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I hear the first part to this joke all the time, but not the ending.
There was a girl from nantucket,

2006-10-23 04:45:22 · 17 answers · asked by bigslick60 3 in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

17 answers

The orginal is a man from nantucket..... and 99 out of 100 people surveyed said...........

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all of his cash in a bucket,
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
—Princeton Tiger

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
—Chicago Tribune

Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset,
Where he still held the cash as an asset,
But Nan and the man
Stole the money and ran,
And as for the bucket, Manhasset.
—Exchange

Of this story we hear from Nantucket,
About the mysterious loss of a bucket,
We are sorry for Nan,
As well as the man—
The cash and the bucket, Pawtucket.
—Pawtucket Times

And our newest additions:

The man saw Pa leave with the bucket,
Said he 'Nan, go home to Nantucket.
Sneak into the house,
And quick as a mouse,
Out the window, the bucket, you chuck it.”
—C. Alan Reber, Arizona

For the next few years, then, the man,
Wondered where he went wrong with his Nan.
But with his new wife,
Went on with his life,
And never had children again.
—Ricky Lee Edwards, Monrovia, CA

Their bucket of cash bought a garden,
with a Nantucket cottage to reside in,
The Geraniums grew,
and the next thing they knew,
Pa, Nan, and her man had a fortune.
—Tris Coffin, Pittsburgh, PA

The good life! Investments and plans...
Still, the years swallowed most of Paw's clan.
Nan's kids got that bucket
Full of stock in Nantucket.
Dreadful snobs, they're ashamed of old Nan.
—Peggy Ross, Reedsville, WV

The problem Nan had wasn't nice.
It seems her man suffered from vice.
His drinking was bad,
but what made her quite sad,
was he lost all their money at dice!
—Carl Davis, New Waverly, Indiana

Visited Nan and her man on Nantucket
Oyster in hand, man said, You shuck it
Fresh from the shell into the pan
Dinner for me, Nan and man
Tomorrow, clams'l fill our bucket
—Cynthia Gallant-Simpson, aboard the trawler Briganta

With the boys the man began drinking,
A behavior that started Nan thinking
That her husband once sweet,
Was the party-girl's treat,
And his time with the boys would be shrinking.
—Steve Todd, Nantucket (Originally GA)

There once was a girl in Nantucket
He and Nan took a walk with a bucket.
Oops, a seagull flew low,
He had nowhere to go,
But Nan, she was able to duck it.
—Sandra Williams, Philadelphia, PA

Nan had it sent up to Alaska,
It’s farther, she thought, than Nebraska.
Did she and her man,
Fool her Pa with this plan?
The next time I see her, Alaska.
—mailed to us by 'A California Dale,' who credits
his inspiration to Margaret Dale, whose contribution
to this tale appears at www.yesterdaysisland.com

Let’s be clear on Miss Nan and her mate,
The bucket of cash sealed her fate,
Though her motives were pure,
And the good life seemed sure,
‘Twas a community property state.
—Peter Homes,Washington, DC

2006-10-23 04:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Erika M 2 · 0 0

It's not a joke but rather a limmerick (an amusing five line verse) and it starts out with "There once was a man from Nantucket..."

Maybe with the information I've provided, you'll find someone else to give you the other four lines.

2006-10-23 11:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by Juanitaville 5 · 0 0

Actually, the first line is "There was a young man from Nantucket". Finishing the joke pertaining to " ... a girl" would constitute starting up an entirely new line of limericks that was started in 1924.

2006-10-23 11:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen C 3 · 0 0

This isn't a joke, it's the beginning of a limerick and it can have many different endings to it. A limerick is a parody of a poem, is usually five lines in length, and tends to be vulgar or sexually suggestive in some manner, but not always. An example of a clean limerick is this one by Isaac Asimov:

"There once was a lady named Bright
who traveled much faster than light.
She took off one day
in her usual way,
and returned the previous night."

I'm not certain if I typed out an ending to the beginning of the limerick you mention if I would get banned, so I'll pass.

Edit: Here's a fairly clean but suggestive limerick I made up a few months ago you may like:

"This morning I ran out the door,
tripped and fell on a whore.
I brushed her off gently,
hopped into my Bentley,
she yelled, 'Hey, you owe me a twenty'."

