I've an Indian Runner duck
For whom I paid only a buck
He walks around upright
A ridiculous sight
Especially when running amok.
Author notes
Image source: http://www.tolquhon-gallery.co.uk/Artists/indian_runner_ducks.jpg
A contest entry
- FUNNY LIMERICKS! by Lanasaur.
472 points, ended February 9, 19 entries
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Comments
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This is hysterical and the picture is darling! Well-done!
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This is funny, and a lovely limerick. I had Peking ducks, and loved them - they look much the same, I think.
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Acutally Pekings, i think are the standard ones arent they? Indian runners stand straight up, like bowling pins. I could be wrong about Pekings, I am not a tame duck expert. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Mike
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Clever and funny. Great wording and easy rhyme. Best of luck in the contest!
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Thank you very much. All of my poems rhyme. If I wrote free verse it would only be a short story. I enjoy reading it but am content with leaving the writing of it to those better qualified.
Mike
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I enjoyed your limerick
and I think the ducks are neat.
A buck's a bargain, I paid almost
six for a dead chicken.
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I have paid 4.79 for dead chickens but they were roasted.
Thanks for reading and commenting. I am glad you enjoyed the poem.
the Duck Runner
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Aww, duckie, lol. I want one of those hens..Bantams? They are quite time and have fluffy feet.
Nice rhyme, but if you're only going to pay a dollar for a duck then it is bound to be faulty, lol.
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Thanks for reading and commenting. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. I dont care much for chickens. They are about the stupidest animal I have ever been around. I can get ducks for free from my mother in law, or a buck a piece from the feed store as ducklets.
Mike
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LOL
this is extreemly funny i love the rhyme thanks'a'lot this is a wonderul peice just what i'm looking for.lol.have a funny i mean happy day best of luck
judge/xxlana
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Thank you very much. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. I wish i had time to take care of a flock of Indian Runners.
Mike
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Superb Plus
What a wonderful limerick!! (I think that be the right term). Thanks for the chuckles, my friend. Again, well done. -
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I was limited by the contest rules saying it could not be bawdy. I was talking with a poet on here about the legality of moving these ducks across the border into Canada. It is my postulation that if the ducks walked across the border into Canada, I have broken no export law. Furthermore, if someone on the other side rescued the ducks, they would not be importing them. Anyway, this is why I have Indian Runners on my brain.
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Okies, whatever you say. Thanks for more chuckles! I used to work in both domestic and international shipping and receiving, so this really appealed to me.
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Would that make you a duck-runner?
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