Stylish Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)

Once again, it’s Limerick-Off time. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.

So I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:

A gal who took pride in her style…

or

A man who took pride in his style…

Here’s mine:

Stylish Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane

A gal who took pride in her style
Had a temper quite terribly vile.
When asked if her dress
Came from Buy It For Less,
Her screams could be heard for a mile.

Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity in my Facebook Limerick-Off post.

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55 Responses to “Stylish Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)”

  1. Rinkly Rimes says:

    What a great first line.

    arrested development

  2. Hansi says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Older men, with her looks she would beguile
    She made them feel all aglow
    While stealing their dough
    And walked all the way to the bank with a smile

  3. scott says:

    that’s funny Mad. I think I know the screamer.

    A gal who took pride in her style,
    wore top name designs all the while.
    But every label she wore,
    looked best on the floor,
    right next to my bed, in a pile.

  4. A gal who took pride in her style
    Was beset with the mouth of a crocodile
    See couldn’t look people in their faces
    So she saw the dentist for braces
    And now bears her teeth with a smile

  5. Tom Hale says:

    A gal who took pride in her style,
    Her boyfriend was quick to revile:
    “I don’t mean to be mean,
    But I cannot be seen
    With a man if his socks are argyle.”

  6. jesse levy says:

    A guy who took pride in his style,
    would only sing songs by Kurt Weill.
    He thought himself hip,
    but was such a big drip.
    Plus his singing was quite infantile.

  7. madkane says:

    Fun limericks, everyone! Please keep them coming. And if you’re on Facebook, please post them on my Facebook post too. (You don’t even have to be one of my Facebook friends to comment on my FB posts.)

  8. jesse levy says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    could make all the men erectile.
    She just had a gift
    for giving men a lift.
    So now, of course, she is “with chile.”

  9. jesse levy says:

    I know that looks like the country Chile, but you do know what I meant.

  10. Laurie Kolp says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Precluded each kiss with a smile,
    Confusing some dates
    Who just wanted mates;
    ‘Twas her way of discarding the vile.

  11. Lee Magilow says:

    A man who took pride in his style
    Would lapse every once in a while.
    His clothing was neat,
    But his speech was replete
    With expressions remarkably vile.

  12. Jingle says:

    well done humor, love the rhymes..

    cheers.,

  13. bendedspoon says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Actually has to discreetly beguile
    That she has it all and won’t fall
    When she finds it hard to stand tall
    She taste the bitterness in her smile.

  14. Versebender says:

    Good prompt…and surprisingly difficult. Thought yours was great, Mad. Thanks, vb

    A man who took pride in his style
    Stood in front of a mirror a while
    I know it sounds vain
    And a wee bit insane
    But , lord, how I make myself smile

  15. Timoteo says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    was dressed like the Queen of the Nile
    she bought off the rack
    and lived in a shack
    and shoplifted once in a while

  16. madhumakhi says:

    Hehehehehehe. i find fashionistas quite irritating and so do you by the look of it. Rather funny.
    “When asked if her dress
    Came from Buy It For Less,
    Her screams could be heard for a mile.”

  17. Jingle says:

    thanks a lot…

    A++

    love your supportive spirits.

  18. My Stylish Limerick

    A gal who took pride in her style,

    walked in her Dolche’s a mere mile.

    Then she gave up walking

    for shopping and talking

    ‘cuz blisters were sqinching her smile.

    © Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

  19. dan says:

    There was a lawyer who took pride in his style,
    He turned up his nose at the rank and file,
    He was hated by some of his peers,
    Who were the object of his sneers,
    When his clients were acquitted at every trial.

  20. Daisy Mae says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Wore patterned bright socks– yes, argyle
    Her foot fetish expressed
    Without being overdressed
    Final touch? Her two foot wide smile!

  21. madkane says:

    These are wonderful. Please keep them coming. Thanks!

  22. Olivia says:

    lols!

    A gal who took pride in her style..
    People loved her for her killer smile!
    She loved eating grapes
    Listening to tapes-
    She’s been living in the country all this while.

    That’s me- more or less- lolss
    Hugs xox

  23. A girl who took pride in her style
    in a convent stayed for a while
    As a nun with a bun
    she was having no fun
    so she left on the run with a smile.

  24. earlybird says:

    This is fun!

    A man who took pride in his style
    confronted the world with a smile;
    he thought he was best,
    (being perfectly dressed)
    but really was utterly vile.

  25. Elaine Spall says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Hadn’t bought a new dress in her while
    When she had no more money
    Her new job was funny
    As a mannequin clothed with a smile!

