ZX Limericks
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Limericks
Ok I admit it I tried 3 different times and I still can't get a good ditty I am just salty.
Ok I admit it I tried 3 different times and I still can't get a good ditty I am just salty.
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Anyone want to write the first line for this one?
- here -
"I'm gonna get rat-arsed", he hissed.
After ten pints of Cobra,
he was no longer sober,
in fact he was remarkably Pssst!
- here -
"I'm gonna get rat-arsed", he hissed.
After ten pints of Cobra,
he was no longer sober,
in fact he was remarkably Pssst!
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No, but I'll swap the word 'remarkably' for 'markedly' for you, so it scans!
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I once met a man on craigslist?
You have to work the emphasis.
Alternatively:
I once met a man from Cerist
https://www.gazetteer.org.uk/search.php ... t&pageno=2
Or:
I once met a computerist
You have to work the emphasis.
Alternatively:
I once met a man from Cerist
https://www.gazetteer.org.uk/search.php ... t&pageno=2
Or:
I once met a computerist
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I once met a man called Sinclair
Who was freaked about losing his hair
He jumped in his C5
And screamed from the A5
"You can't see my bald spot from there"
Who was freaked about losing his hair
He jumped in his C5
And screamed from the A5
"You can't see my bald spot from there"
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I like Craigslist!
I'm annoyed about my two because I spent a good 20 - 30 mins on each, and it turns out neither is technically a limerick! Must try harder this weekend.
I'm annoyed about my two because I spent a good 20 - 30 mins on each, and it turns out neither is technically a limerick! Must try harder this weekend.
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Quick rebalance:
There was a young man from Caerphilly
Who played Spectrum till manic & silly
He said: I'm in the attic
But my game's become static
I'm starting to hate Jet Set Willy!
There was a young man from Caerphilly
Who played Spectrum till manic & silly
He said: I'm in the attic
But my game's become static
I'm starting to hate Jet Set Willy!
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30 min on each rhyme?
My God, that's a crime!
Yet your poem failed shape...
Here's your problem, R-Tape:
Too much free time!
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Quick rebalance:
You spent thirty minutes per rhyme?
By Jupiter, that is a crime!
Yet your poems failed shape
Here's your problem, R-Tape
You've got way too much bloody free time!
I'll get me coat.
You spent thirty minutes per rhyme?
By Jupiter, that is a crime!
Yet your poems failed shape
Here's your problem, R-Tape
You've got way too much bloody free time!
I'll get me coat.
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Whatever happened to EdgeGrinder?
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My muse, I just struggled to find her
So far it has sprites
And plenty spare bytes
So sod off you great saucy binder!
(Sprites, collisions, shooting, grind detection but I tired of it. It will emerge sometime but probably as a new shooter rather than edge grinder, I can still use your intro )
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Ta!R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:48 amMy muse, I just struggled to find her
So far it has sprites
And plenty spare bytes
So sod off you great saucy binder!
(Sprites, collisions, shooting, grind detection but I tired of it. It will emerge sometime but probably as a new shooter rather than edge grinder, I can still use your intro )
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There once was a man called Dave Hughes
Who struggled to locate his muse
He began with sweet rhyming
Smooth syllable timing
But in the end didn't quite know which words to pick
Who struggled to locate his muse
He began with sweet rhyming
Smooth syllable timing
But in the end didn't quite know which words to pick
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brilliant, perhaps "but he had to resort to booze".
Somehow reminds me of the big beard Limerick, in spirit at least.
There was an old man with a beard
A funny old man with a beard
He had a big beard
A great big old beard
That amusing old man with a beard
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Instead of going down to the boozer
Bert typed in a game from Sinclair User
He ran it then pressed Break
Then typed NEW by mistake
Then Enter... oh dear, what a loser!
A Scotsman by the name of McJames
Used his sporran to store Spectrum games
Joysticks and mags
And a packet of fags
So he'd have something to do when it rains
A ZX fan who lived down the road
Could not get his cassette to load
Until he read what was wrote,
"Don't type Load quote quote
Instead you type load quote quote CODE"
Bert typed in a game from Sinclair User
He ran it then pressed Break
Then typed NEW by mistake
Then Enter... oh dear, what a loser!
A Scotsman by the name of McJames
Used his sporran to store Spectrum games
Joysticks and mags
And a packet of fags
So he'd have something to do when it rains
A ZX fan who lived down the road
Could not get his cassette to load
Until he read what was wrote,
"Don't type Load quote quote
Instead you type load quote quote CODE"
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Those are all great, but the end of that last one is gold!
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A Jet Set Willier from near Hickstead
Didn't believe the Attic bug existed
He's tried for 34 years
And come close to tears
"I'll complete it one day," he insisted.
There's a legendary game, Mire Mare
By a company now known as Rare
Or is it "Mirry Marey"?
We don't know, 'cos so far we
Haven't seen enough proof... it's not fair!
A BASIC programmer did state
"User defined graphics are great!"
But he soon changed his mind
When sadly did find
A problem in mode 128
Didn't believe the Attic bug existed
He's tried for 34 years
And come close to tears
"I'll complete it one day," he insisted.
There's a legendary game, Mire Mare
By a company now known as Rare
Or is it "Mirry Marey"?
We don't know, 'cos so far we
Haven't seen enough proof... it's not fair!
A BASIC programmer did state
"User defined graphics are great!"
But he soon changed his mind
When sadly did find
A problem in mode 128
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A rubber-key fan of Worksop
Decided to take off the top.
He made a big fuss
Of upgrade to a Plus,
Then found that he couldn't type STOP.
Decided to take off the top.
He made a big fuss
Of upgrade to a Plus,
Then found that he couldn't type STOP.
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Back when we were still banging rocks
Some people were in for some shocks.
A game came before us,
It's name was Buzzsaw+,
And now it's on tape in a box!!!
Some people were in for some shocks.
A game came before us,
It's name was Buzzsaw+,
And now it's on tape in a box!!!
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Joefish wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:02 am Back when we were still banging rocks
Some people were in for some shocks.
A game came before us,
It's name was Buzzsaw+,
And now it's on tape in a box!!!
Banging rocks... Cave Johnson
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Yesterday I had some sudden inspiration for more silly limericks, sorry!
There was a young man from Dumfries
Who had problems using cursor keys
He said, "6789
To me are just fine
I can move things with these keys with ease."
A train faring fellow called Malc
Typed railway times into Vu-Calc
And for the stations
Used abbreviations
e.g. Salford Central became SALC.
A philosopher from near Kinross
Pondered the meaning of N Statement lost
He thought, "I'm not certain
What my Spectrum's asserting."
The confusion he felt made him cross.
There was a young man from Dumfries
Who had problems using cursor keys
He said, "6789
To me are just fine
I can move things with these keys with ease."
A train faring fellow called Malc
Typed railway times into Vu-Calc
And for the stations
Used abbreviations
e.g. Salford Central became SALC.
A philosopher from near Kinross
Pondered the meaning of N Statement lost
He thought, "I'm not certain
What my Spectrum's asserting."
The confusion he felt made him cross.
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VuCalc, best one yet. I let out an audible chuckle, and bear in mind that I'm due at work soon.