[FOsen]

The steakhouse’s owner said, “Dang us -
I’m so glad that customer rang us!
No wonder our venue’s
Deserted, the menu’s
Omitted the ‘g’ in ‘Prime Angus.’”

Though a good vegan-burger’s a joy,
I’ve heard that some restaurants employ
A ruse quite unnerving,
Instead they’ve been serving
Vegetarian, horse-flavoured soy.

Frank

[Madeleine Begun Kane]

Originally Posted by Edmund Conti

The sirloin? A great work of art.
Both the chef and the horse did his part.
But what gave it away
And made me say nay
Was the sound and the smell of my fart.

Neigh or nay?

Edmund, I vote for "nay." It's subtler, and it still makes you think "neigh."

So good to see another familiar face here!

[Ann Drysdale]

Psst. Calling DGB. Surely there are some fishy limericks crying out to be adapted for this competition? That's if I can be sure I'm herring you clearly...

[Brian Allgar]

Frank, your 'prime Angus' made me laugh!

[Jayne Osborn]

Frank,

It really made me laugh, too!

A sure winner, I'd say.

Jayne

[Brian Allgar]

The chef down the road’s done a bunk;
The inspectors found pieces of skunk
And of poisonous toad
In his “Boeuf a la mode” -
The last straw was an elephant’s trunk.

Can you believe it? The NS competition usually (when it's prose, which is almost always) produces somewhere between 0 and 3 posts. This time, we're already up to page 6. There must be a moral in there somewhere.

What you reap all depends how you sow it:
Competitions - and this site can show it -
Are far more attractive
(And we are more active)
When summoning the skills of a poet.

[Brian Allgar]

The German Minister is crass;
He must be something of an ass.
His reasoning seems rather wonkey,
Hardly worthy of a donkey.
Stubborn, too - to meet him, you’ll
Believe you're talking to a mule.
But who would ever want to meet him?
Let the hungry poor just eat him.

[Edmund Conti]

Thanks, Mad. I love people who agree with me.

[Douglas G. Brown]

Originally Posted by FOsen

The steakhouse’s owner said, “Dang us -
I’m so glad that customer rang us!
No wonder our venue’s
Deserted, the menu’s
Omitted the ‘g’ in ‘Prime Angus.’”

Though a good vegan-burger’s a joy,
I’ve heard that some restaurants employ
A ruse quite unnerving,
Instead they’ve been serving
Vegetarian, horse-flavoured soy.

Frank

Frank, I think you left out an "a" or "some" before "Customer" in line 2 of your Angus limerick. Oh, if this was in a college town, the proprietor should have that "G" welded to his sign. This was a favorite prank whan I was in school in the early 70s. (even when the townies were the culprits, the college guys got the blame).

Maine had a Governor (now Senator) named Angus King. Anonymous wags have painted out the "G" in his campaign signs over the years.

[John Whitworth]

Re King. And was he?

Re verse. Lefties don't like it up'em. I've always said it.