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    Cricket Limerick part deux

    By Will 3 years ago, at the end of November Leave a comment on this post

    After the surprising success of the first limerick idea I had, it’s time for a repeat. For rules and regulations, see here - but the concept is simple: use the a a b b a 5-line form, and make it as funny and irreverant as possible. And the first, second and fifth lines generally have eight syllables, hence a limerick’s rhythm. For example:

    A flea and a fly in a flue

    Were caught, so what could they do?

    Said the fly, “Let us flee.”

    “Let us fly,” said the flea.

    So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

    Anon

    The starting line this week is: The series resumes at Lahore. Go for it!

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    10 Responses to “Cricket Limerick part deux”

  • Wraye wrote:
    November 24th, 2005 at 9.01 pm

    You’ll be rid of me this weekend as I head for forn parts so here are my weak contributions:

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Run-outs and collapses galore!
    Strauss is no may-be,
    He’s having a baby.
    We promise, it won’t be a bore!

    The series resumes at Lahore
    where the young girls all clamour for more.
    KP tries to bed ‘em
    and Hoggy to wed ‘em,
    But Fletcher just shows them the door.

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Where KP has managed to score.
    But the gal in the mood
    Has poisoned his food
    So he’s getting the runs now and more!

  • tim symes wrote:
    November 24th, 2005 at 9.26 pm

    The series resumes at Lahore,
    In a City that “Both” used to abhore
    With Shahid Afridi now out
    We’re in with a shout
    But I’m sure it’ll be a draw bore.

    (Both is of course the Birthday Boy
    Many Happy Returns Beefy )

  • Zainub - Zany wrote:
    November 24th, 2005 at 9.29 pm

    That’s a splendid effort 3B. You should consider an alternative career as a poet when you retire :p

  • Alan R wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 5.57 am

    Here’s a couple from me:

    The series resumes at Lahore
    with dancing Afridi no more.
    But with Strauss going home too,
    What can England do?
    So far batting has been quite a chore.

    The series resumes at Lahore
    And our limericks are starting to bore
    With no sign of Warney
    There’s no one that horny
    And there isn’t that much to deplore

  • Innocent Abroad wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 7.50 am

    The series concludes at Lahore
    Will Inzy continue to score?
    No Strauss, no Afridi -
    One Daddy, one seedy -
    any runs from England’s top four?

  • Christopher wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 10.33 am

    I love the limericks. This needs to be an ongoing thing. Right here we go:

    The series concludes at Lahore.
    Will Alastair come to the fore?
    With Straussy away
    It could be the day
    For Cookey to hit runs galore.

  • Zainub - Zany wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 11.42 am

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Where 300 was once Inzi’s score
    That time NZ faced the blow
    This time it’s England to face the show
    Will he continue to make runs more?

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Where England have played a warm up before
    Asif then brought the Ashes heroes down
    But the selectors behaved like clowns
    They didn’t pick him then, but how long can they ignore?

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Watching it so far has been a chore
    In Multan Pakistan won just by the nail
    In Faisalabad England just got out of jail
    Effect is now that I can’t survive this tension no more!

    The series resumes at Lahore
    It’s a big city to explore
    Old walls, big halls, nice malls
    It has it all, and now it calls
    For everyone to watch a game that will not bore

    The series resumes at Lahore
    England now cannot afford to be sore
    They will not play like a cow
    So is the Virgil vow
    But we’ll make sure that’s it’s a runs galore

  • Bishop Odo of Cluny wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 11.56 am

    The series concludes at Lahore
    With Pakistan just to the fore.
    Though they played best they could
    In Faisala-quite-good
    Three lions could yet sound their roar.

  • Jess wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 6.30 pm

    The series resumes at Lahore
    Where Vaughany will come to the fore
    KP will hit ‘em
    And Hoggy will split them
    With inswinging yorker, for sure

    All the others I could think of were rude, sorry.

  • Will wrote:
    November 25th, 2005 at 6.54 pm

    Bishop and Jess - superb efforts there, splendid stuff! (And Jess, rude is more than acceptable…if it’s too bad, I’ll dump it, but fire away!)

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