Laughing Along With A Limerick

Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word is:

SHOWER

Last week’s prompt was FUNNY. You came up with some super limericks:

Nicola Daly:

There once was a kangaroo

Who was friends with a bear called Pooh

She said, ‘It’s so funny

That bears like honey

But now I must hop off to look for Roo.’

Annette Richelle Aben:

Sink Her

So, her mother said honey

Better learn to be funny

Because you have the looks

Of dead fish upon hooks.

Marriage prospects aren’t sunny.

Trent’s World:

I hope not to bore ’em

But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

As you know

I loved that show

Stephen Sondheim – I adore him!

Kate In Cornwall:

Sunny Malone’s funny bone wasn’t funny anymore

She was fed up with bashing her elbow on a jutting cupboard door

She cried, “That’s enough”

It’s time I got tough.”

As she wrestled that door to the floor.

Keith Edgar Channing:

Father’s strange predilections are worse,

Uncle Nigel records them in verse.

No one can deny it

Nor hope to defy it

Yet still it does seem quite perverse. 

Frank Hubeny:

It is funny how nightmares don’t seem

quite so spooky when in a daydream.

In the night, light is dark.

In the day, wolves don’t bark.

So relax. Wait till night comes to scream.

The Limerick Guy:

In order to be a good limerick crafter,

It’s the setup and punchline that matter.

If those things are funny

And the rhyme’s on the money,

You’ll deliver the laughter you’re after!!!

Kim Smyth:

There once was this chick who was funny

Her sarcasm dripped like sweet honey

Sometimes she was crass

Which really irks my a$$

And makes me hate that she makes money!

John W. Howell:

There once was a girl name Sunny,

Who hated to spend any money.

She had her first dollar,

Tucked under her collar.

Died alone which is not very funny.

Pensitivity101:

John’s nose was always runny,

His family thought it was funny:

Till he blew it one day

And his hair fell away

And his head is now permanently sunny.

Christine Mallaband-brown:

My funny bone started to throb

When I hit my elbow on the hob

The pain was immense

Let crying commence!

Not funny so I started to sob!

Rall:

it’s not funny honey
how those advertising creeps
are stealing our money
i’m not shopping anymore
we’ll just have to learn to be poor
when the mattress falls apart
we’ll sleep on the floor

My Mind Mappings:

Flop Sweats

There once was a stand-up comic named Sonny

Who thought every joke he told was funny

But his timing was bad

And the crowd just looked sad

So he went into politics to make money.

iMartist:

Indigestion

There once was a
fat fluffy bunny
Who found himself
covered in honey
Along came a bear
In one gulp said,
“that’s one tasty hare”
but soon after,
his tummy
felt funny

Lisa A Paul:

There once was a small dog named Sunny

who looked and smelled kind of funny

if you scratched behind her ears

she’d run and fetch you a beer

so the townsfolk said ‘that dog’s a honey!’

Olaf Sturlasson’s Poetry Corner:

Bojo the clown thought it funny

If no-one could earn any money

So he locked them all down

Barred them from town

And being outside when it’s sunny.

Dog Paddling Through Life:

That Ain’t Funny

I thought to myself, this ain’t funny.

Meta thinks I am a dummy.

Stole my data? That sucks.

Paid me thirty-five bucks.

They got rich and I got treated crummy.

Therapy Bits:

There once was a fiesta so funny,

The piñata was filled with hot honey.

The dancers all twirled,

As sombreros unfurled,

And everyone laughed till it was sunny.

Graeme Sandford:

When I try to write a poem that’s funny,

It causes my nose to be runny,

I don’t have an issue,

I’ve an available tissue,

it pays to be a smart bunny.

Poetisatinta:

Old Crooner

There was a goat who liked to croon,

He practised all day his fine tune,

His high notes were funny,

They shocked every bunny,

But oh how the nannies did swoon.

my word (s):

Poor Cousin Bob looked terribly funny,

His teeth stuck out like a cartoon bunny.

