2000 Packers in Limerick Form
For the past several seasons I've been sending out weather
forecasts for on-line Packer fans. I usually include a
remark, sometimes insightful, sometimes witty, sometimes just
plain wrong, about what I expect from each game. During 1996
I began including limericks (or reasonable facsimilies),
in some of the forecasts, as time and inspiration allowed.
The following is a compilation of those limericks. Note:
You have to be a Packer fan to pick up on some of the
inside jokes, and because most were written before
the game, they don't all accurately reflect what
occurred in each game.
Enjoy.
-Keith
Keith Brewster
Norman, OK
kbrews@galstar.com
http://www.galstar.com/~kbrews/
Jets at Packers
The engines sputter with starting cranks,
Munitions are set, replacing the blanks;
When the Jets do alight,
We'll cause them some fright,
When the Packers roll out as Sherman's tanks.
Packers at Buffalo
The Pack has weathered dents 'n some dings,
Found tendons have stretched into strings;
Now to the treatment regime,
Add Zostrix encream,
And the sauce found lathered on Buffalo wings.
Eagles at Packers
In a keep-up-with-the-Joneses event,
The citizens of Brown County went,
And did what Ray would do,
They upset the tea party crew,
And now must pony-up one half-percent.
Packers at Cardinals
To the desert the Pack has to split,
On the road in search of true grit;
Will they arrive,
And live to survive,
Or find themselves parched and Snake bit.
Bears at Packers
Though the offense looked rather sleek,
And the opponent seems somewhat meek,
'Tis no time to demur,
As one can be sure,
Things can get rough in Bear week.
Packers at Lions
On hallowed ground our local men,
Would win a game every now and then,
Now mauled by the bruins,
They're hopin' for clue-ins,
As they're entering the Lions' den.
Forty-Niners at Packers
Their line, sub-Maginot o'the French,
Sometime calls for help off the bench,
So their first half busts,
Lead to second half thrusts,
Insufficient for the initial trench.
Packers at Miami
From a weekend of tennis and bowlin',
'Comes the Pack, now a-strollin',
Loose and unwound,
And tropically bound,
As off for Fish they are trollin'.
Vikings at Packers
Having more need of a miracle worker,
The Pack hosts a controversial smirker,
And while its Miller's time,
There'll be jokes more sublime,
Making men with remotes go berserker.
Vikings at Packers, postgame
P.T. Barnum, agrave, must be grinning,
From the way the Pack went out winning,
With the ball somehow found,
By Freeman, aground,
While cups and plates he was spinning.
Packers at Buccaneers, postgame
On pain and guts he seems to thrive,
After hits and dings he does survive,
Until one fateful sack,
Bent his ankle out of whack,
Ending Brett's streak at one-thirty-five?
Colts at Packers, postgame
Whatever pain the opponent afflicts,
One should know better, he who predicts;
As Brett can't stay down,
And, yes, somehow he found,
A way to open number one-thirty-six.
Packers at Bears
As the Pack enters the Bears' ol' Den,
Two former Sooners meet once again;
Who's the best fellah,
In a race for the cellar;
Its Allen 'gainst Parker on ESPN.
Lions at Packers
The Packers play on borrowed time,
As December comes with snow and rime;
Not mourning the loss,
Of their Bobby Ross,
The Lions find its Moeller's time.
Packers at Vikings
For the Vikes another vic'try clinches,
The homefield in this game of inches,
The Pack just hopes to survive,
And keep their dreams alive,
As they take on the purple Grinches
Buccaneers at Packers
On the Eve of Christmas, near Neenah-Menash',
Divisional foes in a late-season clash;
To the tundra, quite frozen,
Come the Bucs, wool-hosen,
Bearing Who-pudding, and cans of Who-hash.
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