Limerick #151

Posted by lividemerald2013 on February 10, 2015

Posted in: Miller's Limericks. Tagged: Limerick. 7 Comments

Kate, the Psychic Octopus…

You’ve heard that our national soccer team mascot’s a splendid tentacular mass.
The morning of game day, we offered her mussels in flag-labeled boxes of glass.
And Kate, being famously psychic,
Predicted we’d win on a high kick.
The octopus muscled the lid off our box. Consequently, the win came to pass!

7 comments on “Limerick #151”

Eddy Winko on February 10, 2015 at 6:45 am said:

A splendid ditty on the continued octopi theme, and it’s only Tuesday, you are spoiling us 🙂

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- lividemerald2013 on February 10, 2015 at 7:28 am said:
  
  Glad to spoil you, Eddy. As you may have guessed, the limerick was inspired by Paul le Poulpe, an octopus whose rise to fame you can read about here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/12/remembering-paul-the-psychic-octopus-germany-s-2010-world-cup-soothsayer.html
  
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  - Eddy Winko on February 10, 2015 at 10:57 am said:
    
    Now that you mention it I do remember the telepathic octopus, although I think England may have been better served by a player with eight legs 🙂
    
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beetleypete on February 10, 2015 at 11:06 am said:

I remembered the World Cup octopus, so got this one straight off. Well-done David, you managed a sports-themed limerick about an octopus. You don’t find those every day!
Best wishes, Pete.

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- lividemerald2013 on February 10, 2015 at 4:46 pm said:
  
  Squidward Tentacles, the anthropomorphic octopus that stars in the SpongeBob SquarePants movies, is reportedly up in arms about my decision to exclude him from these limericks. I think his attitude really sucks, don’t you Pete?
  
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tref on May 2, 2019 at 3:43 am said:

Splendid. RE-posted on twitter @trefology

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- lividemerald2013 on May 2, 2019 at 3:45 am said:
  
  Four rounds of applause from one octopus, George!
  
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