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Community Kitchen Lantern Limerick & Lines Contest -- [CONTEST ENDED]
CONTEST ENDED: The contest has ended. The winners will be notified by mail.
UPDATE: My original post called for a limerick. However, I've been told that the limerick form is too restrictive, so now you can enter with a short poem or a clever saying, as well as with a limerick. The description and rules below have been edited to reflect this. There also have been some additions to the prizes.
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Any cook worth their pepitas knows how to carve and then light a pumpkin. Coming up with a clever saying, however, is Zille difficult.
Any poets or pundits out there? You might be a poet and not even know it -- and I'm seeking pundits as well! So give it a try. Come up with a clever limerick, short poem, or witty saying that even a pumpkin can learn and post it here. The author of the best limerick, poem, or saying (as judged by me based solely on my personal and quirky opinion), will win a prize. There also may be prizes for second and third place if there are enough good entries.
CONTEST RULES
1. To enter, post a limerick, poem, or saying below.
2. You can enter more than once, as long as you provide a new offering with each entry.
3. Entering more than once may increase your chances of winning (or not), but you will not get more than one prize no matter how many times you enter, even if your entries are wildly better than all the others.
4. The contest ends Monday 10 AM PDT or Monday 17:00 GMT, whichever is later :)
5. Entries posted after the contest ends will be read and appreciated (if they deserve it), but will not be judged for the purpose of awarding prizes.
6. The entries you post must be your original work. By posting here you affirm that to be the case. (If you want to share something clever that someone else has written, start another thread.)
7. By posting your limerick, poem, or saying here, you are giving me and the Community Kitchen group permission to use that work in any way we wish within the Glitch game.
PRIZES
People sometimes donate things for these contests, so the prizes may get better before the contest ends -- or not. Here's what's on offer for now:
1st prize:
50 credits worth of furniture upgrades or 50 pumpkins (winner's choice)
and 50 expensive grilled cheese
and 3 emblems of Zille
2nd prize (if awarded):
25 pumpkins
and 25 expensive grilled cheese
and 2500 currants
2 emblems of Zille
3rd prize (if awarded):
10 pumpkins
and 10 expensive grilled cheese
and 1 emblem of Zille
If you win the credit upgrade prize, you will need to mail or give me the furniture item(s) you wish to be upgraded and tell me which specific upgrades you wish to be applied.
ATTN: COMMUNITY KITCHEN GROUP MEMBERS
Community Kitchen group members who participate in the contest will be awarded one tin star in addition to having the same chance as anyone else of winning a prize.
Replies
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I once met a lass from Killkarney
Who took to the patch full o' blarney
She hoisted her skirt, pulled a gourd from the dirt
And proceeded to cut like a limey
ahhh, hah hah! thank you for the contest! -
Firbolg was a lad
Gave ev' thin' he had
To the growin' and greenin' of stuff
He put in some pips
Then plopped on some poops
And made a fine fruit o' the Urth
When leaves then did fall
He'd pull out them all
And run through each one till it hurt
To 'is Ma he gave one
To 'is pa he gave none
To 'is gal he gave her the best -
If you want to enter but you're having trouble getting started, here's one for you to complete:
There was a young giant named Zille
Who thought my donations were silly
'Till I found a powder... -
...what tasted better than chowderAnd pinched Zille right on the willie
ETA: wow, really rushed that...trying again:
ETA: to change line arrangement as it was wonky and wrong.
actual third entry:
There was a young giant named Zille
Who thought my donations were silly
'Till I found a powder...tasted better than chowder
And showed Zille how much I adore she -
There was a young giant named Zille
Who thought my donations were silly
'Til I found a powder
That made them thrice prouder
Now Zille don't treat me so chilly. -
There was a young lady of Ur
Who wanted a pet that had fur.
She found a new potion,
She poured with one motion,
And now she has pigs that can purr. -
There once was a Glitch from Kajuu
Who loved to make hot Awesome Stew.
He cooked up so many,
And didn't eat any,
His house became flooded, it's true!
There once was a Glitch from Kajuu
Who found a Chick defect. It's true!
Said the vendor, "Don't shout,
Or wave it about,
Or the rest will be wanting one, too!"
There once was a Glitch who had cash.
There were millions of coins in her stash.
Then out came new rares.
As rapid as hares,
Her currants were gone in a flash!
There once was a Glitch who sucked at limericks and wrote in this post
He knew that if there were a limerick contest, he'd be burnt toast.
When someone asks why his limericks suck,
He just says, "I must have really bad luck,
And unfortunately, I only get the rhyme scheme right at most!" -
There once was a follower of Pot
Whose pumpkins all suffered rot
They were left out in the lawn
And by four hours the next dawn
They were all her poor piggies got -
I don't think that I need to mention
I am a glitch of the kitchen
You'll know just what I mean
When I'm begging for bean
To aid in cookery ascension -
From Chakra there once was a bumpkin
Looked a little bit like a munchkin
She took to the knife
Just like an angry wife
And then she did carve up a pumpkin -
(I'm sorry, I love this game!!)
I may not be able to stop
my brain, it may very well pop
I put in the plops
I dug up some crops
And I blame it all on the chops! - With apologies to those who took the trouble to write limericks, I've changed the rules to allow short poems and witty sayings as well as limericks. However, there may be a little something extra for the limerick writers.
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don't apologize, I absolutely love this competition!
Little Stoot Butterfield
Sat curled up inside the shrine
In sleep he did dream
'Bout winter summer and spring
And 'bout pickling pumpkins in brine