{"id":19243,"date":"2013-03-03T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=19243"},"modified":"2013-03-03T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:11:10","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/03\/03\/limerick-of-the-week-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (103)"},"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 Ira Bloom, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

A gay fellow often will drone,
\nHow his Android, on ‘vibe,’ makes him groan.
\n“As in ‘moan?'” asks his guys,
\n“Also ‘large'” he replies.
\n“‘Groan’ and ‘grown;’ it’s a fab homophone.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to Tim James and Sue Dulley, who jointly win the Special Oscar-Themed Limerick Award for their respective funny limericks:<\/p>\n

Tim James: <\/p>\n

Though \u201cLincoln\u201d showed craft and \u00e9lan,
\nAnd by critics was much smiled upon,
\nDespite all the spinning
\nIts chances of winning
\nArgoing, Argoing, Argone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sue Dulley: <\/p>\n

The nominees, spruced up and styled,
\nPast red carpet cam’ras have filed.
\nThey sit in their places
\nWith faux-serene faces,
\nWhile the audience goes Oscar-wild.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to Edmund Conti, who wins this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for this funny limerick.<\/p>\n

A fellow would constantly drone
\nOn and on in the same monotone.
\nAnd to make matters worse,
\nHe would do it in verse
\nIn the voice of Sylvester Stallone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) SisterAE<\/a>, Jim Gallagher<\/a>, Craig Dykstra, Jamie Hutchinson, David Lefkovits a\/k\/a Dr. Goose<\/a>, Robert Schwarztrauber<\/a>, and Steve Whitred<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Sister AE: <\/p>\n

A fellow who\u2019d constantly drone
\nOn the bagpipes when he was alone,
\nHad offended his girl
\nWith the squeak and the skirl.
\nBut he now tries his best to atone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim Gallagher: <\/p>\n

The airman maneuvered the drone
\nAt his desk in an office, alone.
\nHe struck them all dead
\nIn an impulse of dread,
\nWhile he ordered Chinese on the phone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Craig Dykstra: <\/p>\n

Met this prig who just tended to drone
\nAbout surveys that \u201cclearly have shown\u201d
\nTrue New Yorkers have class,
\nBut this wannabe ass
\nReally drives in each day from Bayonne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jamie Hutchinson: <\/p>\n

Bend an ear to the paperclip drone:
\nBy hook or by crook there\u2019s a tone.
\nThose hairpins are bound
\nTo report with some sound.
\nWhy else would the French say \u201ctrombone\u201d<\/a>?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Lefkovits: <\/p>\n

A fellow who’d constantly drone
\nOf all the wild seeds he had sown
\nIncreasingly found
\nThat, as an old hound,
\nIt’s harder to dig up a bone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert Schwarztrauber: <\/p>\n

A fellow who felt like a drone,
\nRang the President up on the phone.
\nSaid he wanted to spy
\nOn his neighbor from high
\nWhen she’s out by the pool all alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve Whitred: <\/p>\n

A woman would constantly drone
\nTo her sis \u201cGet a beau of your own\u201d
\nBecause, if she arose
\nTo go powder her nose,
\nShe\u2019d return, and her date would be blown.<\/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":"

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