Posts Tagged ‘Food Humor’
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
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 GRILL/GRILLE at the end of any one line. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to POWER, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best POWER-related limerick.
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 April 2, 2017 right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
When I tried to return a gas grill,
I felt burned when the owner said “Chill!”
So I countered with heat:
“It won’t light! You’re a cheat!
“Take it back, or you’ll soon need a will.”
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!
Tags: Clothes Shopping, Competition Limerick, Cooking Humor, Food Humor, Gas Grills, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Money & Finance Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Shopping Limerick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Shopping Humor | 126 Comments »
Friday, December 9th, 2016
I would love a good chocolate bar,
But most of it tastes under par.
Are my standards too strict?
I confess, I feel licked;
Find a bonbon unmarred? None so far!
Tags: Candy, Candy Humor, Chocolate, Chocolate Poem, Flavor Humor, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Taste Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Where Have All The Good Chocolate Bars Gone? (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
I do not understand the appeal
Of a greasy and fat-laden meal.
Yet folks by the tons
Risk getting the runs
From fried items, with heart-stopping zeal.
Happy Greasy Foods Day! (October 25)
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Greasy Foods Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Me Celebrate Greasy Foods Day? Not On Your Life! (Limerick)
Monday, October 24th, 2016
At the taste of bologna, I groan.
Processed meats make me cringe, gag, and moan.
Yet for some, they’re a treat.
Keep your mystery meat,
Else my face shall be meeting my “throne.”
Happy National Bologna Day! (October 24)
Tags: Bologna Day, Cold Cuts, Food Humor, Food Verse, Mystery Meat, National Bologna Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on It’s Bologna Day — No Baloney! (Limerick)
Sunday, August 21st, 2016
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 SACK at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to HEAT, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best HEAT-related limerick.
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 4, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A gal in the mood for a snack
Was tempted to purchase a sack
Filled with pretzels and chips,
Which would go to her hips.
How she wished it would go to her rack.
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!
Tags: Appearance, Appearance Humor, Competition Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Physical Appearance, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 80 Comments »
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
“Please help me get out of my fix.
I was fixing to bake with a mix,
And I thought I had butter
Behind all the clutter.
May I borrow a couple of sticks?”
“Your question is very confusing,”
Was the answer. “What mix are you using
That requires two sticks
Of butter? I’d nix
Such a mix and just stick to your boozing.”
Tags: Baking Humor, Banking Limerick, Cake Mix, Cakes, Food Humor, Food Verse
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | 1 Comment »
Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
Happy “Eat Beans Day!”
A man was incensed because beans
Caused an ailment he’d had since his teens;
His digestion was marred
To the point he was barred
From small rooms, though allowed in latrines.
Tags: Bathroom Humor, Beans Limerick, Digestion Humor, Eat Beans Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, July Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Spilling The Beans About “Eat Beans Day” (Limerick)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Asparagus doesn’t appeal to me,
And it guts what might be a good meal to me.
Brussels sprouts can be yummy.
With brocc’li I’m chummy.
But asparagus spears are “no deal” to me.
May 24 is Asparagus Day.
Tags: Asparagus Day, Asparagus Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Vegetable Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 30th, 2016
I follow the smells where they lead me.
“I want you,” I cry. They don’t heed me.
Then my senses all quicken;
It’s barbecue chicken!
How I long to say, “Neighbors, please feed me.”
Happy National Sense Of Smell Day! (last Saturday of April)
Tags: April Holidays, Barbecue, Chicken Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, Odd Holidays, Sense Of Smell Day, Smell Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Smell Humor | Comments Off on The Nose Knows (Limerick)
Saturday, February 6th, 2016
Happy National Chopsticks Day! (February 6)
Eating East Asian food drives me nuts.
The reason? Alas, I’m a klutz
And am dreadful with chopsticks;
I frequently drop sticks…
So must stick to a fork like a putz.
Tags: Asian Cuisine, Asian Food, Chopsticks Day, Chopsticks Humor, February Holidays, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Food Verse, National Chopsticks Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Happy “Eat Brussels Sprouts Day!”
