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

He deserves a multimedia hug

New line:
I just saw a girl from Peru

I was shocked by just what she could do

She could stand on her head

While kneading dough into bread

new one

Skippy the bush kangaroo

err umm so Looneytunes is that a last line for the previous limerick or a new start?


;^)#

I just saw a girl from Peru,
And I was just amazed at what she could do,
Standing on her head,
while kneading some bread,
and tootling on her Kazoo!

(I won't start anew - there's a kangaroo loose next...)

Skippy the bush kangaroo
found the most fabulous view

Whilst taking to Sonny


;^)#

and calling her honey

(well...better to join in late than never...)

From his cage at Taronga Park Zoo

There ya go - vaguely amusing AND educational. For those not in the know, Taronga PArk Zoo is on the Sydney HArbour foreshore - that's a pretty good view top waste on animals!!!

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When caught with my hand in the till

By a Cop who was also my friend Bill

So I snagged the money,

*reminder: A limrick has a rhyming scheme of

8 sylables
8 sylables
5 sylables
5 sylables
8 sylables

Occasionally you can cram a 9 in an 8, or adjust by using contractions, but it really doesn't scan comfortably so if you have an 11 sylable line, your best bet would be to think of another line. A good way to test it is to say it out loud.

So was that a five or eight syllable entry?

Aparently:

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A limerick is a very structured poem that can be catagorized as "short but sweet." They are usually humerous, and are composed of 5 lines, in an aacca rhyming pattern.

In addition, the first, second and fifth lines are usually 3 anapestic feet each. The third and fourth lines are usually 2 anapestic feet.
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What is an anapestic foot when it's at home?

D'OH!

6. That was a 6 sylable entry. You see, on a Monday I prefer to sound as pompous as possible and then do something obvious to totally humiliate myself. How'm I doing? Should I take of my clothes and streak through the forum, or have I shoved my foot far enough in my mouth to warrent true embarassement?

*skulking off to kick her own butt*

Don't feel bad about your meter, Krissy Lee. What I usually do, if I don't have to rhyme is come up with an idea and then think of synonyms that for the idea that fit the syllable count.

For example your line could be:
So I snagged the cash,

But in the More Limericks forum, speaking for myself, I don't think it matters if your meter is right on (or even near by). So to continue the limerick:

When caught with my hand in the till
By a Cop who was also my friend Bill
So I snagged the money,

...To buy myself honey,

to rub in, just for the thrill...

(Warent? Warrant!)

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I'm sorry I made fun of Kris

Now I'll never get a kiss

I'm sorry I made fun of Kris
How remiss, now no kiss's
My life once full of bliss
Is blighted by Kriss's hisses