Thrilling Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. 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. (You can even post it here on Google+ if you’d like to.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner plus the Honorable Mentions.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, you can find some helpful resources listed here.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow who loved a good thrill…
or
A woman who loved a good thrill…
Here’s mine:
Thrilling Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Went skiing and took a bad spill.
His wife said “Enough!
I don’t care that you’re tough.
You’d better start writing your will.”
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 on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
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Tags: Death Limerick, Injury Verse, Marriage Limerick, Outdoor Activity Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Sports Humor, Sports Injury, Wills, Winter Sports, Writing Prompts
A woman who loved a good thrill
Clambered into a pelican’s bill.
Said she ‘With these fish
I can cook a great dish!
Silly me! I’ve forgotten my grill!’
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Wiped himself with some white sauce and dill.
Jonah baited the whale
So he might eat him whole
But the whale would only eat krill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Thought the answer lay in a little purple pill.
Ignoring doctor’s advice
He tried it more than twice
And now he’s just laying there very very still.
a fellow who loved a good thrill
went skydiving off a big hill
as the parachute broke
his tears made him choke
now his wife has to probate his will
A lady who loved a good thrill
made a mash-up with booze, coke and pill.
Her voice? So resounding.
Her life? Not rebounding.
Now silence…a back to black chill.
[RIP Amy Winehouse]
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Sat his buns on the windowsill.
His cheeks turned bright red
That’s what his neighbors said
So he moved to the fridge and chilled.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Went touring with Buffalo Bill
He argued quite vocally
With young Annie Oakley
You can find him up there on Boot Hill…
A fellow who loved a good thrill,
got naked to cook on his grill.
His ribs got well roasted,
his buns nicely toasted,
and his weenie has marks on it still.
Laughing…Mad Kane, you are quite the witty one!
I always have a jolly good chuckle whenever I visit here.
Thanks for taking the time to visit me earlier. Much appreciated. ;-)
A woman who loved a good thrill
Laughed when she had a good chill
She used a cold pickle
Herself yea, to tickle
Methinks ’twas a spicy small dill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
climbed onto a high window sill
“How thrilling is that?” you might say
That sill was at an Alpine chalet
Atop a 25,000-foot downhill!
A fellow who loved a good thrill
never minded his paying the bill.
But his crown got broken
and his clothing got soakin’
for his climbing a mountain with Jill.
A woman who loved a good thrill
one morning felt terribly ill.
In her bathroom drawers
she found out the cause:
she’d forgotten her everyday pill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Was fond of saying — I’ll do what I will.
When i break all my bones
I won’t need any loans
Cause the public will pay for my bills!
A fellow who loved a good thrill
made a bet for a cool c-note bill
that reciprocal action
was not just abstraction.
Then he ramped up the g-force, until…
A fella who lived for the thrill
was thus judged to be mentally ill
‘cause he ‘planked’ on the ‘pike’ –
then got hit by a bike
and a semi. He now is road kill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
was left by a woman named Lil
She found a new man
Who called himself Dan
Who shot him to wound but not kill.
(With apologies to Paul McCartney).
A woman who loved a good thrill
Felt her love life was going downhill
So with hopes to endear
She adorned her brassiere
With a pin-up James Madison bill.
A woman who loved a good thrill
confused the words kiss and kill
Then one day she said
“I killed my friend Fred.”
The police have a hold of her still.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Put his faith in a little blue pill
So it came as a blow
When he found out there’s no
Pharmaceutical stand-in for skill.
A fellow who loved a great thrill
Each day took a little blue pill;
Though he rose to the part
‘Twas too much for his heart,
And we can’t get his casket closed still.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Karaoke’ed “Blueberry Hill”
In various locales
around western So. Cal
Tips normally covered his bill
A woman who loved a good thrill
Spoke bravely against corporate will
The whole power structure
Tried to come down on her
Her bravery triumphs yet still
(Good on Elizabeth Warren, finally able speak out freely again. I only realized after the fact that this haiku could refer to her and then commented to make that possibility. Rest assured that I didn’t think of her until the last line was history.)
A woman who loved a good thrill
Wrote rhyme with her ink and her quill
One night she took flight
By her quill’s great might
‘til she and her ink took a spill
A woman who loved a good thrill
Was married to a dreary old pill.
One night she ran far away
Because she wanted to laugh and play
With a man who was naught but a shill.
(Alas.)
wow, a wrong pill intended to kill,
he has to write his will.
how chill.
love it, well done, sad though.
A woman who loved a good thrill
Decided to update her will:
Chuckling loudly, she swore,
“They can all remain poor!”
‘Til later that night, stricken ill
Succumbing, she passed before dawn;
Her heirs smiled and chortled, “She’s gone!”
Then they heard the bad news:
Her old will was a ruse.
They fight on: she’s at rest (Forest Lawn).
Thanks everyone for your fun limericks and please keep them coming!
A fellow who loved a good thrill,
An extra on Quentin’s “Kill Bill” ~
Had hair set afire,
Was ripped by barbed wire
And wondered, Have I had my fill?
Then Uma strode onto the set
With Daryl behind, each in wet
Suits. He smiled, they smiled back;
My God, twin heart attack!
