Sunday, February 03, 2008

Winner Of The Limerick Contest

Old Tom Wigley Has The Last Laugh

Presenting the winner of the inaugural Loony Limerick Competition - please put your hands together for Old Tom Wigley. I can now reveal that the judge for the contest was the eminently readable Canadian blogger Vic Grace.

Thank you for all the great entries, with some really memorable interpretations of the last line. There will be another contest shortly. In the meantime, here is Tom's winning effort:

There was a young fellow from Queens,
Who had really bad breath in his teens.
So he flossed and he brushed,
And his buddies were all crushed,
When he became the new face for Maclean's.

22 comments:

Sandi McBride said...

Congratulations Tom, well done, well done! And David, a new contest soon please?
Sandi

Tom said...

I have not had the time to pen an acceptance speech.. but I'd like to thank.. my agent, my fellow bloggers, my parents.... oh! eck.. I forgot this is not a Oscar, just as well as the writers were on strike...
:o)

Unknown said...

congratulations tom!!

david, i second the "new contest soon". i sat up for hours scratching my chin thinking of other things i could have chosen. hope all is well.

gerald the rhyming goat

imac said...

Gud on yer ol Wommy, nevver newt yer wer a poit.haha.

Nice one Tom - me ol buddy.

Lana Gramlich said...

*LOL* Good one!

Patty said...

Congratulations Tom, job well done.

Unknown said...

Clever.

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

I must say congrats to Old Tom
With streamers and pops and pom pom!
A poet he is
His words full of fizz
He's truly a witty young homme.

San said...

Hilariously clever!

virtual nexus said...

Very well deserved, that one...a gem!

Misty DawnS said...

Way to go Tom! Congratulations and great work!

Can't wait for the new contest David.

dot said...

Congratulations Tom!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Tom. Nice one. Vic

Jeni said...

Great conclusion to that limerick! And having Vic to judge -well just like Macleans - all in good taste. Right?
Loved all the comments too -which in many cases were as good as the entries. Lots of poets who don't know it but their feet show it - they're Longfellows!

Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said...

Congratulations Old Tom Wigley!

The Egel Nest said...

Congrats! There were so many good responses!

Bradley
The Egel Nest

Casdok said...

They were all very funny!
Well done Tom.

Mima said...

Congratulations Tom on a great last line!

Akelamalu said...

Congratulations Wom Tigley

As soon as I saw you're entry I thought "That's the winner"!

Well done. :)

Max-e said...

Well done Tom - a worthy winner

Anonymous said...

I was thinking of participating... after reading Old Tom Wigley's finish line, I knew couldn't beat his. I'm waiting for the next one.

indicaspecies said...

Congratulations Old Wom Tigley :)