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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
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NanKate Mon 28-Apr-14 20:21:23

All dressed up like traffic wardens.

AlieOxon Mon 28-Apr-14 20:52:53

They stopped all the traffic

shysal Mon 28-Apr-14 21:31:19

To record the demographic

Elegran Mon 28-Apr-14 22:07:55

Policed by by pink tartan-clad cordons

Elegran Mon 28-Apr-14 22:14:59

(an extra "by" slipped in there. Also there should be a hyphen between "pink" and "tartan")

Elegran Mon 28-Apr-14 22:16:01

"Strip the Willow" was next on the programme.

papaoscar Mon 28-Apr-14 22:58:57

But the fiddler was solving an anagram

MiniMouse Tue 29-Apr-14 10:11:45

With a scratch of his head

Elegran Tue 29-Apr-14 10:35:28

He played them instead

Elegran Tue 29-Apr-14 10:37:31

"Wrist the pillow" and urged them "Dance that ma'am!"

NanKate Tue 29-Apr-14 12:02:47

We went to see the Nutcracker.

AlieOxon Tue 29-Apr-14 14:11:12

Didn't know who was the backer

Daisyanswerdo Tue 29-Apr-14 15:00:41

The girl who danced Clara

AlieOxon Tue 29-Apr-14 15:44:06

Came from the Masai Mara

papaoscar Tue 29-Apr-14 16:31:28

Where she worked part-time as a tracker

papaoscar Tue 29-Apr-14 16:33:39

An elephant said to a gnu

NanKate Tue 29-Apr-14 17:08:08

I have got a bad dose of the flu blush

papaoscar Tue 29-Apr-14 17:48:30

The jumbo replied, you'd best get inside

AlieOxon Tue 29-Apr-14 18:14:45

Or I might even give it to you!

NanKate Tue 29-Apr-14 19:59:53

There was a Party called Ukip.

papaoscar Tue 29-Apr-14 20:58:52

Who thought they could make us all flip

NanKate Wed 30-Apr-14 06:59:17

Old Nige played a blinder.

shysal Wed 30-Apr-14 07:07:45

Escaping his minder

papaoscar Wed 30-Apr-14 07:20:59

But slipped and went base over tip

papaoscar Wed 30-Apr-14 07:23:28

A Gran went shopping in Harrods

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