Friday Fun - Boxing Limericks

by **Union Cane** Fri 25 Mar 2011, 10:21 am

First topic message reminder :

Saw this idea on another board, thought it was a good idea.

How it hopefully works, I will give the first line of a limerick, and then all you need to do is copy that first line and add the second, then someone else can copy the first two and add the third etc etc

Even with the helpful “somebody has posted in the meantime” feature we should still get too much confusion and duplication.

That has got to be one of the worst explanations of an idea that I’ve ever done, but hopefully you get the gist of it.

Let us begin...

There once was a boxer named Tyson,

by Rodney Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:16 pm

I died on the operating table
The surgeon, it seems, was not able
My 'windmilling' style
Makes my existence questioned once in a while

by BALTIMORA Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:17 pm

88Chris05 wrote:I died on the operating table
The surgeon, it seems, was not able
My 'windmilling' style

Meant I won, most the while

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:19 pm

I died on the operating table
The surgeon, it seems, was not able
My 'windmilling' style
Put me top of the pile

by Rodney Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:20 pm

I died on the operating table
The surgeon, it seems, was not able
My 'windmilling' style
Put me top of the pile
And I was better looking than Clark Gable

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:28 pm

While hitching my way down to Caesar's

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:30 pm

While hitching my way down to Caesar's
For Manny v Floyd, two crowd-pleasers

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:32 pm

While hitching my way down to Caesar's
For Manny v Floyd, two crowd-pleasers
Got a lift from D4

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:39 pm

While hitching my way down to Caesar's
For Manny v Floyd, two crowd-pleasers
Got a lift from D4
The interminable bore

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:48 pm

While hitching my way down to Caesar's
For Manny v Floyd, two crowd-pleasers
Got a lift from D4
The interminable bore
And found him a very strange geezer

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:52 pm

A young man named Cassius Clay

by **88Chris05** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:55 pm

Union Cane wrote:A young man named Cassius Clay

Whose show-boating paved the way

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:56 pm

A young man named Cassius Clay
Whose show-boating paved the way
Called Patterson ' rabbit '

by TRUSSMAN66 Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:56 pm

A young man named Cassius Clay
refused to join the vietnam fray
He ended up in court
But had the final retort
By coming back and seizing the day....

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:58 pm

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:A young man named Cassius Clay
refused to join the vietnam fray
He ended up in court
But had the final retort
By coming back and seizing the day....

Very good, but you are missing the point.

by TRUSSMAN66 Mon 28 Mar 2011, 2:59 pm

Just writing a limerick about Ali.....

An American take on your superb article which does you great credit Union...

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:00 pm

by **88Chris05** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:00 pm

A young man named Cassius Clay
Whose show-boating paved the way
Called Patterson ' rabbit '
Predictions were his habit

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:01 pm

A young man named Cassius Clay
Whose show-boating paved the way
Called Patterson ' rabbit '
Predictions were his habit
Eventually a high price he'd pay

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:12 pm

Lithping pugilitht Chrith

by BALTIMORA Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:14 pm

Union Cane wrote:Lithping pugilitht Chrith

Wath a target for taking the pith

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:19 pm

Lithping pugilitht Chrith
Wath a target for taking the pith
He couldn't thay etheth

by BALTIMORA Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:20 pm

Union Cane wrote:Lithping pugilitht Chrith
Wath a target for taking the pith
He couldn't thay etheth

'th not a thkill he potheththeth...

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:21 pm

Lithping pugilitht Chrith
Wath a target for taking the pith
He couldn't thay etheth
'th not a thkill he potheththeth....
Move to cruither? Should've given it a mith

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:29 pm

Heavyweight challenger Brock

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:42 pm

Heavyweight challenger Brock
Approached the ring wearing a frock

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:45 pm

Heavyweight challenger Brock
Approached the ring wearing a frock
His retina detached

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:54 pm

Heavyweight challenger Brock
Approached the ring wearing a frock
His retina detached
He was quickly dispatched

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 3:55 pm

Heavyweight challenger Brock
Approached the ring wearing a frock
His retina detached
He was quickly dispatched
So he retired. They gave him a clock.

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:26 pm

Heavyweight Champion Bowe

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:27 pm

Heavyweight Champion Bowe
Ate too much, rendering him slow

by Rodney Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:28 pm

Heavyweight Champion Bowe
Ate too much, rendering him slow
he decided to join the marines

by Scottrf Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:29 pm

Heavyweight Champion Bowe
Ate too much, rendering him slow
he decided to join the marines
But still, his diet of beans

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:32 pm

Heavyweight Champion Bowe
Ate too much, rendering him slow
he decided to join the marines
But still, his diet of beans
Made him a coward, into the bin his belt did he throw

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:33 pm

Someone else start one off, please...

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:36 pm

Someone else start one off, please...
Or is everyone shooting the breeze ?

by John Bloody Wayne Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:45 pm

Someone else start one off, please...
Or is everyone shooting the breeze ?
I'm just eating a sandwich

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:48 pm

Someone else start one off, please...
Or is everyone shooting the breeze ?
I'm just eating a sandwich
And I don't have the bandwidth

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:55 pm

Someone else start one off, please...
Or is everyone shooting the breeze ?
I'm just eating a sandwich
And I don't have the bandwidth
And my cleaning lady is Taiwanese

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:56 pm

There are not many champs from Taiwan

by Scottrf Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:57 pm

There are not many champs from Taiwan
But quite a few from Japan

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 4:59 pm

There are not many champs from Taiwan
But quite a few from Japan
Mainly bantams and flys

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:00 pm

There are not many champs from Taiwan
But quite a few from Japan
Mainly bantams and flys
With small slits for eyes

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:09 pm

There are not many champs from Taiwan
But quite a few from Japan
Mainly bantams and flys
With small slits for eyes
And a liking for sushi meringue

by John Bloody Wayne Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:22 pm

A good meringue is made of cement

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:24 pm

A good meringue is made of cement
Strange thing for a chef to invent

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:25 pm

A good meringue is made of cement
Strange thing for a chef to invent
Blue Circle is best

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:27 pm

A good meringue is made of cement
Strange thing for a chef to invent
Blue Circle is best
For concrete, pre stressed

by BALTIMORA Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:27 pm

Union Cane wrote:A good meringue is made of cement
Strange thing for a chef to invent
Blue Circle is best

And when put to the test

by **Union Cane** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:29 pm

A good meringue is made of cement
Strange thing for a chef to invent
Blue Circle is best
For concrete, pre stressed
And you’ll probably need Fixodent

by **HumanWindmill** Mon 28 Mar 2011, 5:32 pm

Teeth, for a fighter, one feels

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