Daily Reprieve · October 2017

The Great Limerick Challenge

“THE GREAT LIMERICK CHALLENGE”.

There was a young artist from Glasgow He drank red biddies with gusto One night on the lash He ran out of cash And ended his days as a hobo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I tried to do step six Wasn’t ready to stop my tricks It ended in trouble I was all befuddled That’ll teach me for trying a quick fix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a young man from Southport Whenever he drank he got caught He’d go out for a pint Always end up in a fight And be back in the dock in the court. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was an old man from Berlin Who was rather partial to gin He drank to get tight Ended getting a huge fright That they had to tell his next of kin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Simon A

“THE GREAT LIMERICK CHALLENGE”.

There once was a drunkard named Eric Who’s episodes grew quite barbaric Now that he works in finance And wears his big boy pants His only binges are alphanumeric ~Marnie A girl with West African roots would stomp  round in milatry boots With a head full of beer she came quite near To getting herself in some lawsuits ~Eric Some Well known inebriates, smashed Sobered up on bangers and mash. Once they were done, one fired a gun And they hurriedly got retrashed ~Simone L A medical man from Japan Sought the answer to life in a can. When the going got rough Said “to hell with this stuff” And went on a 12 step plan ~Simone L

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