Can We Do a Limerick Together???
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Tupping was mowing the lawn,
It took lots of muscle and brawn,
While mopping his brow,
He was kicked by a cow
And did not wake up till past dawn!
It took lots of muscle and brawn,
While mopping his brow,
He was kicked by a cow
And did not wake up till past dawn!
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Larry and Daisy were late...
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Larry and Daisy were late...
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Larry and Daisy were late...
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Larry and Daisy were late...
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
"Or p'raps still in bed!"
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
"Or p'raps still in bed!"
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Larry and Daisy were late...
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
"Or p'raps still in bed!"
So they waited, and swung on the gate!
Bets cried that it must have been fate,
"They've been kidnapped!" she said,
"Or p'raps still in bed!"
So they waited, and swung on the gate!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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- Daisy
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Good one, Rob
Another starter:
When Fatty once answered the phone,
Another starter:
When Fatty once answered the phone,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Fatty once answered the phone,
The voice he heard made him groan,
The voice he heard made him groan,
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Fatty once answered the phone,
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Fatty once answered the phone,
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
(the man sounds quite insane!)
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
(the man sounds quite insane!)
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Fatty once answered the phone,
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
(the man sounds quite insane!)
Buster mistook his leg for a bone.
The voice he heard made him groan,
It was Goon to complain,
(the man sounds quite insane!)
Buster mistook his leg for a bone.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
John... Buster has lost the plot!
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
I was hoping it would be something about Buster.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Here's a new starter about Buster:
When Goon lashed out at poor Buster,
When Goon lashed out at poor Buster,
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Goon lashed out at poor Buster,
With all the strength he could muster,
With all the strength he could muster,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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