Nerdy Limerick
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A hard-working fellow named Zeke…
Here’s mine:
Nerdy Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Was thought of as rather a geek.
His tech expertise
Brought most to their knees.
But small talk? To Zeke it was Greek.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity in my Limerick-Offs.
UPDATE: Happy International Programmers’ Day, January 7th!
And happy Geek Pride Day, May 25th!
Tags: Communication Humor, Geek Pride Day, Geeks, International Programmers' Day, January Holidays, May Holidays, Nerds, Poetry & Prompts, Techie Humor, Technology Limerick, Writing Prompts
A hard working fellow named Zeke
Had an amazing physique
This modern Colossus
From toes to proboscis
Was as muscular as he was sleek
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Wrote software that taught cats to speak
In words purred in blood
They whispered their love
It only increased their mystique
or
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Built boats that had bodies so sleek
The waves in their wake
Cause nary a shake
For fauna that lives by the creek
or
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Had a love for studying Greek
He traveled the lands
of Homer and Pan
Delighted whenever he’d speak
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Had a thing for a girl named Monique;
Said she: “I expect you’ll
Make time for the sexual,
S’il vous plait, à la manière antique.”
A hard working fellow named Zeke
Liked to do lots of work in a week
But on the weekend
He’d go on a bend
On Sunday he felt pretty bleak!
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Fell in love with the sleek Monique
Overcome as he was,
And star-struck just because,
Of his waterbed he never saw the leak;
So now Zeke stands wearing black,
As he wonders how to get back
To that moment so grand,
When she held out her hand,
Before she was drowned by the sack.
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Built a great dam in a creek
He cheated with a cleaver
(He was only a beaver)
When surrounded by a forest of teak
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Thought his ‘puter needed a tweak
When his screen turned all blue
He didn’t know what to do
So he called in the neighborhood geek
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Asked, “What are the wishes you seek?”
He’s a wizard, you see,
Fulfilling my wishes for me,
So much so, his aching bones creak.
Thanks for your fun limericks about Zeke. And please keep them coming!
A hard-working fellow named Zeke,
washed windows so he could just peke
at people inside
and so when he tried,
cops nailed him the very first week.
A hardworking fellow named Zeke
Hundreds of tongues did he speak
Though he studied each day
It was like child’s play
He was born speaking Classical Greek!
A hardworking fellow named Zeke
Java script is his hobby all week
Wrote a webpage for his dog
Twitter, Facebook and a blog
Even his online friends know he’s a freak
A hard-working fellow named Zeke
Studied for his management test all week
The last test he miserably failed
A desperate plea to his professor he mailed
His future plans looking bleak!
A hard-working fellow named Zeke,
had feet that were rather unique…
Two of his toes
pointed up at his nose
and he still ran 7 days a week…
But Zeke was my golden retriever
he was as good as “Leave-it-to Beaver”.
Although he was fast
as the cars he would pass,
he couldn’t catch “Cat-scratch Fever”