Limericks...It is fun!!

Leah...Your dad sounds like a great guy, hailing from New Jersey and all! :D :D My mom was born and raised in Virginia. I grew up hearing Y'all because she didn't leave that in Virginia when she came up to Philly and met my dad. He said her cute little southern accent was what he fell for first. See us northerners aren't so bad! :D

Aly...Trevor and Andy type just like that! Maybe some day they will actually type a real word! :D

[ July 19, 2001: Message edited by: Pam ]

LOL LOL I love all of these poems!! Quite a lot of talent here on Pet Talk! What a great way to begin my day :) I came here first as always!! I'm so glad I'm not the only one with the southern accent influence :) I guess I don't have to be self conscious if I slip and say something totally southern on these boards now...LOL LOL

OK, I had to put a poem about my tux cat with his big round shocked-looking eyes on here!

My cat is black and white.
His bug-eyes look opened in fright!
People see him and say,
"Did he come that way?...
"Does he blink?" I don't know, but he might!!
LOL LOL :rolleyes:

Ok, here's one that's kinda gross, but all ya'll with cats that gobble food really fast just to puke it back up can relate...

My cat likes to eat LOTS of food.
He doesn't care if he's rude...
He'll eat all on the plate,
Then puke all he ate...
Then he'll start to eat puke, ain't that crude????!!!

LOL LOL
:D :D :D

This is bad news...now I'm addicted! I was sitting here creating a demo of our application, and I'm thinking in rhymes!! LOL LOL...here's another...

Marius is our cord-chomper's name.
Chewing cords is his fav-or-ite game.
Power, printer or phone,
He won't leave them alone.
Our poor "com" center's just not the same.
:rolleyes:

Scooter finds it hard to ignore
The mysteries behind a closed door.
He pushes and nudges
And if the door budges
He slips in and starts to explore. :D

Ok, I better stop for now!!! LOL LOL

Here is the best one I can think of.

Nikki is a wanna-be-smartie,
So she tries not to act like a retardy,
but it so hard for her,
I bet she wishes she could say good day sir,
instead of make a farty!

Sorry, no limericks here either, but I do have something to add to the accent discussion.
No matter where I go in the States, people always seem to know that I'm from New York. Now, I would like to point out that I DON'T talk like "The Nanny" or Rosie Perez or any of those, LOL, even though I am NY born and bred. (but I must admit I DO say "you guys" a lot, LOL!)
Once, when I was in Maine, someone said to me "you're the friendliest New Yorker I have ever met!" I guess we do have a bad reputation around here, but we're not really all THAT bad! :D

Well, Thelmalu, join the crowd of folks with accents. It will be a hoot for my Massachusetts friends to hear Helen and me when we go for our visits. My one friends swears I'll leave there saying "shooooooaah"!!! I said only if she learns to say "peecan" and "Y'all"! :D

Logan,
LOL, My uncle lives in Boston and everytime I go there to visit him, I'm like "I'm coming to Baaahston!"
He comes here and says "New Yawk". ;)

Livvy:

Lady Olivia d'Flufferuni
is a tabby who's precious and plumey
She's chic, sweet, and smart
She's queen of my heart
Although, just per me, she's quite loony

(Ahem, please don't let her know what I've said about her!)

Sassy (Rainbow bridge):

Little Mister Sassafras Root
Was a tabby dilute sweet and cute
The sound of his purr
Was a soft gentle 'Mir'
Just a love bug in a fur suit

Cassy:

Cassy's a fierce bouncy fur ball
He's an energetic sweet doll
He's a silver gray tabby
Quite muscley, not flabby
Who drives his pet human up the wall

I 'borrowed' my sister's chow, Kemo

There is a dear chow named Kemo
Whose personality is dreamo
His pelt it is gold
He loves treats being doled
They inspire his tricks quite extremo

Here's my addition - I've never written a limerick, so bear with me. :rolleyes:

I have 2 cats; Bouja and Bushes
They like to make my rugs go WHOOOOSHES.
They race and they run,
It's so much fun,
To watch them slide on their tushes. :D

I have taken some liberty with the number of syllables I used, but it was so much fun!! :D

Here are mine....

I met the sweetest little kitten
Her back paws looked like white mittens
She looked up at me
and my heart burst with glee
and immediately I was smitten. :)

- AND -

My name is Mila Meow Cat.
But I think you already know that.
I can sleep all day
and at night I will play
which is I get called the "Meow Brat"! :p

I am loving all these great Limericks. Keep 'em coming ...

Does anyone know where to find Cat Haikus? I got an e-mail with some several months ago, lost them, and now can't find them out on the web. There is one about hearing "hairball noises" in the night that is a scream. :D

Nevermind ... I found it. Check it out at http://www.travelingdogs.com/haiku.html

[ July 19, 2001: Message edited by: catwoman ]

I can't believe the talent here at Pet Talk! We should publish a book! What great poets, on both the cat and dog boards!

Catwoman...there was a post here about haikus several months ago. It was terrific and lots of the same talented folks contributed there as well. I think it was on Cat General and I just went back to some of the old, old posts but I guess it was too long ago.

Dog Haiku starts Dec. 6, 2000
Cat Haiky-u starts Dec. 7, 2000

I'm still working on my limerick. Hard to find my third word that rhymes with Freckles!

[ July 19, 2001: Message edited by: Freckles ]

Wow, I have never posted on the cat board before, but you all, or yez all, or ya'll depending on where everybody is from ( I was born in Virginia, raised in Rhode Island and live in California) are making up some great limericks. :) :)

My feline's name is Freckles.
She's all colors, blotches and speckles.
A calico by name,
Cat of the Day's her fame
and she's modest, smart, (not feckless).