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Our October non-fiction choice is There Was An Old Geezer Called Caesar by Mick Twister. Post your own limerick and you could win £100 of Anova books

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RebeccaSMumsnet · 03/10/2013 11:27

Mick Twister has been tweeting the daily news in limerick form for the past three years. And now he's reflected the whole of human history in 100 limericks.

There Was An Old Geezer Called Caesar is a wonderfully witty book covering everything from the Big Bang to Cleopatra, Einstein, the invention of the atom bomb and many more.

With each page containing a catchy limerick and short description of the historical events, this brilliantly entertaining book is an ideal way to brush up on those things you feel you ought to know.

As well as giving away 50 copies of the book we're also running a competition to find the best limerick about Mumsnet starting with the line:

A website frequented by mums...

The finest limerick will net its author a brilliant bundle of books from Anova Books Group, including crafts, cooking and children's books, worth £100.

Apply for a copy and post your limerick on the discussion thread and we'll announce the winner at the end of October.

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RebeccaSMumsnet · 10/10/2013 10:39

The book giveaway is now closed. We'll email the 50 people who have been selected to receive books as soon as we hear from the publishers that they have been sent out.

Our limerick competition is still up and running so please do keep posting your Mumsnet limericks and your reviews of the book on the thread.

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RebeccaSMumsnet · 10/10/2013 10:42

Hi dappledawn

Feel free to post more than one limerick if you're feeling inspired!

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RachelMumsnet · 31/10/2013 16:11

The limerick competition is now closed. We were blown away by the standard of great limericks and have really enjoyed reading this thread over the course of the month.

Thanks also to those who sent in feedback about Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar. Author Mick Twister has also been following the thread and will be picking the winner of the comp later this eve and the winner will be announced tomorrow.

Because there are so many great entrants, we're going to create a page of some of our favourites which we'll link to next week.

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GeraldineMumsnet · 01/11/2013 10:28

As promised, here is the winner of October's limerick competition

The WINNER is RyvitaHayworth for:

A website frequented by mums:
how quickly the newbie succumbs,
giving strangers (or worse)
mothers' chapter and verse,
while her own child gnaws soap with his gums.

Mick Twister said: "Hard to pick a winner, with such a lot of great limericks. Ryvita shaded it in the end with a smooth metre, nice choice of rhymes - 'succumbs' is a great word - and a funny punchline."

And his honourable menshes go to:

KatherinaMinola for her topical (!) entry:

A website frequented by mums:
who'd imagine the depths that it plumbs?
"Is your pelvic floor weaker?"
"D'you dunk in a beaker
(or does your DH, when he comes)?"

And for rhyming 'neutrals' with 'poo trolls', which was quite special - as was aaaaagh's rhyming of 'DCs' with 'faeces'!

Dappledawn also produced several very good limericks - this is the pick of the bunch (the plum?):

A website frequented by mums
Produces some absolute plums -
With pants that are sodden,
We'll help the downtrodden,
Ignoring our burgeoning tums!

So thanks again for all the brilliant entries. Grin As RachelMumsnet said yesterday, we aim to produce a page showcasing our favourites by next week.

And RyvitaHayworth, please email [email protected] with your name and address, so we can get your prize in the post. :)

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GeraldineMumsnet · 05/11/2013 11:42

As promised, we've collated some of your finest efforts on this thread into a page. Grin

Thanks again to everyone who took part. What larks :)

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