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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).

All comers race

A livestreamed fertility chaseHas top seeds competing for pace:Which spermatazoaSwim faster or slower –It’s who not comes first in this race. (Thanks to @johnthejack http://www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda… (£) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/worl…

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Guano merchants

The faraway islands ofHeard,To whom Trump’s announcement referred,Face tariffs, they say,Because one fine dayA penguin flipped Donald the bird. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

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Friend or foe?

A force meant to tackle lawbreakersConsiders extreme troublemakersThose secret consumersOf breadsticks and hummus,The dastardly Westminster Quakers. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim…

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Signal Failure

A high-up Republican chapMis-shared on a messaging app;Despite Trump and WaltzDismissing his faults,The dogs in the street know that’s crap. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi…

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Faecal attraction

A theme park announced with some prideIts new toxic effluent ride;Alas the attractionWas put out of actionWhen actual sewage was spied. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…

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Space cadet

Are Trump, and his Maga alliance,Excessively placing relianceOn Elon, whose pocketsAre deep, but whose spaceshipsExplode? Well, it’s not rocket science! http://www.bbc.com/news/article…

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Peace off: Trump

There was an old bully named Trump,Who got in a terrible grump,When Mr ZelenskyCaused major offenskyBy simply not kissing his rump. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

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Dead good food

A funeral parlour in ChinaIs everyone’s favourite dinerAs oodles and oodlesOf folks taste their noodlesAnd swear there’s no  restaurant finer. http://www.bbc.com/news/article…

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Power play

America opened discussionsOn war in Ukraine with the Russians;While Marco says howdyTo Sergei in Saudi,Volodymyr fears repercussions. http://www.bbc.com/news/article…

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Gwynne overboard

The member for Gorton and DentonWas sacked over messages sent onWhatsApp that were snide,Career suicideApparently what he was bent on. http://www.bbc.com/news/article…

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