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can’t say made this one up, but it’s one everyone knows:
there once was a maid from japan
whose limericks never would scan
when questioned why
she replied “because I
trytofitasmanysyllablesintotheconcludinglineofthelimerickasIpossiblycan”
Did I hear you say “rare disease”
I beg you to reconsider please
This is more accurately a pleasure
Of the very highest measure
Now don’t you go be a tease
minyan gal, to you I must say
Kudos for coming to play
In this sandbox of ours
Building castles and towers
From words as if it were clay
Now it’s time to say thank you
To BLINKY who gave us the cue
To start rhyming limericks
It sure has given us kicks
And an outlet for expression too
vnishmartemmeod –
I must say I’m with you on that one
Blinky, you’ve given us much fun
I spend all my spare time
wrapped up in five line rhyme
And no longer ever see sun.
I think that I’ve had enough
Of this rhyming limerick stuff
I no longer can work
All my duties I shirk
And I’m looking quite ragged and rough.
Blinky a big Mazel Tov
This is just the news that I love
A new family member
To help us remember
The gifts of Hashem from above.
Mazel tov, Blinky!
Now lets hear the mazel tov we’re all waiting for…… (and remember, simcha goreres simcha!)
Not any time soon, Blink. The “broken telephone” story I undertook will keep me hopping for at least a week.
Unlike my usual posts, the “telephone” story will require thought!
I gotta save the limerick thread
It’s on the bottom almost dead
If no one is going to write
It’ll go down without a fight
There, I done it before going to bed
Vnishmart I thank you dear
For keeping us a place in here
The Coffee Room would be too drab
If not for our humorous gab
I hope I’ve made myself quite clear.
(vnishmartemmeod – please forgive me for abbreviating your name in this limerick – the full name did not fit the meter correctly) MG
foregiveness granted for chopping my name
after all it is only a game
as long as you do not slack
and remember to come back
besides, I’m not looking for fame
Hi V’nishmartemmeod,
I’d like to offer some kovod,
Your name may be long
So would you think it wrong
If we printed it out in Morse Code?
Vnishmart said we were forgiven
To chopping her name we were driven
For meter and rhyme
Took far too much time
When using the name she’s now livin’.
Around here my name’s Minyan Gal
And to all I am really a pal
Although I’m not frum
I just love Coffee Room
And feel welcome by you – the Klal.
Although you don’t know me so well
My friends really think that I’m swell
For I donate time and gelt
To those that need help
Money’s raised by the cakes that I sell.
There was a boy named Ned
Who never went to bed
He would stay up all night
In the morn was nice and bright
One day he dropped dead!
Had to share my sisters.. From 5th Grade.. was the teachers favorite!
er, beg to differ. If “klal” rhymes with “pal”…. <headshake>
Blinquie: I love my new name. Will do a poem about it later when I have more time. Todah Rabah.
There was a Gal, “Minyan” by name.
She desired not to keep it the same.
Her wishes persisted
To be “Limercist”-ed,
And now she’s gone on to great fame.
My new moniker well I adore it
Never heard one quite like this before it
Became my tagline
But by me thats just fine
Hope I don’t have to pay to insure it.
A kippah I’d love to crochet
But I have not yet learned the way
To hold thread and hook
Cannot fathom the book
So for another’s work I’ll pay.
Whatsa rhyming wive, Minyan Gal?
A name change is not meant to be.
My own suits me just perfectly.
In case you don’t know,
I’m attached to it so,
And anything else just ain’t ME!
I have to say that this thread and the riddle one are my favorites. They really help get my left-brain right-brain working again!
Like a squirrel to acorns
And a two year old to newborns
I am quite attracted to
This limerick-le-do
Like a bee to a rose among thorns
could it be that his rested mind
automatically knowlege did find
by tapping into innate ability
and outputting it with facility
ignoring studying myths of mankind
What is it about limericks that enhances your (my!) creative thinking process…? I’m intriqued… as tired as I’ll be, I could still squeeze something out of my brain if I’m doing it via limerick…
It taps into the left side of your brain, when you rhyme words with a specific meter, and btw, a side benefit for us “old foks” is that it helps exercise the mind, much like a crossword puzzle does.
With serious apologies for my very poor Yiddish. My (very modern and very Zionist) parents sent me to a Hebrew day school and I taught myself to understand Yiddish so that I could understand what my parents were talking about when they didn’t want us to know what they were talking about.
Heint is Shabbos – borei prei hagofen
Macht aufen yayin, nisht aufen bromfen
Auf kiddush mir vell essen
A bissel – zolst nisht fressen
Und gayen in der haim tsu shlofen.
Shabbat Shalom and Shavuah Tov
Oy – because there is noone hosting
I had to bump this posting
Before it disappears
And drives us all to tears
So please begin some boasting.
I am one of the freqent limerick contributors
My amazing talents to showcase, of course
No boasting, I’m too humble
Oops… I’m starting to bumble
I better just get back to my chores
There was an abuser named Hannity
Who questioned his family’s sanity
Doc said his disorder
Is right on the border
Of a very difficult personality
Yes. Somehow this thread got me thinking about mental illness. We really should start a serious thread on Borderline Personality Disorder, the worst illness b/c the sicko blames everyone else, and so prevalant in our community causing untold chorbonos. Here’s another one on depression:
There was a young lady named Raizy
Who seemed quite selfish and lazy
Each morning she said
I’m staying in bed
And everyone thought she was crazy
Frogot to thank you for the compliment, Blinky.
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