Worldwide Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)

It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.

The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner plus the Honorable Mentions.)

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, you can find some helpful resources listed here.)

I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse.

I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:

A fellow was famous worldwide…

or

A woman was famous worldwide…

Here’s mine:

Worldwide Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane

A fellow was famous worldwide:
His two wives had suspiciously died,
And wife number three,
Catching on to his spree,
Turned him in. Now he’s fit to be tried.

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 on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.

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67 Responses to “Worldwide Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)”

  1. Elaine Spall says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For her bum, which she strutted with pride
    A photographer spied
    On the beach, her rawhide
    Look her booty’s enhanced, he then cried!

  2. Kathy El-Assal says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For the ancient profession she plied
    In New Testament lore
    She was Babylon’s whore
    Nowadays she would be T.V.’s pride.

  3. Once again Bravo to your Madeleine.

    I will give this line some thought.

  4. Rinkly Rimes says:

    A woman was famous, world-wide,
    For keeping some lions, a pride.
    When guests came to call
    Her pets gave them a maul,
    And, sadly, a lot of them died!

  5. Veralynne says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    So most of the time he would hide
    Behind window tints, rants,
    And b’loved Foster Grants–
    The attention would swell up his pride.

    You’d think he’d use pseudonyms often
    And stop drawing attention by coughin’
    But his “shyness” was pretend
    He WANTED fans to apprehend
    Him NOW not when dead in his coffin.

  6. Veralynne says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For putting her own needs aside
    And working for others
    Especially mothers
    And kids in need–they were her pride.

    And so the world recalls today
    The impact she had, and her way
    Of loving and giving
    Making the most of her living
    Before she was taken away.

  7. Pat Hatt says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide,
    Because of the one time he lied.
    Made a claim,
    Which was kind of lame.
    That the Earth and Moon would collide.

  8. Mark Kane says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide.
    In each country he kept a cute bride.
    They thought him their only.
    He left them just lonely.
    No conscience was clearly his guide.

  9. Mark Kane says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For walking the wilder dark side.
    While trolling for kicks
    With each dominatrix,
    He’d find himself fit to be tied.

  10. Mark Kane says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For keeping his selves side by side.
    One was sweet and demur,
    But the other less pure.
    You know them as Jekyll and Hyde.

  11. A fellow was famous worldwide
    For the women he took in his stride.
    He’d woo them and bed them
    But certainly not wed them:
    He just went along for the ride.

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For a habit that few could abide.
    While he insisted it legal
    To have sex with a beagle
    It’s now up to a judge to decide.

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For a coat that was made from the hide
    Of a husband she’d caught
    In a naked cavort
    With a saucy little piece on the side.

  12. Jesse Levy says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    for inventing a new kind of ride.
    Twas a new kind of wheel
    which a company might steal
    (No slur against Disney’s implied)

  13. Jesse Levy says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for having the world’s longest schnide.
    It means a long slump
    in baseball. That chump.
    He just couldn’t hit if he tried.

  14. Ira Bloom says:

    “We’ll always have Paris…”

    A woman was famous worldwide,
    But for what, it is hard to decide.
    Having sex on the web?
    As a partying deb?
    I don’t know, but she’s fun to deride.

  15. Thom says:

    MK…excellent as usual

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    Obama, some thought, was his guide
    They both dealt with money
    Like bees do with honey
    Poor Madoff was sent on a ride

  16. A woman was famous worldwide
    For being the oldest girl guide
    Though her uniform altered
    Her faith never faltered
    And she wore all her badges with pride

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For being a runaway bride
    When tying the knot
    She said “I do NOT!”
    And then ran at full pelt to her hide.

  17. always enjoying your limericks..love your sense of humor

  18. A fellow was famous worldwide
    For allowing the economy to slide
    He was slothful and reckless
    Unutterably feckless
    ‘Cause he used his PM as his guide.

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For being incredibly snide
    His sarcastic encounters
    Reduced big burly bouncers
    To a state that was quite sissified.

  19. David says:

    Amusing as always.

  20. A fellow was famous worldwide
    For being incredibly wide
    When his doctor said “No!
    All this blubber must go.”
    He considered his options were fried.

    Oh no I can’t stop now …!!

  21. A fellow was famous worldwide
    For marketing fruit that was dried
    Folks loved that his prunes
    Didn’t need any spoons
    Yet they still did the same thing inside

  22. madkane says:

    Thanks for the kind words and fun limericks. Please keep those limericks coming!

