Monthly Archives: July 2012

Medallion Man

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

An American swimmer named Phelps/ Won a medal amid cheers & yelps/ So now he’s won more/ Than any before/ (He’s in lots of events so that helps). /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/31/london-2012-michael-phelps-olympian

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Do Ping is not a Chinese Swimmer

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young woman from China/ Whose medley could not’ve been finer/ The rest had no hope/ So was she on dope/ Or simply a superfast minor? /// http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/31/doping-suspicions-about-gold-medal-swimmer-trigger-angry-response-in-china/?iid=op-article-latest

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Troll in a Hole

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young internet troll/ Whose malice got out of control/ He’s off down the nick/ For being a dick/ Now we nab every tweeting arsehole. ///http://news.sky.com/story/967096/teenager-held-over-tom-daley-twitter-abuse

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Keys to the Stadium? Copper Mislaid ’em.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

The Wemberley stadium keys/ Were lost by some dopy PCs/ The locks got replaced/ But it’s rather a waste/ And is causing official unease. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/olympic-policing-own-goal-wembley?newsfeed=true

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Basescu’s Rescue

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old man in Romania/ Who looks like he’s gonna remain ‘ere/ A big referendum/ Has failed to upend ‘im/ On charges of megalomania. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/romania-impeachment-vote-fails

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The Woman in Red

Posted on July 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a strange woman in red/ Who crashed the parade A-Z/ She walked with the cream/ Of the Indian team/ As the atmosphere went to her head. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19035583

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Running on Empty

Posted on July 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There are lots of seats at the Games/ Which every day nobody claims/ Whose seats, we don’t know/ Until old Lord Coe/ & LOCOG begin naming names. /// http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/uk-oly-emptyseats-day-idUKBRE86R0YS20120729

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What a Surly Burley

Posted on July 28, 2012 by twitmericks

The Tory MP Aidan Burley/ Sent tweets that were bitter & surly/ Flamed by Twitterati/ Disowned by his party/ He wishes he’d gone to bed early. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025518

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Danny Boy’ll Do It

Posted on July 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a director named Danny/     Whose sense of occasion was canny/ James Bond & the Queen/ Brunel, Mr Bean/ Were all in his grand hootenanny. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19008471

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Anyone For Menace?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a #TwitterJokeTrial/ Which rumbled along for a while/ But now justice has spoke/ So it’s OK to joke/ Without getting a CPS file. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jul/27/twitter-joke-trial-high-court?newsfeed=true

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