{"id":26237,"date":"2014-05-24T22:35:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T02:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=26237"},"modified":"2014-05-24T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T02:44:00","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2014\/05\/24\/limerick-of-the-week-165\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (165)"},"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 ROBERT SCHECHTER, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

Robert Schechter: <\/p>\n

Said the fiddler who’d broken his bow,
\n“Have no fear! I’m a consummate pro!
\nI’ll do what I gotta
\nWith pure pizzicata,
\nAnd with pluck I will finish the show!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to KEVIN AHERN<\/a> and SCOTT CROWDER, who are tied in winning this week’s Facebook Friends’ Choice Award for their respective limericks which received the most Facebook “likes.”<\/p>\n

Kevin Ahern:<\/p>\n

As he tied up his art with a bow,
\nThe artist declared “I don’t know
\nHow I’ll get to the Louvre
\nBecause I can’t move.
\nI wish I could make my van Gogh.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scott Crowder:<\/p>\n

A woman broke up with her beau,
\nThe banker who had lotsa dough,
\nAnd gave her gold rings
\nWith other nice things,
\nYet nary a single big O.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Chris Doyle, Colleen Murphy<\/a>, Ailsa McKillop, Brian Allgar, Jane Shelton Hoffman, Will T. Laughlin<\/a>, Phyllis Sterling Smith a\/k\/a Granny Smith<\/a>, and Val Fish. Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Chris Doyle:<\/p>\n

“The hooker’s gone aft!” hollers Beau
\nAs the yacht sinks. Says Jeff, “Let her go.
\nWe have only one oar
\nIn the dinghy. What’s more,
\nDaddy swore she’s a hard ho to row.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colleen Murphy: <\/p>\n

I once tried to shoot with a bow,
\nThen I searched for my shaft to and fro.
\nI could tell I was not
\nWilliam Tell when my shot
\nFound its mark in my neighbor kid\u2019s toe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ailsa McKillop: <\/p>\n

I undid the ribbon and bow
\nOf the chess program gift from my bro.
\nBy computer outclassed
\nI was checkmated fast!
\nBut I won the next match — taekwondo.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian Allgar: <\/p>\n

Oh, Lenore!\u201d cried her heartbroken beau,
\n\u201cShall I see you again?\u201d Poor old Poe
\nHeard a tap at the door,
\nAnd a voice: \u201cNevermore!\u201d
\nThus the raven continued to crow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jane Shelton Hoffman: <\/p>\n

The President\u2019s dog is named Bo,
\nAnd whenever he’s planning to go
\nAnd do something good
\nLike all doggies should,
\nThe Republican dogs all bark, \u201cNO!!!!!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

A woman got dumped by her beau.
\n\u201cBut\u2026 why?\u201d she demanded to know.
\n\u201cTo be honest,\u201d he said,
\n\u201cYou\u2019ve no talent for head.\u201d
\n(Now they\u2019ve BOTH had a terrible blow.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Phyllis Sterling Smith: <\/p>\n

A musician was buying a bow
\nFor which instrument he didn’t know.
\n“If I’m feeling mellow
\nIt might be a cello
\nBut fiddling’s my failing. Let’s go!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Val Fish: <\/p>\n

A woman broke up with her beau
\nWhose assets were woefully low.
\nShe waved him goodbye
\nFor a far sweeter guy;
\nSugar daddy with truck-loads more dough.<\/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 ROBERT SCHECHTER, who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: Robert Schechter: Said the fiddler who’d broken his bow, “Have no fear! I’m a consummate pro! I’ll do […]<\/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":[3559,4003,3116,2525,2281,3499,5009,5018,2046,2537,2223,4084,3543,487,523],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237"}],"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=26237"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26338,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237\/revisions\/26338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}