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Another Five

THE ARTIST An artist from the city of Rangoon Wanted to paint the crater's of the moon Packed canvas, brush and paint Told his wife who did faint Then he took off in a hot air balloon. THE SCIENTIST A bright scientist who worked at the zoo Thought in genetics he'd make a breakthrough Mixed some bovine With some feline And now all the lions at the zoo roar moo. CLIFF A young butcher from New York called Cliff Checked cold storage cos of a strong whiff He then opened the lock Forgot to use the chock The next morning they found him quite stiff. THE SHERIFF Then there was the old sheriff of SouthPaw Went up the hills to arrest an outlaw It wasn't the sheriff's day Cos the baddie got away Shouted" up yours old sheriff and yee haw". FREDDY A womaniser called Freddy from Fife Was caught out by his long suffering wife Of course he denied "You liar" she cried And while he slept took revenge with a knife. Written 6th July 2019.

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/31/2019 1:53:00 PM

A FAV in my list. Thank you Pamagiota

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/31/2019 3:58:00 PM

Thank you very much Panagiota, glad you liked them. Tom.

Funom Makama

Date: 7/30/2019 1:08:00 PM

Your consistency makes your already wonderful craft majestic. Yet another lovely piece. This is really great..

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/31/2019 2:13:00 AM

Thank you Funom, happy that you enjoyed them. Tom.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/15/2019 5:31:00 PM

Fantastic Tom! you are a master at these. Great job PR

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/15/2019 5:47:00 PM

Thanks very much panagiota, happy you liked them. Tom.

Heidi Sands

Date: 7/11/2019 9:01:00 AM

Wow, great poems. You are good at these Limerick Tom! :)

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/11/2019 12:58:00 PM

Thanks Heidi, wrote them in Turkey, must be the heat lol. Glad to be home though 43c one day, I was slowly being cooked lol

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 7/10/2019 9:30:00 PM

G'day Tom … a great set of limericks Mate. You've done really well - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/11/2019 2:17:00 AM

Thanks Lindsay, home now, heat was getting too much for me. Hope your winter isnt too bad. Tom

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 7/8/2019 7:55:00 PM

FABULOUS!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/9/2019 1:18:00 AM

Thanks Timothy

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/7/2019 1:26:00 PM

Tom, you are in rare form today. These are terrific!!! All my thumbs way up!!! (I'm all thumbs, you know). LOL. Great limericks, my friend. :) gw

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/8/2019 1:37:00 AM

Thanks Gershon, happy you liked them, I blame the Turkish sun lol. Tom

Joseph May

Date: 7/7/2019 12:32:00 PM

Very nice limericks Tom..My favorite is the Scientist...

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/8/2019 1:35:00 AM

Thanks Joseph, glad you liked them. Tom

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/7/2019 12:02:00 PM

Hi Tom, You've penned another string of good limericks. However, Cliff and Freddy didn't get their happy ending. I don't know if you've done it already but you should write a book of limericks :-) Alexis

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/8/2019 1:33:00 AM

Thanks Alexis, never occurred to me to to do that but now you've put the idea in my head lol. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 7/7/2019 11:43:00 AM

All are great , but the one I liked best is the Scientist one - well penned Tom - good to LOL before a Monday! Blessings and poetry hugs, Jennifer.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/8/2019 1:31:00 AM

Thank you Jennifer, won't be long before these crazy scientists come up with things like this. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/6/2019 7:02:00 PM

you should arrange them by themes, Tom. For example, the ones on jobs such as scientist and sherrif with other worker type limericks!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/7/2019 1:55:00 AM

That's an idea that's worth putting into practise. Thank you. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/6/2019 7:01:00 PM

Much awesomeness AGAIN. this time I had favorites: the scientist and the sherrif gave me a chuckle. But they are ALL good.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/7/2019 1:54:00 AM

Thank you Andrea, happy you liked them. Tom.

Jan Allison

Date: 7/6/2019 5:24:00 PM

fabulous humour Tom I especially loved the cliff poem!:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/7/2019 1:53:00 AM

Thanks very much Jan, sitting on the beach gave me time to think. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 7/6/2019 3:32:00 PM

HILARIOUS FIVE! It seems with the temperature rising dear, Tom your humor reaches higher levels of delight! Excellently written. Much enjoyed!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 7/7/2019 1:52:00 AM

Haha, thanks Demetrios, it is rising and I'm having to find shade. Tom