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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 01-Nov-14 14:14:45

By hiding in a red Beetle car.

NanKate Sat 01-Nov-14 07:25:35

Avoided those pesky police.

papaoscar Sat 01-Nov-14 05:28:35

But a slippery ferret from Dumfries

MiniMouse Fri 31-Oct-14 21:48:42

Whom the martens nicknamed The Tsar

FarNorth Fri 31-Oct-14 21:24:40

That weasel was a playboy from Dunbar

NanKate Fri 31-Oct-14 20:32:30

And cruised off in his yacht by the jetty.

trisher Fri 31-Oct-14 20:13:41

Met a weasel with a car

MiniMouse Fri 31-Oct-14 15:59:03

They went to Bunny's Bar

NanKate Fri 31-Oct-14 09:07:36

Had a foxy friend called Betty.

FarNorth Fri 31-Oct-14 06:39:09

A charming young vixen called Hetty

NanKate Thu 30-Oct-14 21:04:48

(let's call it poetic licence Janerowena) smile

janerowena Thu 30-Oct-14 20:52:34

Cos he wanted to get his leg o'er.

Forgive me, I have not been near this thread before because I have such a filthy mind.

NanKate Thu 30-Oct-14 20:48:17

In a dark shade of blue

AlieOxon Thu 30-Oct-14 18:16:46

Guess what - he got two...

FarNorth Thu 30-Oct-14 18:09:13

Whose wanted a fine ostrich boa

NanKate Thu 30-Oct-14 17:31:10

There once was a sailor called Noah.

papaoscar Thu 30-Oct-14 16:55:41

(Nay, nay!)

To(2) swim where its sharp as a knife..

papaoscar Thu 30-Oct-14 16:53:57

To(2) swim in the fine Firth of Forth

MiniMouse Wed 29-Oct-14 23:14:46

No crustaceans up north

FarNorth Wed 29-Oct-14 22:34:47

Let us both go forth

MiniMouse Tue 28-Oct-14 23:26:31

The crabs are causing nothing but strife

papaoscar Tue 28-Oct-14 20:50:38

'I'm appalled!' Said the shark to his wife

MiniMouse Tue 28-Oct-14 12:40:58

And the hermit crab just shut his doors.

AlieOxon Tue 28-Oct-14 12:35:20

With a young mermaid

MiniMouse Mon 27-Oct-14 23:17:43

The coral just swayed