Monthly Archives: December 2012

News Roundup: Max, Tax, Attacks

Posted on December 6, 2012 by twitmericks

Starbucks is paying more tax/ Police have been questioning Max/ They charged Stuart Hall/ Our growth forecasts fall/ In Syria, yet more attacks. OK, decided to do this one slightly differently, with a little roundup of a few stories. Only … Continue reading →

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Brilliant Brazilian

Posted on December 6, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man from Brazil/ Whose buildings are sexy & brill/ Without him we find/ The things he designed/ Make cityscapes beautiful still. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2012/dec/06/oscar-niemeyer-brazilian-architect-memoirs There was an old man from Brazil/Whose buildings are sexy & brill/Without him we … Continue reading →

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Will McAfee get a Free Trial?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by twitmericks

Guatemala will hand to Belize/ The man who protects our PCs/ The millionaire/ Tried dying his hair/ But cops quickly saw through this wheeze. ////http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20621271 Guatemala will hand to Belize/The man who protects our PCs/The millionaire/Tried dying his hair/But cops … Continue reading →

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We are not Amused

Posted on December 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There were some Australian folks/ Who pulled off a radio hoax/ The royal impostors/ Laughed into their Fosters/ As nursing staff fell for their jokes. ///http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-pregnant-radio-presenters-1474019 There were 2 Australian folks/Who pulled off a radio hoax/The royal impostors/Laughed into their … Continue reading →

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Osborne Papers over the Cracks

Posted on December 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a wallpaper heir/ Who found that the cupboard was bare/ So what do we get?/ Ever deeper in debt/ No growth and no money to spare. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/05/autumn-statement-2012-key-points?intcmp=239 There once was a wallpaper heir/Who found that the cupboard … Continue reading →

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Not so Fine and Dandy

Posted on December 4, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a popular comic/ Whose sales used to be astronomic/ But Dan’s Desperation/ Means no publication/ As printing’s now uneconomic. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/01/dandy-comic-online

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What Katy Did

Posted on December 3, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a woman named Kate/ Whom royals expected to mate/ And where, as they say/ There’s a Will, there’s a way/ So HRH doth now gestate. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9719408/Kate-Middleton-is-pregnant.html

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Sending out an SMS

Posted on December 3, 2012 by twitmericks

The very first SMS text/ Must have left people rather perplexed/ For nobody knew/ Back in late ’92/ That a message explosion was next.  ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/01/text-messaging-20-years?CMP=twt_gu

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Poetry on Motion

Posted on December 2, 2012 by twitmericks

A prominent poet named Motion/ Lambasted a minister’s notion/ That giving housemakers/ Two million more acres/ Would just be a drop in the ocean. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/01/tory-rural-raid-andrew-motion

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Batting to Battering

Posted on December 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a fast bowler from Lancs/ Who entered the heavyweight ranks/ The new boxer Freddie/ Has won one already/ Cheered on by some 6000 Mancs. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/01/andrew-flintoff-richard-dawson

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