{"id":23079,"date":"2013-11-03T00:12:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T04:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=23079"},"modified":"2013-11-03T00:33:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T04:33:11","slug":"strips-limerick-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/11\/03\/strips-limerick-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick Strips (Limerick-Off Monday)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10151806164374315\">if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/11\/03\/limerick-of-the-week-138\/\">last week\u2019s Limerick Of The Week Winner<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/how-to-write-a-limerick\/\"><em>How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week\u2019s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A woman who frequently strips&#8230;<strong>*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A man was enjoying some strips&#8230;<strong>*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A woman who often outstrips&#8230;<strong>*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>(Please note that minor variations to my first lines are acceptable.  However, rhyme words may <strong>not<\/strong> be altered, except by using homonyms or homophones.)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my limerick:<\/p>\n<p>Limerick Strips<br \/>\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n<p>A waitress who often outstrips<br \/>\nHer co-workers in earning big tips<br \/>\nHad some tips for the guys<br \/>\nAnd the women: &#8220;Be wise.<br \/>\nRead my lips. Move your ass. Shake your hips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you\u2019re on Facebook, I hope you\u2019ll join my friends in that same activity on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10151806164374315\">my Facebook Limerick-Off post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email <a href=\"mailto:Madkane@MadKane.com?subject=MadKane's Newsletter&#038;body=I want my weekly MadKane Fix.\">Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here\u2019s last week\u2019s Limerick Of The Week Winner.) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64],"tags":[2482,3271,5009,4973,3890,3892,3891,1402,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23079"}],"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=23079"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23152,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23079\/revisions\/23152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}