Trek Lit Limericks

[TGTheodore]

Hey, I'm not THAT retentive!

I figured that since we're in Trek LIT, rhyme might be second nature. And I DID include the Ogden Nash loophole ...

Keep 'em coming!

--Ted

 

[TheAlmanac]

Hey, I'm not THAT retentive!

No, that's all me...

(I get that "inner drummer" reaction, too, in other words.)

Look on the bright side--at least I didn't start editing any of the other limerick lines to preserve the meter.

I figured that since we're in Trek LIT, rhyme might be second nature.

True enough, and you were endeavouring to "keep it a cut above"...

And I DID include the Ogden Nash loophole ...

Also true, although personally, I try to challenge myself by not allowing any Ogden Nash-style neologisms when I do this sort of thing.

Keep 'em coming!

I'll try not to step (any more) on the actual game, but like I said, I could throw out some more TrekLit limericks by request...

 

[TGTheodore]

Keeping it rolling ...

A retentive Trek writer named Ted

(Feel free to have fun. I have a very thick skin ... or is that fat?)

 

[DimesDan]

There once was a doctor who could dance,
Her movements put her fans in a trance.
She went with a man from france.

 

[JustKate]

Oops! There appear to be two limericks started. The dancing doctor one has an odd rhyme scheme, though, so I'll stick with the one started by the thick-skinned Ted:
"A retentive Trek writer named Ted
Was addicted to ink that was red"

 

[Terengo]

A retetive Trek writer named Ted
Was addicted to ink that was red.
With checkbook and pen
He'd surf Ebay and then
Wonder why he could not get ahead.

 

[PaulSimpson]

A retentive Trek writer named Ted
Was addicted to ink that was red
His editor wondered

 

[JustKate]

"Wondered" is kind of a tough word to rhyme, I gotta say. But here goes:

A retentive Trek writer named Ted
Was addicted to ink that was red
His editor wondered
Just how he'd blundered

 

[Terengo]

A retentive Trek writer named Ted
Was addicted to ink that was red.
His editor wondered
Just how he'd blundered
In hiring that spendthrift named Ted.

 

[PaulSimpson]

A desperate captain named Kirk

 

[TGTheodore]

A desperate captain named Kirk
Had an uncommonly personal quirk


(P.S. You guys are spooky when writing about me ... good stuff!)

 

[JustKate]

A desperate captain named Kirk
Had an uncommonly personal quirk
When his ship was in peril

 

[Dayton Ward]

She beat me to the third line

A desperate captain named Kirk
Had an uncommonly personal quirk
When his ship was in peril
He would turn rather feral

 

[Mistral]

A desperate captain named Kirk
Had an uncommonly personal quirk
When his ship was in peril
He would turn rather feral
And play with a mighty sharp dirk.


There once was a Klingon named Kang,

 

[JAG]

There once was a Klingon named Kang,
Klingon Operas were all that he sang

 

[TheAlmanac]

There once was a Klingon named Kang.
Klingon operas were all that he sang.
When he hit the high notes,

 

[KLauderdale]

There once was a Klingon named Kang.
Klingon operas were all that he sang.
When he hit the high notes,
You would think he'd cut throats

 

[David R. George III]

There once was a Klingon named Kang.
Klingon operas were all that he sang.
When he hit the high notes,
You would think he'd cut throats,
Yet naught arose but Sturm und Drang.

 

[KLauderdale]

A tribble awoke in a tight spot

 

[DanTheGrey]

A tribble awoke in a tight spot,
And on the tricorder it looked like a dot,