Pigheaded Limerick

Once again, it’s Limerick-Off time. I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:

A fellow whose car had been towed…

Here’s mine. (It’s a three-verse limerick, but a standard one-verse limerick is fine, of course.)

Pigheaded Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane

A fellow whose car had been towed
Freaked out when he heard what he owed.
“Highway robb’ry,” he yelled.
Then he sued — price upheld,
Plus penalties — made him explode.

So he threatened to file an appeal,
Though his wife said, “Enough! Make a deal!”
He responded, “No way!
I simply won’t pay.
Let them keep my damn automobile.”

But then he was hit with a lien.
And his wife said, “You see what I mean?
End this now or perforce
I will sue for divorce.”
That’s what comes of the stubbornness gene.

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18 Responses to “Pigheaded Limerick”

  1. jesse levy says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    didn’t know where the darned thing was stowed
    He went to the cops
    who looked in chop shops
    and they found it in pieces – a load!

  2. A fellow whose car had been towed
    Paid a stiff fine, embarrassed and woed.
    It cost 90 bucks,
    Higher than impounded trucks,
    He was broke when he paid what he owed.
    .

  3. Vivek Banerjee says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Lost his temper on the darn road
    He punched the cop on duty
    The black eye, was a beauty
    And in the jail was he stowed.

  4. Anne says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Had planned to haul an enormous load
    But without a vehicle
    And being really in a pickle
    He gave up his trip on the road.

  5. Dr. Goose says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    (Double-parked while he used the commode)
    Remarked: “It’s a shame,
    But nature’s to blame,
    For I heeded ‘the call’ on the road.”

  6. CupOJoe says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Sat alone on the side of the road
    His mood was quite glum
    For a bus would not come
    Since the suburbs has been his abode!

  7. madkane says:

    What fun limericks! Please keep them coming and, if you’re on Facebook, cross-post there too. Thanks!

  8. Gary Baker says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Paid all the fines that he owed.
    He even kissed ass
    Of policemen en masse
    Just to get back on the road.

  9. A fellow whose car had been towed
    Tried to find out where it had goed….
    He followed the path
    And felt total wrath
    Just like that old fellow, Tom Joad

  10. scott says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed.
    Decided to take the high road.
    Though the shame has abated,
    I have never related,
    Now to all, my tale is bestowed.

    March 9, ’82 was the day.
    A street sign I didn’t obey.
    I failed a breath test,
    was put under arrest.
    My green Pontiac towed away.

    I bailed out the next day at dawn
    My guilt, a conclusion forgone.
    Covered in jailhouse stink,
    and finger print ink
    I went out and puked on the lawn.

    To the impound lot I did trudge.
    And there in the mud and the sludge,
    of the very back row,
    was my GTO,
    ironically nicknamed “The Judge.”

    Now it all seems so surreal.
    That I could have been so puerile.
    Though I do still drink,
    I don’t even think,
    of mixing liquor and automobiles.

  11. Edmund Weisberg says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Was scared at what that might forebode.
    Given the drugs in the trunk,
    This dope-running drunk
    Hoofed it after one more for the road.

  12. Phyllis Reinhard says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Saw a horse which he quickly lassoed.
    Soon his level of grief
    For the fines as horse thief
    Beat the illegal parking fees owed.

  13. Veralynne says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Didn’t know what to do so he crowed
    And screamed, cried and punched things
    As if that could fix things
    ‘Til the cops towed HIM to his new abode

  14. Veralynne says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    Was a surly drunk, what a load!
    As he started walking
    To himself he kept talking
    “I’ll show THEM when I’m back on the road!”

  15. Johanna Richmond says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed,
    To adhere to his ethical code
    And avoid talking smack
    Ran the check through his crack,
    Paid the fine and got back on the road.

  16. madkane says:

    I’m really enjoying these. Thanks, and please keep them coming!

  17. Daisy Mae says:

    A fellow whose car was being towed
    Was asleep in the back-quite unclothed
    For wild sex he’d embarked
    While illegally parked
    He was guilty of true penal code

  18. Ryan says:

    A fellow whose car had been towed
    His ass was such a wide load
    He couldn’t walk home
    So he sat down alone
    There he stayed like a lazy fat toad

    Sorry but it’s my first ever attempt at a limerick!!!