Limerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: BOARD or BORED at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: September 16, 2023)

It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.

I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using BOARD or BORED at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)

The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)

Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to PITCH, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best PITCH-related limerick.

And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE, I’ve used a “Random Word Generator” to generate five random words. Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.

Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: SINK, REFUSE, DAWN, ALARMING, CROWD.

(You’re free to singularize/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)

I’ll announce the winners on September 17, 2023, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)

Here’s my BOARD or BORED-Rhyme Limerick:

When a man reached an online accord
To buy wood, he was certain he’d scored.
But, alas, he had not;
He’d been duped by a bot
That sent rot and was NOT above board.

And here’s my PITCH-Themed Limerick:

Her singing was heartfelt and loud.
(With great volume that gal’s well-endowed.)
But her pitch was so sad,
The conductor (her dad)
Told his fans “It’s my bad,” as he bowed.

And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:

It’s pre-dawn. I’m in front of the sink,
Washing up, while attempting to think
Of a rhyme. But my muse
Yawned and said, “I refuse.
Don’t abuse me. I’m NOT in the pink!”

Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) 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.

To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!

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129 Responses to “Limerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: BOARD or BORED at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: September 16, 2023)”

  1. Bob Turvey says:

    On a tall ship young boys climb and rig it,
    It’s exciting and they really dig it.
    As they’ve no girls on board
    Self-abuse has just soared,
    Which is why the boat is called a frigate.

  2. Bob Turvey says:

    There was a composer called Mitch
    Whose diet was very bean rich.
    He was glad his behind
    Was so well-refined
    That his farts were all in perfect pitch.

  3. Bob Turvey says:

    My job is tax-payer protection,
    By boosting the rate of detection
    Of benefit fraud,
    And I am never bored,
    For of people I meet a cross section.

  4. Bob Turvey says:

    One thing that you don’t see abroad,
    Are chaps with a large sandwich board.
    They’re usually sad creatures
    Like drunks or ex-preachers
    Who exhort you to FOLLOW THE LORD.

  5. Bob Turvey says:

    I’ve just heard from two of my nieces
    Some news that has thrilled me to pieces.
    Their new ironing board
    Has such big sales abroad —
    That soon they’ll be as rich as creases.

  6. Paul Haebig says:

    Those opposed to the new transit millage
    are concerned for the fate of our village.
    They’re afraid a dark horde
    will all climb aboard
    the new buses to come here and pillage.

  7. Paul Haebig says:

    Long after our water was poured
    the waiter appeared, looking bored.
    “I can tell by your suit
    the specials are moot;
    there’s nothing that you could afford.”

  8. Paul Haebig says:

    The leaking of air from a tire
    The sagging of pitch in a choir
    Are both going flat
    A circumstance that
    Can lead to a great deal of ire.

  9. Steve Frakt says:

    A woman who sang in a choir
    Was the object of the conductor’s desire
    When he sought harmony
    She responded off-key
    No matter what pitch he ran by her

  10. Lisi Nortman says:

    Many sports lovers witnessed a pitch
    With a very discomforting hitch.
    The ball flew in the air
    Unmistakably where
    All ball players typically itch.

  11. Lisi Nortman says:

    Problem At 3AM

    I’m upset cuz my mean wife ignored
    My request, as she laid there and snored.
    Now why couldn’t she
    Simply answer my plea:
    “Entertain me dear, I’m very bored.”

  12. Lisi Nortman says:

    Johnny, Age Six, Has Just Learned The National Anthem (American)

    I didn’t see dawn’s early light.
    I went to bed real late last night.
    Then I sunk in my chair,
    And told God, “Make it clear:
    One’s a flag and the other’s my kite.

  13. Lisi Nortman says:

    August 19th. 11:26 PM Correction

    Many sports lovers witnessed a pitch
    With a very discomforting hitch.
    The ball flew in the air
    Unmistakably where
    The batter would typically itch.

  14. There was a termite
    Of old Nantucket
    Who used to chew to beat the bucket
    He got laser choppers
    And if that weren’t toppers
    At the carving competition it was his mission and he scored
    With his last scupper ba relief from a mahogany bored.

  15. Brian Allgar says:

    (Triple)

    The crowd at the ball game were bored;
    Hours passed, and neither team scored.
    They turned on the light,
    And pitched through the night …
    By dawn, the spectators all snored.

