An Extra Limerick
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Hickery dickery dock
I'm ignoring the tick of the clock
Not so much metre muncher
As laid-back long-luncher
Enjoying the fruits of the wok
I'm ignoring the tick of the clock
Not so much metre muncher
As laid-back long-luncher
Enjoying the fruits of the wok
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Great Limerick ! =D> =D>
Bill
Bill
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Nil desperandum
If you leaf through a health magazine
Ogling svelte shapes that you could have been
Resist being downcast
You just can't change the past
Just forge on into Twenty Fourteen
A Happy New Year to all Free Spirits.
If you leaf through a health magazine
Ogling svelte shapes that you could have been
Resist being downcast
You just can't change the past
Just forge on into Twenty Fourteen
A Happy New Year to all Free Spirits.
Philip Price 89 Lwt. 68 kg. 176 cm. “Rather than rust I’ll wear out.”
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Re: An Extra Limerick
The same to you Philip
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Hobgoblins, gnomes, pixies and elves
Sure know how to look after themselves
They just never keep quiet
At the sales cause a riot
As they strip everything from the shelves
Sure know how to look after themselves
They just never keep quiet
At the sales cause a riot
As they strip everything from the shelves
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Another "alphabet" limerick, this time in reverse from letter x to d
Xavier was very uptight
Tried some rhubarb quite potent one night
Meanwhile large Kilner jars
Inside his garage
Fermented: ergo dynamite
Xavier was very uptight
Tried some rhubarb quite potent one night
Meanwhile large Kilner jars
Inside his garage
Fermented: ergo dynamite
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Priceless Philip-thank you
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Re: An Extra Limerick
It may be regarded as doggerel
With an impact no more than ephemeral
But I hold that the limerick
Concise, slick, artistic
Packs a punch which is trenchant and visceral
With an impact no more than ephemeral
But I hold that the limerick
Concise, slick, artistic
Packs a punch which is trenchant and visceral
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Re: An Extra Limerick
When your frame, limbs and joints start to screech
And your PB's are all out of reach
Then accept with good grace
That you're just off the pace
And relax with a beer on the beach
And your PB's are all out of reach
Then accept with good grace
That you're just off the pace
And relax with a beer on the beach
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Keith Miller (1919 – 2004), Australian cricket all-rounder and RAAF pilot in World War II, was asked how he had coped with the pressure of playing international cricket. His response was along the lines of the following:
Keith Miller once tersely opined
The word “pressure” was often maligned.
Real pressure comprised
A gut-wrenching surprise
When a Messerschmitt closed up behind.
Keith Miller once tersely opined
The word “pressure” was often maligned.
Real pressure comprised
A gut-wrenching surprise
When a Messerschmitt closed up behind.
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Paean to the "octorowers" (ergers aged 80+)
We're exceedingly thin on the ground
But are grateful to be still around
So with panache and zest
We take on any test
See you all in the next challenge round
We're exceedingly thin on the ground
But are grateful to be still around
So with panache and zest
We take on any test
See you all in the next challenge round
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Re: An Extra Limerick
If you fancy a piece of the action
But don't want to end up in traction
Then here's what you do:
Jump on the C2
When exhausted, ease back just a fraction
But don't want to end up in traction
Then here's what you do:
Jump on the C2
When exhausted, ease back just a fraction
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Re: An Extra Limerick
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere:
When you come to the month of September
You sense summer's last dying ember
After that it's no win
For the nights they draw in
You're left just with the hols to remember
When you come to the month of September
You sense summer's last dying ember
After that it's no win
For the nights they draw in
You're left just with the hols to remember
Philip Price 89 Lwt. 68 kg. 176 cm. “Rather than rust I’ll wear out.”
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When we enter the last month of Summer
And Autumn is next, it's a bummer.
We are all ill at ease
As the pipes start to freeze.
It's Winter! We must call a plumber!
And Autumn is next, it's a bummer.
We are all ill at ease
As the pipes start to freeze.
It's Winter! We must call a plumber!
"When the crazy wheel slows down, where will I be? Back where I started!"
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Re: An Extra Limerick
At the regatta, Joe was a non-starter
So instead, he helped upload race data
He got a big lift
On receiving a gift
From the President's inamorata
So instead, he helped upload race data
He got a big lift
On receiving a gift
From the President's inamorata
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Re: An Extra Limerick
It's a bit of a swine is the back
Where the vertebrae sit in a stack.
Get one out of line
And if it's like mine
It's the Wattbike you'll have attack.
