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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).

Southern Pride Chicken?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by twitmericks

A chicken chain named Chick Fil-A/ Has come out as quite anti-gay/ If a woman or guy/ Prefers breast or thigh/ Does it matter as long as we pay? //// http://www.channel4.com/news/chick-fil-a-tonight-dinner-comes-with-politics-on-the-side

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Kofi’s Mission Impossible

Posted on August 2, 2012 by twitmericks

The peace envoy Kofi Annan/ Abandoned his Syria plan/ He called for transition/ But not through his mission/ You got a plan B, Mr Ban? ///http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d45f256-dcb3-11e1-a304-00144feab49a.html#axzz22OcPTJKJ

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Johnson Stuck in Zip

Posted on August 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an exuberant mayor/ Well-built, with a mop of blond hair/ Who ran out of luck/ When a zip wire got stuck/ And left him to dangle mid-air. //// http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/aug/01/boris-johnson-zip-wire?newsfeed=true

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Vidal, Gore – Vital No More

Posted on August 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow named Gore/ Who wrote books and plays by the score/ Acerbic, sarcastic/ And iconoclastic/ A gadfly, but never a bore. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19074231

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Medallion Man

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

An American swimmer named Phelps/ Won a medal amid cheers & yelps/ So now he’s won more/ Than any before/ (He’s in lots of events so that helps). /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/31/london-2012-michael-phelps-olympian

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Do Ping is not a Chinese Swimmer

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young woman from China/ Whose medley could not’ve been finer/ The rest had no hope/ So was she on dope/ Or simply a superfast minor? /// Doping Suspicions About Gold-Medal Swimmer Trigger Angry Response in China

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Troll in a Hole

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young internet troll/ Whose malice got out of control/ He’s off down the nick/ For being a dick/ Now we nab every tweeting arsehole. ///http://news.sky.com/story/967096/teenager-held-over-tom-daley-twitter-abuse

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Keys to the Stadium? Copper Mislaid ’em.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

The Wemberley stadium keys/ Were lost by some dopy PCs/ The locks got replaced/ But it’s rather a waste/ And is causing official unease. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/olympic-policing-own-goal-wembley?newsfeed=true

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Basescu’s Rescue

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old man in Romania/ Who looks like he’s gonna remain ‘ere/ A big referendum/ Has failed to upend ‘im/ On charges of megalomania. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/romania-impeachment-vote-fails

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The Woman in Red

Posted on July 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a strange woman in red/ Who crashed the parade A-Z/ She walked with the cream/ Of the Indian team/ As the atmosphere went to her head. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19035583

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