Posts Tagged ‘November Holidays’
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
While I don’t drink stout (or any sort of beer, ale, lager, etc.) I couldn’t resist celebrating “International Stout Day” with a limerick:
A patient whose ailment was gout,
Was informed that he drank too much stout.
The fellow turned pale,
As he yelled “I need ale!
“Downing beer is what living’s about.”
Tags: Beer Humor, Beer Limerick, Drink Verse, Drinking Humor, Drinking Limerick, Food and Drink, International Stout Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Stout Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
Just in time for Book Lovers Day, celebrated both on the first Saturday of November and on August 9:
Like most of my friends I love books,
And I don’t want to read them on Nooks
Or other devices;
Real paper entices.
Don’t dare give me pity-filled looks!
Tags: August Holidays, Authors & Playwrights, Book Lovers Day, Computer Humor, E-Books, E-Readers, Electronic Devices, Kindles, Nooks, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Book Publishing Humor, Books, Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Thanksgiving Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I should really stop singing the blues
And bemoaning the terrible news
And, instead, send this greeting:
At least we are eating;
Many people lack roof, food, and shoes.
Tags: Bad News Humor, Holiday Poetry, Holiday Thanks, November Holidays, Thanksgiving Poem, Thanksgiving Verse
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, News Humor | Comments Off on Thanksgiving Limerick
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Greedy Stores
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Don’t reward greedy, cynical stores
For behaving like gluttonous whores:
If they’re open on days
Like Thanksgiving, it pays
To shop elsewhere. Don’t walk through their doors!
******
A Companion Haiku:
Stores, be on notice:
Open doors on Thanksgiving?
Brace for a boycott.
******
Tags: Family & Relatives Humor, Holiday Humor, Money & Finance Humor, November Holidays, Shopping Humor, Thanksgiving
Posted in Family & Relatives Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Shopping Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Greedy Stores
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Homemade Bread Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It is Homemade Bread Day, but don’t make me.
Even future bread begs, “Please don’t bake me!”
I’m not good with a stove;
Don’t know clover, from clove.
In the kitchen my brain cells forsake me.
Tags: Bread, Bread Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Homemade Bread Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “Homemade Bread Day” (Nov. 17)
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Limerick Ode To National Unfriend Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Do Internet pests take their toll
And play an insidious role
In your Facebooking life?
You can deal with such strife:
Just unfriend all those trolls. Take control!
Tags: Facebook Friendship, Facebook Humor, Facebook Trolls, Internet Trolls, National Unfriend Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Social Media Poetry, Troll Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Communication Humor, Facebook Humor, Friendship Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Relationship Humor, Social Media Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Limerick Ode To “Lovable Lawyers Day”
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s “Lovable Lawyers Day.” Whee!
But this day isn’t greeted with glee.
It seems most people say:
“Love a Lawyer? No Way!”
But what about ex-Esqs … like me?
*****
Alternative Version for “Love Your Lawyer Day” (1st Friday in November)
“Love Your Lawyer Day” most will agree
Isn’t greeted with gusto or glee.
Many clients would say:
“Love my lawyer? No way!”
But what about ex-Esqs … like me?
Tags: Law Humor, Lawyers, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Legal Limerick, Lovable Lawyers Day, Love Your Lawyer Day, November Holidays, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “Lovable Lawyers Day” (October 8)
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)
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Happy “World Kindness Day,” which is celebrated on November 13th.
Limerick Ode To “World Kindness Day”
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s “World Kindness Day.” Try to be nice.
Put your mean inclinations on ice.
Be pleasant and sweet—
A warm smile would be neat.
Please don’t hurt me — it’s only advice.
(Linked at DVerse Poets.)
Tags: Advice Limerick, Behavior Humor, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, World Kindness Day
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 23 Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Happy International Accounting Day, which is celebrated on November 10th. My apologies to accountants for this limerick:
Limerick Ode To An Excellent Career
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The comptroller had tried to do well
With his powerful urge to excel.
