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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).

Google Drive

Posted on May 29, 2014 by twitmericks

Commissioning google to drive/ And keep us unhurt and alive/ Relies on the trope/ To travel in hope/ Is better than just to arrive. ///http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-in-the-car-business/2014/05/28/3191d5d6-e6bf-11e3-a70e-ea1863229397_story.html Commissioning google to driveAnd keep us unhurt and aliveRelies on the tropeTo travel in hopeIs … Continue reading →

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Peer Pressure

Posted on May 28, 2014 by twitmericks

A Liberal Democrat peer/Said ‘Clegg is a loser, I fear/But if we were able/To ditch him for Cable/It might save our bacon next year’. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27604131 A Liberal Democrat peerSaid 'Clegg is a loser, I fearBut if we were ableTo ditch … Continue reading →

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Greased Lightning

Posted on May 27, 2014 by twitmericks

A Spurs-loving time-serving nutter/ Found AFC’s win made him splutter/ On hearing the news/ He went for the screws/ Entirely covered in butter. ///http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/charles-bronson-coats-himself-butter-3611167 https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/471288672495874048

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Pole Faulted

Posted on May 26, 2014 by twitmericks

There was an old general, a Pole/ Who exercised total control/ Till ructions in Warsaw/ Got worse than he foresaw/ And cost Jaruzelski his role./// http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/general-wojciech-jaruzelski https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/470996733368205312

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The nationalist side flexed its muscles/ In EU electoral tussles/ From mild Eurosceptic/ To quite apoplectic/ Expressing frustration with Brussels. ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/european-election-results-2014-farright-parties-flourish-across-europe-in-snub-to-austerity-9434069.html The nationalist side flexed its musclesIn EU electoral tusslesFrom mild EuroscepticTo quite apoplecticExpressing frustration at Brussels — Mick Twister … Continue reading →

Posted on May 26, 2014 by twitmericks | Leave a comment

And one by Dylan Thomas

Posted on May 25, 2014 by twitmericks

I just watched A poet in New York Last Night, about Dylan Thomas’s last days. It featured this rather wonderful limerick of his, that I hadn’t come across before: +++ There was an old bugger called God, Who got a … Continue reading →

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Of Mice and Ministers

Posted on May 25, 2014 by twitmericks

Conservative minister Gove/ Said Lit must be English, by Jove!/ Take Steinbeck and Lee/ Off GCSE/ And let’s have some old British cove. ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/michael-gove-axes-to-kill-a-mockingbird-and-other-american-classics-from-english-literature-gcse-syllabus-9432818.html Conservative minister GoveSaid Lit must be English, by Jove!Take Steinbeck and LeeOff GCSEAnd let's have some … Continue reading →

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Thai Pork Pie

Posted on May 23, 2014 by twitmericks

There once was a general who/ Denied he was staging a coup./ As every Thai/ Had seen through this lie/ He had to admit what they knew. ///http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/military-coup-thailand-peace-general-prayuth-chan-ocha There once was a general whoDenied he was staging a coup.As every … Continue reading →

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Heir-ing One’s Opinion

Posted on May 22, 2014 by twitmericks

Some FCO people and Russians/ Had rather explosive discussions/ For when Charlie bashes ‘im/ Tainting with fascism/ Putin demands repercussions. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27515086 https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/469567457645297664

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Happiness Forbidden

Posted on May 21, 2014 by twitmericks

Police in Iran say it’s wrong/ For folks to be singing along/ In Western apparel/ To Happy by Pharrell/ (Not really a treasonous song). ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/young-iranians-arrested-and-made-to-confess-on-tv-for-being-too-happy-9409988.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/469153911358910464

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