Laughing Along With A Limerick

Happy Monday! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are, even if it’s a bit chilly. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is:

SOCKS

Last week’s prompt was DUDE. You came up with some laugh-out-loud limericks:

Keith Edgar Channing:

People do stuff that drives me quite crazy,

Like loafing around, being lazy.

One evening this dude

Did something so rude.

What was it? My memory’s hazy.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

There once was a quarrelsome dude.

Whose tooth broke when he ate food

He said to the waiter

That meal had a ‘tater

Frozen solid, too hard when I chewed!

Kim Smyth:

There once was a man called dude

Was so high that he though all was good

As he walked unaware

Though he had not a care

Off a great height, therefore, he was screwed.

John W. Howell:

There once was a lady so prude.

Who avoided all subjects thought crude

She covered her ears

To block any smears

And turned out to be really a dude.

Trentpmcd:

There once was dude named Roy

He was no ordinary boy

Cowboy boots and tie

A very stylish guy!

But so big, his Harley looked like a toy.

Frank Hubeny:

There once was a dragon pursued

by a knight, brave and bold, though a dude.

He caught up with his prey,

killed the dragon that day

then the rest to wipe out the foul brood.

Teleportingweena:

A Tabby with a real cattitude

Showed his stripes when his girlfriend he wooed

He strutted and nosed

And eventually proposed

But she turned him down with, “No, Dude!”

Lisa A Paul:

The woman had called the man “Dude”

The man said, “That’s terribly rude.”

Now her dreams were dashed

As he brusquely passed,

For she hoped she was ’bout to be woo’d.

Annette Rochelle Aben:

Wait, you ate all the food

This certainly is rude

Looks like a pack of dogs

Gobbled it up like hogs

Where’s your self-control dude?

Richmond Road:

I met this American dude

Loud and unblinkingly rude

Geriatric fanatic

Dumb psychopathic

Ugly, unhinged and unglued.

Pensitivity101:

I didn’t mean to be crude

When I said I thought you a prude,

In tight jeans and a shirt

You really hit the ‘pay dirt’,

And proved to be a cool dude.

Olaf Sturlasson’s Poetry Corner:

There was a young man who was rude

Referring to all as; my dude

He wasn’t well liked

And had his drink spiked

Then he started to dance in the nude.

Sexagenarian Scribbler:

A dude on his hols from the city

Found life on the ranch quite pretty

Mucked in with chores

Enjoyed the great outdoors

Dined on fried zucchini and ziti.

Treehugger:

What’s in a name? Is it lewd,

To address a person as ‘dude’?

Is it good diction,

Or an Oxford affliction,

Or am I just being a prude?

And a poem on the prompt from:

Wilf Leahy:

There was a lazy man

Who to his boss was rude

The boss then replied

You maybe smart

But you’re fired Dude.

Utahan15:

dude i aint in the mood

aintcha friend

and in the end

do not say dumb things

like no worries yeah there are

and all good wrong again moron

ha

and you have a nice day too

i prefer liverpool esther

not manchester

even tho if you listened to mr mogg phil not andy

you would think otherwise

la!

Therapy Bits wrote a limerick on the previous prompt FURY/RAGE:

In the depths of my fury I stew,

With a fire that no one can subdue.

Like a volcano untamed,

I’m explosive, inflamed,

Yet I know I must find a way through.

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41 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. nikidaly70 Avatar
    nikidaly70

    There once was a snazzy young fox
    Loved posing in pink frilly socks
    She stood on a chair
    Flicked her flowing red hair
    And said, ‘Don’t they go well with my locks?’

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    1. Very good, Niki 😊

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  2. There’s a tickety-toc to old clocks.
    There’s a warmth when one wears woolen socks.
    Every that has a this.
    Every love wants a kiss.
    Every love that’s untrue merely mocks.

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    1. That’s excellent, Frank. Thank you for that 😊

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    1. That’s delightful. Love it 😍

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      1. Thanks Esther. Fun one today.

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  3. I decided to buy yellow socks.
    That had daisy flowers and flox
    Printed on bold
    Stopping the cold
    That came in a snazzy green box!

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    1. That’s such a fun one 🥰

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      1. I always enjoy doing these,

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  4. […] I post nonsense verse as comments on blogs such as on Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick or Chel Owen’s Terrible Poetry […]

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    1. I really enjoyed your poem for Chel’s contest. Definitely made me smile!

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  5. There once was a boy named Ted
    Who’s one sock was blue, the other red
    It was quite clear
    He really didn’t care
    And wore fashions other’s would dread

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    1. Good for Ted! That’s great fun, Trent.

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      1. Always create your own style! Thanks, Esther.

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  6. These made me smileand have a chuckle

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    1. I’m so glad you enjoy the limericks.

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  7. I love limericks and these were great. Another funny bunch in the works, I’m sure. 🙂

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    1. Definitely! I’m glad you enjoyed these 🥰

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  8. There once was a guy on the rocks

    with problems that puzzled the docs.

    He went to a seer

    Who pulled him near.

    Whispering, “I think it’s your smelly socks.”

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    1. That’s priceless, John! 😆

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      1. Thank you, Esther. 😊

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  9. Some people describe me as nuts
    Over meanness and deep spending cuts.
    Cut ribbons from frocks,
    Keep darning those socks.
    Saving pounds doesn’t make you a klutz!

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    1. Very nicely done, Keith. Thank you 😄

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      1. Thanks, Esther. There acrostics can be challenging. 🙂

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  11. Thanks for the mention of the ‘dude’ limerick! Today’s for ‘socks’ is a funny one, too. Here’s mine:

    Limerick – socks

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    1. Thanks so much ❤

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  12. Here’s a second one this week based on a friend’s short story I heard today.

    Keith always wore odd socks
    Red and green to go with his Doc’s colour blind he was not
    And he hadn’t lost the plot
    He was just an eccentric old fox!

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    1. That’s fun and great when it’s based on something you heard. Thank you for this 💗

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  13. Colour has moved to the end of line two! The cat jumped up and jogged my arm!

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    1. My cat is good at doing that too!

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    1. Thank you for your funny limerick ❤

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  14. 😄😄 all quite good. Wondeful shares

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    1. Thanks so much, Nigel.

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      1. You’re welcome

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  15. I should wear boots with my socks,

    My toes are all bruised from the knocks.

    Whenever I go scrambling,

    Ambling or rambling.

    Especially when I climb over rocks.

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    1. Thank you for your witty limerick.

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