Laughing Along With A Limerick

I hope you all had a great Christmas and Santa brought you everything you wished for! The New Year is almost here and with a new year brings:

CHANGE

So that’s your new limerick challenge this week. You had longer to craft your limericks this time with the Christmas break, so here are you limericks from two weeks ago where the prompt was SLEIGH. You came up with some fabulous limericks:

Therapy Bits:

A jolly old sleigh on the hill,

With reindeer that dance and stand still,

It whizzes through snow,

With a merry “Ho ho!”

Bringing joy with a heart full of thrill.

Trent:

I learned after all these years

That the bells hurt Bobtail’s ears

And how much did it weigh

That overloaded sleigh?

That song can bring a horse to tears!


I don’t want sound unkind

But a ride for a dragon when in a bind?

It’s “slay” you say

It isn’t “sleigh”?

That’s different then, never mind!

John W. Howell:

There once was a man from Galway

Who drove a Kelly Green horse sleigh.

He loved to go out

to the neighbors he’d shout.

For safety, get out of the way.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

There was murder one night at the pole,

One of the elves had stole

Santa’s best sleigh!

But was it right to slay

A helper with a great lump of coal?

D.Wallace Peach:

Miss Angela loved a good flight

On a snowy Christmas night

She hid in a sleigh

Flew up and away

Gave Santa the fright of his life.

Annette Rochelle Aben:

Remembering the day

Heading to the soiree

Everyone was staring

Because we were daring

To ride in a red sleigh.

Frank Hubeny:

I remember that man in his sleigh,

a jolly old elf some would say.

When you’ve joy to believe,

You’ll have joy to receive

and give blessings to all every day.

Keith Edgar Channing:

Santa believes there’s a way

To cram more toys and stuff in his sleigh.

Did he not realise

He could simply downsize

With his patented stuff-shrinking ray?

Olaf Sturlasson’s Poetry Corner:

One day whilst out riding his sleigh

Santa went the wrong way

He shouted at Rudolph

Who told him to cool off

Or he’d take him back home right away.

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42 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. Our words work to fashion a change.
    Witlessly lives rearrange.

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    1. I don’t know why the beginning of the limerick was posted five times. You are welcome to delete those posts.

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      1. Thank you, Frank. Technology!

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  2. Our words work to fashion a change.
    Witlessly lives rearrange.

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  3. Our words work to fashion a change.
    Witlessly lives rearrange.

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  4. Our words work to fashion a change.
    Witlessly lives rearrange.

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  5. light up

    and cheer

    for you and all

    a very happy new years!

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    1. Thank you for this, Utahan 😊

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  6. There once was a man from Boston
    With a house big enough to get lost in
    The change in his couch
    Could fill a pouch
    And dress half the world in Halston

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    1. After we decked the hall
      And watched the dropping of new year’s ball
      I wish most sincere
      As we start the new year
      Is for peace and love to all 🙂

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      1. That’s a happy one. Happy New Year!

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      2. Happy New Year!

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    2. Very quick! Thank you for this gem 😄

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      1. Thanks! I put up a second one, but just looked and it seems it didn’t post 😦 I will see if I can recreate it.

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      2. I just went back, refreshed again, and it appeared! It is the year end one. Not sure if you found it or was a glitch in Word Press.

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      3. I found it! Thank you 😊

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      4. OK, I must have posted too soon so ti called it spam…

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  7. The girl set her goals within range
    She knew it was time for a change
    She tried to lose weight
    Which turned out really great
    Now she’s skinny ut strange.

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    1. That’s a good one. Made me laugh. Thanks, Kim.

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  8. Our words work to force through a change.

    Witlessly lives rearrange.

    Though one truth can be true

    while the false ones won’t do

    our true words grow deceptively strange.

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    1. I’m glad you were able to post your full limerick! Thank you 😊

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  9. I liked reading these

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    1. I’m glad you enjoyed them 😄

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  10. Thanks for publishing mine. Here is the next.

    There once was a man from La Grange,

    Who felt victim of a severe shortchange.

    He shouldered an arm

    And threaten to harm

    Those who ordered his clock to change

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    1. That made me laugh out loud. Thank you for that, John.

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      1. I’m so glad 😁

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  11. […] Laughing Along With A Limerick […]

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    1. Thank you. You too.

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      1. You’re welcome, Esther. Thank you.

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  12. Change the bulb, came the cry
    From the downstairs flat guy
    No I said, it’s your turn
    I did it last time, got a burn!
    So he did and I saw his hair fry!

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    1. I’ve deleted the others – thank you for this, Christine. Very funny.

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      1. Thank you and happy new year x

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  13. Happy new year, Esther! Tear it up!

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    1. Thanks, You too 😊

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  14. Lust changed last week and it’s really comfortable now Esther 😂

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    1. *Just not lust Esther ❤️

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    SexagenarianScribbler

    Please doctor tell me its not true

    It s just the change I’m going through

    ‘There’s no doubt’ he replied

    I just sat there and cried

    I’m expecting at fifty-two!

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    1. OMG! I’m 52 and can’t imagine being a mother again! Thank you for your super twist.

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        SexagenarianScribbler

        Thanks Esther, I did research it, it’s very rare but can happen.

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  16. squirreljan Avatar
    squirreljan

    There once was a time we embraced change

    And were true to ourselves, with no range.

    It’s much harder these days

    As we’re set in our ways

    This year, let’s let out our inner strange!

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    1. A great change to make! I look forward to seeing more of your inner ‘strange’, Janice! Happy New Year.

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