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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).

Geir in the Clear

Posted on April 23, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a PM known as Geir/ An Icelandic free marketeer/ Who was put in the dock/ When it all went to cock/ But is now, it appears, in the clear. // http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17817174

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Geir in the Clear

Posted on April 23, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a PM known as Geir/ An Icelandic free marketeer/ Who was put in the dock/ When it all went to cock/ But is now, it appears, in the clear. // http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17817174

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Sky’s The Limit

Posted on April 23, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow from Sky/ Who struggled to justify why/ The bosses there backed/ A journo who hacked/ A man who’d pretended to die. // http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17814945

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Donor To Be Taken Away

Posted on April 23, 2012 by twitmericks

  A Liberal donor named Brown/  Will soon be returning to town/ A man of conviction/ For fraudulent fiction/ He’ll show up and then be sent down.

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Holland Ayes

Posted on April 22, 2012 by twitmericks

The Socialist Francois Hollande/ Won out in the premier rond/ But 2 votes in 10/   Cast for Marine Le Pen/ Has left some in a slough of despond. // http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/marine-le-pen-french-election?newsfeed=true

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Le Pen is Mightier than we Thought

Posted on April 22, 2012 by twitmericks

(OK, here we go with one in French… corrections welcome, those that bugger things up by pointing out errors affecting rhyme scheme and scansion less so). Le Socialist Francois Hollande/ A gagné au premier rond/ Mais le Front National/ A … Continue reading →

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Bahrain’s Race Problem

Posted on April 22, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a big race in Bahrain/ A few tried to stop it in vain/ But drivers competing/ Did not see the beating/ In which a protester was slain. // http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012422141637277957.html

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Bishop’s Finger on the Pulse

Posted on April 21, 2012 by twitmericks

4 deans & the Bishop of Buckingham/ Who face issues rather than duckingham/ Say it is OK/ To wed as a gay/ And judge people not by who’s fuckingham. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17796511

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Four Wheels v Two Wheels

Posted on April 20, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old minicab boss/ Who found himself quite at a loss/ When it came to the pluses/ Of cyclists & buses/ J Griffin did not give a toss. // http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3390328.ece  

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Injured On the Job

Posted on April 20, 2012 by twitmericks

A woman has won compensation/ For damage at work off-location/ When a motel room light/ Fell and hit her one night/ And injured her, mid-copulation. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a377484/woman-hurt-during-sex-on-business-trip-claims-workers-compensation.html

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