  16. Brian Allgar says:

    They thought the much-feared water-board
    Would unlock all the codes that were stored
    In the Russian spy’s head,
    But he told them instead:
    “Most refreshing, that water you poured.”

  17. Brian Allgar says:

    Whenever the actor was bored,
    He would dress as the Queen, and a horde
    Of his friends came to tea,
    Served with great majesty;
    He never could reign, but he poured.

  18. Jay Banks says:

    A john was happy he scored,
    With a hooker he really adored.
    He paid cash up front,
    Performed every stunt,
    But the hooker still appeared bored.

  19. Bindy Bitterman says:

    Yawn! Oh, please don’t tell me I’ve snored!
    In broad daylight? My head falling for’d?
    Did it land on that table?
    (All they need to enable
    A vote to get ME off this Board!)

  20. Lisi Nortman says:

    Covid Side Effects: (around 2021)

    My “sis” had a case of “the blues”
    And assuredly claimed, “I refuse
    To get out of the sink
    I am close to the brink.”
    I suggested, “Stop watching the news.”

  21. Lisi Nortman says:

    The day that I met my guy, Mitch
    We conoodled with nary a glitch.
    And then when I screamed,
    He said, while he beamed,
    “Your vibrations have just the right pitch.”

  22. There is a rich man who was bored
    and tired of being ignored.
    So he becomes Prez
    and when caught cheating, says
    “Why must you nitpick every word?!?”

  23. David Friedman says:

    From birth the butt crack of Todd Brown
    Was rotated one fourth around,
    On the school sliding board
    The kids laughed and roared
    As he plfffffffttttd his way down.

  24. David Friedman says:

    There once was a horny young board
    Who was drilled until thoroughly cored
    Her friends were subdued
    At the way she’d been screwed
    But she said, it’s okay, I was bored.

  25. Tim James says:

    The Skipper I knew while on board
    “S.S. Minnow” went out of his gourd
    As the boat tossed and pitched
    And that rich couple bitched.
    I’m afraid he’s completely unmoored.

  26. Sharon Neeman says:

    From recent personal experience:

    Food pois’ning’s alarming, I think:
    It makes an incredible stink!
    Bad enough all that poo,
    But the puke and the spew…
    Come dawn, I must Drano my sink.

  27. Sharon Neeman says:

    I’ve been given a Newf pup named Mitch;
    When he runs, the whole house seems to pitch;
    He barks and he drools
    And he pees on my rules…
    But (sigh) he’s so easy to scritch!

  28. Terry Marter says:

    (Pitch)
    Whenever she tries to sing higher
    The sound she emits is quite dire.
    She’s no Di’na Ross
    But she’s loved by her boss
    Cos she’s got the best tits in his choir.

  29. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    A young rookie developed a glitch:
    He’d swear (under his breath) when he’d pitch.
    His old manager though,
    Said, “Your pitch is too low.”
    So he learned to yell, “Son of a bitch!”

  30. Terry Marter says:

    Sex cruise popularity soared,
    Attracting a sizable hoard.
    Wild parties; group sex,
    Went down well, below decks.
    All-in-all, (one could say) above board.

  31. Janice Canerdy says:

    Dang It!

    I was feeling neglected and bored.
    Hubby kissed me. My low spirits soared.
    I cooed, “Let’s go to bed.”
    When he said, “Well, instead,
    would you fix me some lunch?” I was floored.

  32. Lisi Nortman says:

    “The new NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION T.V. news show”

    “Hi and welcome to “Newsy Event.”
    A show with a timely intent.
    Due to faulty logistics
    The alarming statistics
    Have sunk down to fifteen percent.”

  33. Janice Canerdy says:

    Can Ya Dig It?

    Wrinkled clothes stacked near my ironing board
    will just lie there, completely ignored
    ‘cause today I’ll be groovin’.
    To the oldies I’m movin’
    like a teen to the hits most adored.

  34. Janice Canerdy says:

    Could I Make a Suggestion?

    When I went to the boss with my pitch
    for some changes, the ungrateful witch
    canned me right on the spot.
    She yelled, “No, you may not
    have my job so you’ll get filthy rich!

  35. Janice Canerdy says:

    Bad Girl

    Gabby Gilda can draw a huge crowd
    when she gossips; she’s unhinged and loud.
    Her behavior’s alarming;
    reputations she’s harming.
    “I’ll spread all dirt I hear!” she has vowed.