Where the vertebrae sit in a stack.
Get one out of line
And if it's like mine
It's the Wattbike you'll have attack.
"When the crazy wheel slows down, where will I be? Back where I started!"
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Here's a verse that's been penned by my quill, Bill:
You've certainly been through the mill, Bill
Faced crises with great strength of will, Bill
Now the watt bike is beckoning
And by all of our reckoning
You're by no means yet over the hill, Bill
You've certainly been through the mill, Bill
Faced crises with great strength of will, Bill
Now the watt bike is beckoning
And by all of our reckoning
You're by no means yet over the hill, Bill
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Philip -- I had a good chuckle reading back in this thread a ways. Wonderful limericks. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Especially this one, seems it could be a regular entry on the Injuries thread. =D>
Cheers, and thanks again.
Especially this one, seems it could be a regular entry on the Injuries thread. =D>
Also very much like the one to Bill just posted!Post by Pepe » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:34 am
If you fancy a piece of the action
But don't want to end up in traction
Then here's what you do:
Jump on the C2
When exhausted, ease back just a fraction
Philip Price
80 Lwt.
71 kg 178cm
"Keep on keeping on"
Cheers, and thanks again.
-barbara
F Hwt 53 yrs 5'10"
F Hwt 53 yrs 5'10"
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Pepe wrote:Here's a verse that's been penned by my quill, Bill:
You've certainly been through the mill, Bill
Faced crises with great strength of will, Bill
Now the watt bike is beckoning
And by all of our reckoning
You're by no means yet over the hill, Bill
Lubbly Jubbly Philip
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Phil, you are the pill for whats ill and also for Bill who will no doubt excil ( if you come from Devon this is how excel sounds !) at the wattbike
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Like you Barbara, I've also thoroughly enjoyed reading back through this thread.CamiCrew wrote:Philip -- I had a good chuckle reading back in this thread a ways. Wonderful limericks. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Especially this one, seems it could be a regular entry on the Injuries thread. =D>
Also very much like the one to Bill just posted!Post by Pepe » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:34 am
If you fancy a piece of the action
But don't want to end up in traction
Then here's what you do:
Jump on the C2
When exhausted, ease back just a fraction
Philip Price
80 Lwt.
71 kg 178cm
"Keep on keeping on"
Cheers, and thanks again.
I wrote this limerick a few weeks ago - in trouble with Growly Bear aka Plummy for posting it on the wrong thread ( Injuries ). Apologies if you have read it on there already.
I've discovered the Limerick Thread
What brilliance.Your rhymes knock me dead
May I just say
That your skill with word play
Is first class.The best that I've read
Please keep keeping us amused. =D>
Jill
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Thanks, Barbara & Jill, for your appreciative comments.
I have a lot of fun in composing these limericks and it makes my day when I hear that they raise a smile.
I hope to keep up my monthly contribution to the thread for as long as possible.
Philip
I have a lot of fun in composing these limericks and it makes my day when I hear that they raise a smile.
I hope to keep up my monthly contribution to the thread for as long as possible.
Philip
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This thread is becoming a belter
With rhymes coming all helter-skelter
If we keep up like this
With poetical bliss
Edward Lear will be all of a swelter.
With rhymes coming all helter-skelter
If we keep up like this
With poetical bliss
Edward Lear will be all of a swelter.
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Re: An Extra Limerick
Bill. =D>
When life's an impossible race
Slowdown and ease up the pace
Read ' William and Phil '
Like Barbara and Jill =D>
Then you'll soon have a smile on your face
Good luck with the Wattbike - I had to ask Richard, " What's a Wattbike? "
Top marks for ' hanging up your oars ' instead of ' throwing them into the water and capsizing ' - many people wouldn't make the effort to keep on exercising.
Don't forget it's not only our bodies that need exercise but our brains as well, so you must carry on with the GMGs - gentle, mental, gymnastics.
Cue another limerick...
Take care
Jill
When life's an impossible race
Slowdown and ease up the pace
Read ' William and Phil '
Like Barbara and Jill =D>
Then you'll soon have a smile on your face
Good luck with the Wattbike - I had to ask Richard, " What's a Wattbike? "
Top marks for ' hanging up your oars ' instead of ' throwing them into the water and capsizing ' - many people wouldn't make the effort to keep on exercising.
Don't forget it's not only our bodies that need exercise but our brains as well, so you must carry on with the GMGs - gentle, mental, gymnastics.
Cue another limerick...
Take care
Jill