person, or people (?), called Limericking. They are so clever, and of course on my side of the aisle. Here is an example:

Paul Ryan was joyful inside,
A spring in his step, his grin wide,
For scratching an itch,
He'd serviced the rich
And very successfully lied.

Anyway, I enjoy those limericks. There has to be some lightheartedness in these politically nightmarish times.

Ah, Paul Ryan, or as one of your late night hosts referred to him "Ryan the brown-nosed reindeer"

Great name. He is a fellow Janesvillian (we are both from Janesville, Wisconsin). So embarrassing. He has a good opponent this year, though, who will give him a run for his money.

Have you heard the sad Xmas news? Rudolph is in rehab. His red nose was rom alcoholism.

Speaking of Rudolph...

Love it!

By the way, the good Janesvillian is Randy Bryce. Watch the video.

Is there a point to that cartoon?

You'll go down in history?

Whose report card is it, do you think?

It's Rudolph, Proof. He'll go down in ...

quote:

He'll go down in ...

Wow! All that work for such a letdown.

How's about more than 4 votes, Wordcrafters?

As usual, the poll won't let me vote again.

How about you, Sattva, Greg, Bethree, arnie? Or others who might not have sent a limerick, but read them?

I didn't vote. I didn't find any of them appealing, including my own.

Said a student of Bob's in Xianyang
"The past tense of 'sing' you say's 'sang'"
The participle's "sung"?
Well I guess you have brung
This knowledge to me that you brang.

Did number 5 1/2 win? (That's the one between five and six)

The winner is 6.

Did you, Shufitz, or Haberdasher write it? I confess to voting for it.

I cannot tell a lie; I did it. Actually I had to go through some significant contortions to find words that weren't on any of Bob's lists.

Significant white falling down outsisde the window this morning here in mid-Massachusetts; stay snug and warm, everyone. D'ya think fresh-hewn cherry-tree burns well?

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Pretty darned clever!

White stuff's on the ground here, but not much of it. BUT... Seventeen below a couple of days ago just ruined a whole generation of brass monkeys. SWMBO went to the barn and brought the semi-feral barn cat indoors, and the cat came in willingly. Fortunately, no raccoons or coyotes.

discotheque When it's that time of the month and the sanitary pad box is empty.

Congrats, Hab! I voted for it, too. It looks like you're up next. See - we keep the winners busy!

quote:

I didn't vote. I didn't find any of them appealing, including my own.

In that case, I'd vote for the most appealing of the least appealing. I know, Sattva. Mine sure stunk. Sometimes you just can't pull these off, and this was the time for me.

quote:

Originally posted by Kalleh:
Congrats, Hab! I voted for it, too. It looks like you're up next. See - we keep the winners busy!

quote:

I didn't vote. I didn't find any of them appealing, including my own.

In that case, I'd vote for the most appealing of the least appealing. I know, Sattva. Mine sure stunk. Sometimes you just can't pull these off, and this was the time for me.

I still couldn't decide. None of them made me smile, though Bob's extra one I might have chosen.

posted January 02, 2018 00:21
Said a student of Bob's in Xianyang
"The past tense of 'sing' you say's 'sang'"
The participle's "sung"?
Well I guess you have brung
This knowledge to me that you brang.

Sorry the fancy footwork didn't amuse; it was meant to have a twinkle between the lines. Guess I overdid the subtlety.

I'll be happy to give a next location, but there's some Unfinished Business to resolve first. DECANAL has been lying on the desktop for four weeks now waiting for attention, and I have entries from only two 'Crafters so far. The holiday season is a good week behind us now, so I'll defer the limerick for the time being and invite all to focus on daffies of DECANAL instead.

If you need a limerick fix that badly I'll take any Decanal limericks too.

If you must make a limerick of "DECANAL"
And you send it to me, why I reckon'll
Put it onto the heap.
If you find you can't sleep,
Try a glass of warm milk, or some Seconal®.

(but you can pronounce it any way you like, if it suits your purposes better...)

Love it, Hab!

I'm itching for another limerick game! Hab, if you're busy, I am happy start the next game for you - you've been hosting a lot of these lately (because you're so good!). Just give me the name of a place.

Okay, let’s do that.

It’s overcast and threatening to snow again, and that’s getting tiresome. Why don’t we think of someplace warmer and comfy, say like … MIAMI ?