{"id":22057,"date":"2013-09-01T00:11:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T04:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=22057"},"modified":"2013-09-01T00:23:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T04:23:11","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/09\/01\/limerick-of-the-week-129\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (129)"},"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

After punning, I\u2019m left all alone
\n\u2018Cause I make people grimace and moan.
\nIf you think they\u2019re bad now,
\nThen imagine just how
\nBad they\u2019ll be when my puns are full groan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Geology students alone
\nAt exams will collectively groan:
\nThe grading is picky
\nAnd questions are tricky
\nCuz answers are written in stone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Cyn<\/a>, Craig Dykstra, Tim James, Fred Bortz<\/a>, Tom Hale<\/a>, Bob Dvorak, and Will T. Laughlin<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Cyn:<\/p>\n

I tend to think better alone
\nAnd prefer to solve things on my own.
\nEven so, one can dream
\nOf how easy it’d seem,
\nIf I were as smart as my phone.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Craig Dykstra: <\/p>\n

“So when can I get you alone?”
\nSaid her butcher, who called on the phone.
\nSeems he misunderstood
\nWhen she asked if he could,
\nWith her meat order, give her a bone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tim James: <\/p>\n

A guy should have taken a loan
\nEre he took out a girl on his own.
\nHis full bill for their date
\nWas a buck ninety-eight.
\nBut he *did* let her choose cup or cone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred Bortz: <\/p>\n

The bagpiper marches alone.
\nWhat he wears neath his kilt is unknown.
\nBut it kinnae be borin’:
\nWhen watchin’ his sporran,
\nIt rises and falls with his drone.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tom Hale: <\/p>\n

The Queen bellowed, \u201cLeave me alone!
\nFirst, bring me my pipe of homegrown!\u201d
\nThe Page said, \u201cI can\u2019t,
\nYour Highness, I shan\u2019t
\nCondone a stoned crone on a throne!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bob Dvorak: <\/p>\n

A woman who needed a loan
\nAsked a banker to throw her a bone.
\n“My cred’s in the tank,
\nBut there’s cash in your bank.
\nIn exchange, I can foment a moan.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Will T. Laughlin:<\/p>\n

To a brothel he goes, all alone,
\nIn the city’s most dangerous zone;
\nHe’s disguised as a john
\nFor a story he’s on,
\nBut he’s hoping his cover gets 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":"

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 Kirk Miller, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: After punning, I\u2019m left all alone \u2018Cause I make people grimace and moan. If you think they\u2019re bad […]<\/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":[3115,2690,3785,3523,3499,3284,5009,5018,3167,3522,3543,487,523],"class_list":["post-22057","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-craig-dykstra","tag-cyn","tag-fred-bortz","tag-kevin-ahern","tag-kirk-miller","tag-limerick-contest","tag-limerick-of-the-week","tag-tim-james","tag-tom-hale","tag-will-t-laughlin","tag-writing-competitions","tag-writing-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22057","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=22057"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22167,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22057\/revisions\/22167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}