Percy Wouldn't Recognize A Joke – Harry Potter Lexicon

“Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy.”

— Ron Weasley responding to Hermione, who suggests not letting Percy hear him insult Barty Crouch's sense of humor (specifically, his lack thereof, especially compared to Ludo Bagman) (GF21: The House-Elf Liberation Front)

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"Hello, Minister!" bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in awful discomfort. "Did I mention I'm resigning?"

"You're joking, Perce!" shouted Fred as the Death Eater he was battling collapsed under the weight of three separate Stunning Spells. Thicknesse had fallen to the ground with tiny spikes erupting all over him; he seemed to be turning into some form of sea urchin. Fred looked at Percy with glee.

"You actually are joking, Perce.... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were--" (DH31)

--AK

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