Author Topic: Some Limericks I Wrote At Work (Read 8609 times)

Lizard Dude · « **on:** September 03, 2005, 12:27:38 AM »

This past summer, I worked for a month at the place where I worked two summers ago, taking inbound telemarketing calls of various types. I believe it's the last menial job I'll ever have, but who knows?

One day I resolved to write a limerick, a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme AABBA, for each major Mario game. This came to a crashing halt when my mom gave me a bathroom reader to read between calls, which then took all my time. I still imagined that I'd complete my goal someday, but it ain't going to happen, folks. So here, published for the first time ever, is the incomplete project.

Perhaps you can finish it?

Who is this cloud guy named Mallow?

His body is made of pure tallow!

I'd better help him,

Though he makes quite a din,

Else Smithy will leave our world fallow.

Audio Version

There once was a plumber named Mario,

Who teamed up with a young lad: Goombario.

They set out for fun,

But sadly found none.

At least they didn't run into Wario.

Audio Version

There once was a thousand-year door

With treasure behind it or more.

If you try to knock,

It won't open the lock.

You need seven stars to score.

Audio Version

I bte yuo cna rdae tihs by lkooign at it.

Hirocon · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2005, 12:48:02 AM »

The Mario brothers were fighting
Cackletta, whose offense was frightening.
She stole Peach's voice
Which gave them no choice.
They bolstered their strength by uniting.

Hirocon · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2005, 12:54:39 AM »

Adventures in SubCon awaited
Four warriors now celebrated:
A princess named Peach,
A mushroom with speech,
And two portly plumbers related.

Edited by - Hirocon on 9/3/2005 12:04:09 AM

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2005, 11:51:48 AM »

One day the air ship attacked
It through almost everything out of whack
The Bros. took the staffs
That the Koopalings stashed
And gave King Bowser a good ol' smack

I have the body of a God! Unfortunately, it''s Buddah.

Edited by - PaperLuigi on 9/3/2005 10:53:12 AM

Markio · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2005, 01:47:15 PM »

They wanted a picnic of fun,
But Bowser was still on the run.
Add seven koopa kids,
and a green dino-liz,
but minus the mad diving sun.

Edited by - Markio on 9/3/2005 12:48:17 PM

Deezer · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2005, 03:45:02 PM »

There once was an Italian plumber
Who went on vacation one Summer
He stepped off the plane,
Went nearly insane:
"This plot could not have been dumber."

Glorb · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2005, 07:27:30 PM »

Man, you are all so good a limericks. I absoutely SUCK at limericks. Oh well, here goes...

There once was a plumber from Italy
Whose selection of weapons was pidily
Attack with a hammer or go to the slammer
It was enough to make Mario say "diddly"

Well, that was...okay. But why would you go to jail for not attacking with a hammer, and why would Mario say "diddly" at this lack of options? You see, I SUCK at limericks.

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"How are you gentlemen !! All your base are belong to us !! You are on the way to destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA ...."
-Cats, Zero Wing (Genesis)

Watoad · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2005, 07:49:33 PM »

Excluding anapesticpentameteriambictoohard . . .

As Mario went out and disappeared,
Luigi won a contest that was weird.
The younger bro learned to vacuum,
A skill he used to make Boos go BOOM!
But he never got the Koopa most feared.

"He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep for the sake of what he can never lose."

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2005, 07:59:11 PM »

Yoshi has a very long tongue
Eating anything under the sun
Baby Bowser arrived,
And stole a tree that thrived.
Now the Yoshis can't have fun.

Edited by - Vidgmchtr on 9/3/2005 7:02:02 PM

Hirocon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:19:42 AM »

Nice one, Deezer.

Okay, so far we have limmericks for:

Super Mario RPG
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Super Mario Brothers 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario Sunshine
Donkey Kong
Luigi's Mansion
Yoshi's Story

Now to wipe out a few more...

There once was a Mario Party
And from it Nintendo made money.
The first one was fun,
The rest have been dumb,
And soon there will be over forty.

Hirocon · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:47:36 AM »

When hearing a speech from a vassal,
One often previsions a hassle.
You don't want to learn
The message you spurn:
"The princess ain't here in this castle."

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:21:25 PM »

One day Mario went missing
Bowser was laughing and hissing
Luigi looked up and down
And put on a frown
"This game really is worth dissing"

Here's another one for "The Lost Levels."

There once was a game called SMB2
"It was like the original, you fool!"
The game was released
But in America it ceased
The game was so hard, it made us drool.

I have the body of a God! Unfortunately, it''s Buddah.

Edited by - PaperLuigi on 9/4/2005 11:25:47 AM

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2005, 02:15:04 PM »

Deep in the vast wood
Toad did all he could
To stop Wario's plan
To rule the land
Using bombs and monsters he should.

"My spirit burns like the sun and I shall dry you like a prune."

Trainman · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2005, 03:23:16 PM »

Deezer = Win.

Deezer · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2005, 03:44:48 PM »

I'm impressed, LD and Hirocon made a lot of good ones.

Edited by - Deezer on 9/4/2005 2:46:29 PM