Taken fro Wikipedia: A limerick is a short, humorous, often ribald or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century,although he did not use the term.
The following limerick is of unknown origin:
- The limerick packs laughs anatomical
- In space that is quite economical.
- But the good ones I've seen
- So seldom are clean
- And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
- Anyone have any nonsensical Limericks??
For some reason limericks always remind me of elementary school. Maybe because our teachers had us write them every year on St. Patrick's day.
ReplyDeleteYes, me too. Thanks for stopping by, Kate.
DeleteI love limericks. And of course the county of Limerick in Ireland is awesome as well. I always think of the one, "There once was a man from Nantucket..." Doh!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I remember that one,heheee
DeleteThe only limericks I know are dirty ones LOL
ReplyDeleteThat's usually the case. Thanks for stopping by, Michael.
DeleteI don't know any limericks--wait, there was one about a man from Nantucket that rhymed with -- never mind :)
ReplyDeleteYes, the Nantucket one is very popular. Thanks for dropping in, Gwen.
DeleteIt's been so long since I've read any limericks. They were my favorite thing to write when I was younger
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Thanks for stopping by, Havalah.
DeleteThis limerick is so true!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, and stopping in,Cindy.
DeleteThanks for coming to visit me. I have tried my hand at writing a limerick, but I do have to say they are terrible
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping in, Paula.
DeleteHere is the most memorable limerick I have read, and yes, it's a bit dirty. I read it in a grafitti book.
ReplyDeleteThere once was a man named Sweeney
Who spilled some gin on his weenie
and just to be couth
he added vermouth
and slipped his wife a martini.
OMG, I love it!! Thanks for sharing Shell.
DeleteThe word alone makes me smile. On television shows they always stop it after the first line so we never get to hear the rest.
ReplyDeleteI love limericks but am not good at them. :) -Rebecca from Moxiewriters.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteMe either, thanks for stopping by.
DeleteLimericks always remind me of...Ireland ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree. Thanks for stopping by, Trisha
Deleteloved the limerick, Cathy. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThe one from Bridget Jone's Diary just popped into my mind...it's better it stays there since Hugh Grant said it, so you know his mouth needs a clean out and then some bleach :)
Really liked that movie, thanks for dropping by, Lyn.
DeleteI always got a kick out of Edward Lear and his limericks. Here's one that makes absolutely no sense, but then most of them don't. Just fun and often a tad naughty.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat on a doorway;
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, 'What of that?'
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
Loved It!! Thanks for sharing C. Lee.
DeleteI can't think of any off the top of my head but limericks always make me laugh. It sounds crazy but I even just like the word limerick, it's such a fun sounding word.
ReplyDeleteHope you're enjoying your weekend, Cathrina! :)
Thanks, Julie. Sunny here in Buffalo, though chilly. Hope you're enjoying yours as well.
DeleteIt's funny you've chosen limericks for L - I couldn't think of an E topic so searched 'e is for' and the top two responses were 'elephants' and 'estranged'. So I made up a limerick:
ReplyDeleteThere once was a pachyderm from Fife
Whose snoring offended his wife
He tried to atone
By sleeping alone
But she killed him that night with a knife
Grover
Inane Ramblings
OMG, great Limerick, Grover. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteI love them, but I can't think of one right now. I do love the one right above here though.
ReplyDeleteI'm no good at writing them, but I do love them anyway.
ReplyDeleteI don't know any others off the top of my head, but I did try my hand at writing them during our poetry unit in middle school! (The lame clean ones, of course :) )
ReplyDeleteHey Cathrina! I wrote a limerick for my day L. http://adventuresintheballpark.blogspot.com/2013/04/limerick.html
ReplyDeleteI have a category of them, in fact. I'm not a poetry fan, but I enjoy limericks. :-) Probably because silly and transparent. Thanks for popping by my blog earlier. :-) The a-z is beginning to wear me down. I'm up too many late night reading blogs!
I only know rude limerics ;) Love the post.
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