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About twitmericks

There is an old fellow called Mick/Who's been penning the odd limerick/I admit he's no Keats/But he does them in tweets/So to follow, you just have to click. https://twitter.com/#!/twitmericks "The limerick master of the twitterati" (The Guardian).

UNGA games

Posted on September 25, 2018

Addressing the top UN crowd/ The POTUS declared he was proud/ He’d done so much more/ Than any before,/ Which had them all laughing out loud./// Addressing the top UN crowdThe POTUS declared he was proudHe'd done so much moreThan … Continue reading →

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Nanny knows best

Posted on September 25, 2018

A chap who likes seeming precocious/ Thinks Brexit, which sounds quite atrocious,/ Can be, due to magic,/ Supercalifragic-/ Alisticexpialidocious./// A chap who likes seeming precociousThinks Brexit, which sounds quite atrocious,Can be, due to magic,Supercalifragic-Alisticexpialidocious.#Brexit https://t.co/u7uujTvP7C — Mick Twister (@twitmericks) September … Continue reading →

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EU disrespecting me?

Posted on September 23, 2018

A government failing at Brexit/ Complains the EU disrepexit,/ Creating affront,/ Says Jeremy Hunt,/ By posting cake pix just to vexit./// A government failing at BrexitComplains the EU disrepexit,Creating affront,Says Jeremy Hunt,By posting cake pix just to vexit.#Brexit#TheresaMay#cake#ChequersPlan#Salzburg — Mick … Continue reading →

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A house divided

Posted on September 22, 2018

There is a right-winger named Paul/ Whose siblings don’t rate him at all/ Six brothers and sisters/ Have joined the resisters/ To work for the Congressman’s fall./// (I tweaked the second line from the tweeted version, on reflection, but either … Continue reading →

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Dis-Mayed

Posted on September 21, 2018

Theresa said countries like France/ Have not given Britain a chance:/ By dumping on Chequers/ Those Eurocrat wreckers/ Have led her a merry old dance!/// Theresa said countries like FranceHave not given Britain a chance:By dumping on Chequers Those Eurocrat … Continue reading →

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Pottted lobster

Posted on September 21, 2018

A lobster place over in Maine/ Maintains it’s humane when they’re slain/ To dope each crustacean/ With weed-based sedation,/ Thus dulling its brain to the pain./// A lobster place over in MaineMaintains it's humane when they're slainTo dope each crustaceanWith … Continue reading →

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Steaming Cleaner

Posted on September 20, 2018

Some Indian nationalists who/ Extol what cow products can do/ Make soap from the faeces/ Of this sacred species,/ Thus putting the poo in shampoo./// Some Indian nationalists whoExtol what cow products can doMake soap from the faecesOf this sacred … Continue reading →

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Jumbo-sized blunder

Posted on September 20, 2018

An airline whose spelling’s horrific/ Messed up, or to be more specific/ Contrived to forget a/ Significant letter/ Which means there’s no effin’ Pacific!/// An airline whose spelling's horrificMessed up, or to be more specificContrived to forget aSignificant letterWhich means … Continue reading →

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Sesame-sex relationship?

Posted on September 19, 2018

The Sesame Workshop contends,/ Wherever the evidence tends,/ Though Saltzman would write ’em/ As kind of an item,/ That Ernie and Bert are just friends./// The Sesame Workshop contends,However the evidence tends,Though Saltzman would write 'emAs kind of an item,That … Continue reading →

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Toad’s tool

Posted on September 18, 2018

A porn star once dear to Trump’s heart/ Described his most intimate part/ As less than humungous/ And shaped like a fungus,/ Like Toad out of Mario Kart./// A porn star once dear to Trump's heartDescribed his most intimate partAs … Continue reading →

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