Limmerick's From Popular Books. Can You Write One in Under Five Minutes?

[Victoria Bastedo]

Once there was an orphan named Harry
Who lived in a cupboard under the stair-y
His ability was small like a sprig
Till his cousin got a tail like a pig
And the owl was so persistent, it was scary.

 

[RK Wallis]

I'm not familiar with limerick rules, but I'll have a go:

There was a girl called Katniss,
forced to protect her sis.
She enters the deadliest reality tv show,
where she's a mean shot with a bow,
meets a boy and steals a kiss.

 

[Victoria Bastedo]

I'm not familiar with limerick rules, but I'll have a go:

There was a girl called Katniss,
forced to protect her sis.
She enters the deadliest reality tv show,
where she's a mean shot with a bow,
meets a boy and steals a kiss.

Ha ha, that's brilliant!

 

[Steve C]

There was a young agent called Bond
Who'd been given the licence to kill
He drank dry vodka martinis
And his girls wore stunning bikinis
While her Majesty collected the bill

 

[Rich.]

There was a young hobbit called Frodo
He had a quest to perform that was loco
He carried the ring
And had a good sing
And tried not to get dead as a dodo

 

[Rich.]

A dressing-gowned man full of apathy
Got caught up in a planetary tragedy
He thumbed a lift
With an alien gift
And travelled with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

[Steve C]

Dr Who lived in a huge great Tardis
At least from the inside that is
When I asked where's the loo
He said do you want to poo?
I said no but I'm dying for a piss

 

[KateESal]

Young Charlie was well short of dosh,
Grandpa Joe would never be posh,
Then they met Willy Wonka
(A bit of a plonker)
So now they've got sweeties to nosh.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

She never could look very neat
with always a chore to complete,
but she went to the ball
and outshone them all
(Though glass slippers are hard on your feet!)

 

[Victoria Bastedo]

There was a young hobbit called Frodo
He had a quest to perform that was loco
He carried the ring
And had a good sing
And tried not to get dead as a dodo

Ha ha, this one made me laugh, while I sat alone in my car, after work. I think I may have looked odd.

 

[Victoria Bastedo]

Three Soldiers of Hat Feathers and Dash,
enjoyed revelry, cool boots and fine sword slash,
But the newbie so young,
Had the name of D'Artagnan,
What else but he joined and buckled swash?

 

[Rich.]

A young woman who just could not cease
To dance like a good Russian niece
Nursed a great soldier
Loved and got older
And enjoyed both the war and the peace

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Roald, while composing in rhyme,
Thought Red Riding Hood had a hard time
so he gave her a gun,
wrote her verses of fun;
now she wears wolf and drinks wolf-blood wine.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Not a book but a cartoon. and showing my age - not all of you will remember Mr Magoo, I expect.

I tried to help Mister Magoo
with wire, bottle bases and glue:
I made him some specs
so he'd stop causing wrecks
But then found that he couldn't see through!

 

[RK Wallis]

I remember Mr Magoo

 

[Rich.]

Cartoon characters! Love it!

There is a big dog, Scooby Doo
On adventures his friends all come too
He's oft beset by the fear
But we love him and cheer
When he runs from the ghosts who go, "Boo!"

 

[Paul Whybrow]

How can we ignore the trilogy that sold 125 million copies worldwide?

We tried 50 Shades of Grey,
An instruction manual some would say.
Whips, chains and handcuffs,
Nipple clamps when we get rough.
Do you want to come out to play?

 

[Victoria Bastedo]

A girl with curiosity hard to sate,
Took off chasing a rabbit who was late,
She got invited to topsy tea,
Should've ignored the label, 'Drink me',
And the queen dealt harshly with her fate.

 

[Steve C]

There was an ex-virgin called Popeye
Who's Olive gave him no shut-eye
With the spinach replacing the viagra
His hands couldn't help but grab her
And together they cooked up a pie.

 

[RK Wallis]

There was a vamp with London in his sights,
who stalked a girl named Lucy, leaving her with bites.
A hunt begins for the fiend,
and he inflicts a curse of the vampiric kind.
In a most spectacular chase, our heroes end him in a show of might.