The Lunchtime Limerick

Welcome to the Lunchtime Limerick, in which you supply the first line, and then you also supply the rest of the verse.

Winners, such as they are, are published throughout the week.

Entries are now closed, but send in your suggestions for next week's first line, on the form below.

This week's first line was supplied by Norm Brown in New South Wales, Australia:

I failed to move forward THAT hour

THE BEST OF THE WEEK

I failed to move forward THAT hour,
A crucial mistake for Jack Bauer,
24 is the show,
25's a no-no,
The bomb has now blown up the tower.
Alec, Hastings

I failed to move forward THAT hour
"Meet the Doctor" said Rose "by the tower"
How on earth can that be?
Its gone half past three
As in vain for the Tardis I scour
John Linwood, London UK

I failed to move forward THAT hour
My brother was sharing my bower
King Henry came in,
Suspected a sin
Now here I am stuck in the Tower
Anne Boleyn, Woking, UK

I failed to move forward THAT hour
As the Press, with intense vocal power
Asked me questions galore
Then clamoured for more
While I muttered 'You terrible shower!'
H.R.H. alias splat, London, UK

I failed to move forward THAT hour,
My orchestra practice went sour:
The lead violinist
Was sozzled on Guinness
And cheering "I love Rutger Hauer"
Mike Laurie, Glasgow, Scotland

I failed to move forward THAT hour
My commute on the M4 turned sour
To Swindon I go
Albeit a bit slow
My cheery mood turning quite dour
Mark, Bristol UK

I failed to move forward THAT hour
A groundhog was using its power
We never departed
From where we had started
I failed to move forward THAT hour
Matt, Maidenhead

I failed to move forward THAT hour
Because of the clock in the tower
It never did chime
At the usual time
Because it had run out of power
Norma Seal, Buffalo, New York, USA

I failed to move forward THAT hour,
Arrived late for church, looking dour.
Having run there so late
I couldn't quite wait
To get home, my creme eggs to devour!
Philip Whitehead, Abingdon

I failed to move forward THAT Hour
And spent too much time in the shower
So though I looked great
I was late for THAT date
And what may've been sweet turned quite sour!
CSD, Benfleet, Essex, UK

I failed to move forward THAT hour
And Sir made me tremble and cower.
But I got to repay
Him on April Fool's Day
When I doused him in self-raising flour.
Dan Woods, London

I failed to move forward THAT hour,
So my boss was entitled to glower -
I felt a right berk
As I cycled to work
Minus clothes and still wet from the shower!
Andy Hillier, Kent UK

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