The Limerick Vote

@moonbus said

Congrats on a well-deserved laurel wreath.

Also Undisputed Limerick Champion! 🙂

-VR

I once had a dog I named Bob
who turned out to be quite a slob
through no fault of his own
he just wouldn't stop growin'
turns out it was me who's the "knob"

@neilarini

Would you host another round? Haiku?

@Indonesia-Phil
he ain't no pill
writes in rhyme
all the time
everybody else just chill

@great-big-stees said
I once had a dog I named Bob
who turned out to be quite a slob
through no fault of his own
he just wouldn't stop growin'
turns out it was me who's the "knob"

dude
the competition as over

@lemondrop said
dude
the competition as over

Rather than go through all the responses I just responded to the thread’s ooops, guess I shoulda read it, the title.😲🤫

Congrats, Phil! 🏆

Thanks to Neil and everyone for a fun thread.

@rookie54 said
@Indonesia-Phil
he ain't no pill
writes in rhyme
all the time
everybody else just chill

So do you rookie, he just does it better is all! 😉

I don't even try!

-VR

@moonbus said
@neilarini

Would you host another round? Haiku?

The limerick competition seems to have gone down rather well so, yes, I plan to bring it back for Halloween. Allow for a few spooky rhymes etc. I think I'll extend the time frame to a week and award the winners as on this occasion according to thumbs up.

Apologies to anyone for cancelling a voting process but I felt that the success of the limericks was their ease to write and read (and thumb up). Voting separately would mean re-reading them and I was unsure how many people would do so. Having counted the thumbs up I felt the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed winners were worthy winners.

As for a haiku competition? I'm not sure. (I didn't know what a haiku was for starters). Rookie has a successful thread in spirituality featuring similar quotes. I think it would be a good idea to come up with our own haiku, possibly adding poems and aphorisms as well. This could be trialled as an open thread (rather than a comp).

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions please share them.