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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
This contest will run for 5 days or 5 nights. Whichever ends first. Please remind me when that time comes O.K. ? Of course this will be a "Clean" Contest and you get my drift on that.  In case you have no clue what a Limerick is,  then Google it. Your on your own after that. I, myself will be the only impartial judge of the contest.  My decision will be final. Case closed. No Whiners and Crying is not allowed on CCF. Your Limerick can be funny, thought provoking, clueless, insane or just plain lousy. It must pertain to coins or notes only though. Now for the prizes for the best Limerick. #1 Bragging rights #2 Supporter status for 1 Hr. (that's 60 mins. by the way) #3 A foot massage from the Mod. of your choice.  Not sure about prizes #2 and #3 as I did not confer with the higher ups on these. So what, enter and play anyway. You never know ? So put on your thinking caps or whatever you do before you do whatever it is that you do and get to work. Good Luck one and all.  I will start it off. "There once was a Man from Calcutta Who found a Coin in the Gutter The Rupee did Gleam and Oh what a Sheen But his Cow did not even Udder"  |
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Valued Member
Pakistan
207 Posts |
I once knew this buff hooded dude, Who looked like he didn't take no 'tude, He was on this Swiss coin, that I happened to purloin, If he caught me, I'd definitely be screwed!  (for those who didn't get it) These are fun  . Can I do multiple rhymes if I only have 1 as my main entry? Edited by Babar
10/31/2012 02:53 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
There is this coin dealer named Brad.
A witty and talkative lad.
Five nickels had he,
Now belong to me.
And this coin collector is glad.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3640 Posts |
I think one every day is O.K.
For those that want to play :)
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Pillar of the Community
614 Posts |
Back on the Isle of Man,
A little boy found a can.
Now what coin was inside,
he always did hide.
And that was the story of Stan....
Well, I did start to write a limerick about Czar Nicholas II of Russia, but decided to stop after the first line...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
My inspiration was a table cloth sewn by Mrs. Nohope for the Orlando show:
One ingenious girl from New Guinea
Used a dollar to sew her bikuinea.
But one note wasn't enough,
She was out in the bough,
'Cause the girl wasn't what we call skuinea.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
 great contest! As a child I saw a large penny, Had no idea what this meant. Was not till much later, and age much greater. I learned it's actually a cent! Edited by amida17
10/30/2012 8:28 pm
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
There once was a man from Rangoon He had some coins over which I swoon Plenty of gold All of them old The wanting has made me a loon! Well, at least I tried.  (where is Rangoon anyway? I order them as appetizers when I get Chinese food, but I don't think that's right). Edited by new12collector
10/30/2012 8:54 pm
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Valued Member
United States
220 Posts |
A cent a nickel and a dime
were out on the town having a time
the nickel bumped into a half
this turned out to be a big gaff
and the half pounded him into a trime
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Quote:
where is Rangoon anyway? It's a former capital of Burma (Myanmar). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
These are really great! I will give it a shot.
There once was a man who was daring
he polished his coins without caring
but he realized too late
that is was a mistake
because all of his coins were a wearing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
I, brought up with utmost perfection,
Started building a coin collection.
And although all this time
All I got is a dime,
I preserve it with love and affection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
 For short they called poor Simon, Sime
He hoarded things all of the time
One day he was glad
He found that he had
A 16-D Mercury DimeThe thing I like about my limerick is it's almost a true story. I've told it before but a hoarder died and my boss bought the house and had me clean it out. Throw everything away. I found a bunch of old coins so I kept them in a box. Ten years later I started looking at them and saw one of them was a 1916-D Merc!  Edited by LTMets44
10/31/2012 1:24 pm
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
For my second installment of "new12collectors pathetic poetic failures":
A rare note flew past in the breeze
It got caught in the branch of some trees
I found it there
But I pulled out my hair
Saying "please blow down oh please!"
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Pillar of the Community
614 Posts |
And for todays limerick, I will try my luck with Nicholas II:
There once was a Russian named Nick,
who got into my new limerick.
He cared not for his people,
nor the church steeple,
when shot he fell down like a brick.
Edited by tzarmarko
10/31/2012 2:05 pm
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
There once was a man from Nantucket, Who saved all his coins in a bucket, One day he looked in, and to his chagrin, Saw a big pile of coins in a bucket.  |
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Posted 10/30/2012 12:30 am
