Laughing Along With A Limerick

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s to a productive week.

Your new limerick challenge is:

BELT

Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DRAMA in it somewhere. You produced some highly entertaining limericks:

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

I’m in a drama soon to say

The Mock Mayor part again to play

Lord of misrule

Playing the fool!

Fun the Newcastle-under-Lyme Way!

Kim Smyth:

A son looked up to his mama

Who was tired of all of his drama

Said, “What’s it now?”

“I just don’t know how!”

All over proper use of the comma!

Richmond Road:

She took herself to the embalmer

Which assurances he wouldn’t harm her

There were really no pains

As he cleared out her veins

Now she feels a bit stiff, but much calmer.

TanGental:

In order to make things calmer

I tried, again, to disarm her;

To offset any harm

I poured on more balm

Which did nothing to reduce the drama.

I really had no wish to harm her

As I appealed to her inner karma;

But ignoring my pleading,

She left me bleeding

And tied to the charms of Big Pharma.

Quiall:

Today I was given a llama,

As a way to deal with my trauma,

In my face it did spit,

Not good I admit,

Perhaps just a wee bit of drama?

But then it seems I must note,

In reaction I’ll try not to gloat,

It went down with a thunk,

As if it was drunk.

And I got a lovely new coat!

Keith Channing:

Do, Di, Re, Ri – that’s chromatic,

Reaching way up to Ti; i’m ecstatic!

At least I’m in tune,

Maybe peaking too soon,

Although maybe I’m being dramatic.

Treehugger:

I don’t want to alarm her,

But nothing I can do will calm her.

The murder suspense,

Is ever so tense.

It’s all a good act of the drama.

Lance Greenfield:

Denys shrieked, THERE’S A GHOST IN OUR ATTIC!”

Tony responded, “Bro, don’t be so dramatic.”

“Aren’t you scared?”

“No. I don’t care.

I’ve never been a spiritual fanatic.”

Linking People 2003:

In a village known for its grand drama,

Lived a musician, a duck and a llama.

The duck took a stand,

Stole the show with a band,

Leaving the musician and llama in trauma!

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23 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. Belts to me are too stiff and tight
    Yet without one certain outfits don’t look right
    Like a mumu style dress
    Or that baggy pant mess
    But a big belly keeps them upright!

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    1. That’s so funny! 😂

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      1. Oh I’m so glad you liked it, I was kinda on the fence!

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  2. I’m lucky, I’ve always felt
    With the hand that I’ve been dealt:
    I can eat what I please
    Any variety of cheese,
    And never have to tighten my belt.

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    1. Wish we were all like that!

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      1. It doesn’t apply to bread sadly. If you prompted ‘balloon’ you may have received a different response

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      2. Wish I was!

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    Walking home one night through the rec
    Some strange guy grabbed me by the neck
    A black belt in Kung Fu
    I knew just what to do
    It was him crying ‘What the heck’!

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    1. I love that. Brilliant!

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        SexagenarianScribbler

        Thanks Esther

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  4. If you belt out that song!
    You can win a kareoke gong
    Don’t sing too loud
    Or be too proud
    Or hold a note for too long!

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    1. That wouldn’t be me – I’m tone deaf! 😂

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      1. You could join our choir… Loud Mouth Women!

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  5. Imagine how awful I felt
    Making two extra holes in my belt.
    But a man’s got to do
    What a man’s got to do
    And we all play the hand we are dealt!

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    1. It has to be done! Thank you that, Keith. Very entertaining.

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      1. Lines 3 and 4 are rather unimaginative but, in my defense, I did belt it out quite quickly (see what I did there?)

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      2. You’re just too good, Keith!

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  6. […] week’s #limerick prompt from Esther is […]

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  7. I needed to buy a new belt.
    My old one had split, buckle bent.
    I tried that new shop
    But then had to stop
    The belts there were all for a tent.

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    1. That’s excellent! Thank you so much.

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  8. To eat what I liked, I felt,
    Tight corsets,in summer I’d melt.
    I can now eat my dinner,
    And still feel much thinner.
    Hurrah for the waspie belt.

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    1. Hurrah! That’s great fun 😁

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