My numerous fine social graces
Make me welcome in all sorts of places
My white-tie-and-tails
At soirees, never fails
And it covers my string vest and braces
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Cute ...
but it would be rather uncomfortable if your white-tie-and-tails covered your braces.
However, limericks are supposed to be silly as a rule, so from that angle, you've aced it.
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I seem to be carrying the bass drum around for you today.
BOUM BOUM
Le monde entier dit boum
Thank you for the collection of spirited wee Limericks - they brightened up my day no end.
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I appreciate the bass notes as much as the treble, I assure you. Many thanks.
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Very witty and neat...
The only criticism that could be raised here is the use of the singular verb "fails" with what appears to be a plural subject.
Perhaps you might hyphenate "white-tie-and-tails" so as to make it clearer that you are treating the phrase as a (singular) compound noun. -
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I never even noticed the plural subject/singular verb. Must've been just back from a soiree when I wrote it! Actually, I usually wear a hairpiece at those evening do's,
so's I can do the the soiree with the fringe on top. Pardonnez-moi! Thanks. K.
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What a man wears under his tux is his business! Clothes make the man, they say, but they never look under the surface. (good thing too!)
The limerick seems a natural form for you, your meter skips merrily and you choose fine rhymes for them. Good luck!
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