A gal who was overly sweet
Loved to hug ev’ry person she’d meet.
People found this annoying
And terribly cloying,
So they hid to avoid a repeat.
National Hugging Day falls on January 21st.
Posts Tagged ‘Hug Humor’
Happy Hugging Day (Limerick)
Sunday, January 21st, 2024A Tempting Limerick
Thursday, September 5th, 2019I’m pleased to have gotten an Honorable Mention in the Washington Post Style Invitational’s 16th annual Limerixicon limerick contest: Here’s my HM-earning limerick:
If you’re tempted to kiss or embrace
A stranger whose beauty and grace
Make her hard to resist,
Don’t do it! Her fist
Just might land in a delicate place.
How About A Hug-Free Zone? (Limerick)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016Today’s “Hug A Friend Day.” I WON’T be celebrating.
Dear friends, kindly keep off my face.
Do not kiss me and please don’t embrace.
I’m bugged by your hugs.
Pushy kissers are thugs.
So unless you’re my spouse, you’re off base.
Limerick Ode For “Hug A Newsperson Day”
Monday, April 4th, 2016We should all give a virtual hug
To newspersons. Kindly don’t shrug;
Though they sure could do better,
We need them to fetter
Vile pols, oh so thuggish and smug.
Happy Hug A Newsperson Day! (April 4)
There Are Hugs … and There Are HUGS Limerick)
Thursday, January 21st, 2016Just in time for National Hugging Day:
In a nightmare, she’s mauled by a bear,
As she fitfully sleeps on her chair.
But the truth makes her grouse;
She’d been hugged by her spouse.
“You scared me,” she says. “You need Nair!”
