Archive for the ‘Wordplay’ Category
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
“Stop the punning! I’m begging you, hon.
It’s not normal to constantly pun.
You’re driving me nuts!
No ifs, ands, or buts!”
The rejoinder: “Butt out, or we’re done!”
Tags: Punning Humor, Punning Limerick, Relationship Humor, Relationship Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Relationship Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Undone By Punning? (Limerick)
Monday, April 1st, 2024
My Dear Times: I am irked and irate
Cuz Connections and Wordle are great!
And they’ve caused my affliction,
A puzzling addiction.
Kindly STOP using word games as bait!
Tags: Addictions Humor, Addictions Limerick, Connections, Connections Humor, Connections Limerick, Games Humor, Games Limerick, Media Humor, Media Limerick, New York Times, Puzzles Humor, Puzzles Limerick, Wordle, Wordle Humor, Wordle Limerick
Posted in Addiction Humor, Games Humor, Letter Limericks, Limericks, Media Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on My Puzzling Complaint (Limerick)
Sunday, March 31st, 2024
Written English is often bemusing
And it’s frequently downright confusing.
But it can be the source
Of fun wordplay, of course…
When my lazy-ass muse isn’t snoozing.
Tags: American English, British English, Confusion Limerick, Muse Humor, Muse Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick, Writing Humor
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on The Pros(e) And Cons Of English (Limerick)
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
A friend from a musical group
Just called with a jaw-dropping scoop:
Seems a woman we know
Is a jewel thief. Whoa!
I’m afraid I’ve been thrown for a loupe.
Tags: Crime Humor, Crime Limerick, Gossip Humor, Gossip Limerick, Jewelry Humor, Jewelry Verse, Wordplay
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Crime & Punishment Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on One Gem Of A Tale (Limerick)
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
“After seeing your farm, I’m agog
At its beautiful pigpen. My dog
Doesn’t live half as well!
The big barn where pigs dwell
Is superb! They live high on the hog.”
*****
Happy World Farm Animals Day! (October 2)
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limericks, Dog Humor, Dog Limerick, Farm Animals, Farm Humor, Farm Limerick, Odd Holidays October Holidays, Pig Humor, Pig Limerick, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Buttering Up A Farmer (Limerick)
Monday, September 19th, 2022
A British guitarist named Stan
Was playing a concert in Cannes,
When an audience member
Threw rocks and an ember…
And that’s when the Brit hit the fan.
Tags: Audience Humor, Audience Limerick, Guitar Humor, Guitar Limericks, Guitars, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limericks, Violence Humor, Violence Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Wordplay | Comments Off on The Concert Kerfuffle (Limerick)
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Sometimes, when I play with a new-to-me word, I get a bit silly:
“What color’s your purse?” asked a nurse.
“A deep purple?” The answer: “It’s ‘perse!’”
“Yes, I know. But what shade
Is your pocketbook’s suede?”
“I said ‘perse!’” (Plus a colorful curse.)
Tags: Colors Humor, Colors Limerick, Communication Humor, Communication Limerick, Fashion Humor, Fashion Limerick, Homonym Humor, Homonym Limericks, Homonym Poems, Homonyms, Homophone Limericks, Homophone Poems, Homophones, Perse, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Communication Humor, Fashion Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
An annoying acquaintance loves roe
And dishes all covered in dough.
He’ll eat beef by the herd
And most any old bird,
But he’ll always refuse to eat crow.
Tags: Animal and Pet Humor, Argument Humor, Argument Limerick, Bad Behavior, Beef Humor, Behavior Humor, Bird Humor, Bird Limerick, Birds Humor, Crows, Eating Crow, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Fowl Humor, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Know-It-Alls, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Meat Humor, Poultry Humor, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on A Recipe For Trouble (Limerick)
Friday, May 20th, 2022
A boy was bawled out by the nuns
For his sly use of off-color puns.
But he swore “I’m not punning!”
(The fellow was cunning.)
“Besides baking, just what’s done with buns?”
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Education Limerick, Nun Humor, Nun Limericks, Nuns, Pun Humor, Pun Limerick, Religion Humor, Religion Limerick, School Humor, School Limerick
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Religion Verse, Wordplay | Comments Off on The “Innocent” Punster (Limerick)
Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
We were packed and all ready to jet
To a beachfront resort, when “Not yet,”
Said my wife. “I must go
Get my hair curled by Flo.”
Hours later: “Let’s leave. I’m all set.”
(For the record, I don’t have a wife. But I do have a procrastinating husband with no concept of time.)
