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Competition Round Four: Limericks


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#1 maggiethecat

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Posted 18 May 2003 - 11:20 AM

The limerick's a verse form complex:
Its contents run mainly to sex.
They're chock full of virgins
And masculine urgins
And vulgar erotic effects.

So please write one all about food.
The content should never be--- crude!
But we will be alert
And you might win a shirt
For a food pun that's tastefully lewd.

To offer some foreplay to you
I won’t hold your posts in my queue.
I’ll release them each day
(More exciting that way!)
But the climax still comes in Week Two.

Contest Three is on hold for awhile.
(Interruptus, she said with a smile.)
The submissions were great
But I want more than eight
A Big Bang is more eGullet’s style.

Post your limericks here . . .

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
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1912-2008

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#2 Fat Guy

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:09 PM

On account of technological incompetence
By one or more administrators of corpulence
The queue was forgotten
Ms. Cat's mood turned rotten
Please take until Friday to show your brilliance

As before, post your limericks here . . .
Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
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#3 awbrig

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:23 PM

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Im a Schizophrenic
And so am I

#4 maggiethecat

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:33 PM

Lay aside that new shiny "Saveur"
Check these out---just become a voyeur.
Your limerick's better
And harder and wetter
Post one now. I'm excited. Fer shur!

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

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#5 awbrig

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:36 PM

can you provide me a link on the form or how to write a proper limerick

thanks in advance!

#6 Fat Guy

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:47 PM

Here are some very serious rules for proper limerick composition. I think Maggie will probably be a bit more lenient, though!

And just to be clear, do not post your entries on this thread. This thread is for talk about the competition. Entries go on a separate thread here and will be released from the queue after a preview by Maggie.
Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)

#7 maggiethecat

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:48 PM

can you provide me a link on the form or how to write a proper limerick

thanks in advance!

Sure, Brig!

Limerick How Tos

And again, the contest is extended a week.

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

margaretmcarthur.com


#8 maggiethecat

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:50 PM

I think Maggie will probably be a bit more lenient, though!

Lenient is my middle name. Well, one of them!

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

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#9 maggiethecat

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Posted 29 May 2003 - 05:08 PM

Two days left for you to indulge in limerick silliness. How's this for a lure: I will write a custom limerick for each entry I receive between now and midnight, May 31st. It will include your alias and some tomfoolery about comestibles.

There once was a chef from Sioux Falls
Who said, "Maggie, stop busting my balls!"
I'll write you that poem
And it will sure show'em
A limerick just nevers palls.

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

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#10 maggiethecat

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Posted 09 June 2003 - 10:41 PM

Congratulations Xanthippe. Check out her third- place winning limerick on the front page of TDG. Naughty girl!

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

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#11 maggiethecat

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Posted 14 June 2003 - 08:18 AM

Congratulations, btw. Gee...I just awarded a prize for a clean limerick.

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

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#12 maggiethecat

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Posted 14 June 2003 - 08:27 AM

Zilla:

Congratulations! A short story in limericks: that's ambitious.
Bask in your well-deserved glory.

Margaret McArthur

"Take it easy, but take it."
Studs Terkel

1912-2008

A sensational tennis blog from freakyfrites

margaretmcarthur.com