{"id":43014,"date":"2020-07-18T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=43014"},"modified":"2020-07-18T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T21:38:32","slug":"limerick-off-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2020\/07\/18\/limerick-off-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: MALL or MAUL at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: Aug. 1, 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(s) as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using MALL or MAUL at the end of any one line.<\/strong> (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)<\/p>\n

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

Additionally,<\/strong> you may write themed limericks<\/strong> related to NAGS, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best NAGS<\/strong>-related limerick.<\/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 winners on August 2, 2020,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my MALL\/MAUL-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\nWhen my girlfriend comes home from the mall,
\nAnd isn’t too pleased with her haul,
\nShe’ll bawl and complain,
\nWhich drives me insane,
\nSo when diamonds are mentioned, I stall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here\u2019s my NAGS-themed limerick:<\/p>\n

\n

A scold took a very tough stance
\nOn the evils of drinking and dance.
\nAnd he’d castigate folks
\nWho would bet or tell jokes.
\nDid he heed his own rules? Not a chance!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) 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 rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using MALL or MAUL at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64],"tags":[2482,3271,5009,1675,5393,4973,5392,4937,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43014"}],"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=43014"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43044,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43014\/revisions\/43044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}