On Tuesday, we placed a lovely Martin and Roy tee (above) from Nutmeg Clothing on offer to THREE readers who could complete the Limerick that began: ‘Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest…’
You entered in your moob friendly tens.
Runners up
Eoin: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest… I’ll wear it with pride over my vest.. If we are sent home early… I’ll put it on a hanger… Just like Saipan and that Cork langer”
ams: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest, They’ll cover my moobs which make people squeamish And I’ll look like a ride while we’re battering the Swedish.”
Davos: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest, And my phone will always be on silent, For fear Roy’s mood might suddenly turn violent.”
Winners:
Shifty: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest, For when we play in Group E with some zest, We’ll put the best of the rest to the test.”
Mcgenius: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest, The games will be tough, our opponents are dauntin’ But at least we’re not led by the hapless Steve Staunton.”
Mick: “Please put Martin and Roy on my chest, I’ll wear them with pride over my vest, With Shane Long on my jocks and Wes Hoolahan socks, I’ll be sunburned and drunk but well dressed.”
Thanks all.
Previously: Win The Men In Green
All credit to the winners at the end of the day. Fair play in fairness.
Honesty of effort couldn’t be faulted
Yea but what about their moral courage? Distinct lack thereof at the end of the day.
Boooo…there were much better entries. One in particular by a guy called Boj. He managed to work the Nutmeg brand into the rhyme..genius! It’s a fuppin disgrace so it is (shaking fist)
Sorry Boj, Nutmeg chose the winners. You were robbed, in fairness.
FYI my actual nickname is Bodger (same spelling) and the amount of people who think I work for BS.ie is staggering. . .I may have said yes one time but that was to seduce a lady…totally worked too so cheers Bodger!
She liked my investigatory style…heh heh heh
SPLUTTER!
I did…twice… and now two kids to show for it!
I was once mistaken for Republic of Loose frontman Mik Pyro. That was pretty funny, people kept coming up to me saying ‘great gig’ and birds wanted to chat me up.
Sorry Boj, It was clever… too clever!
Please continue to shake fist.
Aaargh…why I outta!!
All snoop. No power.
So nobody at Broadsheet knows what a Limerick is. That much is clear.
Ah now. Mick got it.
He got closer than anybody else but the second line still has too many syllables and doesn’t scan. I realise this was the line given to all entrants but it’s still a shoddy piece of doggerel.
He didn’t write the second line, so my point stands.
In fairness (to me mainly) the post on Tuesday never mentioned the word “limerick”. The phrase “complete the rhyming couplet” was used – which didn’t make sense either cos the first two lines already constituted a rhyming couplet. But there were two lines provided for entrants to fill in. The blatant limerick revisionism only kicked off in the results post above.
I didn’t know that. I’ve stopped visiting BS as often since that tremendous eejit with dead shark eyes and a leather jacket started popping up with bowel-loosening regularity.
Still, it seems to prove my initial assertion, which was that nobody at Broadsheet knows what a Limerick is.
Apologies to everyone whose entry was much better than mine, but got scandalously overlooked in the judging. That said, how do I go about claiming me prize?
Meet at The Spire @6pm. Wear a red hat…try and look nice too. ;-)
Fair play to Mick, the only one who constructed a proper limerick!
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.
I demand a recount.
(of syllables).
I knew i should have looked up the spelling of syllables!!
Congrats to the winners – but t’is an outrage!!
As mentioned above it was a poxy 2 lines to start with, 2 many sylabuls “near my vest” would have worked better + confusion over rhyming couplets… That said It was an even playing field, poxy for everyone.
However I feel my ISIS reference (and that of others) was excluded because of broadsheet’s fear of being the subject of the next “prophet muhammad” incident.
If i see anyone wearing these T-shirts i shall socially exclude them at every opportunity!
Thanks.
I didn’t win either, it’s an outrage !
Those limericks are worse than Boris Johnson’s one about your Turkey man and the goat. You should all be ashamed.
Bollix ta’ the Ref