While spelling words by the score/She desired to do not one more/Then a limerick arose/From the tip of her toes/To renew her delight evermore. From LearnThat.org.
Annie – your limerick is a cracking piece .. will be by tomorrow to leave comments. From Wordnik.com. [[Fiction] Friday #119 « Write Anything] Reference
You have a second career in limerick-writing, I think. From Wordnik.com. [The Slate headline: Obama’s Brilliant First Year « Dating Jesus] Reference
Cause you can't be "self-righteous" in limerick fo. From Wordnik.com. [The Power and the Piss] Reference
This limerick is inspired by my major goof-up last week. From Wordnik.com. [OOTJ, the Limerick] Reference
(What kind of limerick is it, though, that isn’t obscene?) neurodoc (Quote). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Which State Statute Contains the Word “Ya’ll” (Meaning “Y’all”)?] Reference
At this point, I would suggest that the limerick is the more appropriate poetic form. From Wordnik.com. [Blagojevich, the Iambic Anglophile - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
What kind of limerick is it, though, that isn’t obscene?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Which State Statute Contains the Word “Ya’ll” (Meaning “Y’all”)?] Reference
"I'm trying to think of a limerick," said Eustace. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: Here is your next limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Poundstone Reviews Faucets ... And 'Avatar'] Reference
But we would probably not go and write a limerick about it. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
I might even recite a little limerick I once strung together. From Wordnik.com. [Robert E. Murphy: Steroid Use in Baseball? It's Often Obvious] Reference
See www. oedilf.com for our rules on limerick rhyme and meter. From Wordnik.com. [Style Invitational Week 882: Our annual limerick contest; and bad ideas for security] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) GROSZ: Jason, here is your next limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
Let's check in with the mayor of limerick, Mayor Diarmuid Scully. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2006] Reference
You might quote a limerick to show that the problem's proverbial. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Known Space]
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: Here, Todd, is your next limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: It's the listener limerick challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Panel Round Two] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: All right, here's your next limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
Its goal is to have at least one limerick for every word in the OED. From Wordnik.com. [Analyzing Becky Sharp’s Trash] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: All right, here is your last limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
I may have written it myself years ago, because I'm a-- a limerick fan. From Wordnik.com. [The Irony of Virtue: Ethics and American Power] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: All right, Todd, here's your last limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) GROSZ: All right, Jason, here is your next limerick. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
So I quoted them and then, in a sense, the limerick which you read rebuts them. From Wordnik.com. [The Irony of Virtue: Ethics and American Power] Reference
Everybody gave him credit for the limerick, "If it doesn ` t fit, you must acquit.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2005] Reference
In just a minute, Carl pulls up in his limerick-shaw and delivers the week's rhymes. From Wordnik.com. [Panel Round Two] Reference
Shakespeare's words were compressed into a limerick by the historian Robert Conquest. From Wordnik.com. [Lea Lane: Two Great Works Illuminate the Parallels of Birth and Death] Reference
In just a minute, Carl ain't no rhymestone cowboy in our listener limerick challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Panel Round Two] Reference
To prolong the suspense Qwilleran recited a limerick he had composed for the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
It was Ramses, but I only know a limerick about him so, now LET'S GET READY TO GRUMBLE!. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Sokolow: Haggadah Get Out Of This Place] Reference
"I wrote a new limerick and wanted you to take a look before I add it to my collection.". From Wordnik.com. [Body Wave]
Senate today by reciting what Democrats called "a filthy limerick" from the Senate floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Borowitz Report: Bush Seeks Gay Makeover Ban] Reference
(See her limerick about the iPad here) "She's so into it," Adelsheim tells the Oregonian. From Wordnik.com. [99-Year-Old's iPad Changed Her Life (VIDEO)] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: I like -- well, I know this story and I have no idea what that limerick meant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2006] Reference
In just a minute, Carl sits down to a meal of rhyme rib in our listener limerick challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Panel Round Two] Reference
I'm not going to repeat my limerick this time, just to spare Rob Marciano the embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006] Reference
Rather like the old limerick: 'an epicure dining at crew found quite a large mouse in his stew. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2005] Reference
We're talking about the City of limerick, hence the silly rhymes that I'm giving you right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2006] Reference
Here's a collection of, depending on your perspective, either best or worst limerick game promos. From Wordnik.com. [Peter's Painful Puns] Reference
The limerick was received with laughter and screaming - another affront to the staid old building. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
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