He had planned out his life
Using spreadsheets, but strife
Intervened. He’s accounting in hell.
UPDATE: October 17 is Spreadsheet Day.
Tags: Accountant Poem, Accounting Humor, International Accounting Day, Money & Finance Humor, Money Verse, November Holidays, October Holidays, Spreadsheet Day, Spreadsheets
Posted in Limericks, Money & Finance Humor | 10 Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Tomorrow, August 9, is Book Lover’s Day Needless to say, I’m celebrating with a limerick:
Best Selling Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow who had what it took
To author a best selling book
“Wrote” novels galore.
(Able ghosts did the chore.)
He made millions by hook and by crook.
Tags: August Holidays, Authors & Playwrights, Best Sellers Humor, Book Lovers Day, Ghost Writing, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Book Publishing Humor, Books, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
My Facebook friend, comedy writer/director/producer Chris Bearde, recently said:
Satire, taken broadly as a form of comedy protest, will bring you FB friends and lose you some too… so the playing field is always level.
Chris’s comments inspired me to write this limerick:
Political Un-Friendship (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Facebook friends can at times take offense
At jokes at their party’s expense.
If they click on “unfriend”
In order to end
Such humor exposure, they’re dense.
UPDATE: I’ve just found out that November 17th is National Unfriend Day. Apparently, the holiday was invented three years ago by Jimmy Kimmel. So, who should be “unfriended?” According to Kimmel, the “proud parent,” “the Instagrammer,” and the “overly-political poster” should all be history. Methinks I fall afoul of the third category.
Tags: Chris Bearde, Comedy Protest, Facebook Friendship, Facebook Humor, National Unfriend Day, November Holidays, Political Sensitivity, Satire, Sense Of Humor, Social Media Poetry
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Communication Humor, Facebook Humor, Friendship Humor, Limericks, Political Satire, Public Figures, Relationship Humor, Social Media Humor, Social Satire | 9 Comments »
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Dear Merchants (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s Black Friday — you want us to shop,
To spend all of our money, non-stop.
But I won’t spend a dime
Cuz I’d rather spend time
Writing rhymes I could trade. Care to swap?
Tags: Black Friday, Department Stores, Holiday Humor, Money Verse, November Holidays, Shopping Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Holiday Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Shopping Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 5 Comments »
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Raw Confusion Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I stare at my freezer, unglued:
I’m in “Indian leftovers” mood.
But it’s chaos in there.
Yes, from now on I swear
That I’ll label my freezer-bound food.
UPDATE: I just found out that November 29th is “Throw Out Your Leftovers Day.” And October 30th is Haunted Refrigerator Night.
Tags: Eating Limerick, Food Poetry, Food Verse, Freezer Limerick, Frozen Food, Haunted Refrigerator Night, Household Chores, Indian Cuisine, Leftovers Limerick, November Holidays, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Throw Out Your Leftovers Day
Posted in Chores Humor, Food & Drink Humor, House & Home Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 10 Comments »
Monday, May 16th, 2011
I’m always looking for fun ways to jumpstart my muse. A new favorite is this Serendipitous Oxymoron writing prompt generator over at the Writing Fix. Just a couple of clicks can pair you up with an amusing or thought-provoking oxymoron. For instance, today it gave me “Tasty Tragedy,” which inspired this limerick:
Tasty Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The baker delivered his cake,
As the bride yelled, “I’ve made a mistake!”
She canceled her vows.
But that cake sure got wows,
As the wedding turned into a wake.
UPDATE: November 26th is National Cake Day.
Tags: Bakery, Baking Humor, Brides & Grooms, Cakes, Food Verse, National Cake Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Oxymorons, Serendipity, Wedding Humor, Writing Fix, Writing Prompts
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Celebrations Poetry, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Odd Holidays, Oxymoron Humor | 10 Comments »