2003 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 the limericks from the 2003-04 season. Note: You might 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 actually occurred in each game.

Enjoy.

-Keith

Keith Brewster
Norman, OK
kbrews@cox.net
http://members.cox.net/kbrews/

Vikings at Packers

They've sep'rated the men from the mice,
Maybe 'twas done on a roll of the dice,
The roster is built,
Despite preseason tilts,
Wherein lightning struck twice.

Lions at Packers

They didn't open like the team we've known,
With Favre playing like a Rubley clone,
Now a week to recover,
And plan for another,
And then to the Lions they're thrown.

Packers at Cardinals

Handoff to Ahman or are they just fakin'?,
Throwing downfield or up-the-gut shakin'?,
One thing's fo' sure,
You can mothball the fur,
In that hot desert sun ya know they'll be bakin'!

Packers at Bears

There came a time when Daley sought more,
And he wanted it built before twenty-aught-four,
Now crammed in a columnar classic,
Is something both shiny and glassic,
Creating a structure the critics abhor.

Seahawks at Packers

For a loftier job and somewhat more pay,
The reasons why Holmgren left us that day,
He left for the coast,
To be GM and coach,
Because that must be the Holmgren Way.

Chiefs at Packers

Their returner is hot as picante,
Runnin' 'em back as if on a jaunt-ay,
The Pack will decide,
To kick short or wide,
Of the Chiefs' man, the inferno named Dante.

Packers at Rams

Twas Favre's arm that went kablooey,
In that playoff tilt that left us bluey,
Now the Gold and Green,
Return to the scene,
As they'll meet them in Saint Louie, Louie.

Packers at Vikings

If Halloween night didn't give you a fright,
The sight of blokes clad in purple just might,
To the land of the Norse,
By plane or by horse,
Its Pack versus Vikes, NFL Sunday Night.

Packers at Buccaneers

There's a guy down south known for his crowing,
Seeds of scorn that's what you know he is sowing,
Its the Pack and the Bucs,
With the bumps and chucks,
Look out when the Sapp gets flowing.

49ers at Packers

The Pack will be ready for the fray,
When the Niners alight, arriving ensleigh,
It matters not who,
Will lead their crew,
Be it Jeff Garcia, or Tim Rattay.

Packers at Lions

In days of yore they played in the crud,
The weather would range from snow onto flood,
Now there's climate control,
Stadiums heated by oil or by coal,
So how could this game be "throwback" without the mud?

Bears vs. Packers

In Memory of Tony "Galloping Grey Ghost" Canadeo...

As a back, Tony was much better than most,
His support of the Pack is worthy of boast,
This legend has passed,
But his memory will last,
And the Packers will never give up The Ghost.

Packers at Chargers

The playoff picture's still quite a haze,
As the Packers take off for So.-Cal rays,
They need to defeat,
The Charger elite,
As they visit the burg that once was ablaze.

Contributed by Jeff Martzke due to tardy rhyme:
Keith Brewster, our resident rhymer,
Has left to a hapless part-timer,
To pun and to please
Using "Flutie" or "Brees"
Or the worst one of all, "Schottenheimer"

Packers at Raiders

Our man Ahman just passed Taylor,
While KGB is quite the assailer,
Their wish this Yule,
Be not a goat or a mule,
But be placed upon the Madden horse trailer.

Broncos at Packers

Missing the playoffs would sure be a bummer,
Nothing but gloom 'til mid next summmer,
So the lanes they'll clog,
On the soggy peat bog,
In an effort to vex the opposing Plummer.

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