Drama Games # 5: 472... (The Pun Game)

If you're good at coming up with hilarious puns, this is the game for you. This can be played with any number of people. It's simple. You just take turns reciting the words and go on until you get bored. Here's what to do: pick an object- it could be an animal, something that's not tangible, anything. For this example, our object will be a penguin.

When it's your turn you say: 472 penguins walk into a bar (ice cream shop, restaurant, whatever) and the bar tender says "We don't serve your kind here." The lead penguin says "That's not very ice of you!" (or any other pun pertaining to the object)

That's it. That's all it is. So go have fun and try it out!

Helpful (or in Other Words a Writing Tip) Hints: How to Write a Limerick Poem

Limericks are extremely fun poems to write. My favorite, actually. They are mainly used for silly or nonsense poems. They follow a certain beat and rhyming pattern.

A limerick follows this template:
Line 1: Rhyme A, 3 beats
Line 2: Rhyme A, 3 beats
Line 3: Rhyme B, 2 beats
Line 4: Rhyme B, 2 beats
Line 5: Rhyme A, 3 beats

The following is an example written by myself.

There once was a dictionary,

Who was so full, it was airy.

It was bound to explode

But was strictly forebode

By the angry diction-fairy.

See what I mean? All silly nonsense. But count the beats and check the rhyming patterns. Maybe that will help. Some people use the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock as an example for limericks. But it isn't one! The first and last lines are exactly the same, making it not a limerick.

Below is another set of limericks that follow a story. Again, I wrote this one. I do claim all copyrights, and such...blah, blah, blah. You may not reproduce this poem in any way, shape, or form without my permission. In other words, if you want to use it, just ask! I'm sure I'll be able to oblige.

Writing Poems

I'm writing poems for my teacher

Who's grueling like an evil creature.

If I want a good grade

I'll use Internet aid

For this rhyming, rhythmic feature.

I'm trying to find words that rhyme.

I'm running out of time!

I wish I could bail,

I'm going to fail.

Poem writing should be a crime.

I'm starting to fall asleep.

My wristwatch starts to beep.

Still blank is my paper;

Get me out of this caper!

I've gotten in way too deep.

This assignment's made me berserk.

I want to go home and shirk.

I'm beginning to fear

My teacher is here

To come and collect my work.

"Let's see your poem, don't sass.

Just hand it over and pass.

Read your poem aloud."

I try to look proud

As I stand up in front of the class.

"Sam saw a bat that was falling;

The yellow thesaurus is bawling.

Ted did not miss the flow

And the ostrich flew low.

So the whirlpool was scrumptiously calling."

My poem wasn't that great.

My teacher moved out of the state.

I did get an F,

Is there anything left

For me and my pitiful fate?

Cautionar Dolionis- A Wild Flower Growing Near You

Picture a brightly colored plant with barely a stem, leaves, or roots. Its rotund petals seem to be the only thing that can be seen above ground. It blooms like a wildflower along the sides of roads and trails. Sometimes they can be spotted in clumps in the parks and places. Most of the time they grow to be a vibrant orange color. Though sometimes the blooms are yellow or green. Most are striped with yellow patterns as well. The petals seem to shine or glow when the light hits them just right. With barely a stem or roots the Cautionar Doloinis gets tossed up in the wind and storms easily. 

Some peculiar things about these interesting specimens is that the primates in the area tend to avoid them. It's like an instinct. And we don't know exactly how they reproduce. Some are blown by the weather, and others are distributed by the help of primates or other creatures.

These flowers like others tend to bloom during the commencement of spring and continue to bloom in full force throughout the summer and lingering into the late fall. Below is a picture of the Cautionar Dolionis in its natural habitat.

Cautionar Dolionis
Common Name: Construction Barrel

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