  36. Lisi Nortman says:

    “He Forgot The Rules”

    Daddy laughs ev’ry time he recalls
    The day of the “Infamous Brawls”
    The batter kept “walking”
    And the “ump” loudly talking:
    “Hey, Jerk! you have only two balls.”

  37. Lisi Nortman says:

    Oops! That was very wrong:)

    “He Didn’t Know The Rules”

    Daddy laughs ev’ry time he recalls
    The day of the “Infamous Brawls”
    When the batter kept walking
    While the pitcher was squawking:
    “Hey, Jerk! You have only two balls!”

  38. Terry Marter says:

    The waitress just ranted and roared,
    dissing friends and the boss she deplored.
    “Don’t you have any scruples?”
    I said (with wide pupils)
    She said “No luv, jus’ what’s on the board”

  39. Lisi Nortman says:

    I woke up at dawn, and I vowed
    “No more lim’riks! (I whispered aloud.)
    Well, that lasted one day
    Cause I can’t stay away
    Very far from the MADdening crowd.

  40. Tim James says:

    A wealthy young woman deplored
    That part of her life she abhorred:
    “I so suffer, you see,
    From this ghastly ennui!”
    That’s a haute way of saying she’s bored.

  41. Bob Turvey says:

    My sales talk went well – not a hitch –
    ‘til upset by a lesbian bitch.
    She stood up and said,
    “Buy my stuff instead.”
    So I told her, “Stop queering my pitch.”

    And of course we have, au contraire:-

    My friend Robert is gay – and a Peer.
    And his dwarf friend is so very dear.
    At a recent State Fair
    He was tossed in the air –
    And Bob shouted; “Stop pitching my queer!”

  42. Bob Turvey says:

    As he watered the pitch one fine day,
    He just put his hose quickly away.
    “It’s not cricket to quit!”
    Cried a voice in Sanskrit.
    “It’s the weather, Sahib. Rain stopped spray.”

  43. Lisi Nortman says:

    So alarming, I tried to protect ‘er
    I truly did not disrespect ‘er
    Some explosives I eyed,
    So I pushed her aside.
    My name’s Bill. I’m a refuse collector.

  44. Doug Harris says:

    For this athlete, so many hearts soared,
    A silver Olympian adored.
    Sadly bowel cancer grew,
    Died at just 22.
    We remember sweet Lillian Board.

  45. Doug Harris says:

    There’s been a security glitch
    At the football game. Nary a stitch
    Does the streaker have on
    As the crowd shouts; “Be gone!”
    (At the players to get off the pitch!).

  46. Doug Harris says:

    I saw the sun SINK (rather charming),
    But now it is DAWN, how ALARMING!
    E’en a harvest-time snooze
    This CROWD will REFUSE
    As our living is ‘arable farming’.

  47. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Some say Icelanders never act bored.
    (To say “meh” is considered untoward).
    So, since they’re never blah,
    Most are bound to say, “Ja!”
    When invited to ford a fjord.

  48. Lisi Nortman says:

    First the pitcher threw high then threw low.
    Either way is a baseball “no-no”
    Should the hitter be thrilled?
    Is the pitcher not skilled?
    Two more throws will decide if that’s so.

  49. Terry Marter says:

    The jewel thief said “Mitch, here’s the pitch:
    I’ll drive, – you can make the quick switch”.
    But in court they soon landed,
    With rubies, red handed.
    Now in clink,- not the pink, or the Ritz.

  50. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    One political faction –a horde —
    Abandoned the pen for the sword.
    But their plan was derailed,
    And the splinter group failed,
    Because no one would sit on the board.

  51. Lisi Nortman says:

    The men love to go there and squeez’er.
    She’s known as “The Ding-a-Ling Teaser.”
    It isn’t alarming
    That Lollipop’s charming.
    Deep down, she’s the Midtown Crowd Pleaser.

  52. Terry Marter says:

    All I’m getting today from my muse,
    Is a vacuous silence; no clues.
    Each clever new pitch
    I attempt, has a glitch
    She could fix, put prefers to refuse.

  53. Tim James says:

    Imperfect Pitch

    A pianist who wasn’t too deft
    Checked the key for a piece (to the left),
    Saw one flat, and thought, “Gee!
    This whole thing is in C!”
    The result: his performance was F’ed.

