Let's Write Some Limericks

Do penguins like to eat squid?
Raw, uncooked, underdid?
Squishy and squshy

 

Do penguins like to eat squid?
Raw, uncooked, underdid?
Squishy and squshy
Not in a soup that's washy

 

Do penguins like to eat squid?
Raw, uncooked, underdid?
Squishy and squshy
Not in a soup that's washy
Judging by their breath, I thought they did

 

There's no reason to get excited

 

There's no reason to get excited
or get your pants ignited

 

There's no reason to get excited
or get your pants ignited
Strive for a Classical Stoic 'tude

 

There's no reason to get excited
or to get your pants ignited
Strive for a Classical Stoic 'tude
Like that Marcus Aurelius dude

 

I'm a fan of Mr A's work. Used a photo of a statue and his name as my personna in another forum before joining TSD.


Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together... Marcus Aurelius

 

Yeah, but find a good rhyme with excited to finish the limerick.....

 

There's no reason to get excited
or to get your pants ignited
Strive for a Classical Stoic 'tude
Like that Marcus Aurelius dude
Enjoy your life & don't feel slighted




I mailed my son a shaving set up

 

I mailed my son a shaving set up
But I forgot a lathering cup

 

I mailed my son a shaving set up
But I forgot a lathering cup
But then I sent him a bowl

 

I mailed my son a shaving set up
But I forgot a lathering cup
But then I sent him a bowl
And he shaved off a mole

 

I mailed my son a shaving set up
But I forgot a lathering cup
But then I sent him a bowl
And he shaved off a mole
"Ride the cap, son", he's still a pup.

 

Eleven hundred lines the group wrote

 

Eleven hundred lines the group wrote
None would be mistaken for Truman Capote

 

Eleven hundred lines the group wrote
None would be mistaken for Truman Capote
Though the lines are all short

 

Eleven hundred lines the group wrote
None would be mistaken for Truman Capote
Though the lines are all short
And some made us snort

 

Eleven hundred lines the group wrote
None would be mistaken for Truman Capote
Though the lines are all short
And some made us snort
They won't ever be a Bartlett's quote

 

Bartlett's Quotations contains many fine lines