Contents
Limericks: The A to Z of Ladies’ Names: 1
Ann, Bess, Claire, Dee 2
Ellie, Floss, Gwen, Hilda 3
Ida, Jane, Kay, Lynne 4
Marge, Nicky, Oona, Pippa 5
Queenie, Rose, Sue, Tess 6
Urse, Vi, Wynn, Madame “X” 7
Yolande, Zita 8
Common Verse: 9
I’m Going to Take up Painting 10
The Weather Here in Britain 12
I’m Certainly Not Your Friend 14
The Weekend 15
Thank You 16
I Hate This Crazy Time of Year 17
Sports Day 18
An Actor’s Life is Not a Happy One 20
Living on the Breadline 21
The Ballad of Christopher Adam 23
The Budgie 28
Inspiration Required 29
A Different Holiday 30
I Want to be Remembered 32
My First Day at School 33
Happy Hour 36
The A to Z of Front of House 38
Standing Under Mistletoe 42
What I Like in a Woman 43
Who’d be a Politician? 44
Everybody Thinks That I’m a Wrinkly 45
A Christmas Tale 46
Rush Hour 47
So Sad 48
“The Setting Sun” 49
Still in the Land of the Living 50
Join the Club 52
What I Need 55
Going Ga Ga 56
On the Edge of Darkness 58
I Don’t Like Snow 59
Unfinished Business 60
Lost Freedom 62
I Had a Scheme 63
To Hell and Back 64
I’m Dying 65
Mother-in-Law 66
I Want to Make a Difference 68
Limericks: The A to Z of Men’s Names: 69
Andy, Ben, Clyde, Dan 70
Ern, Fred, Gary, Hank 71
Ivor, James, Kit, Lee 72
Mike, Norman, Ollie, Piers 73
Quinn, Ray, Saul, Tony 74
Uriah, Vic, Willy, Mister “X” 75
Yule, Zane 76
Parody Parade: 77
Fifty Shades of Grey 78
Reading the News 80
There Goes Summer 81
And I Missed Her 83
Dangers in the Night 84
It Hasn’t Stopped Raining Since November 85
Now I’m Sixty-Five 86
Larry Popper’s Only Arts Club’s Banned 87
He Loathes You 88
Textin’ the Day Away 89
Two Little Girls 90
Were You lonesome Last Night? 92
Will He Still be Here Tomorrow? 93
I Schemed a Scheme 94
Don’t Let My Son be Mad With Me 95
You’ve No Business in Show Business 96
The Taxman Takes it All 99
You’ve Got to Take a Wicket or Two 100
Bernie (The Biggest Dustman in the West) 102
I Don’t Like Sundays 104
Sixty Ways to Peeve Your Mother 106
Sands of Brighton 108
It’s Rush Hour My Love 110
I Guess That’s Why They Bring Us the News 111
I Have a Scheme 112
Here’s a Text to Say I’ve Left You 113
The Great Defender 114
Rain is All Around 115
On My Own, Sad to Say 116
He 118
A Terrible Year 119
Porterloo 120
Limericks: The A to Z of Sports & Pastimes: 121
Artist, Boxer, Curling, Darts 122
Etching, Fencing, Gym, Hitch-hiker 123
Ice Skating, Judo, Kung Fu, Lacrosse 124
Musician, Netball, Oarsman, Poet 125
Quiz, Roulette, Skiing, Tennis 126
Umpire, Vault, Walking, X-Country 127
Yachting, ? 128
Ding Dong: Christmas Songs Re-visited 129
I’m Glad it isn’t Christmas Every Day 130
I Dread This Time of Year, Christmas 132
It’s Christmas! That’s What I’ve Missed! 133
It’s New Year’s Day 134
We’ve Had a Lot More Rain Dear 135
My Old Man Went Walkabout 136
Lose Your Freedom 138
My Partner Washed My Socks Last Night 139
There is a Bar I Know Downtown 140
Tell Me What You Like in a Man 142
Oh Sod This Crazy Time of Year 144
A Winter Sale 146
When Our Son Was Born 147
All I Get at Christmas is Stew 148
Referendum 150
I’m Beginning to Feel My Age This Christmas 151
Lofty the Postman 152
Let it Show 153
The Day After Christmas 154
Limericks: The A to Z of Creatures Great & Small 157
Ape, Bunny, Cats, Doe 158
Eel, Fly, Gnu, Hare 159
Impala, Jackal, Kittens, Lark 160
Mice, Nout, Ox, Pig 161
Quail, Rat, Stoat, Tits 162
Unicorns, Vole, Whale, Xema 163
Yak, Zo 164
And finally: Happy Birthday… 164