He was always picky,

Hands constantly sticky,

As all he ate was brown bread and honey.

Help From Heaven:

It’s Lonely

You know, it isn’t funny

When you run out of money.

Having no dollars to spend

Means you have no friends.

You are on your own, honey.

Grooves or Grammar:

If you spend time outside when it’s sunny

Your Cornetto will go very runny

Any drips that are found

Can be licked off the ground

Though the ice cream will taste rather funny.

John McGuiggan:

Woger, the colonel of the wegiment

Had an embarring speech impediment

On the King’s parade

He was required to say

The woyal wegiment of wifles, wight turn!

From the King we learn

From subsequent testimony

He thought it widiculosly odd and wather funny.

Ruth Blogs Here:

It’s quite funny how life turns about

Even when you’re consumed with self doubt

You might find you can fly

Never know till you try

Spread your wings, take a leap, and find out!

The Elephant’s Trunk:

Table For One

An alien green, with eyes big and bright,

Dined out at a bistro one night.

He slurped up all his food,

Then burped loudly, how rude!

What a funny and outrageous sight!

Ruth Scribbles:

I once thought I was a funny

funny funny bunny

When I woke up

I was a pup

Now that’s what I call funny.

Treehugger:

We thought it hugely funny,

When he appeared with a jar full of honey .

You’re not Poo, take heed,

It’s a carrot you need,

You’re supposed to be the Easter Bunny.

Resa:

Weighing in

All I can say

Tons of fun here

On Limerick day.

***

80 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. As I thought and I thought and I thought
    in a shower of thoughts I got caught.
    I had hoped to get clean
    not stay dirty and mean,
    but I still do not do what I ought.

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    1. That’s so good, Frank. I smiled all the way through that 😊

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    2. hahah – really liked the “dirty and mean”

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      1. I am glad you liked that line. Blessings, Prior!

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  3. nikidaly70 Avatar
    nikidaly70

    ‘Just sort out a power shower!’
    Screamed Rapunzel for hour upon hour.
    ‘I’m so full of despair
    Can’t wash the conditioner from my hair,
    It’s too slippery for climbing down from this tower!’

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    1. That made me laugh. Thanks, Nicola.

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      1. nikidaly70 Avatar
        nikidaly70

        Happy it did! 🙂

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  4. I’m not allowed in the shower yet
    My cataract op means I can’t get wet
    Water in my eye…?
    I have to be shy!
    So a wash not a splash is all I can get!

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    1. You’ve made that such fun 💕

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      1. Just had the op so it was very appropriate!

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      2. Hope you recover okay 💐

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      3. I’m fine, just inconvenienced

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  7. STRICTLY NOT DANCING.

    The celebrities thought they were dancers,
    But were really just comical prancers.
    When they all took a dive,
    As they were doing the jive,
    They showed up as a shower of chancers.

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    1. Very well said, Cee Tee!

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    2. I liked the part about doing the jive – not a term we hear often

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  8. Those gentle showers in May
    Bring flowers to brighten the day
    But an autumn rain?
    Quite the pain!
    Cold and damp is not OK!

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    1. It’s definitely not but it’s on its way!

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      1. We have been in a pretty bad drought but there is rain forecast for almost every day this week, so, yes, it is on its way! It will be pretty warm, though. And right now the sky is a beautiful blue.

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    2. such a timely limerick, Trent – we had rain here twice this week- much needed and hope you all get your showers too

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      1. Thanks, Y. I do hope for rain, though I am not sure if I want three rainy days in a row – I have a puppy that will want out 😉

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  10. Kate in Cornwall Avatar
    Kate in Cornwall

    Sweaty Steve installed a power shower

    After his love-life turned sour

    His girlfriend ran off

    With a sweet-smelling toff

    Now Steve takes a shower once an hour

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    1. So funny 🤣🤣🤣

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  12. Fun funny limericks, Ester. Here’s my attempt:

    After a mishap with bread-making flour
    My mood was matched by my glower
    A powder-white oaf
    I defrosted a loaf
    Then basked in a steamy hot shower

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    1. That’s excellent, Di. Very well-constructed and funny too 😍

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  14. Here’s my limerick for shower entry: https://wp.me/p3RE1e-mF6

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  15. There once was a man with no power,

    Who attended seminars by the hour.