  54. Lisi Nortman says:

    “Nanny’s Mental Health Session”

    “I’m a nanny for 10 year old, Ward.
    I love him, he’s never ignored.
    But on weekends we play
    For 10 hours a day.”
    (Diagnosis: “Monopoly Bored”)

  55. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Groused Aurora, “The moon sinks anon.”
    (But she knew that the show must go on).
    “In so many words,
    My job’s for the birds!”
    There you have it — the first crack of Dawn.

  56. Lisi Nortman says:

    The “Real-Life” Sales Pitch

    “This will kill all your bed bugs, you’ll see!
    Just one spray, and they’re gone one, two, three!
    I also must mention
    Please pay no attention
    To the ones crawling all over me.”

  57. Lisi Nortman says:

    “Divorces R Us” Mid-Morning Coffee Break Chitchat:

    “Her grounds for divorce struck a chord.
    I asked, “How may I help you, Ms. Ford?”
    Without shedding a tear,
    Her answer was clear:
    “For 55 years, I’ve been bored.”

  58. Rudy Landesman says:

    Bravo for your Aurora limerick, Ms. Sjaan.
    And I even giggled reading your pun.
    Rudy

  59. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Hi, Rudy! Thanks. I hope a giggler makes up for some of those groaners.
    :)

  60. Lisi Nortman says:

    “The Yankees” Yeah!

    The batters are very smart thinkers.
    They’re wise to those dumb pitchin’ stinkers.
    Well, duh, they refuse
    To fall for that ruse:
    In Yankee talk: “Vain Attempt Sinkers”

    (2 Randoms with a Pitch:)

  61. Tony Holmes says:

    As my lady reclined on the sward,
    Of a sudden I’m no longer bored.
    With my passions aflame –
    Which, methinks, ‘twas her aim –
    She is happily playing the bawd.

  62. Tony Holmes says:

    “Where do cricket and baseball connect?”
    “In their use of a word?” “That’s correct.
    Cricket’s played on this word,
    Which to you sounds absurd,
    As to you it means throw or project.”

  63. Tony Holmes says:

    “There’s one trouble with cruising abroad.
    You get pirate attacks.” “Oh, my Lord!”
    “It’s okay it you’re rich,
    You get ransomed.” “The bitch?”
    “If you’re worthless, you’re pitched overboard.”

  64. Terry Marter says:

    The underdogs pick up the slack.
    Neck and neck in the ninth; they’ve come back!
    Last play for the cup;
    The pitcher winds up,
    Then the power goes out, – it’s pitch black.

  65. Tim James says:

    Four indictments, four limericks

    Through the years I’d become very jaded.
    Would Trump face the music? I waited.
    I’d gotten quite bored.
    Alvin Bragg then restored
    A small measure of justice, belated.

    The pitch of Trump’s whining got higher
    As Jack Smith held his feet to the fire.
    Stolen docs were the crux.
    If you ask me, it sucks
    They were left in the loo of a liar.

    More charges were crowding the field
    Because Smith was refusing to yield.
    He proceeded to fix
    The main blame for 1/6
    As Trump’s sanity tottered and reeled.

    A new day is beginning to dawn;
    It’s alarming to think what went on.
    Fani Willis may sink
    All these mobsters, I think.
    Like the shreds of Trump’s mind, they’ll be gone.

  66. Rudy Landesman says:

    pitch and two randoms.

    It dawned on me during the night.
    In pitch-darkness I did see the light.
    And so, it sank in,
    Much to my chagrin.
    It’s a burden to always be right.

  67. Rudy Landesman says:

    Last week I did tell a new date
    That I’d be a wonderful mate.
    I said I was rich,
    And that’s a great pitch.
    Yes, self-aggrandizement works great.

  68. Jean E McEwen says:

    I offered a guy room and board
    And soon found myself housing a hoarde
    Of his buddies – all drunks
    Who, unbathed, stunk like skunks.
    And I now find my ox getting gored.

  69. Jean E McEwen says:

    When drafting the text for a pitch,
    I will often encounter a hitch.
    Because – don’t ask me why –
    But you’re not s’posed to lie.
    Which means writing this thing’s quite a bitch!

  70. Jean E McEwen says:

    Overwhelmed by the mess in my sink
    (Dirty dishes, beginning to stink)–
    I’ve a sudden caprice:
    Dawn can handle that grease!
    P&G draws me back from the brink.

