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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).

Brittle Britain

Posted on October 15, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old state, the UK/ Whose links look quite fragile today/ A Scots referendum/ Intended to end ’em/ Is officially now on the way. ///http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/pm-starts-clock-on-independent-scotland-vote-8211945.html

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No Double Felix

Posted on October 15, 2012 by twitmericks

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner/ Has given his word to his partner/ There’ll be no repeat/ Of yesterday’s feat/ As the risk to his life might dishartner. ////

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The Man who Fell to Earth

Posted on October 14, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was an Austrian guy/ Who jumped from way up in the sky/ To freefall at speed/ A mindblowing deed/ The ultimate natural high. ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/skydiver-felixbaumgartner-breaks-record-for-highest-ever-parachute-jump-8206637.html

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Endeavour Forever

Posted on October 14, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a space shuttle, #Endeavour/ Which drove round the city forever/ Forgetting LA/ Had trees in the way/ Which wasn’t especially clever. ///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/14/us-space-shuttle-idUKBRE89A1OE20121014  

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Chott in the Dark

Posted on October 14, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an Ould man from Nouakchott/ Whom those meant to cover his back shot/ Denying ’twas terror/ He called it  an error/ (Tho luckily not by a crack shot). ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19940504

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Force to get Reckoning

Posted on October 13, 2012 by twitmericks

The watchdog, the IPCC/ Has launched an inquiry to see/ Why so many fans died/ How many cops lied/ And what criminal charges should be. ///http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/10/13/police-watchdog-pledges-to-try-to-end-generation-of-hillsborough-distress-and-anger-100252-32023084/

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DG Probes DJ

Posted on October 12, 2012 by twitmericks

The BBC DG’s reviews/ Have to ask: Whom did Savile abuse?/ Was it with other men?/ Also who knew what when/ And why was it pulled from the news? ///http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/12/jimmy-savile-allegations-entwistle-bbc-review-_n_1961834.html?ncid=GEP

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Prize Surprise

Posted on October 12, 2012 by twitmericks

The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize/ Has gone, amid general surprise/ To a body in Brussels/ That stops Euro-tussles/ Being wars in which everyone dies. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/european-union-nobel-peace-prize?intcmp=239

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Drug Pedaller

Posted on October 11, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old cyclist named Lance/ Who won a good few Tours de France/ A pedaller, medaller/ And alleged peddler/ Of chemicals meant to enhance. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19903716

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That Sinking Feeling

Posted on October 10, 2012 by twitmericks

A Tory PM known as Dave/ Was stark in the warning he gave/ We must now sink or swim/ Was the message from him/ (On his way to a watery grave). ///http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron-speech-britain-can-sink-or-she-can-swim-8205214.html

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