Limericks

Even their pub quiz is a little bit surreal – they have a sweary limericks round.

The effervescent Khalid Rizvi recited several limericks in Urdu and snippets from ghazals.

For some reason I feel I need to break out a 30 yr old book of Limericks.

Then Keillor found he could get laughs by writing and reading limericks like this one he recited in ninth-grade speech class: There was a young man of Anoka/Who tried to write a great limerick.

This week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by Halloween Limericks and Chill.

Bill Kurtis is going to read for you three news-related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each.

Filled with handwritten poems and limericks, along with illustrations, telegrams and photographs, the book was a way for guests to commemorate their stay.

Five of Lear's limericks from the Book of Nonsense, in the 1946 Italian translation by Carlo Izzo, were set to music for choir a cappella by Goffredo Petrassi in 1952.

In early limericks, the last line was often essentially a repeat of the first line, although this is no longer customary.

Lear's limericks were often typeset in three or four lines, according to the space available under the accompanying picture.