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Fancy writing a group limerick ?

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NanKate Thu 27-Mar-14 20:29:25

Basic Rules

5 lines
Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme
Distinctive rhythm
Usually funny

There was a Gransnetter called Polly
.......

JoyBloggs Wed 09-Apr-14 17:44:05

"And bring it fast as you can!"

MiniMouse Wed 09-Apr-14 18:04:12

As she ordered a gin from the man

AlieOxon Wed 09-Apr-14 18:51:20

Who opened the bottle

MiniMouse Wed 09-Apr-14 18:52:14

Oops blush

AlieOxon Wed 09-Apr-14 19:16:39

(So we got an extra line - does it matter?)

MiniMouse Wed 09-Apr-14 19:35:32

(Well I thought I'd messed it up! wink) My broadband keeps timing-out and my posts are constantly late!

AlieOxon Wed 09-Apr-14 20:53:12

(last line was a while ago)

And said "What a lot'll

AlieOxon Wed 09-Apr-14 21:17:06

(Go on, I dare you - find a line that scans AND rhymes!)

Elegran Wed 09-Apr-14 22:58:55

She'll take before hitting the fan.

Elegran Wed 09-Apr-14 23:01:13

(No, that was not grammatical. Try again.

"Make mine a large one!" cried Gran
As she ordered a gin from the man
Who opened the bottle
And said "What a lott'll
she take before hitting the fan"

shysal Thu 10-Apr-14 07:25:36

Gran awoke on a beautiful morning

Dragonfly1 Thu 10-Apr-14 08:22:07

And found that she couldn't stop yawning.

AlieOxon Thu 10-Apr-14 09:22:09

(Great *Elegran)

Drank gallons of coffee

AlieOxon Thu 10-Apr-14 09:23:16

Whoops

Nelliemoser Thu 10-Apr-14 10:09:51

And ate the Banoffee,

MiniMouse Thu 10-Apr-14 10:45:46

Ignoring the calorie warning

AlieOxon Thu 10-Apr-14 12:29:12

A gransnetter digging her garden

MiniMouse Thu 10-Apr-14 13:06:24

Got blisters that started to harden

Dragonfly1 Thu 10-Apr-14 13:24:25

She put down her shears,

Ana Thu 10-Apr-14 13:29:03

(She was digging the garden with shears? No wonder she's got blisters...grin)

Dragonfly1 Thu 10-Apr-14 13:37:01

Ok, she put down her spade. Or fork if it makes a better rhyme. I'm easy....

MiniMouse Thu 10-Apr-14 13:39:27

Wiped away her tears

Nelliemoser Thu 10-Apr-14 14:09:24

And asked the weeds for a pardon.

papaoscar Thu 10-Apr-14 17:49:07

When making a jam roly-poly

Galen Thu 10-Apr-14 18:23:56

A Gran yelled 'by all that is holy'

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