Archive for the ‘Fashion Humor’ Category
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Sometimes, when I play with a new-to-me word, I get a bit silly:
“What color’s your purse?” asked a nurse.
“A deep purple?” The answer: “It’s ‘perse!’”
“Yes, I know. But what shade
Is your pocketbook’s suede?”
“I said ‘perse!’” (Plus a colorful curse.)
Tags: Colors Humor, Colors Limerick, Communication Humor, Communication Limerick, Fashion Humor, Fashion Limerick, Homonym Humor, Homonym Limericks, Homonym Poems, Homonyms, Homophone Limericks, Homophone Poems, Homophones, Perse, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Communication Humor, Fashion Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 17th, 2022
I always wear socks inside out.
That’s unseemly to many, no doubt.
But my feet ain’t discreet:
“Scratchy sock-seams,” they bleat.
How I hate when extremities shout!
May 9 is National Lost Sock Memorial Day. And December 4 is National Sock Day.
Tags: Clothing Humor, Comfort Humor, Comfort Limerick, Fashion Humor, Feet Humor, Feet Limerick, Foot Humor, Footware Humor, Lost Sock Memorial Day, National Sock Day, Seams, Sock Day, Socks, Socks Humor, Socks Limerick
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 8th, 2022
It’s 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’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using BOLD or BOWLED at the end of any one line. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to INJURIES, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best INJURY-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on January 23, 2022, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my BOLD or BOWLED-rhyme limerick:
“You are scantily clad, which is bold,
Cuz I’ve just been outside, and it’s cold.
Your dress seems designed
To freeze your behind,
So you’d best put that ‘hot’ garb on hold.”
And here’s my INJURY-themed limerick:
A young man hurled a tool and yelled, “Catch it.”
And his friend somehow managed to snatch it,
But he’s terribly mad;
He was injured. It’s bad!
No surprise, he won’t bury the hatchet.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Clothing Humor, Clothing Limerick, Competition Limerick, Hatchet Humor, Injury Humor, Injury Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Tool Humor, Tool Limerick, Weather Humor, Weather Limerick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Contests, Fashion Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Weather Humor | 238 Comments »
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
It’s 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’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using SET or BeSET or UpSET at the end of any one line. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to TRENDS, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best TRENDS-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on June 13, 2021, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my SET or BeSET or UpSET-rhyme limerick:
I need all the sleep I can get,
But I can’t get to sleep on a bet.
(Or a bed, for that matter.)
I blame all the chatter
My brain conjures up. I’m beset.
And here’s my TRENDS-themed limerick:
If I tried to be cool, I would fail.
Trends are nothing I ever would hail.
If I wear something “in,”
It has probably been
Purchased decades ago … and on sale.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Brain Humor, Brain Limerick, Clothes Shopping, Clothing Humor, Competition Limerick, Fad Humor, Insomnia Humor, Insomnia Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Shopping Humor, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Sleep Limerick, Trends Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Contests, Fashion Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Sleep & Insomnia Humor | 150 Comments »
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
A woman with terrible taste
Believed fashion and style were a waste,
And when items she owned
Became trendy she groaned;
They were thrown in the garbage posthaste.
Happy World Fashion Day! (August 21)
Tags: August Holidays, Clothing Humor, Fashion Day, Fashion Limerick, Odd Holidays, Style Limerick, World Fashion Day
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Unfashionable Limerick
Saturday, March 10th, 2018
Though it’s “Skirt Day,” I’d rather wear pants,
Whether walking or trying to dance.
I’ll ponder and pause,
Lest I feature my flaws —
Flaws that skirts simply love to enhance.
Tags: Clothes Humor, Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Fashion Verse, Flaws, Flaws Humor, March Holidays, National Skirt Day, Odd Holidays, Skirt Day, Skirt Humor, Skirts
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Skirting Skirt-Racks (Limerick)
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
“You’re moving too much. Please hold still,”
Said a seamstress while sewing a frill
On a dress that was drab
And would never be fab,
Though it WOULD yield a fabulous bill.
Happy Dress Day! (March 6)
Tags: Clothes Humor, Clothes Limericks, Clothing Humor, Dress Day, Dress Humor, Fashion Humor, Fashion Verse, March Holidays, National Dress Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy Dress Day (Limerick)
Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Happy “Clashing Clothes Day!” (4th Thursday of January)
Said a gal to her spouse, with a frown:
“Tell me, why are you dressed like a clown?
Orange jacket? Green shirt?
Purple pants? My eyes hurt!
Just this once, can’t you wear solid brown?”
#ClashingClothesDay #NationalClashingClothesDay
Tags: Appearance Humor, Clashing Clothes Day, Clothes Humor, Clothing Humor, Clothing Poem, Design Humor, Fashion Humor, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Style Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy “Clashing Clothes Day!” (Limerick)
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Headline of the Day: “For $425, Nordstrom will sell you a pair of dirty jeans.”
Pricey fashion (to me) doesn’t track,
And much of it makes my jaws slack,
Such as pre-muddied jeans;
Yes, people with means
Can buy ’em at Nordstrom, alack!
Tags: Buying Jeans, Clothes Shopping, Dirty Jeans, Fashion Satire, Fashion Verse, Jeans Humor, Nordstrom, Style Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Shopping Humor | Comments Off on Out Of Whack Fashion (Limerick)
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
Today’s the bikini’s 70th birthday. So happy World Bikini Day!
I’ve never dared don a bikini;
They’re too skimpily small — teeny-weenie.
