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.

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The Potter fans can't wait for Friday

THE BEST OF THE WEEK

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday,
On Cardinal's advice, even Scots say;
"Mon! We care not a hoot,
What the book is aboot...
'Tis for subtle seductions that we pay!"
Simon, London

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
'Hope it's better than Book 5' they all say
That was way too long
And the plot it did pong
But hype-fed sheep still head the shops way
Murf, Essex

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday.
It'll be a real "Mom's apple pie" day
With their very first look
At the new Harry book
As well as being no suit and tie day!
Alastair Walker, Farnsfield, U.K.

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
But will Malfoy admit that he's gay?
Is Dumbledore dead?
Or Ron's hair isn't red?
Or Harry and Hermione...Whay Hay!
Andrew Fanner, Cowplain UK

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday,
One minute past twelve and it's D-Day.
But we might just wait
Until 0.08
For the first book to show up on eBay.
Helene Parry, South Wales expat to Brentford Lock

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
They are queueing from Truro to Taipei.
But what they don't know
Is that Harry and Co
Will graduate summa cum laude!
Charles Frean, Bedford, Massachusetts

"The Potter fans can't wait for Friday"
Observes The Now Show, in its dry way.
"Tonight, Robin Ince
Plays the Half-Witted Prince
And Mitch Benn sings 'I Quidditch My Way'."
Helene Parry, South Wales expat to Brentford Lock

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
And Amazon means half price I pay.
As a Potter bore,
I'll lock the loo door
And peruse it whilst perched on the bidet
Stella Alvarez, Teesside, UK

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday.
I'll bath and dress up neat and tidy.
In the scrum, I must look
'Cos I don't want a book
That's about a Swiss goatherd called Heidi.
O.G.Nash, Doha, Qatar

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
And neither, most likely, can JK.
With advance book sales
From New York to Wales
It looks likely to be quite a pay day.
Maddy, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
For the wizard who's hair is untidy
But it's nearly all done
It's the last book but one
Which I think is incredibly snidey
Dan , Warrington, UK

The Potter fans can't wait for Friday
They're queueing up by night and by day.
They'll find, if they tarry
He's now "Dirty" Harry,
"So come on, Dumbledore - make my day!"
Hedley Russell, Morecambe England

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