  26. A gal who took pride in her style
    Cleopatra – she lived on the Nile
    She mistook an asp
    For a necklace and clasp
    Now she’s in the Dead Ptolemies File

  27. Nanka says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Walked on the ramp with a smile
    What happened there next
    Is much too complex
    See it on my blog its worthwhile

  28. Lee Magilow says:

    A man who took pride in his style
    Once tried to restore his wife’s smile
    Said ’twas just an air kiss.
    She replied with a hiss,
    An air miss is as good as a mile.

  29. Sally Franz says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    of her credit was in full denial
    then they came to reposess
    every last shoe, hat and dress
    now she’s garbed in only a smile.

  30. Jerri says:

    I wish I were that witty, as are your responses.

  31. Mama Zen says:

    That is too funny!

  32. Jessica says:

    LOL, I so associate with that girl!!
    Lovely limerick. I must try these, I haven’t written any since school a few years ago.
    Here from Poetry Potluck.

    Sweat Pleasures

  33. Veralynne Pepper says:

    A gal who took pride in her style,
    Thought she soon would a-glide down the aisle
    Men liked her coloring and size
    But got not a word in edgewise
    In a mirror she’d groom, vogue and smile

  34. Veralynne Pepper says:

    A gal who took pride in her style,
    Knew that it had been “out” for a while.
    “I’m all into cottons,
    “Like 501’s with buttons
    “And T-shirts I’ve got by the pile.”

    That long hair, her “freak flag,”
    Was not many others’ “bag.”
    She kept up with the times
    (And with Mad Kane’s mad rhymes)
    And her style’s still in the fashion mags!

    Natural fibers, international design,
    Stone, shells, leather–silver for shine.
    Handmade accessories, in color,
    Made the other gals feel duller
    So she flipped them the ol’ peace sign!

    “Comfort is my middle name,” she said
    (“Birks and Earth Shoes mess with YOUR head!”)
    Arts and crafts in her heart,
    Why not look the part?
    She’ll feel happy, hippie, comfy ’til she’s dead.

  35. madkane says:

    These limericks are lots of fun! Please keep them coming. Thanks!

  36. A gal who took pride in her style
    wore tattoos of numbers to dial
    for the places we could buy
    fabrics that caught our eye
    priced by the yard or the mile.

  37. A gal who took pride in her style,
    dressed to impress and beguile.
    No one did better
    as an instant trendsetter
    than the late, great Ms. Kitty Carlisle.

  38. If we could vote for our favourites, I’d vote for Sally Franz: delicious.

  39. Dr. Goose says:

    A gal who was proud of her style
    Thought to give Nefertiti a trial;
    As she regally strolled
    In a headdress of gold,
    Some said: “She’s de queen of denial.”

  40. Henry Coe says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    used her charms to make good in her wiles
    She would flaunt debonair
    too make the gentlemen stare
    and the ladies all thought she was vile.

  41. scott says:

    lots of good verses- Sallys and robert basler’s are funny.

    I would like to meet the woman Jesse Levy wrote about but I don’t want to go all the way down to Chile:-)

  42. madkane says:

    More fun limericks! Thanks, and please keep them coming!

  43. Reflections says:

    Fabulous opening line… love the humor in your limerick.

  44. fiveloaf says:

    i like to come here hahahahahahahaha! thank you for this! my potluck- nectar from heaven

  45. David says:

    Great fun. It’s good to use cliches in an uncliched way, I think.

  46. madkane says:

    Thanks so much Reflections, fiveloaf, and David!

  47. Granny Smith says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    Went to live in India a while.
    Back home she looked strange.
    Friends asked her, “Why change?”
    “Sari” she said with a smile.

  48. I reckon it would be fun just to say it :-)
    Nice one.

  49. brian says:

    a guy who took pride in his style
    had a temper quite vile
    he’s hen and he’d peck
    making everyone sick
    when he left we all had a smile.

  50. Claudia says:

    a gal who took pride in her style
    oh my – her clothes – they did pile
    in heaps in her room
    and she needed a broom
    to sweep them into the nile

  51. Purvi says:

    Fantastic! Super enjoyed!!

  52. Kavita says:

    hahahah.. quite a temper she has there!! I had better stay away from her…

    a gal who took pride in her style
    thought gramps was jus’ old and senile
    when he told her to heed
    she called him a weed
    and off she fled hiding a smile

  53. madkane says:

    Thanks so much to all of you for your enthusiastic comments and your delightful limericks. Please keep them coming. And don’t forget, I post a new Limerick-Off every Monday. Hope you’ll be back for more versifying.

  54. Gary says:

    A gal who took pride in her style
    was eager to walk down the aisle
    so desperate was she
    that she wed a Nazi
    now like Strangelove her greeting is Heil

  55. madkane says:

    Good one, Gary! I like it.