Archive for the ‘Food & Drink Humor’ Category
Saturday, December 23rd, 2017
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using FINE (or DEFINE/REFINE/CONFINE) at the end of any one line. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to CELEBRATIONS, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best CELEBRATION-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on January 7, 2018, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, January 6, 2018, at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
The food at the diner was fine
And surprisingly cheap, but the wine
Was the kind that you’d pay
Through the nose for — gourmet;
Its steep prices confined me to stein.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) 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.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Competition Limerick, Diner Humor, Food Humor, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Wine Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 117 Comments »
Friday, December 9th, 2016
I would love a good chocolate bar,
But most of it tastes under par.
Are my standards too strict?
I confess, I feel licked;
Find a bonbon unmarred? None so far!
Tags: Candy, Candy Humor, Chocolate, Chocolate Poem, Flavor Humor, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Taste Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Where Have All The Good Chocolate Bars Gone? (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
I do not understand the appeal
Of a greasy and fat-laden meal.
Yet folks by the tons
Risk getting the runs
From fried items, with heart-stopping zeal.
Happy Greasy Foods Day! (October 25)
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Greasy Foods Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Me Celebrate Greasy Foods Day? Not On Your Life! (Limerick)
Monday, October 24th, 2016
At the taste of bologna, I groan.
Processed meats make me cringe, gag, and moan.
Yet for some, they’re a treat.
Keep your mystery meat,
Else my face shall be meeting my “throne.”
Happy National Bologna Day! (October 24)
Tags: Bologna Day, Cold Cuts, Food Humor, Food Verse, Mystery Meat, National Bologna Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on It’s Bologna Day — No Baloney! (Limerick)
Sunday, August 21st, 2016
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using SACK at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to HEAT, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best HEAT-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on September 4, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A gal in the mood for a snack
Was tempted to purchase a sack
Filled with pretzels and chips,
Which would go to her hips.
How she wished it would go to her rack.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) 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.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Appearance, Appearance Humor, Competition Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Physical Appearance, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 80 Comments »
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
“Please help me get out of my fix.
I was fixing to bake with a mix,
And I thought I had butter
Behind all the clutter.
May I borrow a couple of sticks?”
“Your question is very confusing,”
Was the answer. “What mix are you using
That requires two sticks
Of butter? I’d nix
Such a mix and just stick to your boozing.”
Tags: Baking Humor, Banking Limerick, Cake Mix, Cakes, Food Humor, Food Verse
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | 1 Comment »
Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
Happy “Eat Beans Day!”
A man was incensed because beans
Caused an ailment he’d had since his teens;
His digestion was marred
To the point he was barred
From small rooms, though allowed in latrines.
Tags: Bathroom Humor, Beans Limerick, Digestion Humor, Eat Beans Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, July Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Spilling The Beans About “Eat Beans Day” (Limerick)
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Today is a big day for bourbon,
But my taste for it doesn’t need curbin’.
Now tequila and wine
And cognac are fine.
But the flavor of bourbon? Disturbin’!
Happy National Bourbon Day! (June 14)
Tags: Alcohol Verse, Beverage Humor, Bourbon Day, Bourbon Humor, Bourbon Limerick, Drinking Humor, June Holidays, National Bourbon Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Bourbon Day
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Asparagus doesn’t appeal to me,
And it guts what might be a good meal to me.
Brussels sprouts can be yummy.
With brocc’li I’m chummy.
But asparagus spears are “no deal” to me.
May 24 is Asparagus Day.
Tags: Asparagus Day, Asparagus Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Vegetable Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 30th, 2016
I follow the smells where they lead me.
“I want you,” I cry. They don’t heed me.
Then my senses all quicken;
It’s barbecue chicken!
How I long to say, “Neighbors, please feed me.”
Happy National Sense Of Smell Day! (last Saturday of April)
Tags: April Holidays, Barbecue, Chicken Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, Odd Holidays, Sense Of Smell Day, Smell Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Smell Humor | Comments Off on The Nose Knows (Limerick)
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
On St. Patrick’s Day food I’m not keen.
