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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 117 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Hadn't seen this one before but I saw this in a book:

There once was a man from Peru,
Whose limericks stopped at line two

and then later in the same book they had

There once was a man from Verdun

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like this.

There are two types of people:

  1. Those who can extrapolate
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

eye twitches from incomplete data

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 month ago

I figured that was a double layer of extrapolation.

Also couldn't be bothered typing the rest on a phone.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are 10 types of people in the world

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All bases are belong to us

[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago
  • base10, provably
[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

-Those who understand binary

-those who don't

-those who didn't expect this to be in ternary?

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Verdun here

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There was once an unfortunate bard

Who found fashioning limericks hard.

He stopped at line three

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 61 points 1 month ago

There once was a bard from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan
When told this was so
He replied, 'Yes, I know"
"But I always try and fit as many words into the last line as I possibly can."

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there’s really no need to say more

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

God fucking damn genius.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

The audience always wants more

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There was a young man from south bend

Whose limericks all came to an end

Suddenly

[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Reminds me of an oldie:

“Roses are red, Violets are blue. Some poems rhyme, This one don’t.”

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

I will occasionally go out of my way to put together birthday cards etc for friends and family rather than buy something off the rack. One year I made this for my cousin:

Roses are red

(Rose dot jpeg)

Violets are too

(Violet in red dot jpeg)

open

I ran out of cyan

Happy birthday

[–] RarePossum@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

I knew it as

Roses are red.
Violets are blue
I hate rhyming.
Zebra

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[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

My favourite language joke:

What's the difference between a cat and a comma?

One's got claws at the end of its paws, the other's a pause at the end of a clause

*fixed order

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

What do you call Santa's little helpers?

Subordinate Clauses

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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

... he traded the fifth for a whore

... the four is an Int I adore

... ~~three~~ third bit~~s~~ is all I afford

[–] spaceguy5234@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You've gotta leave them wanting more

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

this is my favourite so far

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... the four is an Int I adore

So that's your stand on the square numbers vs fibonacci primes, I see

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

But a four is soooo symmetric.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Not a limerick but I want to share my favorite pun joke

I once submitted ten puns to a pun contest, hoping one would win, but
No pun intended

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago
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[–] cpw@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And this is the fifth line of four..

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This one's great!

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago

"...I can't think of a single word more."

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

whose limericks stopped at line four

Bad rhythm. Should be “whose limericks would stop at line four”

[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That depends on whether you treat "limericks" as a trochee (long-short, i.e. "lim-ricks") or a dactyl (long-short-short, i.e. "lim-er-icks").

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My bandwidth is crappy through Tor.

OR

Too much exposition's a bore.

OR

Though a quatrain's a ditty,

My pay's itty bitty.

If you cut prose apart, so as to make more,

Perhaps, one day, I'll afford my lost oar.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I find the fifth line a chore

[–] drphungky@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

You're both sadist and poetic boor.

[–] Carbonizer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

And then he spoke not a word more.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There once was a mute man from spain
Who loved traveling on planes
When ask what he thought
Of the brand new concord
He said

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and then he said nothing more.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

eh 7-10 in lines 1, 2, and 5. cold have been more consistent but its not like its a haiku. kind of ruins the joke to write a last line anyway

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

And with that he walked out the door

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

*badum...* Y'know, no, this is so terrible, I will not finish the rimshot.

[–] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 1 month ago

Nice lady who makes delicious snacks.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
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