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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).

Cabin Doors to Manuel

Posted on December 11, 2011 by twitmericks

There is an old man called Manuel/Who’s been living in France for a spell/Now 20 years later/The former dictator/Returns to a Panama cell.

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A Mountain to Climate

Posted on December 11, 2011 by twitmericks

The big UN summit on climate/Is starting to look a bit stymied/The meeting in Durban/Is all about carbon/But sadly I can’t seem to rhyme it. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-10/un-climate-talks-head-toward-deadlock-as-eu-plan-derided-by-china-india.html

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Russian Repercussions

Posted on December 10, 2011 by twitmericks

1000s & 1000s of Russians/Have taken election discussions/Out on to the street/Saying Putin was beat/Their protest could have repercussions. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/09/vladimir-putin-protests-opposition-elections

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Goodbye Mr Mckenzie

Posted on December 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Kelvin, an old tabloid hack/Blames Scousers when under attack/But Mr MacKenzie/Kicked off such a frenzy/He’s now had to take it all back. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-16110588

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The King and He

Posted on December 9, 2011 by twitmericks

An American man in Bangkok/Got 2 1/2 years in the dock/For insulting the king/It’s a barbarous thing/Thailand seems to’ve put back the clock.

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Just Enough for the City

Posted on December 9, 2011 by twitmericks

The crunch EU summit in Brussels/Saw Cameron flexing his muscles/It’s rather a pity/It’s just for the City/The PM will fight in such tussles http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/09/eurozone-countries-treaty-exclude-britain?intcmp=239

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Windy Thursday

Posted on December 8, 2011 by twitmericks

Thousands of Scots have lost power/After winds of umpteen miles per hour/Blew leccy lines down/In many a town/Accompanied by the odd shower. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16079849

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Bell Ends Badly

Posted on December 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The top UK PR firm Bell/Pottinger does a good sell/Not content with the media?/Fix Wikipedia/But Bell ends up starting to smell. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-dark-arts-bell-pottinger-caught-rewriting-its-clients-wikipedia-entries-6273836.html

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Assad, Not Mad or Bad?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by twitmericks

President Bashar #Assad/Denies doing things that were bad/He told ABC/All that stuff wasn’t me/For that shit you’d have to be mad. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-08/assad-denies-ordering-crackdown-in-syria/3719042

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His Face an Open Book

Posted on December 7, 2011 by twitmericks

Mark Z, who invented FB/Has got issues with settings, I see/As he’s fallen victim/To hackers who picked ‘im/& published his photos with glee. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8938725/Facebook-privacy-flaw-exposes-Mark-Zuckerberg-photos.html

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