LIMERICKS AND STUFF By Leigh Collin Brandt

Monday, November 17, 2025

SCHOOL SALISBURY STEAK OR STARVE

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I went to the grocery store to buy just one pound of ground beef, I looked at all the high beef prices, and said, "oh, good greedy grie...

FLYING MONKEY, HAIR THIEF

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Along came a big flying monkey, and he flew off with my toupee, I'll never see that fake hair again, because the monk flew far away, My ...

I EAT NO PEACHES

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I was hungry for peaches, so I went to the grocery store, The store didn't have any peaches, because they were needed for war, I did not...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

CHRISTMAS CANDY 2024

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I found the wrapped candy canes, left over from last year, Are they still good? Or should I just feed them to the deer?   When I went to buy...

THEY DON'T HATCH OUT ALL GROWNUP

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I inherited a dinosaur egg; it was really old, The old egg has been in my family, since a time untold, Yesterday, a saur popped out, The kid...

A PENNY SAVED IS A WASTE OF TIME

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I gathered my pennies; took them to the bank, and they weren't worth a thing, The bank stoped exchanging currency for pennies, sometime,...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

ODE TO THE PENNY AND THE STARFISH

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The last penny I own, I threw into the sea, To sink to the starfish, to keep its company, The dollar is the new penny, I do not have very ma...

I SHOWED UNCLE JOE, THE DOE I GOT WITH MY BOW

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I went to the cemetery to visit Uncle Joe, His tiny headstone was all covered with new fallen snow, Both of my hands were gloved, One gave t...
Friday, November 14, 2025

MONKEY BRAIN INSANE.

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There was a brain eating monkey that entered my ear, The monkey is small, but he's eating my brains, I fear My big eyeballs twitch and t...

IF YOUR LIFE STINKS, BLAME THE GNOMES

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My broke parents are canceling our Christmas, this year, No cookies for elves, and Santa won't get his wheat beer, Wow, our dinner menu ...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

I EYEBALL VOLLEYBALL

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I was fishing in a boat on a bay, when a unicorn swam in from the sea, The unicorn had four legs and a golden saddle, and was beckoning to m...

BIG BUCK, SON OF THE DEER HUNTER

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In my previous life, I was a big, buck deer, I would run through the big, spruce forest, full of fear, A hunter shot me, And, food I did be,...

THE RESTRICTED PENNY

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I am an 80 year old beggar, and I live on the street, People throw me a penny, and tell me, just spend it to eat, I give them a big, giant g...

I REPURPOSED THE MICE IN MY HOUSE

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My warm home was full of hundreds of mice, and I noticed they were real fury, I wanted to catch them and make a coat, but they were always i...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

ATTACK OF THE SNOUT FLIES

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It got so warm in my little cabin, the flies hatched out, They were buzzing all around, and buzz singing all about, I whacked them with the ...

LITTLE BOX HOME LIVING

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My health insurance, now costs twice as much as my high rent, So, I gave up my apartment, to live in a small tent, But, I found a nice box d...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

THE MACAROON MOON

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I went far off into space to find me a livable moon, I wanted to move to a nice, warm moon, and move there real soon, I found one that was p...

I STAND STRAIGHT UP, BUT DIZZY

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I grow red potatoes on the side of a steep hill, Most people can't quite stand up straight, but I have that skill, I go hoe, hoe, hoe, h...

FACE VS THE MAPLE TREE

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I ran my new bicycle into a big maple tree, I lost all my front teeth, and some stored brain cell history, In the hospital bed, I bled, From...
Monday, November 10, 2025

MY CHICKEN AND THE TWO LITTLE EGGS

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My chicken laid two little eggs that I fried up with some ham, The kids did not like breakfast; they wanted bacon flavored Spam, They had ce...

SOME CALL HIM A THIEF, I CALL HIM A WITCH

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Bling, Bong, I do fear, the real wicked witch is named, Ned, He got his powers from his big, bad daddy called, Fred, Ned will steal frozen m...

IN NATURE, SIZE MATTERS

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Winter came and brought misery, misery, I am told, It blocked the paths of all creatures, and suffered them, the cold, Cold hurts the face, ...

I'M AN EGGHEAD WHO SCOOPS POOP FOR A LIVING

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When I was admired as a scholar, I never made one single whole dollar, My mind was prepared, Yet, nobody cared, I'm paid to walk dogs le...

I TENT AND HAVE NEVER CAVED

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I was told that in debates, I consistently cave, That opinion came from my hero, big Brother Dave, But, no cave have I been, I do tent, now ...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

PEAR PREJUDICE

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I thought of eating pears, about mid-week, So, it was off to the store, to pear seek, Well, seekers beware, There were no pears there, I hea...

SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH MA AND BERT

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I build myself a small, livable yurt, Along comes a wind, I sleep on just dirt, My yurt blows far away, It sinks out in the bay, I move home...

SLEEPY ROGER AND THE RAT

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One pound of water and five pounds of milk fat, That is the composition of my dumb cat, His name is Old Sleepy Roger, He's an activity d...
Saturday, November 8, 2025

I USE TO VISIT SIDNEY, AT THE DOLLAR STORE IN MICHIGAN-MID

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I use to go to a dollar store, when I was a little kid, I had a much older brother who worked there, he was named, Sid, Sid was married to R...

I HAVE NO JOB, SO I'LL SQUAT

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Because the airlines operate on a massive delay, I missed a meeting and got a big reduction in pay, In fact, I was  fired, That wasn't d...

