LIMERIDDLES II
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
September, 2015
Kirk Miller

LIMERIDDLES are a combination of limericks, riddles, and puns. One or more words in each limerick have been omitted. Use rhyming patterns and clues within the limerick to fill in the blanks. The number of blanks indicates the number of letters in the answer word or words. For example,

Lengthy fairy tales surely are wrong.
Though the story line may be quite strong,
When the creatures have roared,
Little kids will get bored
'Cause they _ _ _ _ _ _ completely too long.

The missing word would be DRAGON - as in "drag on."

1)
The plant has a stem of renown
That laughs and makes jokes like a clown.
And I'm sure you will groan
When a fact is made known:
It's the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ of the whole town.

2)
In camp all the Boy Scouts just glared
At the words that their scoutmaster blared.
On the start of each day,
"Group by twos," he would say,
"So our motto you'll heed:
_ _   _ _ _  -   _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

3)
He gardened at first in much terror.
His crops, bad at first, became fairer.
And today he's become
Quite a man with green thumb.
He learned it by _ _ _ _ _ _ and error.

4)
A parking lot owner named Bob
Related this tale with a sob:
"Had to fire a valet
After only one day,
'Cause he did such a
_ _ _ _  - _ _  job."

5)
"Our relationship, darling," she teared,
"Need some magic." And just as he feared,
His spouse kept her word;
Could not be deterred,
Because presto! His wife _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Answers:

1. laughing stock
2. Be pre - paired
3. trowel
4. bang-up
5. disappeared