2009 Halloween Spooky Cave Diving Limericks Contest

[tj]

2009 Halloween Spooky Cave Diving Limericks Contest


Winner gets: Intova 130 lumens LED light, 6 cookies, and 2 spools

Rules:

1. 5 lines.
2. Rhyme structure is AABBA (lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme, and 3 & 4 rhyme with each other. Their "beat" is da-da-DAH da-da-DAH da-da-DAH.
3. Lines 1, 2, and 5 generally have seven to ten syllables, while lines 3 and 4 have only five to seven syllables. Their beat is da-da-DAH da-da-DAH.
4. It has to have a relation to cave diving and halloween or spooky.
5. Deadline 30 October 2009

I thought up different examples, but one may have offended Andrew and Forrest didn't like the one with his name in it either... So here's a 'tame' one... not perfect but an Example:

The cave diver, quite feminine, not burly
Her gear was homemade and squirrely
She went into the abyss
Until something did come amiss
Grim Reaper ran away crying "It's Shirley!

[JerseyJersey]

The Devil dives Ginnie tonite
His plan is to cause such a fright
Use his eye or his ear
Which causes more fear?
Which tunnel, the left or the right

From Hell he had followed gold line
Til he came to a cute little sign
He blinked and he twitched
Cause he didn’t know which
Would cause the most havoc this time

He gave a great heave and a sigh
He decided to not even try
With no damage done
And harm to no one
He gave tonights divers safe by

[FW]

The Devil dives Ginnie tonite
....

That is pretty good!

[MORGAN]

Oh, no! Not again! Last time I was thinking in limericks for a month! Like having a tune stuck in your head, but orders of magnitude more annoying.

Mike

[tj]

I guess this puts you in 1st place....

Good one!

tj

The Devil dives Ginnie tonite
His plan is to cause such a fright
Use his eye or his ear
Which causes more fear?
Which tunnel, the left or the right

From Hell he had followed gold line
Til he came to a cute little sign
He blinked and he twitched
Cause he didn’t know which
Would cause the most havoc this time

He gave a great heave and a sigh
He decided to not even try
With no damage done
And harm to no one
He gave tonights divers safe by

[BillBowden]

I think this one will be very hard to beat! Great Job!

[K Mejean]

I had a buddy who's name was Dave
All he ever wanted was to dive in a cave
So one day he ventured into the hole
Not realizing it would cost him his soul
Now there's nothing else he craves

He found it to be dark and scary
The situation soon got harry
He lost his way from the gold line
He knew that he was short on time
He started crying to Mother Mary

As he waited for his time to die
A dark dressed stranger came swimming by
Old mother Mary was no where to be found
It was the Grimm Reaper swimming around
In a cave he would say his last goodbye

He begged and pleaded to make a deal
His soul he would trade for one last meal
The reeper laughed and said with a smile
Why don't you just stay for a while
But the reeper gave in and passed him a reel

Now it is his soul he owes
But he made sure that no one knows
He will live the rest of his life
Never knowing if tonights the night
The reeper will come to get what is owed

[sskasser]

Nice one! It should be read over a campfire late at night!

Shirley (who's thankfully not burly!)

[Sam2000001]

Into the darkness, not knowing when,
Something splits that grenade and safety pin.
Don't shrug it, you might be next,
Problems simple, to quite complex.
Now who notifies next of kin?

[Terry D]

The air in my tank became colder
I knew I shouldn’t be bolder
So I turned and swam fast
As I felt the hot blast
And it came up and grabbed me by my shoulder

It was so very, very near
My life, although short, was so dear
And yet with great dread
I knew I was dead
That, my friend, is the true meaning of fear

As I ponder and I take stock,
Of my life, barrel and crock,
I shudder one time
Say a goodbye so sublime
And now I will haunt you at Peacock