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Castalinas

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 11:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now Will, who was master of all Said, "these guests are all in for a fall. In order to score and not walk out the door Takes guts and a whole lot of gall."

Bohawkins

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nathan knows just how to use his feet
when love's message he wants to complete.
Just stroke a girl's private parts.
It's Nate's way to her heart,
And for sure our Michelle feels the heat.


nathan and michelle

Bohawkins

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Dana is holding the power of veto,
and she now is saying "Jee will not go."
She is gunning for Scott.
Says he annoys her a lot,
and his departure would be more apropos.

Goddessatlaw

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 05:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cangaroo: to answer your question, a limerick is a rhythmic, five-line poem, usually humorous, in which the rhythm determined by the number of syllables. The rule is:

Line 1: 8 or 9 syllables
Line 2: 8 or nine syllables, rhymes with line 1
Line 3: 5 or 6 syllables, does not rhyme with lines 1 and 2;
Line 4: 5 or 6 syllables, rhymes with line 3;
Line 5: 8 or 9 syllables, rhymes with lines 1 and 2.

If you use 8 syllables for the first line, you should use 8 for lines 2 and 5 also. Same with lines 2 and 3 - they should have the same number of syllables.

And that's pretty much it.

Ocean_Islands

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 05:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
lim·er·ick
Pronunciation: 'li-m&-rik, 'lim-rik
Function: noun
Etymology: Limerick, Ireland
Date: 1896
: a light or humorous verse form of 5 chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and lines 3 and 4 are of 2 feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba
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"Feet" in this definition refer to a combination of two syllables in this rhythm:

'A walking we will go'

Line 1 A walking we will go
Line 2 Away to see a show
Line 3 Although it is late
Line 4 to make it a date
Line 5 we want to sit in the last row

Rhyme scheme

A Line 1 A walking we will go
A Line 2 Away to see a show
B Line 3 Although it is late
B Line 4 to make it a date
A Line 5 we want to sit in the last row

Feet/rhythm scheme

A Line 1- 1 (A walk) 2 (ing we) 3 (will go)
A Line 2- 1 (Away) 2 (to see) 3 (a show)
B Line 3- 1 (Although) 2 (it is late)
B Line 4- 1 (to make) 2 (it a date)
A Line 5- 1 (we want) 2 (to sit in) 3 (the last row)

Lesson now over -- go for it.

Bohawkins

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
And don't worry about the number of syllables... you can tell if it works.

Some of the most famous limericks don't follow a beat scheme, but when you read or recite them.. you can just tell they qualify.

Draheid

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you think you are bored with their spiel
A search at Smoking Gun and you'll feel
Apparently they agree
For as yet we don't see
If there's any good dirt to reveal.

Buggles

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There once was a lad named Nate
Who thought he was really great
But the guys wised up
To this buff love pup
Say g-bye to the Elite Eight!


mmmm... wishful thinking ???

Donut

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nathan's vain head is so swollen
That it would be great to take bowlin'
When the good start to rally
To throw trash down the alley
Let's hope Nathan's big head is a rollin'..

I can't stand when the houseguests are cruel
I don't find it funny or cool,
But now I wrote a limerick
That's as mean as a pinprick
Now I'm just a Big Brother ghoul..

Donut

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, i can't leave this thread on a bummer
to bring down this wonderful summer
"Yay BB!" I will holler
It beats paying eight dollars
To a theatre to see "Dumb and Dumberer"!

Bohawkins

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scott shakes up the group, throwing some chairs.
Next, he's asking, "Does Amanda still care?"
Then, "It's about me.
I've got HPV."
That's just info you don't need to share.

Gemma120in2002

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 10:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scott now reveals he has warts,
Which puts the houseguests out of sorts!
Alison is scrubbing, the toilet she's rubbing,
while sobbing and crying she snorts.

Hamsterlady

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhh...the BB life is charming
And only the chairs be harming
Their fault is their color
That God awful yeller
But Scott touching them is alarming

Weinermr

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There once was a houseguest named Scott,
Who paced, and he flung chairs a lot,
He excelled at emoting,
While his housemates were gloating,
Now he's out, was it all just a plot?

Hamsterlady

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 02:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And Ali's the gagging houseguest
She'd like to prove she is the best
But alas there's a virus
And her puking just tires us
She'd like to be known as 'Best Dressed'

Hamsterlady

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Big Brother is taking my life
Thank goodness I don't have a wife
But yes I'm a female
And no not a she-male
I couldn't take all of this strife

Weinermr

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 02:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There's choices of how they replace,
'Cause Scott's gone they need a new face,
Just think of the email,
If they replaced with a she-male!
No diversity, it sure would erase!

Aerojunki

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There once was a man named Nathan
Who went into the house thinkin' his chit wasn't stankin'
But as all of us know, he is wrong in his thankin'
And that's all I know about that boy Nathan.

Hamsterlady

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Like I like to use words like 'dude'
Like because I don't like to be rude
But like you know I'm so new
And like I know I'm a screw
But like please I don't have an attitude

Buggles

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoops, it appears I've double posted
Afraid I might get my rump roasted
So I'll write this quickie
Hope no one's too picky
At least I haven't boasted.

Buggles

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
(read in Vincent Price voice)

Poor Scott thought he had the game pegged
For a life with Amanda he begged
But his bum was too hairy
His STD too scary
Looonnnely now..... is his third leg.

Chai

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There once was a young girl named Ali
Who thought that BB would be right up her alley
But along came her ex Justin
Whom she wasn't trustin'
So she shed tears to flood the whole Valley.

Castalinas

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 10:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now Dana had eyes that popped out- And Ali had quite a big snout-Jun had a belly- that shook just like jelly-And Michelle had a permanent pout.

Tabbyking

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 11:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
there once was a house of folks
made up of lasses and blokes
til one threw a chair
then "yer outta there!"
and amanda demanded more smokes

Tabbyking

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 11:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
there once was a house of misfits
made up of mostly dimwits
with teletubby chairs
and putting on airs
and all of them little $hits.