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Limerick writing Mark 3 (colour, animal,number).

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NanKate Thu 17-Jul-14 07:56:57

Now we are on our third thread of limericks shall we up the stakes and try and include within the line either a colour, animal or number.

Some clever minded Gransnetters may be able to do this cryptically (I am not sure if that is the right word to describe what I mean).

E.g. 'The robber done/dun me over officer' not grammatical I know, but you get my drift.hmm

MiniMouse Sat 11-Oct-14 16:01:44

Piggy's ears stood on end like wimples!

AlieOxon Sat 11-Oct-14 16:42:39

The bartender in Snood was a Yeti

NanKate Sat 11-Oct-14 17:18:35

His mate was covered in confetti.

AlieOxon Sat 11-Oct-14 17:38:28

They served out green beer

MiniMouse Sat 11-Oct-14 18:19:01

Six months of the year

papaoscar Sat 11-Oct-14 19:03:10

With a pole-dancing yak called Miss Betty

AlieOxon Sat 11-Oct-14 19:53:43

(Visions, PO)

FarNorth Sat 11-Oct-14 21:35:53

I knew a pub called the Red Lion

Lilygran Sat 11-Oct-14 22:09:47

Whose beer you just could not rely on

papaoscar Sat 11-Oct-14 22:15:26

Two pints of their potions

NanKate Sat 11-Oct-14 22:17:04

With a guard dog whose name was Ryan.

NanKate Sat 11-Oct-14 22:18:12

(Ignore my offering I was a tad too late posting it )

NanKate Sat 11-Oct-14 22:19:44

Produced odd coloured motions.hmm

papaoscar Sat 11-Oct-14 23:00:23

And enough gas to fry seven eggs on

MiniMouse Sun 12-Oct-14 13:24:08

The seven eggs cracked and exploded

papaoscar Sun 12-Oct-14 16:47:34

And fourteen turkeys imploded

FarNorth Sun 12-Oct-14 18:03:00

The guard dog had fled

NanKate Sun 12-Oct-14 18:24:28

To a kennel on the Med

papaoscar Sun 12-Oct-14 20:52:31

And the vultures ended up loaded

NanKate Mon 13-Oct-14 07:11:43

There were 10 green bottles standing on the wall.

AlieOxon Mon 13-Oct-14 09:25:30

(You can't scan that for a limerick NanKate)

Elegran Mon 13-Oct-14 10:12:36

Try " On a wall were these 10 green-glass bottles" (which
goes "di- di POM di - di POM di - di POM - di" instead of your

There were 10 green bottles, standing on the wall. (which goes
" di - di POM POM POM-di, POM - di POM - di POM")

AlieOxon Mon 13-Oct-14 11:37:12

On a wall were these 10 green-glass bottles
Now espied by a rooster with wattles

FarNorth Mon 13-Oct-14 12:02:39

His wattles were green

Elegran Mon 13-Oct-14 13:45:18

His two feet far from clean