TSBT limerick competition
#1 TSBT limerick competition
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LIMERICK COMPETITION
Submit a limerick beginning with:
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
OR
A lass who loved TSBT crunching
OR
A young man of TSBT fame
The best one, as judged by yours truly using quite random and unpredictable criteria, will win the prize.
Best, by the way = funny, funnier the better, and if you make me laugh out loud you will have considerably improved your chances of winning. So, over to you...
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AMAZING PRIZE
An Amazon voucher for £20 (or equivalent in US $)
RULES
Up to three limericks per entrant.
All entrants must be actively crunching TSBT members.
Entries close at midnight on Friday 31 July.
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LIMERICK COMPETITION
Submit a limerick beginning with:
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
OR
A lass who loved TSBT crunching
OR
A young man of TSBT fame
The best one, as judged by yours truly using quite random and unpredictable criteria, will win the prize.
Best, by the way = funny, funnier the better, and if you make me laugh out loud you will have considerably improved your chances of winning. So, over to you...
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AMAZING PRIZE
An Amazon voucher for £20 (or equivalent in US $)
RULES
Up to three limericks per entrant.
All entrants must be actively crunching TSBT members.
Entries close at midnight on Friday 31 July.
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#2
Good comp! I'm working on it.
In the meantime here's an old favourite
There was a old queen of Bulgaria,
Whose bush got hairier & hairier,
'Til a young Prince from Peru,
Who was hoping for a screw,
Had to hunt for her c*** with a terrier.
I'll try and maintain this standard with the TSBT specific ones. :)
In the meantime here's an old favourite
There was a old queen of Bulgaria,
Whose bush got hairier & hairier,
'Til a young Prince from Peru,
Who was hoping for a screw,
Had to hunt for her c*** with a terrier.
I'll try and maintain this standard with the TSBT specific ones. :)
Willie the Megacruncher
#5
These examples are fine. Very much in the spirit of good limericks.
To give more scope for your imagination, here are a couple more alternative first lines:
A lass who loved TSBT crunching
OR
A young man of TSBT fame
So you now have three first lines to choose from.
And remember that you can submit up to three limericks if you wish.
To give more scope for your imagination, here are a couple more alternative first lines:
A lass who loved TSBT crunching
OR
A young man of TSBT fame
So you now have three first lines to choose from.
And remember that you can submit up to three limericks if you wish.
#6
... so with due deference to William McGonagall here's a first effort:
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
whose passion was plum cake and tea
he would always say
at the end of the day
"munching is the way for me!"
I think I'll work on the "young lass" next though it won't be easy to keep the rating to PG.
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
whose passion was plum cake and tea
he would always say
at the end of the day
"munching is the way for me!"
I think I'll work on the "young lass" next though it won't be easy to keep the rating to PG.
#7
OK, here's a few from me:
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
who remembers we were Scotlands' SETI.
then Boinc came along
and so did the throng
so say we all now: hurahh for TSBT!
and in defence of JockMacMad and his blue smoke.....
There was a young man of TSBT Fame
who once nuked his bios, oh what a shame
Advice he did seek
For his dead pile of reek
Only to fry the whole thing in a blue flame!
and finally an input from Mrs N:
A young lass who loved TSBT crunching,
but only because it kept hubby from hunching
about this and that.
He's a silly old tw*t
said young lass who loved TSBT crunching.
....not sure I agree with the last one, but I suppose in the spirit of the competition, I can agree just this once with the statement that she's young(ish)
.....me runs away very fast to hide in the shed.
There was an old cruncher from TSBT
who remembers we were Scotlands' SETI.
then Boinc came along
and so did the throng
so say we all now: hurahh for TSBT!
and in defence of JockMacMad and his blue smoke.....
There was a young man of TSBT Fame
who once nuked his bios, oh what a shame
Advice he did seek
For his dead pile of reek
Only to fry the whole thing in a blue flame!
and finally an input from Mrs N:
A young lass who loved TSBT crunching,
but only because it kept hubby from hunching
about this and that.
He's a silly old tw*t
said young lass who loved TSBT crunching.
....not sure I agree with the last one, but I suppose in the spirit of the competition, I can agree just this once with the statement that she's young(ish)
.....me runs away very fast to hide in the shed.
