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Nenya
All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
April 2022
Do let's try an easier rhyme
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
OK!
There was a Young Lady of York
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
Who was highly allergic to pork
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
It caused her to swoon
TheOrganist
Shipmate
April 2022
Froth, foam and balloon
To resemble that nice Peter Tork.
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
(The chap who was in The Monkees? Was he frothy and balloon-like?)
Raptor Eye
Shipmate
April 2022
There once was a hedgehog called Spike
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
whose spikes suddenly went on strike
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
edited April 2022
When he tried to do prickles,
He came up with tickles,
So ran away home on his bike.
There was an Old Man with a Hat
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
Whose verses were meagre and flat
They all eschewed rhyme
And scansion and time
So he kept the lot under his Hat
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
(I saw what you did there - I think...
)
There was a Young Man of the Coast
Raptor Eye
Shipmate
April 2022
Who didn’t know what he loved most,
Miffy
Shipmate
April 2022
When he jumped on a boat
jrw
Shipmate
April 2022
He'd forgotten his coat
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
With its carefully stowed slice of toast.
There was a young person from France
Who employed a small army of aunts
TheOrganist
Shipmate
April 2022
Louise and Chantal,
Arlette and Pascale,
And the oldest, her favourite, Constance.
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
Constance was an aunt quite undaunted
stetson
Shipmate
April 2022
Wesley J
wrote:
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Constance was an aunt quite undaunted
Possessed of some charms, which she flaunted.
Enoch
Shipmate
April 2022
When she flagrantly posed
With those charms all exposed,
She was wildly and mockingly taunted.
______________________________
A señora who came from Seville,
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
Purchased a powerful drill
Nenya
All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
April 2022
She made a fine 'ole
(Do you see how that's droll?)
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
It wasn't
her
wall. Now there's a bill.
A young person from West Yorkshire's Keighley*
*(pron KEETH-lee)
Doublethink
Admin, 8th Day Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
Was sick of the sight of a person called Heathcliff
(Ogden Nash pronunciation required.)
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
When they started a fight
rather late in one night
the cops intervened. But just briefly.
Doublethink
Admin, 8th Day Host
April 2022
A fine young linguist of Frankfurt
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
Had a remarkable growth spurt
Doublethink
Admin, 8th Day Host
April 2022
His height won renown
Visible from the edge of the town
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
and was crashed into by a fly-low bird.
Nenya
All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
April 2022
Nenya
wrote:
»
Do let's try an easier rhyme
And what I had thought was the line
Would swiftly be nicked
For the next limerick.
I'll do it myself - for a dime.
Yam_castle
Shipmate
April 2022
Whilst out on a lake in a yacht
la vie en rouge
Purgatory Host, Circus Host
April 2022
A cute little puppy called Spot
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
Fell into the water
The boat owner's daughter
Raptor Eye
Shipmate
April 2022
Scooped him out with a big lobster pot.
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
A big lobster pot filled with lobsters
Edit: We'll take yours, BF. It's a classic.
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
There was an Old Man of Calcutta
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
who was clear in his head, not a nutter
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
Well, that's what he
thought
kingsfold
Shipmate
April 2022
'Til opinions he sought
Enoch
Shipmate
April 2022
For the state of his psychotic clutter.
A merchant there once was from Leeds,
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
Who dealt mainly in cannabis seeds
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
They went down a treat
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
With a certain elite
Concealing th’extent of their needs
BroJames
Purgatory Host
April 2022
edited April 2022
A red-bearded ruffian called Jack
la vie en rouge
Purgatory Host, Circus Host
April 2022
Went out in a dirty old mac
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
Its belt was of string
Wesley J
Circus Host
April 2022
Highly-strung was his thing
Enoch
Shipmate
April 2022
But his excuses were nothing but cack.
____________________________
A young man from Stockton-on-Tees
jrw
Shipmate
April 2022
Would keep stealing his neighbours' peas
Piglet
All Saints Host, Circus Host
April 2022
He removed all the pods
Bishops Finger
Shipmate
April 2022
edited April 2022
Whilst exclaiming *Ye gods!*
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There was a Young Lady of York
To resemble that nice Peter Tork.
He came up with tickles,
So ran away home on his bike.
There was an Old Man with a Hat
They all eschewed rhyme
And scansion and time
So he kept the lot under his Hat
There was a Young Man of the Coast
There was a young person from France
Who employed a small army of aunts
Arlette and Pascale,
And the oldest, her favourite, Constance.
Possessed of some charms, which she flaunted.
With those charms all exposed,
She was wildly and mockingly taunted.
______________________________
A señora who came from Seville,
(Do you see how that's droll?)
A young person from West Yorkshire's Keighley*
*(pron KEETH-lee)
(Ogden Nash pronunciation required.)
rather late in one night
the cops intervened. But just briefly.
Visible from the edge of the town
Would swiftly be nicked
For the next limerick.
I'll do it myself - for a dime.
The boat owner's daughter
Edit: We'll take yours, BF. It's a classic.
A merchant there once was from Leeds,
Concealing th’extent of their needs
____________________________
A young man from Stockton-on-Tees