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    Missing Diable Rouge I think?

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      Apologies - didn't realise we were onto Line 5.

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        Chorizos and ouzos go well together,
        But not amid variable weather,
        Through this healthy routine,
        Keep your bowel squeaky clean,
        And your tum light as a feather.

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          Putting the results together now... and you WON'T BELIEVE how somebody DESTROYED the field and OWNED the other racers.

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            Limerick Week, Race #5 Results:
            Racer Name Sentence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
            Test Racer 5 WevenameditaBorisJohnson 6 4 2 4 9 3 1 4 8 10 6 3 7 6 4 10 2 7 6 5 9 2 6 9 0 133
            lambers Fakevisionsfromonefurpill 8 3 9 4 2 10 2 10 6 9 2 8 4 6 1 6 9 4 8 6 4 1 10 5 5 142
            Southport zeb Jockshowedsomuchgrace 7 6 3 9 2 5 6 6 4 8 2 6 1 6 3 5 2 4 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 95
            San Bernardhinault Fuckedtheinsideofhisbrain 8 6 3 9 4 8 6 5 4 10 9 2 10 8 4 6 8 5 10 2 7 4 3 10 9 160
            balderdasha Mythefatflameswerebitchin 1 2 6 5 4 8 3 6 8 5 3 1 4 2 6 4 4 4 7 10 6 3 5 10 9 126
            slackster ScatterinMofuckersasunder 2 3 3 6 6 4 4 10 9 1 6 8 6 3 9 4 4 2 3 2 6 9 8 4 4 126
            sean of the shed Andtweetswhilehavingadump 3 9 8 6 6 4 4 6 2 6 5 10 5 4 5 3 2 10 9 2 3 8 6 1 1 128
            sporting SkinnerThebeastofBolsover 2 9 10 9 9 4 4 6 5 4 7 4 3 2 6 6 8 7 6 5 2 6 2 4 4 134
            sits Incliningtolineupapunt 10 9 3 5 10 9 10 9 2 6 6 5 10 9 4 6 1 3 1 6 9 6 0 0 0 139
            Various Artist Withthedoctorandneveravet 6 10 6 5 6 5 4 8 6 3 6 6 4 3 9 8 9 4 2 4 4 3 2 4 6 133
            ad hoc Butfennelcreatesabigwhiff 7 6 6 8 4 9 9 4 5 3 4 4 3 6 4 2 3 7 10 2 6 5 10 8 8 143
            nmrfox Nowthefoxboxismixedsocks 9 6 6 6 5 4 8 6 5 7 6 5 10 2 1 10 5 4 8 2 6 3 9 2 0 135
            diable rouge Andyourtumlightasafeather 3 9 8 2 6 6 4 6 6 1 5 10 2 5 6 3 2 3 8 4 3 6 5 4 4 121

            San Bernardhinault saved it for the last line and put up one of the best sentence scores of the week.
            letter Limerick week values
            a 3
            b 7
            c 3
            d 8
            e 4
            f 8
            g 2
            h 5
            i 10
            j 7
            k 9
            l 5
            m 1
            n 9
            o 6
            p 1
            q 4
            r 4
            s 2
            t 6
            u 6
            v 2
            w 6
            x 5
            y 2
            z 1
            Racer Name Place Race #1 Place Race #2 Place Race #3 Race Place #4 Race Place #5 Crudity bonus Limerick Week Average placing:
            ad hoc 2 7 1 1 2 4 2.833333333
            sits 7 1 3 3 4 4 3.666666667
            lambers 5 4 5 3 3 4 4
            balderdasha 1 3 8 2 9 2 4.166666667
            San Bernardhinault 3 2 10 8 1 2 4.333333333
            slackster 6 4 4 5 9 2 5
            sporting 4 12 7 7 6 3 6.5
            diable rouge 9 4 5 10 11 4 7.166666667
            Various Artist 12 11 2 9 7 4 7.5
            nmrfox 8 9 11 11 5 4 8
            Sean of the Shed 10 8 12 6 8 1 7.5
            Soutport Zeb 11 10 9 12 12 3 9.5

            The crudity bonus had very little effect, but it was obvious that Sean of the Shed got the best of that side.

            Great limericks all around! Now to come up with some idea for the next week.

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              I'm not great at limericks - I was hoping for a cynghanedd or englyn round.

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                Originally posted by Vicarious Thrillseeker View Post
                I'm not great at limericks - I was hoping for a cynghanedd or englyn round.
                Bit obscure (and far too fucking hard for me!). How about a five-line poem in any format with a max of 25 letters in each line?

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                  Or haikus?

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                    I'd suggest tongue twisters, but that's not too far off the norm for many of the previous 30-odd pages.

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                      She sells seashells on the Seychelles seashore.

                      Try it. Harder than the original.

                      Edit: thanks Matt, great effort.

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                        Super stuff matt, really enjoyed this week. Shame I came in just too late for the first race of the five, but pleasantly surprised to finish anywhere other than bottom consequently.

                        Tanka are like haiku but with a bonus two lines – where the anglicised haiku is generally stereotyped as 5-7-5 syllables, tanka go 5-7-5-7-7. Which is a lot more forgiving in terms of poetic elbow room, and also a much harder formation to defend against.

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                          I'm aberrantly pleased to have come first in any leg, particularly when competing against Ad Hoc's dadaist limerick.

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                            Originally posted by matt j View Post
                            The crudity bonus had very little effect, but it was obvious that Sean of the Shed got the best of that side.
                            Why thank you, it quickly became obvious that was the only direction I had left to travel in this round, so any acknowledgement is welcome.
                            And thank you for your continued adjudication of this marvelous game.
                            Last edited by Sean of the Shed; 02-06-2020, 12:11.

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                              I wouldn't mind doing limericks again.

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