I’m sorry, my dear, but it’s true,
George Clooney has uttered “I do”,
If that frightful old mare,
Hadn’t managed to snare,
Him I’m certain he’d have chosen you.
Ha!! First limerick I’ve loved in a long time!! Nice
Good luck to them, from what little I read of them, they seem well suited – damn them but they’re a gorgeous couple too
Alfred E. Neumann
You don’t need a comma at the end if a line if the sense doesn’t demand it. More importantly, you’re killing your punchlines with loose scansion. Try “Him, I’m certain he would have picked you.”
It’s really worth the effort to get these things right. So much of the comic impact depends on the meter that you hamstring yourself from the start if it doesn’t flow true. It’s a particular shame here, because this is one of the better ones.
Kieran NYC
Why is Michael McDowell driving their getaway boat?
Zynks
On other news, Nespresso machines being returned in throves. They ain’t sexy anymore apparently.
Christ on a bike.
Congrats. Patronising AND sexist in one limerick.
Balls. that’s a daycent Limerick and none of those things at all
YOU’RE balls.
your balls
Sour grapes, my dear, sour grapes.
Thassit. I’m devo as I was positive I was going to marry George Clooney.
You’re devo? Divorced?
That was a tad rash, wasn’t it ?
Lucy, you totes need to get with the lingo.
Devo is Devasted not Divorced
…nor does it scan.
oh jeebus it grates
I agree with you 100%. Definitely not one of his better offerings and there have been some classics. This isn’t one of them.
Ha!! First limerick I’ve loved in a long time!! Nice
Good luck to them, from what little I read of them, they seem well suited – damn them but they’re a gorgeous couple too
You don’t need a comma at the end if a line if the sense doesn’t demand it. More importantly, you’re killing your punchlines with loose scansion. Try “Him, I’m certain he would have picked you.”
It’s really worth the effort to get these things right. So much of the comic impact depends on the meter that you hamstring yourself from the start if it doesn’t flow true. It’s a particular shame here, because this is one of the better ones.
Why is Michael McDowell driving their getaway boat?
On other news, Nespresso machines being returned in throves. They ain’t sexy anymore apparently.