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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).

I fought Delors and Delors won

Posted on December 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Ex Euro-commissioner, Jacques/Who ran the EU a while back/Now says he assumed/That the Euro was doomed/As it started out on the wrong track. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8932647/Euro-doomed-from-start-says-Jacques-Delors.html

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Iran in a Van

Posted on December 2, 2011 by twitmericks

The #Iranian chargé d’affaires/In London is no longer there/A man with a van/Took his stuff to Tehran/Amid much diplomatic despair.

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Without a Prayer

Posted on December 2, 2011 by twitmericks

Bideford Council in Devon/Likes praying to God up in heaven/But now the High Court/Must decide if they ought/To carry on wheeling the Rev in. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g1-7rcpbs_9iQHRJ-kIrpljZCE-A?docId=N0215401322825097818A

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Motor Mouth

Posted on December 1, 2011 by twitmericks

A man who drives cars on TV/For the publicly-owned BBC/Mr Jeremy #Clarkson/Remorselessly barks on/In general, up the wrong tree. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15977813

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Malice in Sunderland

Posted on November 30, 2011 by twitmericks

Sunderland boss Mr Bruce/Is out as the club cut him loose/But in real life not Wonderland/I wonder what Sunderland/Hope a new man’ll produce. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-leaves-sunderland

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Gbagbo Gbagged

Posted on November 30, 2011 by twitmericks

A man from the Ivory Coast/Was outvoted but clung to his post/But once overthrown/Mr Gbagbo was flown/To the Hague, with a court as his host. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/29/laurent-gbagbo-hague-icc-custody

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Hancock’s Other Half’s Hour

Posted on November 29, 2011 by twitmericks

An MP’s researcher from Russia/Resisted all efforts to crush ‘er/Defeating in court/Britain’s bid to deport/Her tho MI5 wanted to shush ‘er. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hHIw_zh5zsTX5H5IUmSvt-m8SoFA?docId=N0141281322559511986A

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Autumn of Discontent

Posted on November 29, 2011 by twitmericks

The honourable MP for Tatton/Has let UK growth figures flatten/Osborne’s #autumnstatement/Reveals no abatement/Of this undesirable pattern.

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Marmite Crash Affects Jam Jars

Posted on November 29, 2011 by twitmericks

The big M1 yeast extract spill/Led to widespread disruption until/I worried a car might/Get stuck in a marmite/Instead of a jam, if you will. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-15933599

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Beyond Our Ken

Posted on November 28, 2011 by twitmericks

There was a director called Ken/Who made the odd film now and then/He did various ones/On composers and nuns/And one with nude wrestling men. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15917073

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