  71. Lisi Nortman says:

    A REEEEEL Ugly Baby

    On the “Motherhood” bulletin board
    There’s a photo I’ve always abhorred.
    It depicts my “beginning”
    And the doctor’s head spinning
    While he’s hanging himself with the cord..

  72. Lisi Nortman says:

    Correction of a Limerick From August 24, 12:54

    The pitcher threw high then threw low.
    In baseball, they’re both a “no-no”
    Should the hitter be thrilled?
    Is the pitcher unskilled?
    Two more throws will decide which one’s so.

  73. J.OConnor says:

    There once was a salesman named Herschel
    Who had his own late night commercial.
    The pitch he would make
    Had claims that were fake.
    But he said they were just controversial.

  74. Rudy Landesman says:

    Hi J.O’Connor,
    Thank you for inspiring me to write this limerick. I hope you don’t mind.
    Rudy

    He ran for the Senate, that Herschel,
    And for Trump he then made a commercial,
    A political pitch
    That failed him and which
    For Georgia was too controversial.

  75. Tim James says:

    Said a guy who was amply endowed:
    “Sure, this makes me stand out from the crowd.
    Though some gals have refused —
    They’re alarmed they’ll be bruised —
    For the most part, the ladies are wowed.”

  76. J.OConnor says:

    Hi Rudy,
    That’s good, HaHa. I don’t mind at all!

  77. John Jackson says:

    A carpenter who was quite bored
    Wondered how many holes could be bored.
    He gave it his all
    With auger and awl
    And he made Swiss cheese of a board board.

  78. Bob Turvey says:

    A ball thrown on my house by a goof
    Came down so fast that I said, “Strewth !”
    But what caused the ball
    To so rapidly fall?
    I’d say it’s the pitch of the roof.

  79. Lisi Nortman says:

    I don’t give a crap Junior scored
    20 runs and he got an award.
    Or that brat of yours, Scotty
    Fine’ly goes on the potty.
    Christmas Letters: The essence of “bored”

  80. Lisi Nortman says:

    The Soprano, Ms. Lah-Dee-Dah Fitch
    Always tried very hard to bewitch.
    Her edible candy
    Sure came in real handy
    In maintaining her well-known high pitch.

  81. Liz says:

    There once was a karate master
    Who had a bit of a disaster.
    A rotten wet board
    When a guy that he floored
    Broke and all that he had was a plaster.

  82. Terry Marter says:

    Some termites en route to maraud
    A stockpile of wood, formed a horde.
    But the timber was baited;
    Termites? Terminated!
    Its active new status: “Not bored”.

  83. Terry Marter says:

    He was up at the first crack of Dawn
    But Dawn was in no mood for porn.
    Though his charm was disarming,
    She found most alarming,
    The crowd that had formed on their lawn.

  84. Rudy Landesman says:

    At an opera he truly adored,
    He never, no never, got bored.
    In his own private box,
    He pulled up his socks;
    And in tune to the music he snored.

  85. Lisi Nortman says:

    When this happens, I feel uncontrolled.
    Forget it, I can’t be consoled.
    All the world’s in accord
    That the essence of bored
    Is something that’s known as “on hold”

  86. Lisi Nortman says:

    I sank low, and I’d do it again.
    I bent over backwards for Ken.
    You might think it alarming,
    But my Kenny’s so charming.
    That I helped him escape from the pen.

  87. Terry Marter says:

    A dud hunter, when stalking a horde
    Of wild pigs, and then ending up gored,
    Said “Though times have been few,
    when I’d nothing to do,
    It’s the first time I’ve ever been boar’d”.

  88. Lisi Nortman says:

    Senior Housing: “The Mahjong Group”

    Our group could no longer afford
    The condo we’ve loved and adored.
    So we moved to “Life Ends”
    Now we all wear Depends.
    And the winds of change keep us unbored*

    (really a word)

  89. Rudy Landesman says:

    In cricket you bowl on a pitch?
    Then those wickets are pins (waiting), which
    You must try to knock down?
    I can see that you frown.
    In my reasoning is there a glitch?

  90. Dave Johnson says:

    Already alarmingly loud,
    Its leader had summoned the crowd.
    Such action it took
    That the foundation shook;
    Which left all those Swifties quite proud.

    (Taylor Swift fans caused a mag 2.3 earthquake during her performance at
    Seattle’s Lumen Field).

  91. Dave Johnson says:

    When Burning Man started to sink
    In water that’s unfit to drink,
    E. Musk and his crowd
    Got reportedly plowed;
    Where “X” marks the spot, one would think.