    He wanted to be,

    A hero you see.

    But still gets lost in the shower.

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    1. John, I know many folks lost in this kind of shower – well done

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    2. Very clever, John. Thank you.

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  17. Shower of Praise

    I accepted your shower of false praise 

    Self-protecting fakeness often left a haze 

    I eventually learned your heart was not free for affection 

    Your guarded nature drenched you in deflection 

    Yet I came to love and accept you with a new gaze 

    OR

    For years I believed your shower of praise,

    Though it left me drenched in a haze.

    Your heart, held back tight,

    Kept affection from sight—

    Yet I love you in new, wiser ways.

    ***

    dedicate to Nancy 🙂

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    1. I enjoyed both – the long and short versions 😊

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      1. thanks Esther – 🙂

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  18. april showers was a pop song sung
    a lot when she was young
    heard it on the radio the other day
    wont sing that again no no way
    too boring too dreary no fun

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    1. Nicely done, Rall 😊

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  19. You will know that it’s time for a shower, 

    When you’ve been at the gym for an hour.

    If your tee-shirt is wet,

    It’s a pretty fair bet,

    That your socks will smell funky and sour.

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    1. Really enjoy that. Nicely done 😊

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  20. A bird once worked many an hour
    To build an exemplary bower
    But was fair overwrought
    When he saw the onslaught
    Of a badly mistimed thunderous shower.

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    1. Excellent, Keith. Thank you 😊

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    1. Thank you for your limerick 😊

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  22. Cousin Georgia has a superpower,

    She does a dance and evokes a shower.

    Sometimes rain, sometimes snow 

    Even hailstones made a show,

    Which flattened her husband’s best prize flower.

    Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

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    1. That’s so funny. Love it 😍

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  23. Thank you, Esther 😊

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  24. A priest once went up a tower
    to ask for all blessings, a shower
    but in vain did he pray,
    as the Lord disobeyed
    and gifted him only a flower

    or

    A priest once went up a tower
    to bring to his Lord just a flower
    from the heart he did pray
    and the Lord to this day has
    been pouring all His blessings, a shower

    And this simply because I have got a bit stuck with the phrase “showers of blessings” 😀

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    1. It’s not easy, is it, but I enjoyed both 😊

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  26. A noble lady from the shires

    was overcome

    with erotic desires

    She wished to dance in the pouring rain

    To shower naked with her chosen flame

    he of course agreed

    and removed his working suit

    but kept wearing his wellingon boots.

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    1. Love that last line! Very entertaining.

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  27. […] This week, Esther gives us the word ‘Shower’ to inspire our limerick 😊https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/09/22/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-250/ […]

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    1. Worth the wait 😁

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  28. SexagenarianScribbler Avatar
    SexagenarianScribbler

    He used to shower me with goodies galore

    Sparkling diamonds, fur coats and more

    But his generosity 

    Was just a novelty

    So I’ve shown sugar daddy the door 

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    1. Very nicely done, Val 😊

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  29. The queen liked to dream of her power
    Up high in her ivory tower
    She would gaze down below
    Watch the world come and go
    And sing to herself in the shower

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    1. Works well, Mr Richmond. Thank you.

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  30. Frightened, she started to cower,

    Then suddenly began to glower,

    The gentle soft drizzle,

    Did not make her skin frizzle .

    Now he’d installed a power shower .

    Liked by 3 people

    1. Very funny, Sheila. Thank you.

      Like

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