Call me shy if you must,
But I simply don’t lust
After beachwear that’s dwarfed by a beanie.
Tags: Beachwear, Bikini Day, Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, July Holidays, Odd Holidays, Swimming Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor | Comments Off on Happy Birthday, Bikini (Limerick)
Saturday, May 28th, 2016
It’s 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’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using Press or Impress or Express or Oppress at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to ANGER, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best anger-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on June 12, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
When job-seekers “dress to impress”
At the office, that’s helpful I guess.
But must social attire
Entail and require
Spending ev’ry last cent you possess?
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Clothing Humor, Competition Limerick, Employment Humor, Fashion Humor, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Money Verse, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Contests, Fashion Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Workplace & Career Humor | 79 Comments »
Monday, May 9th, 2016
AWOL socks are a grim laundry given;
Former pairs inexplicably riven,
Dresser drawers oddly littered
With orphans, embittered
And wond’rin’ where old mates are livin’.
*****
Yet another sock
Has escaped; it’s on the run.
AWOL! Or eaten.
May 9 is National Lost Sock Memorial Day. And December 4 is National Sock Day.
Tags: Clothing Humor, December Holidays, Fashion Humor, Footware Humor, Lost Sock Memorial Day, May Holidays, National Sock Day, Odd Holidays, Socks, Sorting Socks Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode And Haiku To Lost Sock Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
If you’re wearing a shoe that is black
And another that’s brown, is that wack?
Not today; On May third
It’s endorsed – not absurd –
Your defense, should you get any flack.
Happy Wear Two Different Colored Shoes Day. (May 3)
Tags: Fashion Humor, Footwear Humor, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Shoes Limerick, Wear Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Posted in Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Mismatched Shoes
Friday, January 29th, 2016
Damn! I somehow missed “Clashing Clothes Day” yesterday. (It’s celebrated annually on the 4th Thursday of January.)
But it’s never too late for a limerick:
A fellow who’d constantly clash
And wear clothes that appeared to be trash,
Attended a party
Quite retro and arty.
His clothing “designs” were a smash.
Tags: Appearance Humor, Art Limerick, Clashing Clothes Day, Clothes Humor, Clothing Poem, Design Humor, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Party Humor, Style Humor, Trends Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “Clashing Clothes Day”
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
Yet Another Donald Trump Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Donald’s a pain in the rump.
Just seeing his name makes me jump
And turn grumpy and peeved,
So I’m rather relieved:
Macy’s dumping the “fashion” line “Trump.”
(More Donald Trump humor here.)
Tags: Clothes Humor, Clothes Shopping, Donald Trump, Fashion Humor, Macy's, Shopping Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Donald Trump, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Shopping Humor | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
I find jeans to be patently uncomfortable. But I’m dutifully celebrating the birthday of its patent — granted to Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis on May 20th, 1873:
Call them denims or jeans — I don’t care–
That’s one garment I simply won’t wear.
I don’t buy the appeal
Of its look or its feel,
And I’d rather go naked. Don’t stare!
*****
National Blue Jeans Day falls on December 5th.
Tags: Blue Jeans Day, Clothing Humor, December Holidays, Denim Humor, Dungarees, Fashion Humor, Inventions Humor, Inventions Poem, Jacob Davis, Jeans Humor, Levi Strauss, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor
Posted in Fashion Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Physical Appearance | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 24th, 2014
Posterior Advances (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Most hospital gowns can cause tears
Cuz our butt spheres so rarely get cheers.
But the med field’s revealed
Asses CAN be concealed;
New frontiers in design shield our rears.
Tags: Butt Humor, Clothes Design, Clothing Humor, Derriere, Health Limerick, Hospital Gowns, Hospital Humor, Medical Humor
Posted in Fashion Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Physical Appearance | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Do we really need “smart shoes” that will vibrate us in the right direction using Google Maps? Ducere Technologies thinks so.
Smarting from “Smart Shoes” (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear shoemakers, please have a heart.
I do NOT want my shoes to be smart.
I just want them to feel
(both my sole and my heel)
Like they’re not out for blood from the start.
Tags: Apps, Blue Tooth, Ducere Technologies, Google Maps, Lechal Smart Shoes, Odd Inventions, Patent Humor, Smart Shoes
Posted in Computer Humor, Fashion Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Limerick Ode To “Nude Day”
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A gal likes to publicly doff
All her clothing, then pose to show off.
“It’s a strip search time-saver
I did you a favor,”
When jailed, she’ll transparently scoff.
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Clothing Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, International Nude Day, July Holidays, Law Humor, Legal Limerick, Naked Limerick, National Nude Day, Nude Day, Nude Humor, Odd Holidays, World Nude Day
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Fashion Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy “Nude Day!” (July 14)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
“No Bra Day” Ode
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Today is “No Bra Day.” Oh my!
But just ONE braless day? Won’t comply
With the custom of binding
Our breasts. I’m not minding
Those rules. I declare, “Let them fly!”
UPDATE: In addition to being celebrated on July 9th, No Bra Day is also celebrated on October 13.
(For more bra humor, here’s my Wonderbra Song Parody.)
Tags: Boobs, Bra Humor, Brassieres, Breasts Humor, Clothing Humor, Clothing Poem, Fashion Verse, July Holidays, National No Bra Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Physical Appearance, Undergarments Humor, Underwear Humor, Women's Fashion
Posted in Clothing Humor, Fashion Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Physical Appearance | Comments Off on “No Bra Day” Ode