Mick Twister

Posted on February 14, 2014 by twitmericks

Mick Twister is an anagram of Twitmericks.

Mick writes limericks about the news on Twitter, pretty much daily, as @twitmericks. These are also reproduced below, with links to the relevant news stories.

He is the author of There Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar: A History of the World in 100 Limericks (Anova, 2013) and There Once Was a Man with Six Wives: Kings and Queens in Limericks (Pavilion, 2017)

He writes limericks with a biblical theme for the quarterly 197 Piccadilly magazine. http://www.sjp.org.uk/uploads/1/6/5/7/16572376/____pp197_autumn_2013smaller.pdf

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Untitled

Posted on October 17, 2025 by twitmericks

A royal accustomed to splendour
Was told he would have to surrender
The title of Duke
By way of rebuke
For being a paedo-befriender.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/17/prince-andrew-to-give-up-royal-titles?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Epsteinic Fail

Posted on July 20, 2025 by twitmericks

A list by a prominent paedo
Of others who shared his libido,
Which his former best
Buddy hyped, then suppressed,
Torpedoed the Trump-Maga credo.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8ge16d2y3o
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Holy spirit

Posted on July 6, 2025 by twitmericks

The clerics of Bangor in Wales
Collectively went off the rails,
The spirit within
These priests being gin,
Prosecco and copious ales.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg34410dx7o

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Buddy Hell

Posted on June 8, 2025 by twitmericks

Two buddies shared love man to man,
As much as two straight fellows can,
But Musk’s in a K-Hole
And Trump is an a-hole
So now the shit’s hitting the fan.

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Fjord Maverick

Posted on May 24, 2025 by twitmericks

A fellow named Johan from Norway,
Who lived rather close to the shoreway,
Declared: “Beg your pardon,
Your ship’s in my garden,
And damn near got stuck in my doorway!”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8nk279ydyo?at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_format=image&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_link_id=62F7B440-37AF-11F0-8670-F340627933C6&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwY2xjawKe0CZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoym289SbHmUtGNIz5cE7TYQ1TKOd3BUylUHJoKoi7I7NUvrchoYUBqpcp4w_aem_-YlctPaCDdfwbG5g3RDKsQ
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Jungle juice

Posted on April 22, 2025 by twitmericks

West African chimps in the mist
Apparently cannot resist
A fruit that’s fermented –
What makes them contented
Is sitting around getting pissed.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2025…

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All comers race

Posted on April 17, 2025 by twitmericks

A livestreamed fertility chase
Has top seeds competing for pace:
Which spermatazoa
Swim faster or slower –
It’s who not comes first in this race.

(Thanks to @johnthejack

http://www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda… (£)

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/worl…

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Guano merchants

Posted on April 3, 2025 by twitmericks

The faraway islands of
Heard,
To whom Trump’s announcement referred,
Face tariffs, they say,
Because one fine day
A penguin flipped Donald the bird.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

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Friend or foe?

Posted on March 30, 2025 by twitmericks

A force meant to tackle lawbreakers
Considers extreme troublemakers
Those secret consumers
Of breadsticks and hummus,
The dastardly Westminster Quakers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim…

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Signal Failure

Posted on March 26, 2025 by twitmericks

A high-up Republican chap
Mis-shared on a messaging app;
Despite Trump and Waltz
Dismissing his faults,
The dogs in the street know that’s crap.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi…

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