  92. Lisi Nortman says:

    The train quickly left and it roared.
    It was carrying folks I’ve abhorred.
    Whose planned destinations
    Were nowhere near stations.
    Karma Train. chug chug chug. “All Aboard” !!

  93. Lisi Nortman says:

    Here’s my secret, it’s time to confess:
    “Transportation’s” the means to success.
    To strike the right chord,
    I must hop aboard
    The “Limerick Hot Mess Express.”

  94. Lisi Nortman says:

    Giuseppe Emigrates From Sicily To New York: 1902

    “I-a come here by ship, and adored
    New York, I was really a-floored.
    Now 2 years-a gone by
    All I do is a-cry.
    I-a wanna’ go back. I’m a-bored.”

  95. Lisi Nortman says:

    The Chairman of the Board Speaks:

    “This meeting’s been very upsetting.
    To such a degree, I am sweating.
    Since we’re all in accord
    On this critical board,
    There must be some stuff we’re forgetting.”

  96. Rudy Landesman says:

    A slight improvement on the “cricket” limerick I submitted on Sept. 5.

    In cricket you bowl on a pitch?
    Then those wickets are bowling pins, which
    You must try to knock down?
    I can see that you frown.
    In my reasoning is there a glitch?

  97. Rudy Landesman says:

    I refuse to get up before dawn.
    I’d rather be quartered and drawn.
    But don’t worry, my friends.
    Before this day ends
    I’ll be up and I’ll see you anon.

  98. J.OConnor  says:

    There is an old surfer named Charlie
    Who’ll ride to the beach on his Harley.
    He’ll strap down his board
    With a long bungee cord.
    And that ride to the beach will be gnarly.

  99. Charles Simmons says:

    The oboest set the pitch
    The floutests started to bitch
    They slobberd and farted
    And acted retarded
    The conductor said “PLEASE DESIST”
    (apologies to my flute playing friends)

  100. Charles Simmons says:

    Please correct the word conducted to conductor

  101. Mark Lester says:

    Choral singing is something of which
    My experience is not very rich
    So my timing is rough
    And I run out of puff
    While I’m constantly dropping in pitch.

  102. Mark Lester says:

    When someone complains they are bored
    I play them my favourite chord
    On my fine ukulele
    I strum it so gaily
    Their joie de vivre is quite restored.

  103. John Jackson says:

    All the clothing came off, every stitch,
    As we scratched that old mutual itch.
    When we were through ya’
    Sang Hallelujah!
    Were you faking? You sang it off-pitch.

  104. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    A naked street artist named Dowd,
    To an onlooker frankly avowed,
    “I would never refuse,
    to sketch YOU, if you choose,
    But I’m happiest drawing a crowd.”

  105. Unsal Ozunlu says:

    Sue had emotions at her core,
    So they looked down on her as a bore;
    In some lines secrets embrace,
    A touch of longing and a lace;
    Erotical stories hold so much more.

  106. Unsal Ozunlu says:

    There once was a difficult girl much bored
,
    She was feeling absolutely floored
;
    So she decided to play
,
    To give ignorance no way;
    
By making problems, her spirit restored.

  107. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Tom experienced doubt early on,
    Crying, “Mama, the sun is all gone!”
    “It’ll come back, I promise,”
    She assured Doubting Thomas.
    Still, he set his alarm clock for dawn.

  108. Lisi Nortman says:

    Orders From The Chief

    The “Unemployed Crowd” demonstrations
    Need dispersing; there’s new regulations.
    They’re refusing to stop,
    So now ev’ry cop
    Will be handing out job applications.

  109. Terry Marter says:

    Whenever I’m hearing a uke’
    I’m instinctively ready to puke.
    To recover, – unbored,
    From that sound I deplored,
    I play Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke”.

  110. J.OConnor  says:

    I know a nice fellow from Maine.
    Who refuses to ever complain.
    But a clog in his sink
    Has him close to the brink,
    ‘Cause his arm is still stuck in that drain!

  111. Rudy Landesman says:

    Cinderella attended the ball
    Uninvited, and she had the gall
    To flirt with Prince Charming;
    And then, most alarming,
    She refused him a date, after all.

  112. Rudy Landesman says:

    The Republicans are in suspense,
    As voters still sit on the fence.
    It’s alarming to think,
    (And it makes my heart sink)
    We could end up with President Pence.