Its corned beef and cabbage cuisine
Makes my stomach feel queer,
And the same goes for beer.
Partake… and I’ll surely turn green.
Tags: Beer, Cabbage, Celebrations Poetry, Food Poem, Holiday Humor, Irish Limerick, Irish Pubs, March Holidays, Seasonal Verse, St. Paddy's Day, St. Patrick's Day Humor
Posted in Celebrations Poetry, Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, February 6th, 2016
Happy National Chopsticks Day! (February 6)
Eating East Asian food drives me nuts.
The reason? Alas, I’m a klutz
And am dreadful with chopsticks;
I frequently drop sticks…
So must stick to a fork like a putz.
Tags: Asian Cuisine, Asian Food, Chopsticks Day, Chopsticks Humor, February Holidays, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Food Verse, National Chopsticks Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
For some inexplicable reason, today’s “Take A Cruise Day,” which is my excuse for this limerick:
While a fellow was off on a cruise,
He smoked grass and kept knocking back booze.
“When I’m seasick,” he said,
“Weed and hootch soothe my head.
And I’d rather be woozy from wooze*.”
* “Wooze” is slang for the combination of weed and booze.
Tags: Alcohol Verse, Cruise Humor, Cruise Limerick, Drink Verse, Drinking Humor, Drinking Limerick, February Holidays, Grass, Marijuana, Odd Holidays, Take A Cruise Day, Travel Humor, Weed Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Travel Humor | Comments Off on Happy “Take A Cruise Day!” (Limerick)
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Happy “Eat Brussels Sprouts Day!”
Though for most of my life I had doubts
About choking down cooked Brussels sprouts,
I flout them no more;
Well prepared, they’re top drawer.
Now I tout ’em instead. No more pouts!
Tags: Brussels Sprouts, Eat Brussels Sprouts Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Vegetables
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
A man who should never eat cheese,
Ignores ev’ry cough and each wheeze
That comes in reaction
And once led to traction;
He can’t hack cheese-attraction disease.
Happy National Cheese Lovers Day, which is celebrated on January 20th.
Note: National Cheese Day falls on June 4th.
Tags: Allergy Humor, Cheese Humor, Cheese Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Health Limericks, January Holidays, June Holidays, National Cheese Day, National Cheese Lover's Day, Odd Holidays, Traction Humor
Posted in Allergy Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Cheesy Limerick
Saturday, January 16th, 2016
My “Dear Chef” limerick, just in time for International Hot and Spicy Food Day (Jan. 16):
Dear Chef:
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My pref’rence is food that is hot;
Not in contrast to cold, but that’s got
Lots of tongue-burning spice.
This Thai entree with rice
Should attack me. Is THAT your best shot?
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Hot And Spicy Food Day, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Spicy Food
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Gunning For A Hot, Spicy Meal (Limerick)
Monday, January 4th, 2016
Today’s a big day for spaghetti,
Although no one is throwing confetti.
Not too thin, not too thick,
It is reas’nably quick
To prepare, though disdained by the petty.
(National Spaghetti Day is January 4. This isn’t to be confused with National Pasta Day, which is Oct.17.)
Tags: Food Verse, January Holidays, National Spaghetti Day, Odd Holidays, Pasta Humor, Spaghetti Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy National Spaghetti Day (Limerick)
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Few inventions inspire my awe,
But I’m rather impressed with the straw.
Sucking liquid through tubes
Is suggestive of lubes…
Although straw men still stick in my craw.
(National Drinking Straw Day is celebrated on January 3, in honor of Marvin Stone’s January 3, 1888 patent.)
Tags: Drinking Humor, Drinking Straw Day, Drinking Straw Humor, Inventions Poem, January Holidays, Marvin Stone, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Drinking Straw Day (Jan. 3)
Thursday, December 24th, 2015
I’m not writing a climate-change screed,
But I’d wager most folks would concede
This is crazy as heck:
Icy drinks on our deck,
Late December, New York. Coat? No need!
Tags: Climate Change, December Holidays, Drinking Limerick, Holiday Humor, New York City, Outdoors Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Outdoors Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 1 Comment »
