{"id":17464,"date":"2012-12-09T01:33:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T05:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=17464"},"modified":"2012-12-09T01:44:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T05:44:39","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2012\/12\/09\/limerick-of-the-week-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (91)"},"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 David Lefkovits a\/k\/a Dr. Goose<\/a>, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

A king who was rather urbane
\nDecreed that, throughout his domain,
\nThe marching brigades
\nMust practice their trades
\nIf they want to parade on his reign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

My accountant is smart and urbane.
\nHe knows tricks that can hide any gain.
\nHis skills are so clear
\nThat he\u2019s known around here
\nAs the Master of Ledger-demain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Robert Schechter, Phyllis Sterling Smith a\/k\/a Granny Smith<\/a>, Colleen Murphy<\/a>, Kathy El-Assal, Bob Dvorak, Jamie Hutchinson, Kirk Miller, and KC Browncoat Sloan<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Robert Schechter:<\/p>\n

A baker from France, so urbane,
\nDecided to open a chain
\nOf stores selling bread,
\nBut it sounded instead
\nLike he sold S&M: “Au Bon Pain.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

My dog who is rather urbane
\nThinks trips to the woods are a pain,
\nJust tree trunks and bugs
\nwith NO hydrant plugs.
\nHe lifts up his leg in disdain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colleen Murphy: <\/p>\n

The British folk, mostly urbane
\nThought England\u2019s Prince Harry inane
\nFor clearly not knowing
\nThe parts he was showing
\nWould not just in Vegas remain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kathy El-Assal:<\/p>\n

There once was an artist urbane,
\nAvant-guard in the past, now mundane.
\nTo reignite interest,
\nHe posted on Pinterest
\nA shock-value, cock weathervane.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bob Dvorak: <\/p>\n

A man who was rather urbane
\nThought his lim’ricks did better in Spain.
\nBut sea air wouldn’t do,
\nSo to Paris he flew.
\nIn the end they just found him… in Seine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jamie Hutchinson: <\/p>\n

A rancher who\u2019s very urbane
\nGives his cattle a sip of champagne
\nFrom a glass, not a trough,
\nBefore sending them off
\nTo the slaughter by passenger train.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kirk Miller:<\/p>\n

A man who is rather urbane
\nIs balding and wants to attain
\nMore hair on his head.
\nA sculler friend said:
\nThe elegant method: Row-gain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

KC Browncoat Sloan:<\/p>\n

A man who was rather urbane,
\nFrom drinking would often abstain.
\nWhen friends asked him why,
\nHe would say, with a sigh,
\n“Well, the shakes make me spill my cocaine.”<\/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 David Lefkovits a\/k\/a Dr. Goose, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: A king who was rather urbane Decreed that, throughout his domain, The marching brigades Must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,84,3270,1192,1983,65,42],"tags":[3115,2525,2690,2047,3073,2543,3336,3284,5009,5018,2046,2537,487,523],"class_list":["post-17464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-limerick-award-winners","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-of-the-week","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limericks","tag-bob-dvorak","tag-colleen-murphy","tag-craig-dykstra","tag-david-lefkovits","tag-jamie-hutchinson","tag-kathy-el-assal","tag-kc-browncoat-sloan","tag-kirk-miller","tag-limerick-contest","tag-limerick-of-the-week","tag-phyllis-sterling-smith","tag-robert-schechter","tag-writing-competitions","tag-writing-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464","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=17464"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17593,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}