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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Danczuk – Here’s a ban, chuck
The party has moved to suspend/ A Labour MP who would send/ The odd highly-sexed/ And somewhat lewd text/ To his rather young female friend./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35204398 The party has moved to suspend A Labour MP who would send The odd highly-sexed And somewhat … Continue reading
REVIEW OF 2015 PT 2: THE SILLY SEASON
Part 1 of my review of the year dealt with the more mainstream news items – here I will share with you some of the weird and wonderful snippets I’ve covered in limerick form. I think in all case the … Continue reading
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REVIEW OF 2015 PT 1 – THE HARD BIT
2015 saw bombs in Paris (among other cities), elections in the UK, Greece, Spain and Turkey (among other countries) and deals on climate change, Iranian nukes and US-Cuban relations. Also in the limerick news it saw Let’s get the heavy stuff … Continue reading
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Oliver’s Barmy
A senior Tory adviser/ And self-proclaimed moral chastiser/ Said don’t help those thugs/ They’ll only buy drugs,/ But now says he’s older and wiser./// http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/oliver-letwin-s-apology-for-racist-memo-to-no-10-inadequate-a6791311.html A senior Tory adviser And self-proclaimed moral chastiser Said don't help those thugs They'll only buy drugs, But now … Continue reading
Abadi vs Jihadi
Iraqi PM Al-Abadi/ Said now we have taken Ramadi/ We’ll finish Da’esh/ That thorn in our flesh/ And get the jihadi Baghdadi./// https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Dec-29/329335-abadi-vows-to-defeat-daesh-in-2016.ashx Iraqi PM Al-Abadi Said now we have taken Ramadi We'll finish Da'esh That thorn in our flesh And get the jihadi … Continue reading
Balls Up, Norwich Down?
Ed Balls, former Labour MP/ Has joined Norwich City FC./ He lost his own seat/ In Labour’s defeat,/ A clear title-winning CV./// http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/27/ed-balls-new-chairman-norwich-city Ed Balls, former Labour MP Has joined Norwich City FC. He lost his own seat In Labour's defeat, A clear title-winning … Continue reading
Another Girl, Another Planet
When Tim called the missus from space/ He wound up with egg on his face/ To general mirth/ He contacted earth/ But got someone else in her place./// http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/astronaut-tim-peake-calls-wrong-number-from-the-international-space-station-a6785766.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/680398718001086464
Christmas Rhyme
For the last few years I have been writing a couple of light-hearted limericks on a biblical theme for each issue of 197 magazine*, published quarterly by St James’s Church Piccadilly. So as a Christmas treat (tweet?) I tweeted one from this … Continue reading
More FIFA Madness
A FIFA supremo named Blatter/ Whose wallet grew fatter and fatter/ From dubious dealing/ Declares he’s appealing/ (A somewhat debatable matter)./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35144652 A FIFA supremo named Blatter Whose wallet grew fatter and fatter From dubious dealing Declares he's appealing (A somewhat debatable matter). — … Continue reading
Magic Carpet-bombing
The terrorist state Agrabah/ Provokes Uncle Sam way too far./ We must stop Aladdin/ Fomenting jihad in/ This fictional city’s bazaar./// http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/18/republican-voters-bomb-agrabah-disney-aladdin-donald-trump The terrorist state Agrabah Provokes Uncle Sam way too far. We must stop Aladdin Fomenting jihad in This fictional city's bazaar. — … Continue reading