{"id":16295,"date":"2012-10-06T22:59:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T02:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=16295"},"modified":"2012-10-06T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T03:12:02","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2012\/10\/06\/limerick-of-the-week-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (82)"},"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>. <\/p>\n

Congratulations to Carolyn Henly, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

A waitress tr\u00e9s prone to dismay
\nHad a beautiful tray to display.
\nBut she tripped on a peel,
\nWent head over heel,
\nAnd ended up wholly distrait.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to Jesse Levy<\/a> who wins this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for this limerick which received the most Facebook “likes.”<\/p>\n

A fellow expressed his dismay
\nAt having to work every day.
\nHis doctor said stress
\nWould harm him much less
\nIf he sat back and lit up a jay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Daniel Ari<\/a>, RJ Clarken<\/a>, Johanna Richmond, Veralynne Bosko Pepper, Marty McCullen, John Sardo<\/a>, and Bruce Niedt<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Daniel Ari: <\/p>\n

A fellow displayed his dismay:
\n\u201cI came all this way to the Bay.
\nBut I can\u2019t understand
\nThe lay of the land
\nThat they said was the land of the lay.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

RJ Clarken: <\/p>\n

A clergyman showed his dismay
\nAt his obvious naivet\u00e9
\nSince a \u2018lady\u2019 he met
\nConned him. Now deep in debt,
\nHe\u2019s much wiser to cute Birds of Pray.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johanna Richmond: <\/p>\n

Giving birth, she displayed her dismay
\nWhen it seemed she\u2019d been pushing all day.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t want to be snipped!\u201d
\n\u201cThat\u2019s OK,\u201d hubby quipped.
\n\u201cWhen I need you I\u2019ll take the back way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Veralynne Bosko Pepper: <\/p>\n

A woman displayed her dismay.
\nHer hotel john had just a bidet!
\nTrepidatious at first,
\nThough she thought she might burst,
\nShe tried it and stayed there all day!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marty McCullen: <\/p>\n

A fellow displayed his dismay
\nAt why all his hair had turned gray.
\nHe wasn’t that old,
\nOr so he was told,
\nBut hair seems to have the last say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Sardo: <\/p>\n

A fellow betrayed his dismay
\nAt his wife who would quickly display
\nHer elegant charms
\nIn friends\u2019 eager arms:
\nHe said, “Honey, at least make them pay.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bruce Niedt: <\/p>\n

Young Hester displayed her dismay
\nThat her rep in Sex Ed could hold sway.
\n\u201cThey think that I\u2019m sultry.
\nInured in adult\u2019ry \u2013
\nIt\u2019s a class where I don\u2019t want an \u2018A\u2019.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to Johanna Richmond and Craig Dykstra who jointly win this special Limerick Repartee Award for this limerick exchange:<\/p>\n

Johanna Richmond:<\/p>\n

A fellow displays his dismay
\nWith a grunt and a \u201cwhat can I say?\u201d
\nA woman, however,
\nIs likely to sever
\nYour schnitzel and let you decay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Craig Dykstra:<\/p>\n

As a guy, I express my dismay
\nAt the lim\u2019rick I read here today.
\nThough YOU think it\u2019s clever
\nThat schnitzel you sever
\nIs an image that won\u2019t go away!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johanna Richmond:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so sorry I caused you dismay.
\nIt was meant in a figur\u2019tive way:
\nIf it festers, why dance?
\nJust go straight for the lance —
\nThere\u2019s no need for a verbal ballet.<\/p>\n

But you\u2019re right; I have gotten too loose;
\nCutting words can still feel like abuse.
\nPlease forget what I said;
\nInsert this jab instead:
\n\u201cA swift kick to your cocky caboose.\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

To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/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. Congratulations to Carolyn Henly, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: A waitress tr\u00e9s prone to dismay Had a beautiful tray to display. But she tripped on a peel, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,84,1983,65,42],"tags":[2374,3197,2690,3023,2434,2065,2888,5009,5018,3223,2405,2501,487,523],"class_list":["post-16295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-limerick-award-winners","category-limerick-of-the-week","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limericks","tag-bruce-niedt","tag-carolyn-henly","tag-craig-dykstra","tag-daniel-ari","tag-jesse-levy","tag-johanna-richmond","tag-john-sardo","tag-limerick-contest","tag-limerick-of-the-week","tag-marty-mccullen","tag-rj-clarken","tag-veralynne-bosko-pepper","tag-writing-competitions","tag-writing-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=16295"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16430,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16295\/revisions\/16430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}