Furrendz on Friday - Guest post - The Great'n Powerful Oz the Terrier

Today I, the great and powerful Oz the Terrier, am going to give you a quick lesson in How to Write a Limerick.

First, you must understand how to arrange your limerick in meter (rhythm) and rhyme (rhyme).  The standard form is a stanza (poem) of 5 lines with the first, second and fifth lines rhyming with each other in three feet of three syllables while the third and fourth lines rhyme different than the others and are two feet of three syllables.  Got it?

Probably not.  Neither do I...I just know how to write the darn things.  Anyway, the rhyme scheme is AABBA - all As rhyme and all Bs rhyme.  Easy enough. 

The meter however, is a bit harder (and sometimes I toss the meter to the wind because I hate being constrained on a literary leash, so to speak).   It is an accented pattern of double weakly stressed syllables.  Still no help, right?  I know...I hate meter. 

Basically the meter is:
1  dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT
2  dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT
3  dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT
4  dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT
5  dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT-dah-dah-DUT

Now that we know the rhyme and the meter, we need to find a friend of which we can ridicule in verse...humorously or even rudely.  I think we can all agree the best limericks are funny and maybe a little rude (or crude...or lewd...or nude...you get the idea).

NOTE:  Though you may be tempted to start your limerick with "There once was a man/woman/dog/cat/etc from Nantucket", don't.  All the good rhymes for that have already been written.

 
OK...so now you should be ready to write your very own limerick.  I have taken the liberty to write one for Shiloh and Shasta since this is my guest post for them. 


A Limerick for Team Beaglebratz
by Oz the Terrier

There were Shiloh and Shasta the Beaglebratz Team
Who got a lofty idea and started to scheme.
Their plan is quite loopy,
To be a novelist like Snoopy,
By writing 1,000 blog posts by the end of 2014.


CHALLENGE to Shiloh and Shasta:  For one of your 1,000 posts, write a limerick using the process in this post.  You can write it about anyone (except if they are from Nantucket).

CHALLENGE #2 to everyone leaving a comment:  Can you leave your comment in the form of a limerick?  Even a bad one?  (And for Frankie & Ernie, no two lines of a limerick and giving up!  I know you CAN write a limerick!)

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WE R BAK !!!!!!!!

HAPPEE NEW YEAR!

even if it iz kinda late. 

We had to catch up on our recuperatin'frum the holiday rush.

We gotz sum pikchurez tue share with u'all'n 

hope tue due that this weekend or

early next week.

We just gotz a whole lotta catchin'up

tue due.

We also gotta try tue git our blog

changed around sum-

at leest change our header.

Rite now we gotta git bak tue

our recuperatin'.

~Shiloh'n The Diva Shasta~  

What now???????????

We Beaglebratz WILL git our Christmas stuff 

posted - MAY-B NEXT YEAR?  No, we r all fine - 

however we due wunder'boutz our assistant - who 

we haf niknamed THE Wanderin'Wayweirdo.  

LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID NOW-  

THAT iz all NEW stuff-

she got it the day AFTER Christmas! 

See that box - it x-ploded!

(an'there iz still a bit more in it!)

Can we PLEEZE finish with our CHRISTMAS

B-4 we bring in MORE stuff?

Who knowz what she will bring in next?

Shiloh wuz wunderin'if may-b 

there wuz sumthin'fur us Beaglebratz?

NO! 

NATA - NO WAY - THAT'Z A BIG, FAT ZERO!

So what's the reezon fur gittin'it?

HUH?

Anyway, MAY-B we will git pikchurez posted 

sumtime, of our Christmas.

Stay tuned - we HOPE tue haf sum pikchurez

 in the next day or so.

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>>>

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After what we had tue endure

 and now we gotta wait sum more.

GEESH!

~Shiloh'n The Diva Shasta~     

At werk with mom - sorta ... an'other stuff tu

We Beaglebratz haz a few thingz tue 

cover in this blog post an'we wood like tue

thank http://www.dogtrainingcollars.com/ fur 

the oportunity tue bring it tue u.

Every mornin'when mom leevez fur werk, 

it'z the same old thing- 

she sez "You two b good, mama lovez her 

Shiloh'n Shasta".

