There once was a young man from Dundee
Who wanted to get to Glasgow for free.
He stood by the side
of the road. No ride!
He wept even though he showed his bare knee.
Esther want to go Laughing Along with a Limerick: Ride today.
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Two sparrows were frolicking in a footbath
Thinking that it was their own private birdbath.
Along came a peregrine,
A bird of prey, decidedly keen -
Who turned the scene in a bloodbath.
When I was looking for rhymes with bath I came upon “Bundesrath” in a rhyming dictionary. There are two things wrong with that listing. For one, the normal spelling is “Bundesrat”, writing “Rat” like “Rath” is very ancient and predates the German second chamber (aka “Bundesrat”) by something like 150 years. But the th would never be pronounced anyway. So here goes my second limerick:
A journalist reporting from Bath
talked extensively about the Bundesrath.
My teutonic feelings were stirred!
How could he pronounce this word
With a th? That’s clearly the sign of sociopath.
Laughing Along with a Limerick: Bath
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A stuck-up vegetable styled itself as a Brussel sprout,
And claimed to be Belgian - but there was some doubt.
When challenged it shouted: “So you think I’m German?
Tarnation, you turnip, just call me Hermann.
I cannot deny it: YES! I am a Kraut.”
Disclaimer: For my protection I like to emphasise the featured vegetable is not the sprout in question but a bunch of kohlrabi.
Laugh Along with a Limerick: Sprout
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He leaned forward as he was planning to kiss
her. He bent his head, aimed and miss-
ed her. But undeterred
He bent further and erred
again. “Get lost!” she snarled with a hiss.
For Esther’s Laughing Along with a Limerick: Hiss
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When Robert Aramayo in this -“BITCH OF!” - a movie was cast
As a man with Tourette’s he was – “WANKER!” - aghast.
He had to show tics and – “SPUNK FOR MILK!” - to swear a lot.
But - “I SELL DRUGS!” – he gave it a shot.
Then he received the BAFTA, this year – “what a c**!” - unsurpassed.
If you haven’t heard about this movie, have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KWIt20bKf8 and here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/etFwLTck3Js
It’s a truly inspiring and also funny movie about the real John Davidson, a man with and an advocate for people with Tourette’s syndrome. Last night a very surprised Robert Aramayo received the BAFTA for leading actor ahead of Leonardo di Caprio and Ethan Hawke. The irony is that the real John Davidson was in the audience and shouted a few obscenities during the evening and also the n* word when two black actors were on stage. But while the audience had grinned and accepted his “f** the queen” in the movie (and presumably real life) as an expression of his neurological disorder they drew the line at the racial slur. Mr Davidson is mortified but many people are apparently not accepting his apology. What hypocritical standards!
Laughing along with a limerick: Cast
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There once was a young man who wasn’t dimAnd lived in Harare in the middle of Zim.He spoke four languages and he could signbut didn’t know what to do with his time.So he learned to speak Shona just on a whim. for Laughing Along with … Continue reading Full of Vim
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