Monthly Archives: December 2011

Let’s Get Fiscal

Posted on December 5, 2011 by twitmericks

The leaders of Germ’ny & France/Are claiming a major advance/They decided it’s better/To punish the debtor/Not endlessly give them a chance. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/05/germany-france-euro-merkel-sarkozy

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Crash for Cash

Posted on December 5, 2011 by twitmericks

A Japanese motorway crash/Has burned thru a mountain of cash/8 Ferraris, 3 Mercs/Lamborghini, the works/Were all written off in the smash. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070046/8-Ferraris-3-Mercedes-Lamborghini-Skyline-2-5m-Japan-motorway-crash.html

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Pandering for Pandas

Posted on December 4, 2011 by twitmericks

Two giant pandas from China/Flew to Edinburgh in an airliner/ Tian Tian & Yang Guang/Must now do their thang/& make a wee Tian or Yang Minor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16023328

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Rhine Mine

Posted on December 4, 2011 by twitmericks

The people who live in #Koblenz/Are feeling a little bit tense/A 4000lb/World War II bomb’s been found/The force of which could be immense. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16021305

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Cain Not Able

Posted on December 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Pizza magnate Herman Cain/Ditched his presidential campaign/His personal life/Is enough, with a wife/And a mistress as well to maintain. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/us/politics/herman-cain-suspends-his-presidential-campaign.html

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I fought Delors and Delors won

Posted on December 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Ex Euro-commissioner, Jacques/Who ran the EU a while back/Now says he assumed/That the Euro was doomed/As it started out on the wrong track. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8932647/Euro-doomed-from-start-says-Jacques-Delors.html

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Iran in a Van

Posted on December 2, 2011 by twitmericks

The #Iranian chargé d’affaires/In London is no longer there/A man with a van/Took his stuff to Tehran/Amid much diplomatic despair.

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Without a Prayer

Posted on December 2, 2011 by twitmericks

Bideford Council in Devon/Likes praying to God up in heaven/But now the High Court/Must decide if they ought/To carry on wheeling the Rev in. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g1-7rcpbs_9iQHRJ-kIrpljZCE-A?docId=N0215401322825097818A

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Motor Mouth

Posted on December 1, 2011 by twitmericks

A man who drives cars on TV/For the publicly-owned BBC/Mr Jeremy #Clarkson/Remorselessly barks on/In general, up the wrong tree. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15977813

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