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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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Galen Sat 29-Mar-14 15:59:11

So tired I'd become

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shysal Sat 29-Mar-14 16:25:30

Because of the rum

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JoyBloggs Sat 29-Mar-14 16:34:02

That ought to have come with a warning.

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NanKate Sat 29-Mar-14 19:34:12

New limerick

I once new a word I forgot

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Galen Sat 29-Mar-14 20:22:05

Which bothered me quite a lot

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AlieOxon Sat 29-Mar-14 20:39:10

If only I knew

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tiggypiro Sat 29-Mar-14 20:54:53

It was one of the few

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Elegran Sat 29-Mar-14 20:54:57

A lexicographer or two

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JoyBloggs Sat 29-Mar-14 20:56:58

The best thing to do

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Ana Sat 29-Mar-14 20:58:28

Elegran, surely that line couldn't possibly scan! confused

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JoyBloggs Sat 29-Mar-14 20:58:55

(Sorry, not quick enough!)

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Elegran Sat 29-Mar-14 21:20:23

It does if you say lexicographer very quickly.

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Ana Sat 29-Mar-14 21:21:11

Hmm...

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Galen Sat 29-Mar-14 21:25:06

There once was a youngster on gransnet

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AlieOxon Sat 29-Mar-14 21:29:14

Hang on, haven't we missed a last line???

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AlieOxon Sun 30-Mar-14 09:48:43

I'd finish it with a 'bon mot'......

I know. Terrible.

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AlieOxon Sun 30-Mar-14 11:02:15

There once was a youngster on gransnet.....

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henetha Sun 30-Mar-14 14:46:13

Who slept at night with no hairnet

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nanapug Sun 30-Mar-14 14:48:33

Her hair all fell out

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Galen Sun 30-Mar-14 15:13:03

It flared up her gout

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shysal Sun 30-Mar-14 16:01:56

Which felt like a jab with a bayonet.

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papaoscar Sun 30-Mar-14 19:55:20

Queen Victoria applied to join Gransnet...

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NanKate Sun 30-Mar-14 20:47:13

Even though she would have preferred Mumsnet.

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AlieOxon Sun 30-Mar-14 21:11:52

She was so amused

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janeainsworth Sun 30-Mar-14 22:01:51

Her stays became loosed

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