{"id":10689,"date":"2012-01-08T03:43:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T07:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=10689"},"modified":"2012-01-08T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T07:56:08","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2012\/01\/08\/limerick-of-the-week-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (43)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time to announce the latest Limerick of the Week based on submissions (on this blog and on Facebook) in last week’s Limerick-Off. <\/a> I’m very pleased to announce the winning Limerick of the Week and the Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n

Congratulations to GORDON RICHMOND who wins Limerick of the Week for this clever verse:<\/p>\n

As the new year approaches, men swear
\nThey will aim for the toilet with care,
\nBut the subject in hand
\nMay ignore the command
\nAnd reroute its direction mid-air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Robert Basler<\/a>, Brenda Bryant a\/k\/a Rinkly Rimes<\/a>, Robert Schechter, Madeleine Sara Maddocks<\/a>, Johanna Richmond, and Phyllis Sterling Smith a\/k\/a Granny Smith<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Robert Basler:<\/p>\n

As the new year approaches, men swear
\nThey will read all the works of Flaubert.
\nBut soon, it\u2019s \u201cHey, Mabel!
\n\u201cThis channel on cable
\n\u201cShows reruns of ‘Sonny and Cher!’\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brenda Bryant a\/k\/a Rinkly Rimes:<\/p>\n

As the New Year approaches men swear
\nThat they\u2019ll have a real hot love-affair.
\nBut the girls that they meet
\nIn the bar, on the street,
\nSay “We\u2019re sorry! Your cupboard is bare!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert Schechter: <\/p>\n

As the new year approaches, men swear
\nTo rise from their sofa or chair
\nAnd move their fat asses.
\nThe impulse soon passes,
\nReplaced by a staunch laissez faire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Madeleine Sara Maddocks:<\/p>\n

As the new year approaches, men swear
\nTo dispose of their old underwear,
\nAs their grubby old briefs
\nRouse disparaging shrieks
\nFrom the gals they invite to their lair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johanna Richmond:<\/p>\n

As the new year approaches, men swear:
\nNo more meat or at least none cooked rare;
\nWhy have twelve beers when six
\nIs an adequate fix?
\nAs for porn, only followed by prayer!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Phyllis Sterling Smith a\/k\/a Granny Smith: <\/p>\n

As the New Year approaches, gals swear
\nThat they MUST buy some NEW clothes to wear.
\nBut each husband still clings
\nTo his old worn-out things:
\n\u201cYou can NOT throw them out. Don\u2019t you dare!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations again to all the winners for your wonderful limericks. And thanks to everyone for your fun submissions.<\/p>\n

In the next couple of minutes I\u2019ll be posting a new Limerick-Off,<\/a> which gives you yet another opportunity to win Limerick Of The Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time to announce the latest Limerick of the Week based on submissions (on this blog and on Facebook) in last week’s Limerick-Off. I’m very pleased to announce the winning Limerick of the Week and the Honorable Mentions: Congratulations to GORDON RICHMOND who wins Limerick of the Week for this clever verse: As the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62,84,1192,1983,65,42],"tags":[2353,2595,2065,5009,5018,2402,2046,2280,2537,487,523],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10689"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10689"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10774,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10689\/revisions\/10774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}