Can We Do a Limerick Together???
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Fatty forgot to change trains,
Larry commented: "Where are your brains?
We've gone way past Reading,
To Penzance we're heading
(sorry for doing two lines... I'm planning a trip to Cornwall and it just came out like that )
Larry commented: "Where are your brains?
We've gone way past Reading,
To Penzance we're heading
(sorry for doing two lines... I'm planning a trip to Cornwall and it just came out like that )
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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???
When Fatty forgot to change trains,
Larry commented: "Where are your brains?
We've gone way past Reading,
To Penzance we're heading
I hope we arrive before it rains!”
Larry commented: "Where are your brains?
We've gone way past Reading,
To Penzance we're heading
I hope we arrive before it rains!”
'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???
A new one:
When Dick walked out in the snow,
When Dick walked out in the snow,
'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 Dick walked out in the snow,
He didn't know which way to go.
He didn't know which way to go.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Dick walked out in the snow,
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
'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 Dick walked out in the snow,
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
He walked right out of sight!
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
He walked right out of sight!
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Dick walked out in the snow,
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
He walked right out of sight!
When he stepped in a snow drift - oh no!
Sorry for the terrible throw-away rhyme, loL!
He didn't know which way to go.
To the left or the right?
He walked right out of sight!
When he stepped in a snow drift - oh no!
Sorry for the terrible throw-away rhyme, loL!
'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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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
That's a good last line Rob! Let's continue.
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
'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???
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
From the sunken flower bed,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
From the sunken flower bed,
'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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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
The others soon missed poor old Dick,
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
From the sunken flower bed,
Looking decidedly pale and quite sick!
Thinking his disappearance was a trick,
But up popped his head,
From the sunken flower bed,
Looking decidedly pale and quite sick!
'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???
And another:
When Bets slipped over on the ice,
When Bets slipped over on the ice,
'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 Bets slipped over on the ice,
She fell very hard - 'twas not nice.
She fell very hard - 'twas not nice.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When Bets slipped over on the ice,
She fell very hard - 'twas not nice.
Her poor ankle was twisted,
She fell very hard - 'twas not nice.
Her poor ankle was twisted,
'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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