Tags: Delays Humor, Delays Limerick, Hair Humor, Hair Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Time Humor, Time Limerick, Travel Humor, Travel Limerick, Vacation Humor, Vacation Limerick
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Behavior & Personality, Holiday Humor, Idiom Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Physical Appearance, Procrastination Humor, Recreation & Fun Humor, Time Humor, Transportation Humor, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Exit Interruptus
Monday, November 8th, 2021
Today, November 8, is “Abet and Aid Punsters Day.” So I thought I’d celebrate with a limerick, even though it should really be called “Aid and Abet Punsters Day.”
Though punsters are often accorded
Acclaim for their skill and awarded
Applause for their verse,
Sometimes even a purse,
Grinches bitch that their wordplay is sordid.
Tags: Abet and Aid Punsters Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pun Humor, Pun Limerick, Puns, Punster Day, Punster Humor, Punster Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Happy “Abet and Aid Punsters Day!” (Limerick)
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
Bought a grandfather clock — famous brand.
(It is lauded throughout our great land.)
But the time it displays
Has been faulty for days.
That’s the last time I buy secondhand.
Tags: Clock Humor, Clock Limerick, Grandfather Clock, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Secondhand Humor, Secondhand Limerick, Secondhand Purchases, Shopping Humor, Shopping Limerick, Time Humor, Time Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Shopping Humor, Time Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Timeless Limerick
Sunday, October 31st, 2021
I find “Mother Goose” puzzling. Don’t you?
Take that old gal who lives in a shoe
With her numerous tots.
Why a shoe, of all spots?
It’s a “shoe-inn,” you say? Where’s the loo?
Tags: Children Humor, Children Limerick, Fairy Tales, Fiction Humor, Fiction Limerick, Idioms Humor, Idioms Limerick, Mother Goose, Shoe Humor, Shoes Limerick, Stories Humor, Stories Limerick
Posted in Children Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Wordplay | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 25th, 2021
Happy “World Opera Day!” (October 25)
“Sustaining high notes can be hard,”
Said an opera singer who starred
In Norma; she claims
That it’s not fun and games,
But a contest of wills, no holds barred.
Tags: Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Norma, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Opera Day, Opera Humor, Opera Limerick, Singers, Singing Humor, Singing Limerick, World Opera Day
Posted in Idiom Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Operatic Limerick
Sunday, October 24th, 2021
A gambler who lost lots of dough
On a horse race, was stunned by the blow:
“Woe is me! I’m a chump!
That damn horse took a dump
Mid-race; he was rarin’ to ‘go.'”
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limerick, Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Defecation Humor, Defecation Limerick, Gambling Humor, Gambling Limerick, Gambling Verse, Horse Humor, Horse Limerick, Horse Racing, Horse Racing Humor, Horse Racing Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Race Humor, Race Limerick, Racing Humor, Racing Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Gambling & Gaming Humor, Idiom Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Woe-Ridden Gambler (Limerick)
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021
When their granddad discussed his affairs,
He declared they’d be heirs with large shares
Of investments extensive
And assets expensive.
It turns out he was putting on airs.
Tags: Heirs Humor, Heirs Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Inheritance Humor, Inheritance Limerick, Investment Humor, Investment Limerick, Money & Finance Humor, Money Limerick, Wills Humor, Wills Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Heirs Apparent (Limerick)
Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
A gal, an industrious knitter,
Showed a huge heap of knits to her sitter:
“It’s a mess, I confess.
If you sort it, dear Tess,
I shall give you the pick of the litter.”
(Worldwide Knit In Public Day is the 2nd Saturday of June.)
Tags: Crafts Humor, Hobbies Humor, Hobbies Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, June Holidays, Knits Humor, Knitting Humor, Knitwear, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Needlework Humor, Odd Holidays, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Hobbies Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 18th, 2021
Two women, good friends, worked backstage.
Each was “dating” a man half her age:
A man on the crew.
Which one? Neither knew.
It turns out, both were on the same Page.
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Dating Humor, Dating Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Secrecy Humor, Secrecy Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Dating Humor, Friendship Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Secret Affairs (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
At the piano the man’s an old hand;
He is one of the best in the land.
But he still has regrets
And never forgets:
Having more than one hand would be grand.
Tags: Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Piano Humor, Piano Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Wordplay | Comments Off on Handy Limerick
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
A sketch artist’s drawings were raw
And flawed, rarely gazed at with awe.
Yet he won an award
For his “Gourd With A Sword.”
Fellow artists swore: “Luck of the Draw!”
Tags: Art Award Humor, Art Humor, Art Limerick, Artist Humor, Artist Limerick, Drawings, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Sketching, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Sketchy Artist (Limerick)