Weekend Railroading Limericks 22-24 June

[Steve B]

Let's have some fun With some railroading Limericks

Rules
1. no more than 10 words
2. nothing to rude
3. must have something to do with railroading, anything at all
4. there's no rule 4

ya'll go for it

Here's a start

There was an old man who loved switchers

 

[Smoke]

But couldn't find the money to buy one

 

[grande man]

Besides, switchers always seemed more right for the younger guys...

 

[PNKFLOYD]

...who would rather fight than switch

 

[Rednarb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)

A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict meter, popularized by Edward Lear. The rhyme scheme is usually aabba. The first, second, and fifth lines are three metrical feet (9 syllables); the third and fourth are two metrical feet (One metrical foot is equal to 3 syllables; the line pattern goes 9-9-6-6-9). The foot used is usually the amphibrach, a stressed syllable between two unstressed ones. However, many substitutions are common, notably the anapestic foot, two short syllables and then a long (the reverse of dactyl rhythm).

The first line traditionally introduces a person and a location, and usually ends with the name of the location, though sometimes with that of the person. A true limerick is supposed to have a kind of twist to it. This may lie in the final line, or it may lie in the way the rhymes are often intentionally tortured, or in both. Though not a strict requirement, many limericks additionally show some form of internal rhyme, often alliteration, sometimes assonance or another form of rhyme. In early limericks, the last line often essentially repeated the first, though that is no longer customary.

 

[jbaakko]

...Well, this jolly ole man looked for his engine...

 

[Steve B]

but not on his own with a mountie


this is a rough example
There was a young girl lived near Paris.......
Whose boyfriend was partial to haggis
She thought what she'd got was a typical Scot
But instead she was dating Rolf Harris!

 

[Good Sir Jim]

I once had an ole' SD7,
Never did look where he was headin',
Through a tunnel one day,
In an explosive fray,
A dynamite mine and train heaven.