Laughing Along With A Limerick

Here’s to a great new week! Your new limerick challenge is as follows:

PET

Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word STORE in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces:

Keith Edgar Channing:

Stores of words held together with Bostik
Telling tales of the past or prognostic.
Only look in my eye,
Remind me of why
Every cue needs to be an acrostic.

Kim Smyth:

I find so much to implore
When I venture into the store
What’s the real reason
To celebrate early the season
Why, only to get you to buy more!

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

I find going out to the store
Is really a very big bore
I’d rather go walking
Round the lanes of Dorking
Than spend hours on a shop floor!

Trent’s World:

Bob had a yacht and used to gloat
But now his rig will no longer float
He’ll keep his pride
Even though it died
So he now wants to store his boat.

Bob had to keep his family fed
He’d go to the store to buy them bread
But once there
He bought beer
Now his wife wants his head.

Chel Owens:

Whenever I go to the store,
Whenever I do any chore;
Whenever I start,
Whenever I chart
My mind can’t recall any … what was I doing?

TanGental:

If I’d known what to expect before
I acquired my mother-in-law
I’d have kept all the packing
The ribbons and wrapping
And returned her, complete, to the store.

Ruth Scribbles:

I went to the store, what a bore
Ten aisles from ceiling to floor
Tis the season they say
Money’s the reason, so pay
I left the store angry and swore.

Val Fish:

Daydreaming in a department store
I walked straight into a plate glass door
A frightening feeling
That had me reeling
I collapsed in a heap on the floor.

Lance Greenfield:

Bony Tony’s Dad owned a store
In Storrington near to England’s shore.
He stocked peas and cheese,
Had knobbly knees,
Yet Tony always wanted more.

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30 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. Soon they’ll be traveling with us
    On our 37ft motor home bus
    These spoiled dogs of ours
    Will be whiling away the hours
    In our laps and try hard not to fuss.

    Not! Those little monsters will be in kennels, just so you know!

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  2. Larry is a fearsome pet.
    Four household tenants, he’s already ate.
    Rishi’s his fifth.
    Who’ll be his sixth?
    Well that, dear reader, is anyone’s bet!

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    1. Hilarious and very topical!

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      1. Thanks. Composed whilst dog-walking.

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  3. As I said to my dear old friend, Sybil,
    It’s not just the cost of the kibble.
    The expense of a pet
    Includes paying the vet
    Whilst resisting the instinct to quibble.

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    1. Paying is the most painful part of a vet visit!

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    2. I can relate to that!

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  4. […] for her regular challenges which she bases on one-word prompts. On Mondays, the challenge is Laughing Along With A Limerick. On Thursdays, the challenge is Can You Tell A Story In . . . [five […]

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  5. I decided to buy a new pet
    But he turned into a real pest!
    He was a small pony
    Who cost lost of money
    With vets fees, food, and the rest!

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    1. A gerbil would be cheaper!

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    1. I knew what you meant 😄

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  6. Oh wow that’s quite the variety of entries! Some are hysterical 🤣

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    1. Glad you enjoyed them 😊

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      1. Now following here and on Instagram!

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      2. Thank you so much!

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  7. It’s not that it pisses me off when people whinge about a vet’s fees but…

    Having a daughter who is a skilled vet
    I’m willing to place a very large bet
    If you knew the cost of your doctor’s fees
    Then you’d be really very pleased
    At the moderate cost ensuring a healthy pet!

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      1. thank you, Esther; I’m do have a bit of a blind spot…

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  8. There once was a man we called Brett
    Who dared to call me his pet
    “I’m a woman, oh sheesh!
    You’ll NOT put me on a leash!”
    He’s now running and dripping in sweat.

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    1. That is soooo funny! Love it 😍

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      1. Thank you!❤️

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  9. Some of those Limericks are brilliant. Always fun to write (unless you can’t find something to rhyme of course) and so funny to read.

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    1. Glad you enjoyed them 😊

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  10. Dear Santa, this year can I please
    Have a pair of pet chimpanzees
    My mum says they stink
    So it’s best , I think
    To just let them to swing through the trees

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