Though for most of my life I had doubts
About choking down cooked Brussels sprouts,
I flout them no more;
Well prepared, they’re top drawer.
Now I tout ’em instead. No more pouts!
Tags: Brussels Sprouts, Eat Brussels Sprouts Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Vegetables
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
A man who should never eat cheese,
Ignores ev’ry cough and each wheeze
That comes in reaction
And once led to traction;
He can’t hack cheese-attraction disease.
Happy National Cheese Lovers Day, which is celebrated on January 20th.
Note: National Cheese Day falls on June 4th.
Tags: Allergy Humor, Cheese Humor, Cheese Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Health Limericks, January Holidays, June Holidays, National Cheese Day, National Cheese Lover's Day, Odd Holidays, Traction Humor
Posted in Allergy Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Cheesy Limerick
Saturday, January 16th, 2016
My “Dear Chef” limerick, just in time for International Hot and Spicy Food Day (Jan. 16):
Dear Chef:
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My pref’rence is food that is hot;
Not in contrast to cold, but that’s got
Lots of tongue-burning spice.
This Thai entree with rice
Should attack me. Is THAT your best shot?
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Hot And Spicy Food Day, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Spicy Food
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Gunning For A Hot, Spicy Meal (Limerick)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
A pastry chef promised to can
All her plans to procure a nice tan,
Cuz fresh wrinkles appeared
Ev’ry day, which she feared
Came from baking like cake in a pan.
Happy National Pastry Day. (December 9)
Tags: Cakes Humor, December Holidays, Food Humor, Food Verse, National Pastry Day, Odd Holidays, Pastry Day, Pastry Humor, Sun Bathing Humor, Tanning Humor, Wrinkles Poem
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy National Pastry Day (Limerick)
Sunday, November 29th, 2015
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 as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using FLAKE at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
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 Limerick of the Week Winner December 13th, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, December 12, at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A gal who was rather a flake
Always screwed up whatever she’d bake,
And whenever she’d try
To feed someone her pie,
Their response would be, “This takes the cake.”
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same rhyme word 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.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Baking Humor, Baking Limerick, Cakes Humor, Competition Limerick, Dessert Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Pie Verse, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 114 Comments »
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
Headline of the Day: “Heavily armed drug cops raid retiree’s garden, seize okra plants.”
If you’re targeting reefer in mass,
Keep in mind: It’s best NOT to harass
Those with innocent crops.
So be well-informed cops.
Learn the dif between okra and grass.
Tags: Drug Enforcement Humor, Drug Laws, Farming Humor, Food Humor, Gardening Humor, Grass, Illegal Drugs, Marijuana, Okra, Vegetable Humor
Posted in Crime & Punishment Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Enforcer Madness (Limerick)
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Are bugs more nutritious than meat?
In a study on what we should eat,
The answer was “yes.”
I am bugged and confess
That I’d sooner eat peat or concrete.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Poem, Food Verse, Insect and Bug Humor, Insects, Research Limerick, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scientific Studies, Scientific Study Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Happy World Egg Day! (October 9)
On “World Egg Day” a Facebooker begs:
“Kindly stop cracking wise about eggs.”
I’ll concede we’ve been laying
Some eggs, but quit braying;
We aren’t yet down to the dregs.
Tags: Egg Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, World Egg Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “World Egg Day”
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
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 as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using SPILL at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
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 Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A chef, upon spotting a spill
From a gin bottle, started to grill
All his washers and cooks,
Asking “Which of you crooks
Made this mess?” But his proof remained nil.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same rhyme word 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.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Chef Humor, Competition Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Liquor Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 63 Comments »
Sunday, August 30th, 2015
Brace yourself! Tomorrow, August 31, is Eat Outside Day.
Although eating outside can be fun,
My enjoyment is quickly undone
By insects that join
To dine on one’s loin.
Just one bite, and I’ll bug out and run.
Tags: August Holidays, Eat Outside Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, Insect and Bug Humor, Insect Bites, Odd Holidays, Outdoor Activity Humor, Outdoors Humor, Picnic Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Insect Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor | Comments Off on A Limerick To Help You Celebrate “Eat Outside Day” (August 31)
