Posts Tagged ‘Inventors’
Saturday, April 30th, 2022
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 DEEDS or MISDEEDS at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)
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 INVENTIONS, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best INVENTION-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 May 15, 2022, 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, May 14, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my DEEDS or MISDEEDS-rhyme limerick:
A bomber (uncaught) is aghast:
He’d been certain his freedom would last.
But some fresh cold-case leads
To his evil misdeeds
Mean a trial for a blast from the past.
And here’s my INVENTIONS-themed limerick:
When informed his design was unsound,
An inventor’s distress was profound:
“The unfairness is blatant!
Their bias is patent!
My grinder has broken new ground!”
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: Coffee Beans, Coffee Grinder Humor, Cold-Case Humor, Competition Limerick, Crime & Punishment Humor, Crime Limerick, Gadget Humor, Gadget Limerick, Grinder Humor, Grinder Limerick, Inventions Humor, Inventions Limerick, Inventors, Law Humor, Law Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Patent Humor, Patent Limerick, Poetry & Prompts, Trial Humor, Trial Limerick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Crime & Punishment Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Guns & Safety Humor, Inventions Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Weapons Humor | 159 Comments »
Saturday, November 6th, 2021
Happy “Sax Day!” And happy birthday to Adolphe Sax, its inventor! (November 6)
A horny musician named Phil
When flirting would trumpet his skill.
But he mispronounced “sax,”
The name of his ax,
So his chance of romance went downhill.
Tags: Adolphe Sax, Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, National Saxophone Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Sax Day, Sax Humor, Sax Limerick, Saxophone Day, Saxophone Humor, Saxophone Limerick
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Limericks, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Celebrating Sax (Limerick)
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
Congratulations to my wonderful husband Mark Kane, who’s now officially an “inventor” of a software patent, according to the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office:
My best friend and my love and my center!
(Sometimes mentor, but never tormentor)
Always good for a lark;
That’s my PATENTED Mark,
Who’s officially now an inventor.
Tags: Husband Wife Humor, Inventions, Inventions Humor, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Marriage Verse, Patent Humor, Software Patents
Posted in Inventions Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Though my mem’ry’s, alas, on the wane,
Here’s a day that should stick to my brain:
It’s for Richard G. Drew.
He did NOT invent glue,
But our bond with his Scotch Tape shall reign.
Happy Scotch Tape Day!
Tags: 3M Humor, Cellophane Tape, Cellulose Tape, Inventions, Inventors, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor, Richard Gurley Drew, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scotch Tape, Scotch Tape Day, Tape Humor
Posted in Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Science Humor | Comments Off on Happy Scotch Tape Day (January 31)
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Happy birthday to barbed wire’s inventor, Joseph Farwell Glidden. (Jan. 18, 1813-Oct. 9, 1906)
If you’d like to stop exit or entry,
Barbed wire can act as your sentry.
This invention by Glidden
Blocks people unbidden–
Quite handy for rich, landed gentry.
Tags: Barbed Wire, Inventions Humor, Inventions Poem, Inventors, January Holidays, Joseph Glidden, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, History Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Barbed Limerick
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Did anyone else love sharpening pencils as a child? I was reminded of this favorite ritual of mine, when I learned that today’s the anniversary of John Lee Love’s small, portable “Love Sharpener” patent.
Limerick Ode To The Pencil Sharpener
By Madeleine Begun Kane
As a youngster, I’d take much delight
In my writing tools, shiny and bright.
This is how I’d begin:
I’d stick pencils within
A small sharp’ner, my point-making rite.
How I’d rotate each pencil and stare
At its shavings, while taking great care.
And here’s what I’d ask
In my ritual task:
“Please pencil, don’t break. Don’t you dare!”
Cuz turning too much takes its toll
When the pointiest point is your goal.
But I learned over time:
Pencil points quite sublime
Can be Lovingly carved in that hole.
Tags: Inventions Humor, Inventions Poem, Inventors, John Lee Love, Patent Humor, Pencil Sharpener
Posted in History Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Writing & Publishing Humor | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
Limerick Ode To The Stove
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A stove is a handy device.
For cooking, some say, it works nice.
