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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).

Charlotte’s Web

Posted on November 28, 2011 by twitmericks

A Welsh entertainer named Charlotte/Performed as a junior starlet/For Murdoch for free/Instead of a fee/He vowed not to call her a harlot.

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Double-dipped in the poo

Posted on November 28, 2011 by twitmericks

The wonks at the #OECD/In their latest predictions foresee/A Euro recession/And global depression/It’s difficult not to agree. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15915627

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League of Gentlemen?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by twitmericks

The Arab League ministers met/Determined to act on their threat/By sanctioning #Syria/But were there ulterior/Motives for some of that set? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15901360

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Very Shabby, Abu Dhabi

Posted on November 27, 2011 by twitmericks

A court in a Gulf federation/Has sentenced to incarceration/With no reason nor rhyme/5 people whose crime/Was to call for democratisation. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/uae-security-court-sentences-5-activists-for-political-reform-calls/2011/11/27/gIQA25Xg0N_story.html

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Life on Mars

Posted on November 26, 2011 by twitmericks

A rover has set off for Mars/Amid Nasa control oohs and ahs/To suss out what gives/And if anything lives/Between us & the far distant stars. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-launches-mars-rover/2011/11/26/gIQAXIDmyN_video.html

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Store Wars

Posted on November 26, 2011 by twitmericks

A shopper won out in LA/By using her own pepper spray/However extreme/Such aggression may seem/She’ll have her gifts come Christmas Day. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57331509/black-friday-pepper-spray-suspect-surrenders/

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Ganzouri’s Story

Posted on November 25, 2011 by twitmericks

An old man from Cairo, Ganzouri/Has mounted a late bid for glory/Installed as PM/By the army to stem/The unrest before things get too gory. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc460c3e-1739-11e1-b20e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1ejRclEM5

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Twickers in a Twist

Posted on November 25, 2011 by twitmericks

RFU bosses in Twickenham/Are down & so everyone’s kickin’ em/The manager quit/& PR has been shit/All on top of the French players lickin’ em http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/24/rob-andrew-rfu-twickenham?newsfeed=true

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Sex, Lies and Hacking

Posted on November 24, 2011 by twitmericks

The inquiry into the media/Becomes by the day ever seedier/With celebs attacking/The sex lies & hacking/Behind all the stories you read ‘ere. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15868946#TWEET33416

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Haircut 100

Posted on November 24, 2011 by twitmericks

Thousands of Amish with beards/All said it is just as we feared/Sam Mullet and nippers/Went mental with clippers/& half of Ohio got sheared. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24013708-7-charged-over-amish-beard-cutting-terror.do

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