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The Probe

We've LANDed a PROBE on a COMet and FOUND it was MADE of green VOMit. Well, CREAtures withIN it, deCIded to THIN it, serve PROBE a pea SOUP, then emBALM it. posted: 15 Nov, 2014

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Laura Breidenthal

Date: 9/6/2015 3:23:00 PM

Very clever indeed! Really enjoyed reading this entertaining limerick! Onto the next! Always, Laura

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 5/29/2015 1:14:00 PM

So clever... brilliantly constructed with your trademark idiomatic language. BRAVO Terry! Best wishes, Keith

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/17/2014 3:54:00 PM

haha, you are so good. I see this won something?? What contest was it in?

Terry O'Leary
Date: 1/12/2015 10:40:00 AM

Oh thank you Andrea!! The contest was "Limericks Clean and Clever"

Skat A

Date: 11/30/2014 2:01:00 AM

AWESOME WIN ~SKAT~

Terry O'Leary
Date: 12/7/2014 1:40:00 PM

Thank you Skat!

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 11/24/2014 8:52:00 PM

Congratulations on your win.

Terry O'Leary
Date: 12/7/2014 1:39:00 PM

Thank you Maurice!

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 11/24/2014 10:25:00 AM

Congratulations on your win Terry

Terry O'Leary
Date: 12/7/2014 1:39:00 PM

Thank you Brenda!

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 11/24/2014 8:47:00 AM

Hey hey Terry a real lim...liked it so much congrats on win..rajat

Terry O'Leary
Date: 12/7/2014 2:07:00 PM

Thank you, Rajat!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 11/23/2014 8:18:00 PM

Great limerick, Terry! Congrats on your winning work...hugs, Rhonda

Terry O'Leary
Date: 12/7/2014 2:12:00 PM

Thank you, Rhonda!!

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/23/2014 5:02:00 PM

Dear Terry, loved this one the first time I read it and am so glad to see it in the winners' circle. (After the holidays perhaps you and I could try co-writing another limerick. I had so much fun with our first one.) Congratulations my witty friend! Love, carolyn

Joyce Johnson

Date: 11/23/2014 4:44:00 PM

Congratulations Terry on your witty limerick and win..

Sandra Haight

Date: 11/23/2014 3:58:00 PM

Hi Terry, congratulations on your win! Your Limerick is very witty and sure made me laugh! Sandra

Jan Allison

Date: 11/23/2014 3:40:00 PM

dropping back with my congrats terry - well done!!! hugs jan xx

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2014 7:37:00 AM

I have my fingers crossed for you, the meter seems Ok - but what do I know LOL, Light & Love

Paul Callus

Date: 11/21/2014 10:50:00 AM

This is both witty and original, Terry! Inserting capital letters is a good idea and a help when it comes down to reading! gl in the contest. // paul

Robert Johnson

Date: 11/19/2014 5:19:00 PM

The problem with a probe when it leave's the globe. Is it's on it's own beyond the ozone. Awesome limerick Terry. Peace. :)

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/18/2014 2:15:00 PM

Oh, so witty, Terry! Your imagination and talent for limericks is extraordinary. Really had me laughing with that awesome last line. Best wishes in the limerick contest, my friend. Love, Carolyn

Tim Smith

Date: 11/16/2014 8:01:00 AM

Lol...wonderful Terry....cheers

Terry O'Leary
Date: 11/17/2014 2:18:00 AM

Thank you, Tim... glad I could make you laugh!!

Jan Allison

Date: 11/15/2014 12:03:00 PM

LOL love the humour here:-) Hugs Jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 11/15/2014 12:34:00 PM

I hope you get placed high:-) hugs jan xx

Terry O'Leary
Date: 11/15/2014 12:15:00 PM

Thanks, Jan... I wrote it at your suggestion... ;-))