{"id":28238,"date":"2014-09-06T23:37:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T03:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=28238"},"modified":"2014-09-06T23:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T03:53:13","slug":"flea-limerick-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2014\/09\/06\/flea-limerick-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleeing Limericks (Limerick-Off Monday)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here\u2019s last week\u2019s Limerick Of The Week Winner<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n

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 10:00 p.m.<\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:<\/p>\n

A fellow was tempted to flee…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A dog owner spotted a flea…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A man who would not hurt a flea…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*<\/strong>(Please note that minor variations to my first lines are acceptable. However, rhyme words may not<\/strong> be altered, except by using homonyms or homophones.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my limerick:<\/p>\n

Fleeing Limericks
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

A fellow was tempted to flee
\nWhile enjoying a sexual spree,
\nCuz an absence of tact
\nInterfered with the “act”–
\nHe distinctly heard someone’s “Tee-hee!”<\/p>\n

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 my Facebook Limerick-Off post<\/a>.<\/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\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.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11,2413,49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,1775],"tags":[2797,4909,2411,2482,4300,3271,5009,4973,203],"class_list":["post-28238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-humor","category-battle-of-the-sexes","category-bawdy-limericks","category-behavior-personality","category-contests","category-limerick-haiku-seeds","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limerick-offs","category-limericks","category-poetry-prompts","category-poetry-forms","tag-animal-pet-humor","tag-battle-of-the-sexes","tag-bawdy-humor","tag-competition-limerick","tag-flea-humor","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28238","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=28238"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28284,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28238\/revisions\/28284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}