{"id":22722,"date":"2013-10-13T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=22722"},"modified":"2013-10-13T00:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T04:13:03","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/10\/13\/limerick-of-the-week-135\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (135)"},"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 Kathy El-Assal, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

In the Marrakech souk, a trained snake
\nEmerged from his basket, awake.
\nThe snake charmer rose
\nAnd offered to pose.
\n“No fangs!” said the visiting sheik.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to Craig Dykstra who, in a tie with HIMSELF, wins this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for these TWO limericks which received the most Facebook “likes.”<\/p>\n

She swerved sharply, avoiding a snake,
\nAnd her car ended up in the lake.
\nTo the man at the shop,
\nSaid “The damn thing won’t stop \u2013
\nIf you would, sir, please give me a brake.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

The guest had a very large snake
\nAnd was feeding it pieces of cake.
\nBut the host said, “Ya know
\nIt seems in-apropos
\nTo be bringing your pet to a wake.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Patrice Stewart a\/k\/a Patrice Jenine, a\/k\/a Patrice of the ManyCats, Phyllis LaVietes, Robert Basler<\/a>, and Steve Whitred<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Patrice Stewart a\/k\/a Patrice Jenine, a\/k\/a Patrice of the ManyCats:<\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake
\nAnd cooed to it, offering cake:
\n“Your pattern is stunning,
\nI find you quite cunning.”
\nSix people attended her wake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Phyllis LaVietes: <\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake
\nWhich offered her chocolate cake.
\n\u201cForbidden! My diet!\u201d
\nShe said, \u201cOr I\u2019d try it.\u201d
\nEve\u2019s making no Eden mistake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert Basler:<\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake
\nIn some batter she started to bake.
\nShe gasped, and said, “Whoa!
\n“I’m baking a boa!
\n“Prepare to be hugged by a cake!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve Whitred: <\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake,
\nSo a soup she decided to make.
\nMet a croc, made a stew,
\nNow her boyfriend’s untrue,
\nAnd she’s thinking a brisket she’ll bake.<\/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 Kathy El-Assal, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: In the Marrakech souk, a trained snake Emerged from his basket, awake. The snake charmer rose And offered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62,84,1192,1983,65,42],"tags":[2690,2543,5009,5018,2225,3868,2280,3342,487,523],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22722"}],"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=22722"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22823,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22722\/revisions\/22823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}