We Beaglebratz r in a quandry here-

if she lovez us so much

(an'we r shure she duz - may-b?) 

than y duz she leeve us - home alone? 

So she goez off tue werk butt she tellz us that

we r with her all day long 

in many wayz.

Which wood u rather haf at werk?

What that pikchure there above showz OR

the reel thing 

 The next few pikchurez showz u'all 

other wayz that

we r "with her at werk".

Mom sez she can't b at her desk without

seein'us an'thinkin'bout us.

 

See that Christmas card up top-

the red one with pawprintz?

It'z kinda hard tue make it out butt

it meanz a whole lot tue mom cuz

it showz a pikchure of us 

Beaglebratz'n Angel Oreo- 

it wuz The DIVA Shasta'z first Christmas'n

wood end up bein'Angel Oreo'z last.

An'of course we're all there with mom. 

Here iz a fav of mom'z-

a pikchure of Angel Oreo that a friend made

Now here iz us agin

Thoze r pikchurez of flowerz frum 

mom'z garden hangin'there

b-side my (Shiloh'z) pikchure.

Then a few pikchurez of other stuff that

mom sez remind her of us when

she iz at werk

Some of theze pikchurez r kind of really ... 

um .. well

not good.

Oh an'u know we told u'boutz 
goin'tue c Santa Pawz- 

well it wuz a good thing we had 

our listz with us tue give tue him cuz

they wuz in such a hurry'n 
we hardly had time tue say 
Merry Christmas.

Butt each of us Beaglebratz got a bag frum

Santa Pawz only mom kept'em-

yep, we Beaglebratz haz NO IDEA what

iz in'em butt we due know they iz
frum Santa Pawz.
Iz mom keepin'em fur herself?

Finally, the Shiloh-man here.

Mom sez that it haz bin awhile since 
she haz seen me look so animated-
(since when am I a cartoon?) 
 
she thinkz I am lookin’an
feelin’happier now– 
I due feel a whole lot better now.  
I am runnin’more an’bak tue patrollin’the perimeter of our kingdom– 
alwayz on the outlook fur trespasserz.  
Almost efuryday I am playin’a bit
more with The DIVA Shasta an’we all
 even slept in the regular bed last nite 
altho mom did help me a little gittin’up on it 
(instead of sleepin’on the sofa-sleeper) 

Mom wood like me (Shiloh) tue 
take a moment here tue

fur your wunnerful POTP an'healin'vibez.
 

(Iz The DIVA Shasta watchin'that critter up there?)

~The Shiloh-man'n The DIVA Shasta~
an'mom tue 

Wordless Wednesday - almost (nap time)

Last week, we Beaglebratz showed u'all a few pikchurez of us at play.  This week we wood like tue show u'all just a few of the many wayz we Beaglebratz like tue nap.  We wood like tue say a special thank-u tue http://www.dogfencediy.com/
fur makin'this post possible.

Az u can c in this next pikchure, it'z not alwayz 'boutz the team az Shasta sumtimez likez Froggy'n Ducky tue keep her company when she napz.

On the other paw, when'n where he fallz - that iz where Shiloh napz.

Butt really, this blog iz mostly 'boutz the team effort->

We Beaglebratz r shure that u'all know 'boutz the power of suggeschun when lookin'at pikchurez so if anyone of u haf the need tue go take a nap NOW - then by all meanz - DUE IT!

~Shiloh'n Shasta~ 

Olympics today - Synchronized Peeing an'the Wanna-Be'z

 WAHOOZIEZ COOL DOOZIEZ!  

It iz finally here!

 Our Olympic event which we turned intue

all-inclusive by allowin'singlez

tue compete tue.

We started with the two'n 

turned it intue the Wanna-Be'z tue.

So, without further adieu we 

Beaglebratz bring u our eventz -

SYNCHRONIZED PEEING an'the 

WANNA BE SYNCHRONIZED PEEING!

So furst up iz the 

SYNCHRONIZED PEEING- 

(note: the athletez will compete in no pawticular order)

Furst up - we haf Bella who iz on the left an'Daisy iz on the rite ... or iz that the other way?  Anyway they r frum DOWNUNDER DAISY

representin'what else - Downunder az in 

Australia. 

