Limerick of the Week (62)
It’s time to announce the latest Limerick of the Week based on submissions (on this blog and on Facebook) in last week’s Limerick-Off.
Congratulations to Jane Shelton Hoffman who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:
A gal in an overpriced store
Got stopped as she walked out the door.
“What alerted you, sir?”
“Well, you’re wearing a fur,
And it’s 98 out, if not more.”
Congratulations to Jamie Hutchinson who wins this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for this limerick which received the most Facebook “likes.”
The Prez bought an overpriced store
Of supplies for the Middle East war.
The dealers were sharks,
The bombs missed their marks,
And the Congress declared, “Buy some more!”
And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Elizabeth Civinskas a/k/a Mrs.Smeej, Johanna Richmond, Bruce Niedt, Veralynne Bosko Pepper, Daniel Ari, and Colleen Murphy. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:
Elizabeth Civinskas:
A gal in an overpriced store
Said, shocked to the depths of her core:
“With prices so high
“There should be a guy
“To carry me in from the door.”
Johanna Richmond:
A man in an overpriced store
Embarrassed his wife to the core:
While the one percent stared,
Indiscreetly he aired,
“JC Penney’s got dresses galore!”
Bruce Niedt:
A gal in an overpriced store
Found herself a nice Christian Dior,
But they thought her a lout,
And said, kicking her out,
“You pronounce it cou-TURE, not cou-TOR!”
Veralynne Bosko Pepper:
A gal in an overpriced store
Tried a dress on so tight that it tore.
Embarrassed to death
She started on meth,
And pounds! Well, she lost ‘em galore!
Daniel Ari:
A man in an overpriced store
Said, “Show me some more, I implore.
This past Mother’s Day
I forgot. Now I’ll pay
Restitution by Christian Dior.”
Colleen Murphy:
A gal in an overpriced store
Somehow slipped on a spot on the floor.
Her lawyer she dialed;
A lawsuit he filed,
Which led to an overpriced score.
Congratulations again to all the winners for your wonderful limericks. And thanks to everyone for your fun submissions.
In the next couple of minutes I’ll be posting a new Limerick-Off, which gives you yet another opportunity to win Limerick Of The Week.
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Tags: Bruce Niedt, Colleen Murphy, Daniel Ari, Elizabeth Civinskas, Jamie Hutchinson, Jane Shelton Hoffman, Johanna Richmond, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Veralynne Bosko Pepper, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
Thanks for the HM, Mad, but you have a misspelling in my limerick: it’s “found”, not “bound”.
Sorry about that! It’s fixed!
HESITANT ACCEPTANCE OF FB “FRIENDS” AWARD
I rise to accept with a totter
As the prick of my conscience grows hotter.
The most “likes”—not a fact
If by rule you subtract
The likes of my friends, wife, and daughter.
And a dirty homophonous variant that is NOT true:
I rise to accept with a totter
As the prick of my conscience grows hotter.
Two women I pleased;
In return, I reprised
The lines of my friend’s wife and daughter.
Funny limericks, Jamie! And don’t worry about it! Asking friends and relatives to like your limericks is kosher. :) Besides, I liked your limerick so much, it would probably had gotten an Honorable Mention, had it not gotten the Friends’ Pick award.
Congrats, all. Jamie you and the rest earned your places fair and square!
Thanks, Mad! Every once in a while the elements come together for me.
The beat (or the meter) and rhyme
Don’t work out for the best all the time
Good meter’s not always clever,
And with rhymes, well, whatever…
At least erring here’s not a big crime!
LOL! Fun limerick, Veralynne!
I agree that they were all really good this time, and I am very happy and pleased to have won. Thanks so much for picking mine.
WTG Jane! Well deserved!!
Hearty congratulations to the winners and to the honorable mentionees!
Very clever lims. congrats to you all.
You’re very welcome, Jane, and congrats again to all of the winners!
Was thrilled when I saw my own name
Got mentioned in this rhyming game.
‘though I realize
There isn’t a prize;
I’ll trade all the fortune for fame.
;D
Congrats to all! Very funny group.
Fun limerick MrsSmeej! And congrats once again!