Twack and Field Limericks

[tandfman]

Abel Kiviat actually died ten months short of a century, not one month.

And that wasn't a limerick.

[midwestfan]

There once was a teenager from Staten Island
Whose religion was the same as Barbara Streisand
He dropped out of high school at age fourteen
And broke the 1500 World Record three times at nineteen
He was born 127 years ago on Sunday
And died one month shy of a century
He lost Olympic Gold by a tenth of a second
And only earned Silver by a photo that was taken

[huntinwr]

My Better Half ( wife ) is in Limerick right now, her home town. I'll see if i can prevail on her to go to the meet !

Someone wrote one after Neil Cusack (from Limerick) won the Boston marathon in 1974. I forget how it went, but started out something like "a lad from the Emerald Isle..."

[dukehjsteve]

My Better Half ( wife ) is in Limerick right now, her home town. I'll see if i can prevail on her to go to the meet !

[tandfman]

Tomorrow, a combined team from Harvard and Yale is competing in Ireland at the University of Limerick. The headliner leading the visiting team is Harvard's Gabby Thomas, last year's Ivy League and NCAA indoor 200m champ.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/us-star-thomas-to-light-up-ul-38242636.html

To mark this occasion, I'm reviving this thread:

There's a very fast sprinter named Gabby
She is stocky but not at all flabby
While at Harvard she would
Run as fast as she could
Being NCAA Champ ain't too shabby

[Mennisco]

Re: Twack and Field Limericks

cheetah

I can never look at that word the same again:

http://www.dangelobrands.ca/tv-cheetah60.html

Good for Ben for being able to poke fun at himself. I was clearly on the wrong zoological TRACK with my classification of Ashford as a cheetah - she's a gaz-ELLE.

[MJD]

Re: Twack and Field Limericks

cheetah

I can never look at that word the same again:

http://www.dangelobrands.ca/tv-cheetah60.html

[G.Ahearn]

One of the more clever (and clean) limericks:


There was a young woman named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set out one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.

[dukehjsteve]

I've always loved to High Jump,
Though often I fell on my rump.
But when I did clear,
Wow ! wow ! the crowd would then cheer,
And oh my, how my heart would then pump !

[Mennisco]

There once was a grand sharing place
for discussing track in cyber space
They talked about hope
And trashed those on dope
And wagered on many a race

[bad hammy]

I thought it was 'know' . . .

[SQUACKEE]

I dont want to brag but i can spell no on a regular basis

Yeah, if we spot you the N and the O!! :P

He had the N & O, the order was just suspect

I had the right letters but then you insist they're in the right order- sheesh :x :cry:

[mike renfro]

I dont want to brag but i can spell no on a regular basis

Yeah, if we spot you the N and the O!! :P

He had the N & O, the order was just suspect

[tafnut]

I dont want to brag but i can spell no on a regular basis

Yeah, if we spot you the N and the O!! :P

[SQUACKEE]

Three points:

1. Limericks are harder than they look.

2. The clean ones usually aren't funny. Ogden Nash said that, in a Limerick.

3. I know Squack is a legendary bad speller, but how in the name of dog do you misspell NO :?:

Oh ym dog! Im Lexia-Dys, seriously i get things backwards all the time. I dont want to brag but i can spell no on a regular basis