Limerick of the Week (91)
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 David Lefkovits a/k/a Dr. Goose, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:
A king who was rather urbane
Decreed that, throughout his domain,
The marching brigades
Must practice their trades
If they want to parade on his reign.
Congratulations to Craig Dykstra, who wins this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for this limerick which received the most Facebook “likes.”
My accountant is smart and urbane.
He knows tricks that can hide any gain.
His skills are so clear
That he’s known around here
As the Master of Ledger-demain.
And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Robert Schechter, Phyllis Sterling Smith a/k/a Granny Smith, Colleen Murphy, Kathy El-Assal, Bob Dvorak, Jamie Hutchinson, Kirk Miller, and KC Browncoat Sloan. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:
Robert Schechter:
A baker from France, so urbane,
Decided to open a chain
Of stores selling bread,
But it sounded instead
Like he sold S&M: “Au Bon Pain.”
Phyllis Sterling Smith a/k/a Granny Smith:
My dog who is rather urbane
Thinks trips to the woods are a pain,
Just tree trunks and bugs
with NO hydrant plugs.
He lifts up his leg in disdain.
Colleen Murphy:
The British folk, mostly urbane
Thought England’s Prince Harry inane
For clearly not knowing
The parts he was showing
Would not just in Vegas remain.
Kathy El-Assal:
There once was an artist urbane,
Avant-guard in the past, now mundane.
To reignite interest,
He posted on Pinterest
A shock-value, cock weathervane.
Bob Dvorak:
A man who was rather urbane
Thought his lim’ricks did better in Spain.
But sea air wouldn’t do,
So to Paris he flew.
In the end they just found him… in Seine.
Jamie Hutchinson:
A rancher who’s very urbane
Gives his cattle a sip of champagne
From a glass, not a trough,
Before sending them off
To the slaughter by passenger train.
Kirk Miller:
A man who is rather urbane
Is balding and wants to attain
More hair on his head.
A sculler friend said:
The elegant method: Row-gain.
KC Browncoat Sloan:
A man who was rather urbane,
From drinking would often abstain.
When friends asked him why,
He would say, with a sigh,
“Well, the shakes make me spill my cocaine.”
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: Bob Dvorak, Colleen Murphy, Craig Dykstra, David Lefkovits, Jamie Hutchinson, Kathy El-Assal, KC Browncoat Sloan, Kirk Miller, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Robert Schechter, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
My thanks to Ms. Madeleine Kane
For this honor so very urbane
With which you have blessed
My limerick jest.
Sincerely, your most loyal thain.
Damn those are funny lims. The Doctor rocks.
They are all just terrific. k.
Good ones and quite urbane as well!!!!!
Great batch this week. Congratulations to all!
Yes, lovely limericks all around. Here’s a politically themed straggler:
Mitt Romney defines the ur-Bain,
Those enamored of capital gain,
Stripping assets from firms
On draconian terms
And then flushing them right down the drain.
What a wonderful thank you limerick, Dr. Goose. You’re very welcome!
Congrats once again to all the winners. And fun straggler limerick Chris Doyle!