Diets and Hammocks and Snoring.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
United Kingdom
February 27, 2016 10:08am CST
You know that you need to diet,
You try so hard to apply it,
But your loving spouse
Brings cake to the house
Oh sheesh - you just have to try it.
I found out the hard way, it's true,
That hammocks are not made for two,
You may have a giggle
But if you dare wriggle,
A fall is just bound to ensue.
Whenever Bob slept he would snore,
His wife found this hard to endure,
When she couldn't nap
She gave him a slap,
Then pushed him out on the floor.
Do you fancy trying to do a limerick yourself? Go on - have a go.
Photo taken in my garden. Just trying to brighten up the day.
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Photo taken in my garden. Just trying to brighten up the day.
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64 responses
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
27 Feb 16
I love the ones that you write,
But mine would sure be a fright.
They're too hard for me,
I would rather write free.
Or else get stuck here all night.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
27 Feb 16
This is a 'Dimerick'. It's a 'blind' limerick because it scans but pointedly doesn't rhyme!
I'm loving the look of your garden
So florid it looks like a riot
The flowers on the fence
Seem to be in a race
I'd bet on the third to get over!
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK Oh no! Doggerel is something which grits its teeth trying to rhyme (usually in couplets) but completely forgets how big its boots are when it comes to scanning! It's musical companion would, I suppose, be Caterwaul!
A dreadful animal is the Doggerel
It's metre is more than just a bellyful
Its rhymes are so trite
But it tries with all its might
To scan but is no better than a Catewrwaul
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@Owlwings 'Dimerick' is a new one on me. I would have called something that scans but doesn't rhyme 'doggerel'. I live and learn, and thank you for entering into the spirit of things with this excellent contribution.
I hadn't noticed that my flowers seem to be trying to climb over the fence, and yes, number three seems to be winning!
I hadn't noticed that my flowers seem to be trying to climb over the fence, and yes, number three seems to be winning!4 people like this
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
27 Feb 16
Limericks were always fun to teach students, so simple.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Feb 16
I love all 3 @jaboUK . All 3 have applied to me, at some point or another. lol. The garden is absolutely gorgeous.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Feb 16
@jaboUK Instead of the cake in #1, it was Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. I jumped from 130 pounds to 150 pounds in just 2 months. I couldn't believe it. You can bet your sweet bippy that I literally run past the chocolate aisle now, even though I can hear them calling me, "Please, come buy me."
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
27 Feb 16
@ElizabethWallace Around here, wh*'re rhymes with sewer. Go figure.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
27 Feb 16
So fun, regional dialects are revealed. In CA, sure rhymes with cure. Haha.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK Snuck that one in there, didn't you, Janet?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 16
Where is your home if not where you're at presently, Judy?
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@JudyEv (381802)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Feb 16
@MarshaMusselman We spent five months overseas last year and saw some wonderful gardens which sometimes made us think we'd like to plant flowers at home in Western Australia.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb 16
I fear if I tried any diet
I would give every one a fright
I am all skin and bones
With dieting it too would be gone
There wouldn't be any skeleton left in sight
Every one enjoy bike rides
Speeding and jumping past high tides
But there are a few
Whose balance is all screwed
They have vast experience with sore behinds
He he.... I tried... 
Every one enjoy bike rides
Speeding and jumping past high tides
But there are a few
Whose balance is all screwed
They have vast experience with sore behinds
He he.... I tried... 4 people like this
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@Daljinder Thank you - these are very creditable efforts. You've got good subjects, you just need to get the rhythm right - Lines 1,2 and 5 the same length as each other and rhyming, lines 3 and 4 the same but shorter
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK I still get a bit stuck on the length, especially when I really want to say something, you run out of room eventually.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb 16
@jaboUK Thanks for the advise. I will work on it... I am not used to limericks...
Actually any suggestions are welcomed. There is always scope for learning and improving yourself...
Actually any suggestions are welcomed. There is always scope for learning and improving yourself... 4 people like this
@silvermist (19701)
• India
27 Feb 16
@jaboUK Awesome photo of your garden.As always your poem is good.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@silvermist Thanks for liking both the poem and the garden - I appreciate it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
27 Feb 16
Our hammock is shared by my husband the dog. I am not a fan of hammocks, I know I'd fall on my butt.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK These two are attached at the hip
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill What a sweet picture. At least there's not so far to fall from that hammock.
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I should imagine that a dog in a hammock could cause havoc! I love to lie in a hammock, but on my own
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
28 Feb 16
yer garden's so beautiful 'n full'f life 'n color that i jest wanna climb through the screen 'n sit'n yer porch'n 've a cuppa tea 'n visit while soakin' it all in!
's fer the limericks, i think i'll leave such mastery to yerself 'n others who've such a way with humor 'n words :D the hammock part took me back many years...ya oughta 've a big pup decide to come 'n join ya! aint sure how many times that sucker flipped 'round 'n 'round but it sure t'weren't no fun! rofl
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx I've got a marvellous mental picture of you and your pup trying to stay in a hammock.!
My garden doesn't look like that at the moment, but I like posting flower pictures in the winter. A taste of things to come.
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My garden doesn't look like that at the moment, but I like posting flower pictures in the winter. A taste of things to come.3 people like this
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx Wow that was a big dog, and he must have had a big appetite too to eat your porch swing!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK a 135 chesapeake bay retriever, mind'ja. he outweighed me by 'bout 40 lbs't the time. i'm sure would'a been quite the sight to see, lol. he did love his momma i reckon :D took his frustrations out'n ate my porch swing whilst i was 'n a road trip fer a few days...
don't'cha jest love perusin' through photo's 'f the past 'n envisionin' the seasons to come.
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Feb 16
Thats your garden?? So so beautiful i love love it
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Feb 16
@jaboUK It is so admirable; i love the colour combination of those hanging flowers
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Feb 16
As usual I thoroughly enjoyed your limericks. Your garden is stunning.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 Thanks, glad you like my daft rhymes. The photo is of the garden in the summer - it's pretty bare at the moment.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Feb 16
@jaboUK As is ours, soon I'm hoping
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Feb 16
Those are funny. I can't do it. I've tried. Can't do poetry either.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@teamfreak16 I don't like Haiku, I like poems that rhyme.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Feb 16
@jaboUK - I have tried a few times. Can't do Haiku either.
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