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Twenty four times twenty is four hundred and eighty.
"Now, repeat after me" said John to his young daughter Katie.
Get it right, you will be wise.
Get it wrong, there is no prize.
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There was a young lady from Ealing
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Dannie Boy wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:37 pm There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always loved a good feeling
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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dtaai-maai wrote: Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:57 am Fun as all this is, I'm obviously more of a pedantic old fart than I thought, as I'm still waiting for a 'proper' limerick to emerge.

Not quite true, I've copied one from page 1 below.

Here's another, one of my all time favourites:

There was an old man from Kilbride
Who fell down a shit-hole and died.
He had a young brother
Who fell down another
And now they're interred side by side...
404cameljockey wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:28 am
Homer wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:52 am
Yes, but:

A limerick is more than just rhyme
There's meter, a matter of time
... and I can't be bothered to finish it.

Limericks are better heard with 3 stressed syllables in lines 1,2,5, and 2 stressed syllables in lines 3,4. Such as:

A limerick is more than just rhyme
There's meter, a matter of time
A limerick's more than just rhyme
There's meter, a matter of time
But to make a rhyme scan
When there's more than one man
You need some good partners-in-crime!

(sorry, VS, I know you're not a man....)
To be an utter pedant, it's not necessary for the number of syllables to remain fixed either, although for proper form they should remain the same in lines 1,2 and 5, and those in 3 and 4 should match also, unless some syllables can remain unstressed (IE. 'limerick' can be spoken as 'lim'rick' in order to keep the metre, as above, because it's a 3 syllable word; also rockery has to be said rock'ry in the off-colour rhyme I mention below (I'm NOT going to repeat it!). Also the start of the second line in that limerick has to contain a weak first syllable, eliding the words 'who was'). Without those two changes, the first line of the Pitlochry rhyme would be spoken as a line of 9 syllables, and the second as containing 11; a really fugly limerick!)

The stress doesn't have to be on the last syllable either. There's a perfectly formed limerick: 'There was a young girl from Pitlochrie'. I won't quote the rest because it's not for sensitive souls :naughty:, but the final stress isn't on the last syllable. ).

I'm only saying the above to help contributors that don't get the drift of the foot (metric unit) of rhyme, nor even syllable count. :)

And now a little about myself:

A boring old fart from Hua Hin
Was appallingly dull at teachin'.
He droned long and hard,
That boring b'stard,
Frankly none of his words would sink in.


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There was a young lady from Ealing
Well known for her powers of healing
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There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always loved a good feeling
To help achieve that
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migrant wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:10 pm
Dannie Boy wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:37 pm There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always enjoyed a good feeling
There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always enjoyed a good feeling.
After four pints of Singha
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There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always loved a good feeling
When at a dance
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There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always enjoyed a good feeling.
After four pints of Singha
She's ready to zing 'ya
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There was a young lady from Ealing
Who always enjoyed a good feeling.
After four pints of Singha
She's ready to zing 'ya
An hour with her and your head's reeling
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At a Thai level crossing there was a crash,
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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At a Thai level crossing there was a crash,
The train hit a car and Somchai heard it all smash,
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At a Thai level crossing there was a crash,
The train hit a car and Somchai heard it all smash,
Nobody injured apart from a cat,
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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At a Thai level crossing there was a crash,
The train hit a car and Somchai heard it all smash,
Nobody injured apart from a cat,
Who flew through the air then a big red splat,
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At a Thai level crossing there was a crash,
The train hit a car and Somchai heard it all smash,
Nobody injured apart from a cat,
Who flew through the air then a big red splat,
They then the put it into the curried pie and mash
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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