{"id":30660,"date":"2015-01-24T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=30660"},"modified":"2015-01-26T17:43:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T21:43:02","slug":"clapping-for-limericks-limerick-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2015\/01\/24\/clapping-for-limericks-limerick-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Clapping For Limericks (Limerick-Off Monday) Rhyme Word: Clap — UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: <\/strong> As an experiment, I’m officially freeing you up to use “clap” as the rhyme word in line 1 or line 2 or line 5. (If this works out well, perhaps I’ll make this a regular (or semi-regular) thing.<\/p>\n

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 as a comment to this post 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 gal heard a thunderous clap…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A man was refusing to clap…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

The sheriff had threatened to clap…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A man had come down with the clap…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

Some birders were hoping to clap…*<\/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

Clapping For Limericks
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

A fellow refusing to clap,
\nKept his hands tightly clenched in his lap.
\nWhen his wife said, “Applaud!”
\nHe said “No!”and then jawed:
\n“That damn play interfered with my nap.”<\/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":"

UPDATE: As an experiment, I’m officially freeing you up to use “clap” as the rhyme word in line 1 or line 2 or line 5. (If this works out well, perhaps I’ll make this a regular (or semi-regular) thing. It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103],"tags":[4445,2482,3271,5009,4973,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660"}],"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=30660"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30720,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660\/revisions\/30720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}