    I’ll have minimal (if any) Internet access today, so if I’m late in responding to something, please be patient. Thanks!

  23. hansi says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    But had something going on the side.
    He kept it from his wife
    Which caused some strife
    And when confronted on it, just lied.

  24. Rachel says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    and wanted to take a wild ride.
    She felt a call to create
    To jelly bean animate
    and did something that no one else tried.

    Watch the video that inspired this limerick: Jelly Bean Animator.

  25. A woman was famous worldwide
    You’d think there’s not much she could hide
    And yet we were stunned
    And want a refund
    Kim’s marital ties were untied

  26. LBTL says:

    a fellow was famous worldwide
    for tricking so many with his mind
    well too bad for him
    a cute gal on a limb
    best him, pushing his fame aside

    :)

    thanks for the visit. O I hope I am improving, though I still don’t understand the form fully, it is fun trying it though :) thanks

  27. daisy mae simon says:

    A fellow is famous worldwide
    For pants –(last week’s start being applied)
    This week seems apropos
    For the Letterman Show
    Worldwide Pants on show’s ‘end’ does reside

  28. Dr. Goose says:

    (To be read in an Australian accent)

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For a globe-hopping pogo-stick ride
    He set out in Perth
    For a trip ’round the Earth,
    And returned via Port Adelaide.

  29. A fellow was famous worldwide:
    Tiptoed Niagara he did slip to glide;
    To the maple leaf country he ended
    Wandering why he even contended,
    The wire of his slide to the other side.

  30. Shammi says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For getting constantly pie-eyed.
    He visited every Irish bar
    Between County Cork and Myanmar –
    He didn’t stop even when his brain was fried.

  31. Johanna Richmond says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    Because often he publically cried,
    But astute folks took note
    His emotional bloat
    Expressed only his oversized pride.

  32. Altonian says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For going through life being snide
    He was told by his lad
    ‘You weren’t all that bad, Dad’
    And the old man said ‘Ah! But I tried.’

  33. Johanna Richmond says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For inventing adult “Sip ‘N Slide,”
    A liqueur flavored lube
    In a penis-shaped tube.
    Did you google it? Shoot me — I lied.

  34. Johanna Richmond says:

    I slightly revised, think the second versions is a bit better:)

  35. Johanna Richmond says:

    Sorry — the second version was supposed to read “Sip ‘N Side” :)

  36. daisy mae simon says:

    A woman once famous worldwide
    Welcomed all to New York’s harbor side
    “…your tired, your poor…”
    Now meet a closed door
    Corporate greed and corruption preside

  37. Karin says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    Till he put “perfume” on his bride
    The old label–he can’t see
    Still he sprayed her like crazy
    Too late, he learned it’s formaldehyde

  38. Alana says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For stopping the flow of the tide.
    When they said, “That’s real cute!”
    He said “Hi! I’m Canute.
    It’s something I’d already tried”

  39. Kala Cota says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    Though most people she couldn’t abide
    She lived alone in a castle
    To avoid public hassle
    So, nobody knew that she died

    Her bones they did find one day
    A pile of dust ready to blow away
    For all of her fame
    To her grave no one came
    In the end, she just faded away.

  40. kaykuala says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    There’s nothing for him to hide
    Reputation precedes him
    Not acted on his whims
    Level headed when skirtchasing maids

  41. Matt Monitto says:

    I really like Kathy El-Assal’s this week.

    A woman was famous worldwide:
    She’s the latest young “runaway bride.”
    Though she fled from the altar,
    The public won’t fault her:
    She’s the front of this week’s TV Guide.

  42. Matt Monitto says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    For her size, which we people deride.
    When she walks down the street,
    Potholes form at her feet;
    Yes, yo’ mama’s excessively wide.

  43. Granny Smith says:

    A fellow was famous world-wide
    For the dangerous stunts he had tried –
    Stuck his head in the maw
    Of a beast with strong jaw.
    It was crocodile tears that were cried.

  44. madkane says:

    Oh good! More fun limericks!

  45. brian says:

    a fellow was famous worldwide
    for his muscular and tanned hide
    all the women a glee
    when a glimpse they’d see
    but sadly it was all CGI

  46. Mark Schmiedeberg says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide:
    Tiptoed Niagara he did slip to glide;
    To the maple leaf country he ended
    Wondering why he even contended,
    The wire of his slide to the other side.

