Posts Tagged ‘May Holidays’
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
If you’re five-four or under, “petite”
Is what many will call you. Don’t cheat
And pretend to be taller;
Be proud that you’re smaller…
Then savor a thick booster seat.
May 4 is Petite And Proud Day.
And yes, at only five-zero, I’ve been known to use a “booster” provided by a Broadway Theater — the very same one used (according to an usher) by Peter Dinklage.
Tags: Height Challenged, Height Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Petite And Proud Day
Posted in Limericks, Odd Holidays, Physical Appearance | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
It’s time for a string of rhymed words
To acknowledge this day for the birds.
And to those who cry foul
With an anti-lim howl,
How dare you insult lim’rick nerds!
There are three separate bird days, that I know of: Bird Day, National Bird Day and Migratory Bird Day
Bird Day is today, May 4. National Bird Day falls on January 5. And Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May.
Tags: Animals Poetry, Bird Day, Bird Humor, Birds, January Holidays, May Holidays, Migratory Bird Day, National Bird Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Sundry Bird Days
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
A professor, while teaching a class,
Called one of his students an ass;
Not a classy remark,
But his class (this is stark)
Loudly cheered his assessment en masse.
National Teacher Day, also known as Teacher Appreciation Day, is celebrated during the first full week of May, on a Tuesday.
Tags: Education, Education & School Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, School Humor, Students Humor, Teacher Appreciation Day, Teacher Day, Teachers, Teaching Humor
Posted in Education & School Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Teachers
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
If you’re wearing a shoe that is black
And another that’s brown, is that wack?
Not today; On May third
It’s endorsed – not absurd –
Your defense, should you get any flack.
Happy Wear Two Different Colored Shoes Day. (May 3)
Tags: Fashion Humor, Footwear Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Shoes Limerick, Wear Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Posted in Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Mismatched Shoes
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Holiday Tip (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I’m presenting a holiday tip.
No it’s not what you think. Get a grip!
It is Waitstaff Day. See?
And I’m sure you’ll agree
That those folks deserve more than this quip.
(National Waitstaff Day — May 21)
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, May Holidays, National Waiters and Waitresses Day, Odd Holidays, Waiter Verse, Waitstaff Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Restaurant Reviews & Humor | Comments Off on Holiday Tip (Limerick)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
My lim’rick obsession’s severe;
I write rhymes night and day ev’ry year.
My addiction is brutal.
Resistance is futile…
And I warrant the fault lies with Lear.
Happy birthday, Edward Lear, and Happy Limerick Day!
Tags: Addiction Humor, Birthday Limerick, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, International Limerick Day, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Obsession Verse, Odd Holidays, Rhyming Obsession, Writers, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Addiction Humor, Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Holiday Humor, Light Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
Limerick Ode to National Beverage Day (May 6)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s National Beverage Day—
The vaguest of days, you might say,
Cuz your options are fluid;
Each bev’rage will do it.
Drink anything — scotch the bouquet.
Tags: Beverage Day, Beverages, Drinking Limerick, May Holidays, National Beverage Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode to National Beverage Day (May 6)
Friday, May 1st, 2015
Happy World Naked Gardening Day (1st Saturday of May)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Naked Gardening Day is tomorrow.
As I write this, I shudder with sorrow.
So I strongly advise:
Stay indoors, avert eyes…
Or give gard’ners some clothes they can borrow.
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Gardening Humor, May Holidays, Naked Limerick, Nudity, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor, Outdoors Verse, World Naked Gardening Day
Posted in Gardens / Plant Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
A Lemon Of A Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Turn lemons to lemonade?” Ugh!
Such advice sounds to me oh so smug.
No I won’t sugar-coat,
Cuz it sticks in my throat.
But turn lemons to lim’ricks? We’ll hug.
Happy National Lemonade Day! (For some odd reason, it’s celebrated both on August 20th and on the first Sunday of May.)
Tags: Advice, Annoying Advice, Aphorism Humor, August Holidays, Drink Verse, Fruit Limerick, Lemonade, Lemons, Maxims, May Holidays, National Lemonade Day, Odd Holidays, Optimism, Pessimism
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Self-Help Humor | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Women In Trousers Day (May 28)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear damsels in pants, take a bow
Cuz it’s “Women In Trousers Day” now.
Seems in Nineteen-Two-Three
On this day, the AG
Said you must allow gals to wear trow.
Tags: Clothes Humor, Clothing Humor, Clothing Poem, Fashion Humor, Gender Issues, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pants Humor, Slacks Limerick, Trousers Humor, Women In Trousers Day
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
I just discovered a delicious factoid: what we now know as Scotch Tape was invented by a banjo player who worked for 3M. The inventor, Richard Gurley Drew, patented his adhesive tape on May 27, 1930.
I’m Attached To Tape (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Picture life without 3M Scotch Tape:
Stuff we need to affix would escape.
Paper’s bound to be freed
(Sticky wicket, indeed!)
