{"id":21055,"date":"2013-06-02T02:57:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T06:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=21055"},"modified":"2013-06-02T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T07:07:48","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/06\/02\/limerick-of-the-week-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (116)"},"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 Kirk Miller, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

As you age you may feel rather ill,
\nBut your life needn\u2019t lack for a thrill.
\nHere\u2019s a message that\u2019s true:
\nJust remember that you
\nPick up speed when you\u2019re going down hill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Ailsa McKillop: <\/p>\n

A gal who was feeling quite ill
\nSaid bravely, “I just have a chill.”
\nBut the cause of malaise
\nWas one Nature obeys
\nWhen a woman forgets just one Pill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Phyllis Sterling Smith a\/k\/a Granny Smith<\/a>, Byron Miller a\/k\/a Errol Nimbly, Sue Dulley, Scott Crowder, Fred Bortz<\/a>, John Peter Larkin, Colleen Murphy<\/a>, and David Lefkovits a\/k\/a Dr. Goose<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Phyllis Sterling Smith: <\/p>\n

A man who was frequently ill
\nWas told to eat plenty of krill
\nWhich his doctor, a shark,
\nHad prescribed as a lark,
\nThen sent him a whale of a bill.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Byron Miller: <\/p>\n

\nTis a good wind which blows one no ill
\nThat will swirl \u2018neath girls\u2019 dresses and thrill
\nPassing gents with a peek
\nAt the regions they seek,
\nLifting hopes which they long to fulfill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sue Dulley: <\/p>\n

North Koreans once had Kim Jong-il
\nRule their land with his powerful will.
\nNow it falls to his son,
\nWho is named Kim Jong-un,
\nHis father’s large flip-flops to fill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scott Crowder: <\/p>\n

A woman was feeling quite ill
\nAt the thought of that five dollar bill
\nIn the crack of her butt;
\nShe becomes such a slut
\nWhen Tequila determines her will.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred Bortz: <\/p>\n

The mallard was feeling quite ill
\nSo the duck doctor gave him a pill.
\nBut the bird blew his stack,
\n‘Cause the doc was a quack
\nAnd charged him a wing and a bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Peter Larkin: <\/p>\n

A gal was convinced she was ill
\nAfter eating an off-tasting dill.
\nShe asked her poor spouse
\nWhy he\u2019s still in the house
\nAnd not fetching a curative pill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colleen Murphy: <\/p>\n

A drunkard was feeling quite ill
\nAfter reading his credit card bill.
\n“On the first of September
\nThe flight I remember,
\nBut not where I spent half a mil!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Lefkovits a\/k\/a Dr. Goose:<\/p>\n

A woman was suddenly ill
\nWhen she glanced at the theater\u2019s playbill,
\nAnd found it quite odd;
\nShe\u2019d reserved Sweeney Todd,
\nBut the Barber was now in Seville.<\/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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