Next we haf-

Dixie duin'her thing on your left while Milo iz over there waterin'the tree - good conservashun tipz u tue.  They r frum SIMPATICO an'represent the United States. 

Now competin'iz-

Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus frum

ANOTHER TEQUILA SUNRISE representin'the United States.  They were concerned that maybe they didn't haf what it wood take tue compete - Ladiez, let us b the furst tue assure u that u both show great form here.

Comin'intue the arena now iz-

Mona'n Weenie frum 

MONA, WEENIE AND THE MOMMY TOO!

In case sum of u don't know, they r frum the state of Texas an'of course representin'the United States.  We herd sumthing 'boutz they were duin'a bit more than just peein'here butt we say "Hey, whatever it takez tue git your Sync on (or iz that down?)

Next u will c-

Murphy an'Stanley frum MURPHY & STANLEY

of course - what else cood the blog b?  They d-scribe themselvez az "Two wild and crazy Doods".  Well, az we haf sed b-4 (an'will likely  say agin b-4 all iz sed an'dun) whatever it takez tue acheeve the d-sired result.

We Beaglebratz were really glad tue welcome theze tue fine kittiez intue our event-

Eric an'Flynn show us that Synchronized Peein'iz NOT just fur us woofiez - kittiez got the talent tue.  Oh yeah, we almost furgot - they r frum

OUR LIFE BY ERIC AND FLYNN

and they r frum the United Kingdom.

Now we haf a team who tellz us they "want to leave our "mark" on the same tree at the Olympics"

Theze tue fine athletez r Lassiter Chase'n Benjamin (u cood probably reed that on their pikchurez butt we want tue make their entry sound o-fish-al) an'they r frum

LASSITER CHASE and BENJAMIN the SHELTIES 

They x-plained their timin'iz not perfected yet-

we say they r tryin'n trainin'n that'z what countz!  They r frum the United States.

An'now we c tue more kittiez who want a go (fur real)

at the Synchronized Peein'event-

Theze tue fine athletez r frum 

WENDY'S 3-D CATS an'they r frum Canada. 

Dante, who iz in the front, haz started the acshun while Donino lookz tu join in az soon az that purrfect sync posishun iz found. 

Last BUTT definitely not leest BUTT definitely the hoogest az in RELENTLESSLY HUGE an'hiz pawtner 

Yepperz, that IZ the Mango Man an'Dexter there in the bak - they r frum MANGO and DEXTER'S GREAT ADVENTURES

Ok - so both of them r guy doggiez so u may ask yourselvez, y the squatz.  I, Shiloh, can elaborate on this quite well - like the Mango Man sed, it iz more efficient an'I say it IZ safer.  It iz not alwayz eazy tue try an'balance on 3 legz while focusing on the task at hand ... or paw.  Can anyone imagine what wood happen if the Mango Man wood looze balance while tryin'tue stand on 3 legz tue pee?  I shudder tue even pikchure that in my mind.

Ok - so that bringz the Synchronized Peein'event tue a cloze.  That wuz a great diverse group of athletez. Next up - the 

Wanna Be Synchronized Peein'event.

(Agin, no pawticular order)

Ok so furst up in the arena we c- 

Storm an'Angel Deefa frum 

CHARLENE and STORMY PIE Storm iz the woofie who got us tue thinkin'that we needed an event fur thoze athletez who wish tue compete butt haf no pawtner.  What'z that u say - he duz haf a pawtner.  Well that wuz part of the rulez - due sumthin'tue make it kinda look synchronized.  Storm iz frum the United Kingdom.  You can look HERE fur more d-tailz 'boutz this event.

Ok - now movin'ontue the next athlete-

Reuben frum the blog, FLOPPY TONGUE JOY. Reuben can b chozen frum a large room full of Doxies - check out hiz blog an'u will find out y.

Now enterin'the arena we c-

Goose frum GOSPEL OF GOOSE Goose wuz worried that hiz entry mite not git here in time so he did a lot of runnin'tu make shure it did.  An'yepperz-

Goose did wanna b in the Wanna Be event - that doggy furrend u'all c - Goose sed she just got in the way so he iz all synched along with that tree.

