h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

He forgot where his gun's kept

and he blamed it all on his boss

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All cowboys eat beans, as you know

and the beans , in their turn, make you go.............

((Let's get this other show on the road!))



but while you are running
(and this is so cunning!)

the stink ain't so stunning

You lose every friend,AND each foe!


(sorry lapislazuli, I'd already put down the following line! 'Scuse me!!)




Now I would prefer beans on toast

Hi Marnoult, in a previous incarnation of this game which seems to have vanished, people wrote the line number at the end to make it quicker and easier for the next poster to see exactly where in the limerick he was. I'm sorry I do it automatically if you're wondering what the numbers at the end of my lines are.


Even more than duck which was roast, (2)

but my favourite of all time (3)





Yep, you're right, it's clearer that way, the 2 limerick threads had different procedures, I got 'em mixed up!!

which seems to avoid rhyme

(that was of course, (4) )

Is to get free food from mein host! (5)


There once was a very tall girl, (1)

whose ringlets were all of a twirl (2)

she jiggled and spun them (3)

and when she'd undone them (4)





Please play with me......................

She felt just about ready to hurl

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I just had a nice chicken tikka

but now I am feeling so sicka!

That dip was suspect, (3)

we really should disinfect

Then switch to a cup of Bournvita. (5)


She was only a cobbler's daughter, (1)

but she never did what she oughta (2)

But one morning early this May, (3)