MOTH MAN VAMPIRES BITE

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I always felt the biggest danger from the moths,12 Was their desire to consume many of my cloths,12 It seems moths have blood desires,8 Mont...
Friday, November 7, 2025

THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER AND PUKE

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We have Thanksgiving, before we can celebrate our annual Ho Ho, Ho! Then we meet and  eat ma's half frozen turkey, until our guts feel w...

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF BEING BRAINLESS

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I have a very diseased, unthinking, squirrelly, little brain, Doc says, it is so brittle and little, I must be insane, My brain cells died o...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

CAREER DEATH OF A FOOD BLOGGER

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There was a constant blogger, who blogged about preparing his every meal, He thought if he blogged his meal details, he'd receive lots o...

THE JAZZ BAND

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I rocked out with tones on my electric guitar, In a jazz band that played at a hillbilly bar, We had a great base, His solos were ace, Our d...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

WITH TONE AND CONE, I WON FIRST BONE

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I auditioned for the local orchestra, to play 1st chair trombone, I played a song called "Om Papa", with my bone muted by a mute c...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

AFTER LOSING MY ELECTION, I'M IN THE DOGHOUSE

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I lost the house election, now I must leave my home to go sleep, I was accused of teasing the new dog; I got labeled, a creep, The 5 kids na...

TEETH BITE, BUT A WREATH SUCKS

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Benny did me a solid, when he loaned me his teeth, The teeth weren't for me, they were for my Grandfather Keith, Gramps had a date dinne...
Monday, November 3, 2025

NO JOB = NO HOME = GROCERY CART LIFE

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This sad morning, my old rusty, purple pickup would not start, My vehicle turned over once, then the engine blew apart, I was so late for my...

I AM BOSS CHEF

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I made me some spaghetti and dumped in a can of sauce, Into this mixture, my special meatballs, I gave a toss, It tasted so good, The best i...

PLYWOOD IN SPACE

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I built a giant spaceship in outer space, all out of plywood, It traveled between planets just ace, but the reentry was no good, So, my inve...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

GRANDMA'S GOOD GRUB

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Trina had a hunger urge, so she went to Lucky Street, Trina wanted to buy some sweet candy, and dead, red meat, The candy was old and stale,...

CHAOS AND THE JUDGE

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I tried to create some chaos, because that's the popular thing to do, I went to a pharmacy lab, and released the rats, and the monkeys t...

THE TATTOO

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To scare my spouse, pets and kids, when I am feeling the blue, I went to the barber and bought me a scorpion tattoo, Its in the middle of my...

I CRUNCH PASTA

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I went to the local grocery store to buy some food for lunch, I bought a pack of spaghetti, because to eat I have to crunch, I use to have a...

THE AFTER AFFECTS OF PLUMS ON PLUMBING

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After over snacking, all evening, on prunes or plums, Tension filled guests, waited in a line, to empty their tums, The pipes took in litera...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

FAILED GARDENER, FAMILY REJECT

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J went outside to hoe my garden, but everything was dead, Somehow it had turned to fall, but it was spring inside my head, Where did the spr...

NO JOB, NO FOOD, BUT I CAN NAP

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My job went away when my corporate employer got sued, I just went to place where the government hands out old, canned food, There was no foo...
Friday, October 31, 2025

KING BENNY AND THE SCURVY DISEASE LIMERICK

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Eating meat was the only way that King Benny was pleased, Now Benny is all nasty and scurvy diseased, His servants offered him fruits,...

I WENT OUT TO THE OLD HAUNTED SHACK

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I went out to the old haunted shack, Didn't know if I'd ever come back, Sure enough, the ghost grabbed my head, Yanked it off, made ...

THE GHOST QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN LIMERICK

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Margo was the queen of Halloween ghosts, She ate candy corn jam on fresh pumpkin toast, She was a ghost, who grew wider, Drinking hot app...
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MY HOLIDAY ECONOMIC COLLASPE

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I cannot afford Halloween candy, I for sure,  can't afford Christmas brandy, Thanksgiving?  I won't eat, Can't afford bread or m...

MY TOOTHBRUSH JUST BECAME SELF-AWARE

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I guess my toothbrush has just become self-aware, An electric shock gave me a cardiac scare, I reached for the plug, Gave the chord a tug, W...

TRICK FOR TREATS LIMERICK

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On Halloween I'll trick for treats,             I'll fill my bag all up with sweets, When I've finished my roam, I'll...

I CHANGED NEIGHBORHOODS AFTER HALLOWEEN

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I went out trick-or-treating, to the big homes of the rich in my hood, I figured that because they were rich, they would give me something r...

HAPPY HALLOWEENY FROM THE TWO WITCHES AND ME

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There is a witch, that's me, I recruited two more to make three, And, though we weren't quite a coven We cooked townsfolk in our ove...

GERTY GOT DIRTY, ONE SUMMER DAY

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I went white water rafting, one sunny day, The river was yucky with swirling red clay, My little dog, named Gerty, Got her face all dirty, I...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

THE HISTORY OF TRICK OR TREATING

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On Halloween this family of ghosts, Marched in parade from coast to coast, They munched on candy, When it was handy, That's h...

THE RED PLANET FROZEN BARS

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So, methinks I was headed up to Mars, But my spaceship fell back down and crushed cars, I got a lawsuit, From each crushed toot, toot, Now I...

RED ROOSTER RIDING WITH SPIKE

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There was a nice, young lady, who rode a red bike, She had a pretty red rooster; she called him Spike, Spike rode the bike handlebars,  Whil...

LICK THE CHALKBOARD NICE AND CLEAN

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People have no meat and people have no gruel, Kids lick chalk off the blackboard, for lunch at school, This is a real poor town, Unless, you...
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