Enterin'the arena now iz-

 Bouncing Bertie frum  

BOUNCING BERTIE'S BLOG

Bertie wuz a little concerned that just may-b hiz entry mite not qualify - NO PROBLEM BERTIE  You r lined up next tue that post just fine - sorta in cync with it.  Bertie hailz frum Scotland.

Here we c-

Asta frum ASTA'S WORLD Since she iz now livin'in

Boo-da-pest, she haz no furrendz there tue help her an'since she iz an only woofie in the family, she wuz concerned she mite not b able tue enter BUTT luckily fur her (an'a few otherz) the WannaBe event wuz there 4 her along with the assistance of her wheelie sissie, Mywna.
 

Here iza a purty little lady butt don't let her size an'dress sway your thoughtz-

Lorenza frum EL DARIO de LORENZA iz here tue compete frum Mexico.  She iz lined up just pawfect with that itty bitty patch of grass an'in
spite of her dress, showz great form.

Here comez an athlete with a baby in tow?

Ever since we furst got this entry frum
Molly at  MOLLY the WALLY -THE LITTLE DOG WITH A BLOG
we just don't know what tu think.  Iz this a 
Wanna Be orrrrr did Molly have a puppy?  Whatever the case may b - she she hailz frum the United Kingdom.

Enterin'the arena next iz-

 

This iz Buttons frum BUSY BUSY BUTTONS
Are we seein'double here - shood this b a Synchronized Peein'contestant?  Did Buttons haf a "teammate"?  Buttons iz frum the Uhnited States.

Now this iz an interestin'athlete - did sumbuddy looze their head?

This iz Roo frum ROO'S DOINS 
He sent this in fur the Wanna Be event butt we r not shure - glad it iz the judgez who ake the final d-cizion.  Butt then that thoze tue bodiez an'the stance - that lookz amzingly similar.

Here we haf an athlete who iz bizy az Blogville'z Chief Cop-

Yepperz, it's Sarge frum SARGE SPEAKS OUT
Guess that Yard Bear fella wuz also needin'tue go potty so Sarge just d-sided tue take advantage of the situashun an'show us sum Wanna Be Synchronized Peein'.  Sarge iz frum the United States.

Now here iza handsum WOOFIE (never mind the hoomin)

This iz Corbin frum the blog, OH, CORBIN
You mite hafta bigefy this pikchure butt he sed he wuz peein'in the lake - the judges will b able tu c this.  Corbin iz frum the United States.

Now here iza nuther interestin'entry-

This iz Declan or Deccy sumtimez.  He hailz frum
DECLAN'S DOGS BLOG
D-spite the double vizion problem, he iz showin'fine form lined up next tue that wall.  He iz frum the United Kingdom.

Here'z an athlete that can b a little shy sumtimez- she duzn't like tue pee around her sister an'bruther-

We r talkin'boutz Nola frum DACHSHUND NOLA
She iz frum the United States. 

Here iz our only kitty entry in the Wanna Be event (not the baby)

This iz Zoey, one of the ZOOLATRY gurlz.  She iz "in training" with the baby grandbea an'cood b herd mumblin'tue herself, "Maybe I need one of those pamper things like you have while we're practicing"  Zoey iz frum the United States.


This athlete iz showin'great form az he enterz the arena-

This iz Winston frum WINESOME WINSTON
He iz lined up pawfectly with that bush - TOTAL in sync-ness.

Our next athlete tue enter the arena-

This iz Frank who iz frum 
THE ADVENTURES OF THE TANK
Once agin, a real all encompassin'an inline 
form - haz that in sync groove thing goin'on.

It lookz az if this will b our FINAL entry in the Wanna Be event but definitely not the leest at 
all - just can't say that 'boutz this lady, there iz nuthin'at all leest bit 'boutz her-

You all know an'love this lady frum the United States.  Miss Puddles frum WE THREE DOXIES
We all love her so much that we made her Blogville's own Guv'ner (akchuly - she kinda fell intue it)  Butt duzn't matter how she gotz it.

OK - SO guess that iza wrap on this year'z Synchronized Peein'an'the new Wanna Be Synchronized Peein'eventz.  Hope tue c u all in 4 yearz.  

Oh by the way, don't furgit tue stop by the announcer'z booth an'pick up your medalz - u'all d-serve them.

 

 ~Shiloh'n Shasta~

 

 
 
 
 

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