The Lefse Limerick People’s Choice Award is for the author of the best of the rest of the lefse limericks that were not penned by the 4th Annual Lefse Limerick Contest champion. You, the readers, vote to determine who wins the prizes for the People’s Choice Award winner. The prizes are:
Below are 33 pretty dang good lefse limericks worthy of winning the above prizes. The lefse limericks are listed by number only, not by name. Take your time in reading, and then vote for the number of your three most favorite limericks. You can vote for your own limerick and two other limericks by someone else. Vote simply by emailing me at glegwold@lutefisk.com and make sure you vote by end of day May 3, 2024.
Here are the 33 lefse limericks eligible for the People’s Choice Award. Email me at glegwold@lutefisk.com by end of day May 3, 2024, and include the numbers of your three favorites.
1. If you’re ever in need of a purative Eat lefse, I say, most assurative You just can’t be sad When it’s lefse you had For your life it’s the best kind of curative 2. If lefse’s your favorite food Enhancing your Norse attitude Your passion for rounds As strange as it sounds Just makes you a lovable dude 3. When cold weather has taken its toll I give comfort to body and soul With a soothing warm round And advice very sound -- Life ls lefse, let's get on a roll! 4. My love for lefse I’m admittin’ But all other food habits I’m quittin’ Lefse brings my life joy And quells all that annoy But my clothes, they are no longer fittin’ 5. Jack clasped his lefse dearly As a robber stated quite clearly “See I’ve got this knife, It’s your lefse or your life” Jack paused to think over this query 6. A crusty old German named Lest Ate sausage with gusto and zest Till the day he met Hesta And tasted her lefse His lunch and his life were both blessed. 7. A viking in Asgard did ponder How on earth did they make such a wonder Lefse tastes so delicious I’m sure it grants wishes And leaves me with no need to plunder 8. Your life’s at the end of its rope Fresh lefse will help you to cope Your spirit will soar You’ll always want more And never again will you mope 9. Christmas pudding is heavy like lead And lutefisk looks and smells dead. To make spirits bright Roll a circle just right And let “lefse joy” fill up your head. 10. Lefse is life, so they say, And I eat it up every day, Sav’ry or sweet, It just can’t be beat, Flavored and rolled any way! 11. There once was a viking named Viddel Who traded his sword for a griddle He made lefse with butter Without missing his cutter And was happily round in the middle 12. Lefse like life can be tragic Not every batch turns out like magic When your dough feels like glue And you haven’t a clue How to fix it, that’s problematic 13. First add butter and spread with a knife Then a sprinkle of sugar, just right. Each bite soon melts away All the gloom of the day. We like to say, "Lefse is Life". 14. Is lefse much better than sex? The question is rather complex Depends on the day And what you might say The answer is certain to vex 15. Lusty Lillian lefse rolled Mate Olaf is dying she’s told Since lefse is life He begged of his wife Feed me lefse before I go cold 16. I believe that I need a good rest And lefse will make it the best The answer I was told Is buttered then rolled And my life would forever be blessed 17. It is certainly life's little joys That quiet the sadness and noise. A filled coffee cup Or some lefse rolled up As balms they're the real McCoys. 18. If you’re forced to live up in the snow Just roll out some blest tater dough Like a cozy old sweater Lefse makes the heart better And warms up your soul til you glow. 19. It's some work but it's worth it to make. Your reward for the trouble you take Is the finest of fare For that feeling you share… Life is lefse…believe…and partake. 20. Ancestors live on, at our table Lefse traditions keep us stable But lefse carbs count, Belly fat does mount! So exercise too, when you're able! 21. When you happen to need some relief From life’s worry and toil and grief Eat some lefse for livin’ Like a sinner forgivin’ And then cook up some more and repeat 22. If spicy food is your desire Then lefse won’t give you that fire But lifting your soul Right out of life’s hole With lefse you’ll hear angels’ choir 23. A lefse cook once told me “Son, To pursue a good life simply won, Eat your lefse twice nightly And live your life rightly And always make time to have fun.” 24. Shakespeare explored man’s condition Beethoven, made music his mission Then there was Ole and Sven Two good Norskie men Great lefse, their highest ambition 25. The Hammer of God was with Thor According to old Viking Lore With Mjolnir to pound Those thin lefse rounds They made all in Valhalla roar! 26. Loving lefse is all that I need To make living well my daily creed. It isn’t a stretch To make me go fetch Another round of this fine feed. 27. If lefse’s the joy of your life Be careful in choosing a wife Or make it yourself With help from an elf And shortstop some possible strife 28. Ole milked his cows in the snowstorm But the drifts trapped him inside the barn. He'd packed "lefse to go" Well ahead of the snow And it saved him until it got warm. 29. They say lefse can cure a cold heart And your love, it will never depart You’ll both be much warmer If you’re the prince charmer With lefse as your Cupid’s dart 30. You can feed me a line but don't try it. I know what I need when I spy it. You can have your square meal -- The well rounded appeal Of my lefse will do as life's diet. 31. There once was a tater that mused “I don’t want to be mashed and abused! Unless lefse’s the goal And to cure a sad soul In which case I’m greatly enthused!” 32. If lefse’s the soul of existence Its useless to put up resistance The rounds that you love Were sent from above Rewards for your fervent persistence 33. In MN, where lefse's a delight, We roll it thin and cook it right. Butter and sugar so sweet, It's a treat you can't beat, Lefse life in MN, makes my pants tight!
Again, email me at glegwold@lutefisk.com by May 3, 2024, with the numbers of your favorite three. The People’s Choice Award winners will be named in the May newsletter. Good luck, all!