{"id":23825,"date":"2013-12-22T00:10:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T04:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=23825"},"modified":"2013-12-22T02:18:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T06:18:57","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/12\/22\/limerick-of-the-week-145\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (145)"},"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 Byron Miller a\/k\/a Errol Nimbly, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

Found a cup at some joker\u2019s yard sale;
\nPewter — pierced, so it seemed, by a nail.
\nWhen I offered to dicker
\nHe said, read the sticker:
\n\u201cThis goblet’s a real holey grail.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

There’s a call girl whose love is for sale
\nAnd a jokester who’s hot on her trail.
\nIt’s considered the case
\nOf the wit and the chase:
\nHe’s the wag who is dogging the tail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Tim James, Scott Crowder, John Lawrence Ramos<\/a>, Fred Bortz<\/a>, Sancho Panza<\/a>, Jesse Levy<\/a>, and Will T. Laughlin<\/a>. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Tim James: <\/p>\n

A rich guy who\u2019d frequently sail
\nLost it all in a stock market fail.
\nThough it isn\u2019t his wish,
\nHe now guts and cleans fish.
\nAnd his sal’ry? He\u2019s working for scale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scott Crowder: <\/p>\n

A woman went out for a sail
\nWith a fine and appreciative male.
\nThey jibed fore and aft
\nOn the deck and life raft.
\nHis dinghy, she knows in detail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Lawrence Ramos: <\/p>\n

Ahab Junior, had no urge to sail,
\nBut instead roamed his yard with a pail.
\n“My old man died at sea,”
\nHe remarked, “but not me—
\nI’m hunting a tiny white snail.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred Bortz: <\/p>\n

Don’t allow Jewish guilt to assail
\nWhen your muse moves you outside the pale.
\nNo topic’s off base
\nOr should cause you disgrace,
\nExcept if your limerick’s stale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sancho Panza: <\/p>\n

A lady went out for a sail
\nWith a handsome and seafaring male.
\nShe returned on the tide
\nWith the semen inside—
\nA humpback is more than a whale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesse Levy: <\/p>\n

A fellow was pleased with the sale
\nTo a Sheik of his wife in a veil.
\nNow she can bug him<\/strong>
\nTo go to the gym
\nAnd eat dinners made only of kale!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

The Cap\u2019n decided to sail
\nStraight into the worst of the gale;
\nSighed the mate, \u201cThis\u2019ll hap\u2019n
\nEach time that the Cap\u2019n
\nGets into the cargo of ale.\u201d<\/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 Byron Miller a\/k\/a Errol Nimbly, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: Found a cup at some joker\u2019s yard sale; Pewter — pierced, so it seemed, by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,84,1192,1983,65,42],"tags":[2578,3116,3523,2434,3901,5009,5018,3952,2223,3167,3543,487,523],"class_list":["post-23825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-limerick-award-winners","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-of-the-week","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limericks","tag-byron-miller","tag-chris-doyle","tag-fred-bortz","tag-jesse-levy","tag-john-ramos","tag-limerick-contest","tag-limerick-of-the-week","tag-sancho-panza","tag-scott-crowder","tag-tim-james","tag-will-t-laughlin","tag-writing-competitions","tag-writing-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23825","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=23825"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23970,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23825\/revisions\/23970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}