A fellow who tended to brag
Was married to a hideous hag
Together their inelegance
Made their company ponderous
A burden, cumbersome, a drag
My entry to Mad Kane’s Limerick-Off: Braggart: http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2011/08/21/bragging-limerick-off-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-167441
Lorna's Voice
/ August 24, 2011Sounds like way too many couples I used to know.
Very clever!
Bodhirose
/ August 24, 2011Hehe… Me too! It’s fun to try Mad Kane’s limerick prompts now and then.
Thanks, Lorna!
liv2write2day
/ August 24, 2011I love these limericks and yours is so fun. I wrote mine while I was waiting for a blood draw. Have a good evening!
Bodhirose
/ August 25, 2011I found yours over at Madeleine’s blog, Victoria–very cute. “Hag” seemed to be a popular word in this one didn’t it.
Have a nice Thursday–we’re going to be skirted by a category 3 or 4 hurricane in the next day or so. Thank goodness it’s going to miss our state!
Inside the Mind of Isadora
/ August 24, 2011Limericks seem like fun. I love the
line – was married to a hideous hag – hahahaha … nothing to brag about there.
Enjoyed this, Gayle.
Toodles, Izzy xoxox
Bodhirose
/ August 25, 2011I tried my first through Mad Kane’s blog prompt. They are fun to try–these are her specialty. If you ever want a chuckle–go pay her a visit.
Glad you enjoyed.
Hugs,
Gayle xoxo
liv2write2day
/ August 25, 2011Hope Irene stays off-shore. We are going to be in NC next month to golf Pinehurst! David won a trip. So far, they flooded, felt an earthquake and now a hurricane? Yikes.
Bodhirose
/ August 25, 2011I do too. Forecasters are showing Irene missing us altogether–we’ve already had squall-like wind and rain now and then today from the outer bands. We can use the rain though.
I hope your destination next month will not have been affected by the storm. How nice for your husband to have won a golf trip.
Sharp Little Pencil
/ August 25, 2011Gayle, love the limericks! I always think of them too late to post… and I’m Irish. Imagine that. Maybe I should have a Guinness (room temp) and ponder it then?! Funny stuff, especially the word “ponderous.” Oh, yeah, I know this couple. Their name is Legion At Cocktail Parties! Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/hot-town-poetry-tow-truck/
Bodhirose
/ August 25, 2011We all seem to know a couple (or more) like this. How do we ever get involved with them?! Hehe.. Yeah, Amy–go ahead and do some pondering–I’d love to see what you come up with some time. xoxo
fiveloaf
/ August 26, 2011HAHAHAHHAA! ITS SO FUNNY!
Bodhirose
/ August 26, 2011Hey, Kris–nice to see you! Glad you got a laugh out of this silliness. :)
Madeleine Begun Kane
/ August 29, 2011Thanks for joining in with your fun limerick!
Bodhirose
/ August 29, 2011You’re welcome–it was fun as usual!
S Basu
/ August 29, 2011this one is amazing gayle, you captured the irony of that relationship with perfection and humour.
ha. seen a couple of couples like that. i believe he married the hideous one because none else will marry and stay with him.
Bodhirose
/ August 31, 2011Thank you, Trisha. You are so right–who else would marry such a braggart?