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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).

Tory’s Tax Bombshell

Posted on April 10, 2012 by twitmericks

Chancellor Osborne was shocked/ His world fundamentally rocked/ That the system is lax/ So the rich evade tax/ Remarks to be ruthlessly mocked. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/apr/10/george-osborne-regret-tax-shock-casablanca

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By Hook or by Crook

Posted on April 10, 2012 by twitmericks

A one-eyed old man with a hook/ And somewhat piratical look/ Must face deportation/ And incarceration/ They got him by hook or by crook.   /// http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/us-britain-usa-extradition-idUSBRE8390UK20120410

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Rendition Hits Bum Note

Posted on April 9, 2012 by twitmericks

Libyan Abdel Belhaj/ Was lifted and held without charge/ Then illegally rendered/ The damage engendered/ May turn out to be fairly large. // http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/08/special-report-britain-rendition-libya

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Towering Ambition

Posted on April 9, 2012 by twitmericks

The people who entered the Shard/  Discreetly evading the guard/  And went to the top/ For a quick photo-op/ Maybe next time should scale the facade. // http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trespassers-reach-summit-of-shard-7627794.html

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Annan, A Man with a Plan

Posted on April 8, 2012 by twitmericks

  Peace envoy Kofi Annan/Had what he believed was a plan/But he may have been had/By Bashar Assad/Who’s rather a devious man. 

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Water Silly Boy

Posted on April 8, 2012 by twitmericks

  A bearded young swimmer, an Ozzie/Leapt into the Thames in a cozzie/The race was suspended/The man apprehended/He wasn’t so sensible, was he

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Malawi Malady

Posted on April 7, 2012 by twitmericks

  There is an old man in Blantyre/Whose condition’s reportedly dire/Some say the President/Is now a decedent/But can’t be allowed to expire.

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Bout Camp

Posted on April 6, 2012 by twitmericks

  An arms dealer named Viktor Boot/Is causing a bit of dispute/There’ll be repercussions/Say furious Russians/For America jailing the brute.

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Dimitris Christoulas R.I.P.

Posted on April 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow in Greece/ Of whom the world mourns the decease/ Now for posterity/ Killed by austerity/ Rest, poor Dimitris, in peace. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17627838

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Pretty Vacant

Posted on April 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a maiden so fair/ A beauty defying compare/ But pals gave her stick/ Until gorgeous Ms Brick/ Revealed to the Mail her despair. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9188229/Samantha-Brick-ten-out-of-ten-men-fancy-me.html

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