2006-10-23 12:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 0 0

Limerick Challenge

This series of limericks first appeared in a June 14, 1924 edition of a Nantucket newspaper. It all began when the Princeton Tiger revived the then well-known limerick printed first below and the Chicago Tribune answered with the second limerick. The New York Exchange went one step further with the third rhyme, and the Pawtucket Times took over from there.
A few years ago, Yesterday’s Island began to encourage readers to continue the saga. Because of reader demands, we again issue the challenge our readers to write their own ”chapters.“ (Only rhymes in the form of limericks will be accepted. Limericks should have five lines that follow the rhythm in the examples below.) Send the limericks to us at P.O. Box 626, Nantucket, MA 02554, or submit online.

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all of his cash in a bucket,
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
—Princeton Tiger

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
—Chicago Tribune

Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset,
Where he still held the cash as an asset,
But Nan and the man
Stole the money and ran,
And as for the bucket, Manhasset.
—Exchange

Of this story we hear from Nantucket,
About the mysterious loss of a bucket,
We are sorry for Nan,
As well as the man—
The cash and the bucket, Pawtucket.
—Pawtucket Times

And our newest additions:

The man saw Pa leave with the bucket,
Said he 'Nan, go home to Nantucket.
Sneak into the house,
And quick as a mouse,
Out the window, the bucket, you chuck it.”
—C. Alan Reber, Arizona

For the next few years, then, the man,
Wondered where he went wrong with his Nan.
But with his new wife,
Went on with his life,
And never had children again.
—Ricky Lee Edwards, Monrovia, CA

Their bucket of cash bought a garden,
with a Nantucket cottage to reside in,
The Geraniums grew,
and the next thing they knew,
Pa, Nan, and her man had a fortune.
—Tris Coffin, Pittsburgh, PA

The good life! Investments and plans...
Still, the years swallowed most of Paw's clan.
Nan's kids got that bucket
Full of stock in Nantucket.
Dreadful snobs, they're ashamed of old Nan.
—Peggy Ross, Reedsville, WV

The problem Nan had wasn't nice.
It seems her man suffered from vice.
His drinking was bad,
but what made her quite sad,
was he lost all their money at dice!
—Carl Davis, New Waverly, Indiana

Visited Nan and her man on Nantucket
Oyster in hand, man said, You shuck it
Fresh from the shell into the pan
Dinner for me, Nan and man
Tomorrow, clams'l fill our bucket
—Cynthia Gallant-Simpson, aboard the trawler Briganta

With the boys the man began drinking,
A behavior that started Nan thinking
That her husband once sweet,
Was the party-girl's treat,
And his time with the boys would be shrinking.
—Steve Todd, Nantucket (Originally GA)

There once was a girl in Nantucket
He and Nan took a walk with a bucket.
Oops, a seagull flew low,
He had nowhere to go,
But Nan, she was able to duck it.
—Sandra Williams, Philadelphia, PA

Nan had it sent up to Alaska,
It’s farther, she thought, than Nebraska.
Did she and her man,
Fool her Pa with this plan?
The next time I see her, Alaska.
—mailed to us by 'A California Dale,' who credits
his inspiration to Margaret Dale, whose contribution
to this tale appears at www.yesterdaysisland.com

Let’s be clear on Miss Nan and her mate,
The bucket of cash sealed her fate,
Though her motives were pure,
And the good life seemed sure,
‘Twas a community property state.
—Peter Homes,Washington, DC

2006-10-23 11:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by Brite Tiger 6 · 0 0

There once was a girl from nantucket,
Who used to wee in a bucket,
Her boyfriend pooed in a glass,
Then wiped his ***,
Then asked his girlfriend to suck it.

2006-10-23 11:50:12 · answer #6 · answered by mysterious_gal1984 3 · 1 0

She saw George Bush and she threw up in a bucket.

2006-10-23 11:47:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jim 5 · 2 0

There was a girl from nantucket
Who stuck her head in a bucket
It stuck on her head
So when she took to her bed
She could screw but never could suck it

2006-10-23 11:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I heard that to, but I never knew the rest of it so maybe I'll see it here

2006-10-23 12:09:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

who kept her pet in a bucket
when she went to town
her husband tried to **** it

not sure if thats what ya wanted but its the best i could do for now

2006-10-23 11:49:08 · answer #10 · answered by mustang_rws 4 · 0 0

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