  47. J Sardo says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    Gained wealth from the weapons he plied.
    When the scoundrel got caught
    The Congress he bought
    Said by law he did always abide

  48. Patricia says:

    Oh Butler… Where are You?

    a fellow was famous worldwide
    until it was found that he lied
    his name was defaced
    his shame was showcased
    the butler made off with his bride

  49. laurie kolp says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for pimping his innocent bride
    until the dark day
    she left him astray,
    hooked up with a whore glassy-eyed.

  50. David McCormick says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For fiddlin’ while Ancient Rome fried.
    If he’d dropped that darned VI-olin
    And instead done some diallin’
    The Fire Chariot at least coulda tried :(

  51. Bruce Niedt says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    as a rich man’s portfolio guide.
    But no one got paid off,
    for the fellow was Madoff,
    and was all that his last name implied.

  52. Mark Megson says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For pimping his bitchinest ride
    A lowrider with wings
    It could do crazy things
    And when driven off cliffs even glide

  53. Granny Smith says:

    A fellow was famous world-wide
    As a prince. Said his lovely young bride,
    “He was only a frog
    When we met on a log.
    It’s My wisdom on which he relied!”

  54. Granny Smith says:

    A fellow was famous world-wide
    As a man who was destined to guide.
    Such wisdom he’d spoken!
    So many hearts broken!
    With his actions their hopes were denied.

  55. Kathy El-Assal says:

    A woman was famous worldwide
    As a femme fatale dancer who’d glide.
    With her sensual gaze
    Mata Hari could raise
    Men’s libidos and that’s how she spied.

  56. David McCormick says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    For a case of mass infanticide;
    At the river of Hamelin
    Piped each ratty mammal in,
    Then the kids! His excuse? He was Pied!

  57. Bruce Niedt says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for solving the odd homicide.
    When his friend asked, “What schools
    gave you such helpful tools?”
    “Elementary, dear Watson!” he cried.

  58. madkane says:

    I won’t have any Net access on Sunday, I fear. So my Limerick of the Week announcement and my new Limerick-Off post won’t appear until some time on Monday. Sorry about that! Of course, that means you have an extra day to get your limericks in for the current Limerick-Off. :)

    If you want to get my weekly new Limerick-Off email announcements, please email me with the subject line: “Limerick-Off Announcements.” (You’ll find my email address in the Author section of the upper right sidebar of this blog.)

  59. A fellow was famous worldwide
    There simply was nowhere to hide
    His brain plainly froze
    There’s no way he knows
    The three things he needs to preside

  60. RJ Clarken says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for the couches he hand-built with pride
    which had ‘split’ leather seats.
    And the name on receipts?
    It said, “Furnished by J. Killand Hide.”

  61. RJ Clarken says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for broadcasting chats fireside.
    FDR, first and last,
    used the early podcast
    as a method to help him preside.

  62. RJ Clarken says:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    for the songs that are sung ‘side by side.’
    Ah Paree/Buddy’s Blues/
    I’m Still Here. Ah, revues!
    (“I’m just a Broadway Baby,” she sighed.)

  63. Manicddaily says:

    Hi Mad–I’m a bit late in the game–just found your site but here are a couple:

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    
for all of the “plums” he had dried;
    If prunes they were called
    
He became quite appalled
    
And sat on the toilet and cried.

    A fellow was famous worldwide
    
For surmounting each stock market slide,
    Turned out, the man Madoff
    Ne’re once did a trade-off,
    Nothing ventured, everything lied.

    K.

  64. Manicddaily says:

    Ha! Just noticed other Madoff one! I guess he is a fitting subject for limericks!

  65. madkane says:

    I got back last night from the Lewis Black Cruise where I had minimal Internet connection. I’m reviewing all the limericks today and will get the Limerick of the Week and the new Limerick-Off posts up as soon as I can. I haven’t gotten my land legs back yet, so everything is spinning, including my computer screen. This is slowing me down a bit. :) Sorry!

  66. madkane says:

    This Limerick-Off is officially over, at long last. Sorry, once again, for the unavoidable delay. I’m still in post-cruise spin-mode. I just hope my dizziness hasn’t screwed up my new Limerick of the Week post and new Limerick-Off post.

    And the winner is… Limerick of the Week 35.

    Here’s the new Limerick-Off: Limerick Phase.

    Thanks everyone for your delightful limericks!