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

And you couldn't see congers for dust.

A magnificent bird is the phoenix

From the ashes it rose in two ticks

Some wrens were aghast

When the phoenix flew past

The swan wrote it down as an edict

(TO ALL YOU LIMERICK WRITERS. PLEASE GET YOUR THINKING CAPS ON).

As you will see we have under a hundred lines to write before we get up to our 1000 limit. Shall we have a Limerick 4 ? What shall we change the number, colour, animal to ?

Yes, Ma'am!

Animal, mineral, vegetable?

That's a good idea PapaO.

You are giving your age away with those 3 words. Which programme on the radio did it come from please ?

Found it at last on Wiki, NK, ... Twenty Questions!
The BBC aired a version on the radio from 1947 to 1976 with TV specials airing in 1947 and 1948 plus a series from 1956-1957. On radio, the subject to be guessed was revealed to the audience by a "mystery voice" (originally Norman Hackforth from 1947-1962; he was later a regular panelist). The series was originally presented by Stewart MacPherson. The panel comprised Richard Dimbleby, Jack Train, Anona Winn and Joy Adamson, in later years comedian Peter Glaze also. A revival ran for one season in the 1990s on BBC Radio 4, hosted by Jeremy Beadle. The BBC World Service broadcasts a version called Animal, Vegetable and Mineral, chaired by Terry Wogan with a panel including Michael Flanders.

What a walk down memory lane PapaO thanks for that.

The crab walked sideways towards the sea.

The whelks called her over to join them for tea

The limpets ate rock cakes

The molluscs made tray bakes.

The flounder then needed a pee!

How dare they! Complained the sea-lions

The seals' flippers are really just tie-ons

Canute will complain

Was the turtles' refrain

Walrus said, 'Let bygones be bygones.'

The oysters wailed with delight

As the mussels clattered off in fright

A sea-cucumber snorted