Asked himself, do I hurt? I forget…
A woman who loved a good thrill
Got in touch with that Clinton named Bill
Our country’s a mess
And to you I confess
I wish you were president still.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Decided to mimic his idol Johnny Knoxville
He failed at an adolescent trick
Involving more than one brick
So remained on the daily treadmill
A fellow who loved a good thrill
tweeted to his people his will.
Not stuck behind bars
or stranded on Mars
he’d find ways to be ruler still.
I’ll post this to my blog later… It’s inspired by Hugo Chavez who is currently governing his country via twitter from his hospital bed while being treated for cancer.
You cheeky lady, as always admire you verse greatly!
A woman who loved a good thrill
Flew piggyback o’er treetops and hill
Riding Edward’s exciting
But for Edward- no biting!
Coming soon-Twilight’s latest sequel.
A limerick about a good thrill
kept going at it’s fans will
To Madeline’s surprise
continued past intended demise
Until the new one renders it nill. : )
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Did all but the usual drill
Not to be predicted
More likely convicted
He’d take what he liked without paying the bill.
a fellow who loved a good thrill
invented a new kind of drill
but afraid of the chance
kept it out of his pants
and now his potatoes he peels
A feller who loved a good thrill
took to hangin’ ’round Bubba’s still
got into the brew
one nite said I do
now he’s married to Bubba’s dog, Jill
What does it mean in italics above my entry,”Your comment is awaiting moderation.” I HATE censorship!
Granny Smith, my WordPress anti-spam software triggers moderation when a word often used by spammers is used. Since your limerick included the word Viagra, a very popular spam term, moderation was triggered. I approved your limerick, of course. If I didn’t have this setting, my blog would be overrun by spam.
A woman who loved a good thrill
Decided to go to Seville
She found a senor
but much to her horror
She said, “I did not pack my Pill!”
Oh no, it posted immediately. I should be banned for spamming.
Scott, your message was very funny, but I deleted it because it will attract even more spammers.
My spam blocker is better than nothing, but I still have plenty of spam problems. We all do. :)
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Discovered a tribe in Brazil
Who confirmed his worst fears
When impaled by their spears
Thought I just hope my flesh makes them ill.
Mad, I hope I haven’t caused you any problems. I certainly did not mean to.
A woman who loved a good thrill
Sought ways her dreams to fulfill.
Should she plunge down Niag’ra?
Ply men with Viagra?
But no. Sudden drops made her ill.
Scott, don’t worry about it. I think I caught it before Google re-spidered my site.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Took a voyage to Capitol Hill
He said to the guys
You’re not very wise
And you’re sticking us all with the bill!!
A woman who loved a good thrill
Went to Saks and ran up her bill
I needed the stuff
So don’t give me no guff
I’ll pay for it myself yes I will!!
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Made a bet on the debt ceiling bill,
Going 7 to 3
On a “yes” from the G.-
O.P. Caucus on Capitol Hill.
Second improved version…
A woman who loved a good thrill
Sought methods her dreams to fulfill.
Should she plunge down Niag’ra?
Ply men with Viagra?
But no. Sudden drops made her ill.
A woman who loved a good thrill
Swayed and danced in the window sill
Her husband said,”Down!”
“Or you’ll never see dawn!”
Why did he married a bar girl?
Love your limerick Madeleine, sorry I’ve not joined in with this one. :O)
A woman who loved a good thrill
Had honed mountaineering skill.
She said, “What a bore!”
From the fifty-eighth floor
She hung by her knees from the sill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Drank nothing but rot gut and swill.
When a dancer quite topless
He accosted so artless
She gave him a look that could kill.
I just like coming here and getting my smile equivalent for the next few days. Thanks Mad,
Elizabeth
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Attempted to ice skate uphill
Now with both ankles broken
Insurers have spoken
Confirming they won’t foot the bill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Constantly popped a pill
He couldn’t take the pain
After popping a vein
Finally having his fill
A woman who loved a good thrill
Changed her name to Blueberry Hill.
Her career was soon over
When she rolled in the clover
With a cop and then gave him a bill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Took me against my own will
I got laid near the tracks
Scratched my nails down his back
As I managed to lie there real still
A fellow who loved a good thrill,
told his girl, “Let us play Jack and Jill.”
True to form, he fell down
and he fractured his crown
and had a heck of a medical bill.
Just Swill
a fellow who loved a good thrill
drank whiskey and fell down a hill
he lay laughing and sore
at his sweetheart’s back door
while raising his glass for re-fill
I think I like this variation on a nursery rhyme better than my other one:
A woman who loved a good thrill
said, “I’m the original Jill
from that nursery rhyme.”
Well, I knew all the time,
because she looked over the hill.
A woman who loved a good thrill
often perched on a high window sill.
As she dangled her feet,
she’d look down on the street
till she had an unfortunate spill.
Thanks for the prompt!
Here’s mine:
Flyer Drill.
A woman who loved a good thrill
Just enjoyed bending men to her will.
She’d use any excuse
To tease and seduce,
But never, it seems, have her fill.
A fellow who loved a good thrill
Asked his girlfriend to come off the pill
After several weeks nagging
It affected their shagging
And now it’s just run of the mill.
Thanks again everyone for your entertaining limericks. This Limerick-Off is officially over. Who won? The Limerick of the Week announcement is right here. Of course a new contest has already begun. Here’s the latest Limerick-Off challenge. Hope to see you there!