#8
ok my first entry.
I'd like to dedicate this one to Megacruncher.
A young man of TSBT fame
Thought CPU's were the name of the game
But then with GPU power
He got more credits an hour
And managed to keep the leccy bill sane (ISH!)
/me exits stage left....
I'd like to dedicate this one to Megacruncher.
A young man of TSBT fame
Thought CPU's were the name of the game
But then with GPU power
He got more credits an hour
And managed to keep the leccy bill sane (ISH!)
/me exits stage left....
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#9
Wow! I've never had a poem dedicated to me before and I can't remember the last time anyone called me young. I'm truly grateful
I'd like to dedicate this one to Megacruncher.
Anyhoo here is an effort I shall surely regret in the morning,
There was an old cruncher from TSBT,
Who had computers, numbering seventy-three,
In despair his poor wife,
Grabbed a ruddy great knife,
And to reduce the cost, cut off his electricity!
Willie the Megacruncher
#11
In the hope of evading at least some rotten tomatoes I shall submit my second and third masterpieces late, as it were - with luck everyone's asleep...
:hiding:
A young lass who loved TSBT crunching
Was watching the screen while munching
"Yipee!" said she
"It's a Wallaby-3....
I'll boinc that one before luncheon!".
A young man of TSBT fame
Had two hamsters and an ancient mainframe
When asked about his stats,
He would say they were rats,
And the machine was as mad as it claimed.
...er, by the way, does it have to make sense ?
:hiding:
A young lass who loved TSBT crunching
Was watching the screen while munching
"Yipee!" said she
"It's a Wallaby-3....
I'll boinc that one before luncheon!".
A young man of TSBT fame
Had two hamsters and an ancient mainframe
When asked about his stats,
He would say they were rats,
And the machine was as mad as it claimed.
...er, by the way, does it have to make sense ?
#12
My first attempt at Stupid 'O' Clock in the morning
"A group of fellows
From TeeEsBeeTee
Got a set of bellows for GPU cooling, you see
Tae suck or blaw they didnae fash ata
The best judge of Temp’ being the Mither-in-law."
Good Night
"A group of fellows
From TeeEsBeeTee
Got a set of bellows for GPU cooling, you see
Tae suck or blaw they didnae fash ata
The best judge of Temp’ being the Mither-in-law."
Good Night
#14
No'' 3 of the trilogy
“We’re Doomed†said the fellows of TeeEsBeeTee fame
For the cooling of this GPU, yes the same
Is beyond our guile’s
But hing on a whiles
We could try Nitrogen “Eureka†they exclaimed.
“We’re Doomed†said the fellows of TeeEsBeeTee fame
For the cooling of this GPU, yes the same
Is beyond our guile’s
But hing on a whiles
We could try Nitrogen “Eureka†they exclaimed.
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#15
Right here's my feeble attempts
There was a young man of TSBT fame
Whose credits were starting to wane
So he went to Dell
Who put him through hell
But his RAC is now on the gain.
There was a young man of TSBT fame
Crunching was his favourite game
A CPU here
and a GPU there
Till his credits were truly insane
There was a young man of TSBT fame
Whose credits were starting to wane
So he went to Dell
Who put him through hell
But his RAC is now on the gain.
There was a young man of TSBT fame
Crunching was his favourite game
A CPU here
and a GPU there
Till his credits were truly insane
#19
Sorry for the delay folks.
Good entries, although on the whole not quite risqué enough for my tastes, but I can reveal that we have a winner.
Using completely unpredictable judgement criteria I am pleased to announce Storme's contribution as the one that will get the prize.
Storme: I'll PM you about getting the gold, sorry, Amazon voucher, to you asap.
Everyone else: thank you for entering.
Good entries, although on the whole not quite risqué enough for my tastes, but I can reveal that we have a winner.
Using completely unpredictable judgement criteria I am pleased to announce Storme's contribution as the one that will get the prize.
Storme: I'll PM you about getting the gold, sorry, Amazon voucher, to you asap.
Everyone else: thank you for entering.
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#20
Well done Storme!
Risque you wanted was it? And there was I trying to keep it clean!
Risque you wanted was it? And there was I trying to keep it clean!
Willie the Megacruncher