Monthly Archives: November 2011

Life on Mars

A rover has set off for Mars/Amid Nasa control oohs and ahs/To suss out what gives/And if anything lives/Between us & the far distant stars. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-launches-mars-rover/2011/11/26/gIQAXIDmyN_video.html

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Store Wars

A shopper won out in LA/By using her own pepper spray/However extreme/Such aggression may seem/She’ll have her gifts come Christmas Day. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57331509/black-friday-pepper-spray-suspect-surrenders/

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Ganzouri’s Story

An old man from Cairo, Ganzouri/Has mounted a late bid for glory/Installed as PM/By the army to stem/The unrest before things get too gory. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc460c3e-1739-11e1-b20e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1ejRclEM5

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Twickers in a Twist

RFU bosses in Twickenham/Are down & so everyone’s kickin’ em/The manager quit/& PR has been shit/All on top of the French players lickin’ em http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/24/rob-andrew-rfu-twickenham?newsfeed=true

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Sex, Lies and Hacking

The inquiry into the media/Becomes by the day ever seedier/With celebs attacking/The sex lies & hacking/Behind all the stories you read ‘ere. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15868946#TWEET33416

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Haircut 100

Thousands of Amish with beards/All said it is just as we feared/Sam Mullet and nippers/Went mental with clippers/& half of Ohio got sheared. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24013708-7-charged-over-amish-beard-cutting-terror.do

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Samoa Over the Rainbow

A football XI that’s the worst/In the world had a victory – its first/American Samoa/Can’t go any lower/But hopes its decline is reversed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15867180

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Clooney Tunes

G Clooney queries the fitness/Of his being called as a witness/2 ask him how tarty/Was Silvio’s party/& how correct what has been written is. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15856392

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March like an Egyptian

Protesters in #Tahrir Square/Insist they are going to stay there/Till the army withdraws/So they fight for the cause/Of democracy everywhere. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/22/egypt-protesters-tahrir-square-tantawi

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Knowing Him

Alan Partridge, whose name is in fact/Steve Coogan, says he has been hacked/Altho he resisted/The media’s twisted/Desire for a Faustian pact. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15842034

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