{"id":30335,"date":"2015-01-10T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T03:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=30335"},"modified":"2015-01-11T00:32:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T04:32:22","slug":"limerick-of-the-week-197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2015\/01\/10\/limerick-of-the-week-197\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick of the Week (197)"},"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 Ron B., who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse:<\/p>\n

Now as moss, I was \u201cboss,\u201d but as peat
\nI\u2019m just rotting away in the heat
\nTill I\u2019m bagged to be spread
\nOn a vegetable bed
\nAnd be treated like dirt by a beet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And congratulations to these Honorable Mention winners (in random order) Tim James, Diane Groothuis, Jon Gearhart, Ron B., Marty McCullen, Kirk Miller, John Peter Larkin, Brian Allgar, and Allen Wilcox. <\/p>\n

Here are their respective Honorable Mention limericks:<\/p>\n

Tim James:\t<\/p>\n

A fellow who loved to compete
\nTook a teacher to bed, quite a feat.
\nHe was drunk. \u2019Twas unwise,
\nFor he couldn\u2019t arise.
\nSo she graded his work \u201cIncomplete.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Diane Groothuis: <\/p>\n

A gardener needed some peat,
\nSo he went to a house down the street,
\nAsked a housewife in red
\n“Can I get in your bed?”
\nShe replied, “You can leave tout de suite.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jon Gearhart: <\/p>\n

At long last, she was set to compete
\nWith her flower beds fin’ly complete.
\nAll top ribbons she’d take.
\nWhen asked, “How, for Pete’s sake?”
\nShe replied it’s cuz SHE forsakes peat!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ron B.:<\/p>\n

A fellow who loved to compete
\nIn races he couldn\u2019t complete
\nJust entered to stare
\nAt each cute derriere
\nHe gladly chose not to defeat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marty McCullen: <\/p>\n

A gardener needed some peat
\nFrom property just down the street,
\nSo he set about tasking
\nWithout even asking.
\nHe’s now in a small jailhouse suite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kirk Miller:<\/p>\n

Manufacturers always compete
\nAt a watch-making industry meet.
\nIt should not be a shock
\nThat they all watch the clock.
\nIt\u2019s a race against Timex, quite neat.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Peter Larkin: <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t laugh, but I plan to compete
\nin your upcoming track and field meet.
\nI know I\u2019ll prevail.
\nNo way I can fail,
\n\u2019Cause there\u2019s no one as good as a cheat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian Allgar: <\/p>\n

The hooker refused to compete
\nIn the beef-eating contest\u2019s last heat.
\nShe explained \u201cIt was fun
\nFor a while, but I\u2019m done —
\nI\u2019ve had more than enough of jerked meat.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Allen Wilcox:\t<\/p>\n

Lim\u2019rick contests tempt all to compete.
\nThe meter has rules you must meet.
\nIf you don\u2019t take the time
\nTo make sure that you rhyme,
\nMad will throw you right out on the street.\n<\/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 Ron B., who wins Limerick of the Week for this funny verse: Now as moss, I was \u201cboss,\u201d but as peat I\u2019m just rotting away in the heat Till I\u2019m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,84,3270,1192,1983,65,42],"tags":[4107,4003,2747,2567,3727,3284,5009,5018,3223,4385,3167,487,523],"class_list":["post-30335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-limerick-award-winners","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-of-the-week","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limericks","tag-allen-wilcox","tag-brian-allgar","tag-diane-groothuis","tag-john-peter-larkin","tag-jon-gearhart","tag-kirk-miller","tag-limerick-contest","tag-limerick-of-the-week","tag-marty-mccullen","tag-ron-b","tag-tim-james","tag-writing-competitions","tag-writing-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335","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=30335"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30467,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335\/revisions\/30467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}