{"id":35418,"date":"2015-12-27T02:33:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T06:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=35418"},"modified":"2015-12-27T02:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T06:49:53","slug":"limerick-off-lewd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2015\/12\/27\/limerick-off-lewd\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: LEWD or ELUDE or ALLUDE at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10153435632054315\">if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing a limerick using either <strong>LEWD<\/strong> or <strong>ELUDE<\/strong> or <strong>ALLUDE<\/strong> at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5.  (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)<\/p>\n<p>The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2015\/12\/27\/limerick-off-award-242\/\">last week\u2019s Limerick-Off Award Winner.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally,<\/strong> you may write a <strong>themed limerick<\/strong> related to <strong>sleep and\/or insomnia, using any rhyme scheme.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best  sleep\/insomnia-related limerick.<\/p>\n<p>How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/how-to-write-a-limerick\/\"><em>How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll announce the winners on <strong>January 10, 2016,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you <strong>two full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your <strong>submission deadline is Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my limerick: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An actress deserved to be booed<br \/>\nFor behavior decidedly lewd,<br \/>\nBut she paid little price<br \/>\nFor her crudity vice<br \/>\nTill revealing, &#8220;I think I&#8217;m a dude.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please feel free to write your own limerick(s) using the same rhyme word and post it in my comments. And if you\u2019re on Facebook, I hope you\u2019ll join my friends in that same activity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10153435632054315\">on my Facebook Limerick-Off post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email <a href=\"mailto:Madkane@MadKane.com?subject=MadKane's Newsletter&#038;body=I want my MadKane Fix.\">Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing a limerick using either LEWD or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2413,49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64],"tags":[4105,2482,2361,3271,5009,4973,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35418"}],"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=35418"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35513,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35418\/revisions\/35513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}