Questions tagged [limerick]
A limerick is a 5-line poem with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme, often with five-line anapestic meter, sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
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I make billions (#4)
I make billions (#4)
For years did a sharp little verse,
Grow fast in our ears like a curse,
A tune on TV,
Did subconsciously,
Cause all to spend much from their purse,
Who / what am ...
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The Answer Would Make a Good Title
Here is a riddle quite long
I hope you can follow along
You'll be delighted
While I recite it:
I'm known to be unmatched in song.
You'll find me the whole world around
In nature 'tis ...
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Who’s in for a Cruising?
This is part 6 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Looks like I’m getting way behind schedule already. Sorry about that! Time flies ...
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A crypto-limerick from Peru
There once was a man from Peru,
Whose limericks all stopped at line two.
Rpl xcjd jfi yfo,
Cw hzhyywh ot iojet,
Fdy ovjyu ozmn tdz spg yxz oet yxmgybm.
Can you figure out what cipher this ...
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