Cooking Is A Scam
A Limerick Poem
Cora has a recipe book
She used it all the time to cook
She cooks for hours
Her husband devours
And swiftly turns it into poop
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A limerick is a humorous five-line poem with just one stanza. Limericks have an AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm. The subject matter of a limerick is often whimsical and funny.
Limericks all follow the same structure and pattern which sets them apart from other poetic forms and makes them easily identifiable.
- A limerick consists of five lines arranged in one stanza.
- The first, second and fifth lines must rhyme and have 7 to 10 syllables.
- The third and fourth lines must rhyme and only have 5 to 7 syllables.
- The rhythm of a limerick is anapestic, which means two unstressed syllables are followed by a third stressed syllable.
- The first, second, and final line each have three anapests—da dum da da dum da da dum.
- The third and fourth lines have two anapests-—da dum da da dum.
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Comments (107)
What can I say Dhar. True and hilarious! Saw this title and was drawn in.
🤣🤣🤣 How did I miss this earlier?! Hilarious!
LOL...all cooking eventually turns into poop
That is so true and why I only cook simple meals. Oh so very true
A funny way of describing but it's the truth. The countless hours spent prepping, cutting, dicing, slicing, boiling, mixing, cooking all goes away in seconds.
😂😂😂 this is too funny!! 😊
Hilarious! :D Yes, hours of cooking and in a few minutes it's gone. It's not worth the effort and the time investment. All my "cooking" is adaptations. I invest less time and use less ingredients. Cooking simplified. :)
Oh my hehehe 😂😂😂
TIL about limericks 🙂 Your poem made me laugh
Yeah, I guess it is a scam in the "end". hahaha
Super!!! Excellent story!!!
My son has always been so regular and right after eating he has to poop.😂 When he was a little guy he would sit on the stoop and talk about his poop and all of the snoop going on about his poop. He would sing in the bathroom, and people would comment and smile and some would laugh, and he always wondered why they were so amazed by poop.
The fact cooking takes hours and eating takes only few minutes is a mystery to me.
Haha 😅 ! Lol !
Not only a funny limerick, for which I'm a sucker, but scatological to boot! You checked ALL the boxes on this one.
This was very funny! Cooking for myself is terrible, but I quite enjoy cooking for other people
Haha unexpected twist. Nicely done 👍
😅🤣😂🤣
Oof 😂 I’ve just recently begun to enjoy cooking but it is hard to see hours of work disappear so quickly. Nice capture of that!
🤣🤣 Great poem!
The clever rhyme scheme and unexpected twist at the end brought a big smile to my face. Your playful and witty words showcased your creativity beautifully. Thanks for sharing this delightful piece of humor with us!
LOL! This poem fully encapsulates my feelings about cooking. Very well done!
Bahahaha! Mastering the technique AND hilarious! At the time of my read 111 hearts (plus 1 from me) and I’ll be the 86th comment. Like WOW!!! My vote = WINNER! A wonderful demonstration of your creativity yet again yet again. I can’t wait to have a weekend and kick back on my balcony garden and read all your writing, Pauline 💖🌸
This was a wonderful and hilarious limerick! Nicely done Dharrsheena!
🤣🤣🤣 I never thought of it like that 😀🤣😅