{"id":101199,"date":"2012-12-11T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T04:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101199\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-limerickizes-favorite-comedians\/"},"modified":"2012-12-11T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T04:20:32","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-limerickizes-favorite-comedians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101199\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-limerickizes-favorite-comedians\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Limerickizes Favorite Comedians!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong><em>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling Poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=CPCBanner.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/CPCBanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Banner\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Friday Fling #210 for December 14th 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">Michelle suggested that this week just for laughs we <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">write about a comedian that made you laugh so that you couldn&#8217;t stop<\/font><font color=\"#999999\">. As a onetime class clown and aspiring comedian myself, I naturally thought this was a good idea. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Michelle also suggested a format, the Limerick.  Limericks are usually written to bring a smile, so they are a good fit for this topic. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>Limericks are five line poems of roughly 9-9-7-7-9 syllables each, more or less, with a similar matching rhymescheme of A-A-B-B-A.  The first line sets the character and theme, and the last line is the punchline.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Here&#8217;s an example I wrote just for this challenge:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\">An hilarious comic named Caesar<br \/>\nis fondly recalled by this geezer.<br \/>\nHe used funny accents<br \/>\nto speak foreign nonsense<br \/>\nwhich was always a TV crowdpleaser!<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #800080;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: large\">This week the Friday Fling recalls big laughs with our favorite funnyfolk!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Be sure to save time to read and comment amusingly on your fellow Pals&#8217; laughable creations.  Then go enjoy a mirthful weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 7th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Congratulations Angel Love!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=120712AngelLove.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/120712AngelLove.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"120712AngelLove\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/funny%20people\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i778.photobucket.com\/albums\/yy65\/amyjayne10\/Funny%20Old%20People\/aeaa-.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Funny Old People Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/john%20candy%20and%20steve%20martin\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i192.photobucket.com\/albums\/z229\/Swinging_Sixties\/Films\/PlanesTrainsAutomobiles02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Planes Trains &amp; Automobiles 02 Pictures, Images and  Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/jim%20carey\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i846.photobucket.com\/albums\/ab23\/mctopsy3\/Old%20Movie%20and%20Funny%20Folk\/dance.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jim Carey funny dance Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/elf%20movie\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i265.photobucket.com\/albums\/ii234\/RIPHeathLedger\/miscellaneous\/Movie%20icons\/elf-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Elf Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>So who is is that made you laugh so much that it hurt? Write about them in a Limerick. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/lol\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i254.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh92\/glassglass2000\/lol.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"lol Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling Poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST. Friday Fling #210 for December 14th 2012 Michelle suggested that this week just for laughs we write about a comedian that made you laugh so that you couldn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}