  113. Rudy Landesman says:

    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
    Made movies, and those were a ball.
    Their films never bored.
    Were they sexy? Oh, Lord!!
    No need for their baring it all.

  114. Lisi Nortman says:

    “Proud Papa”

    My boy Jumbuck sure makes me so proud.
    He only does what he’s allowed.
    “Jum” refuses to stray.
    Always goes the right way.
    Atta Boy Junior! Follow the crowd!

  115. Lisi Nortman says:

    Dinner Party Clean Up

    Before cleaning up, you must think.
    You do not want a whiff of a stink.
    Your pipes will be harmed,
    And you’ll be real alarmed:
    Don’t pour used cooking oil down the sink

  116. I’d love my career to be calming
    But somehow got lumbered with farming
    A whole crowd of sheep
    Is disrupting my sleep
    And at dawn, a loud clock is alarming

  117. Unsal Ozunlu says:

    There once was a man extremely bored
    So he saw a train to get on board.
    
He liked a train tour,
    But he found no brochure;
    So he rode in a carriage of a gourd.

  118. J.OConnor says:

    He found a new spot, so he switched
    From the place where his tent had been pitched.
    The new spot he chose
    Was where poison oak grows,
    So he scratched all night long where it itched.

  119. madkane says:

    Attention All Limerick-Off Procrastinators: The current Limerick-Off ends Saturday, September 16, at 4 pm (Eastern time.) So please get your limerick stragglers in.

  120. J.OConnor says:

    Acrostic for PITCH:

    Prepare for a pitch that is great.
    It might curve. It might sink or be straight.
    The advice you should heed
    Can be simple indeed.
    Hit the ball if it’s over the plate!

  121. THE BORED CARPENTER
    @rwspisak
    The Bored Carpenter traveled to the lair of the LAIRD of the MANOR to board
    the dripping ship whose cargo the storied boar had ripped bare.
    Which bore the blind bard toward his sovereign lord, who snored at his supper board
    Where each well-wined diners, each drunk from the deep vessel with the pestle,
    for their reward, which was from a single sable maple bored.
    The Bard received, for his grief, the order of the planed board from the mangy.
    Maniacal King who sat through the banquet bored.
    The jaded sated poet drew his sword and gave his word: he would go abroad,
    rather than accept his reward so long UNSOUGHT, though Ner forgot.
    Yet they all witnessed, he’d sworn on his sword his sacred word. Bounded by the Sound untoward.

  122. Bob Turvey says:

    See above.

    Dear Mad, I assume you are bored,
    By folk who just can’t take on board
    That a limerick verse
    Is quite short and terse –
    And that 500 words are deplored

  123. Doug Harris says:

    Dear Bob, Yes it seems there’s a glitch,
    This epic is ever-so kitsch
    And breaks all the rules
    That us limerick fools
    Work hard to include in our pitch.

  124. Rudy Landesman says:

    Laird have mercy.

    Whenever Scotch whiskey I drink,
    I believe I’m a poet and think
    That my poems are charming.
    But rejection’s alarming.
    I refuse to accept that they stink.

  125. Charles Simmons says:

    The conductor yelled “all aboard”
    Passengers got on looking bored
    Happy hour at the ciub car
    Which had a very nice bar
    Hookers found new prospects and whored.

    ,

  126. Charles Simmons says:

    The conductor yelled “all aboard”
    Passengers got on looking bored
    Happy hour at the ciub car
    Which had a very nice bar
    Hookers found new prospects and whored.

    I haven’t submitted this

    ,

  127. Tony Holmes says:

    Please imagine mind numbingly bored.
    Now groan inwardly – someone has scored.
    Every night it’s the same,
    He must watch ev’ry game.
    (And to think he was once so adored.)

  128. Larz says:

    A surfer who men much adored,
    Thought, “No,” she was not untoward,
    If she boogied sweetly
    And suntanned completely
    While pitching about on her board.

    One dawn surfing out and around,
    She spied a young man well endowed
    And they surfed down the shore
    With a smile – nothing more,
    And were a big hit with the crowd.

  129. madkane says:

    Thanks so much everyone for another fun Limerick-Off, which is officially over. And the winner is…

    Limerick-Off Award 513. Congratulations to the winners!

    But you can still have lots of limerick fun because a new Limerick-Off has just begun:Limerick-Off Fined.