@FiveLineVerse

Limericks by Richard Long. © 2014. All Rights Reserved.

 Walthamstow
Joined March 2014
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...They said to him; "Dewey, decimals? Phooey!" "They do have a point", he insisted.
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...His body, once slayed, In a car park was laid, And remained there until disinterred.
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On the last day of Richard III, His cries for a horse went unheard...
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...The endings were wrong, They were often too long, Or finished abruptly.
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#WorldPoetryDay There was a young man from Milan, Whose limericks just didn't scan...
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... They said to him "Dewey!, Decimals? Phooey!", "They do have a point", he insisted.
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There was an old person who listed, And numbered each book that existed...
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Five Line Verse retweeted
Ship of Fools@shipoffoolscom28 Jan 2015
It is the feast day of St Thomas Aquinas, inventor of the limerick. bit.ly/1EOOBGg
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...They travelled by camel, An unruly mammal; It might have been quicker by car.
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When three wise men from afar, Came following a heavenly star...
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Five Line Verse retweeted
Andrew@Andrew_Taylor8 Nov 2014
The character limit on Twitter, Prevents limericks — if you're a quitter. But with one little cheat, You can quickly defeat (see line 1)
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Hung and slaughtered, Drawn and quartered; He should have used a shorter fuse.
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If Guy Fawkes was destined to lose, The lesson he learnt we can muse...
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...To stick to the norm, Of the Limerick form, And never write more lines than five."
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#NationalPoetryDay There was a young man who said: "I've, Determined I always shall strive...
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What country they're from, They just say .com Where others say co.uk
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There once was a man who said: 'Hey!, Some website addresses don't say...
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Or that's what I've always been taught.
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