I can’t speak to that fact,
For I don’t interact
Well with kitchens. I can, though, boil rice.
Today in Kitchen History: On June 11, 1793, Robert Haeterick was granted the first American stove patent for a stove design of cast iron.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Kitchen Limerick, Patent Humor, Rice, Robert Haeterick, Robert Heterick, Science Advances, Science Humor, Stove Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, House & Home Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
I just discovered a delicious factoid: what we now know as Scotch Tape was invented by a banjo player who worked for 3M. The inventor, Richard Gurley Drew, patented his adhesive tape on May 27, 1930.
I’m Attached To Tape (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Picture life without 3M Scotch Tape:
Stuff we need to affix would escape.
Paper’s bound to be freed
(Sticky wicket, indeed!)
While we’re stuck, all unglued and agape.
Happy Cellophane Tape Day!
Tags: 3M Humor, Adhesive Tape, Banjo Player, Cellophane Tape, Cellophane Tape Day, Cellulose Tape, Inventions, Inventors, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor, Richard Gurley Drew, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scotch Tape, Tape Humor
Posted in Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | Comments Off on I’m Attached To Tape (Limerick)
Sunday, March 16th, 2014
A few minutes ago, I announced the 156th Limerick of the Week. And that means it’s anniversary time at Mad Kane’s Limerick-Offs.
The Limerick of the Week Awards started as an experiment three years ago in March 2011. Of course, I had been informally posting limerick prompts for years before that. But it was on March 13, 2011 that I decided to get organized and start picking weekly winners. Here’s what I wrote.
But I’m trying something a bit different this time: One of your limericks will be anointed Limerick Of The Week.
As you can see, my experiment took. So congratulations to all of you and thanks so much for helping to make this limerick competition such a success.
In light of our 3rd Limerick of the Week Anniversary, I’m offering you an alternative: In addition to your regular challenge, you may write a limerick related to SPRING, using any first line. Next week I’ll present an extra award — one for the best spring-related limerick.
And now, getting back to the business at hand, 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.)
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 Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A woman was feeling undone…*
or
A fellow announced, “We are done…”*
or
A creditor threatened to dun…*
*(Please note that minor variations to my first lines are acceptable. However, rhyme words may not be altered, except by using homonyms or homophones.)
Here’s my limerick:
Undone Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A would-be inventor’s undone
When told to go back to square one;
His whole concept shot down
By each bank with a frown—
No bucks for his edible gun!
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.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Bank Humor, Competition Limerick, Gun Humor, Inventors, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Loans & Borrowing, Money & Finance Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 82 Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Happy birthday Mr. Bell! (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)
Birthday Ode to Alexander Graham Bell (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Happy birthday, dear Alex Graham Bell.
As the telephone’s father, you’re swell.
I shall try not to hold
You to blame for the cold
Way we’re tortured by phone voicemail hell.
Tags: Alexander Graham Bell, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Phone Humor, Telephone Humor, Telephone Verse, Voicemail Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Birthday Ode to Alexander Graham Bell
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
Here’s an invention we could have done nicely without: On November 7, 1876, the cigarette manufacturing machine was patented by Albert H. Hook.
I’m Not Hooked On This Patent (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A patent that now seems obscene
For the cigarette making machine
Has a birthday today.
Albert Hook paved the way,
Hooking people on cigs to make green.
Tags: Albert Hook, Cigarettes, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Nicotine Limerick, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor, Smoking Humor, Tobacco
Posted in Addiction Humor, Behavior & Personality, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Smoking Humor | Comments Off on I’m Not Hooked On This Patent (Limerick)
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
A Sax Tale
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A blowhard musician named Rand
Played sax (not too well) in a band.
He’d blow solos, yet boast.
Now he’s finally toast—
The leader, at last, took a stand.
UPDATE: November 6 is Saxophone Day, in honor of inventor Adolphe Sax’s birthday in 1814.
Tags: Adolphe Sax, Bandleaders Humor, Blowhards Humor, Boasting, Conductor Limerick, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, November Holidays, Sax Humor, Saxophone Limerick
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Inventions Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Odd Holidays | 9 Comments »