While we’re stuck, all unglued and agape.
Happy Cellophane Tape Day!
Tags: 3M Humor, Adhesive Tape, Banjo Player, Cellophane Tape, Cellophane Tape Day, Cellulose Tape, Inventions, Inventors, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor, Richard Gurley Drew, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scotch Tape, Tape Humor
Posted in Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | Comments Off on I’m Attached To Tape (Limerick)
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Sunny Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I confess that I’m really not one
To use sunscreen, but please don’t make fun.
My skin’s still protected;
The scheme I’ve selected
Is hide and stay out of the sun.
Happy Sun Screen Day! (May 27)
UPDATE: “Don’t Fry Day” falls on the Friday before Memorial Day.
Tags: Beauty Limerick, Don't Fry Day, Health Risks, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Seasonal Humor, Skin Care, Skin Damage, Summer Humor, Sun Bathing Humor, Sun Limerick, Sun Screen Day, Sunscreen Day, Sunscreen Humor, Weather Poem, Wrinkles Poem
Posted in Aging Humor & Verse, Behavior & Personality, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Leisure Time Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Physical Appearance, Recreation & Fun Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Sunny Limerick
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
A limerick about the ups and downs of going to sea, just in time for National Maritime Day:
A queasy man, drawn to the sea,
Being lured by its lore made a plea:
“I’ve an ocean trip notion,
But all of that motion!
Please doc, keep me mal de mer-free.”
Tags: Health Limericks, Mal De Mer Humor, Maritime Humor, May Holidays, National Maritime Day, Nausea Humor, Ocean Travel Humor, Odd Holidays, Sea Sickness Humor, Sea Travel Limerick, Seafaring Humor
Posted in Health Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Travel Humor | Comments Off on Happy National Maritime Day! (Limerick)
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Happy birthday to the nickel, born May 16, 1866
Limerick Ode To The Nickel
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Our nation first minted the nickel
On the 16th of May. Here’s our pickle:
That coin’s out of tricks–
Born in 1866,
Now its value is down to a trickle.
Tags: Coins Humor, May Holidays, Money Limerick, Nickel Humor, Odd Holidays
Posted in Birthday Verse, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To The Nickel
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Limerick Ode To The Cocktail
By Madeleine Begun Kane
We celebrate cocktails in May:
May 13th is “World Cocktail Day.” Yay!
But I hope you won’t laugh
When I say on behalf
Of its worshippers: Why just one day?
(On May 13, 1806, The Balance and Columbian Repository, an upstate New York newspaper, published the first known definition of the word “cock-tail,” as “a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters.”)
Tags: Alcoholic Poems, Beverages, Drink Verse, Drinking Humor, Drinking Limerick, Liquor Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 12th, 2014
It’s Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear’s birthday on May 12th, and so…
Yet Another Limerick Day Ode to Edward Lear
By Madeleine Begun Kane
On May 12th I must celebrate Lear,
Though he’s mostly to blame, it is clear,
For my rhyming affliction
And lim’rick addiction;
I’m perversely a fan, so I cheer.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Odd Holidays, Writers
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Light Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Happy International Tuba Day! (first Friday of May)
Ode To International Tuba Day (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A gal who played tuba was brassy,
Often horny and terribly sassy.
You might think that the guys
Would eye chassis and thighs.
But alas, she was also quite gassy.
Tags: Brass Players, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Tuba Humor, Tuba Limerick
Posted in Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy International Tuba Day (Limerick)
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
May 1st is Law Day, which means I’m legally required to write a limerick:
Limerick Ode To Law Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A day meant to celebrate law
Sounds just lovely, except for this flaw:
Fair play takes some doing;
It’s tough as pursuing
A needle in large stacks of straw.
Tags: Fair Play, Judiciary Humor, Law Day, Law Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy “Law Day” (Limerick)
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Here’s a limerick to celebrate World No Tobacco Day. (May 31st)
Stop Smoking, Already!
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Please stop smoking already. Don’t dicker.
Tobacco will end your life quicker.
Have a heart, as I air
This advice, cuz I care:
Be kind to your lungs and your ticker.
Tags: Breathing Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Limericks, Hearts, Lungs, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Smokers Limerick, Smoking Humor, Tobacco, World No Tobacco Day
Posted in Addiction Humor, Advice Humor & Poems, Behavior & Personality, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Smoking Humor | 5 Comments »
Friday, May 24th, 2013
I sure hope your Memorial Day weekend weather’s better than ours, here in New York.
Beached Plans (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Though Memorial Day is upon us,
Winter clothing continues to don us.
So I plead and beseech:
Kindly stop talking “beach.”
New York media’s trying to con us.
Tags: Holiday Humor, May Holidays, Media Limerick, Memorial Day, New York Beaches, Outdoors Humor, Spring Limerick, Weather Limerick, Winter Clothing
Posted in Holiday Humor, Media Humor, Outdoors Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 12 Comments »
