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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).

Poppy Cock

Posted on November 9, 2011 by twitmericks

FIFA has OK’d the #poppy/After MPs and royals got stroppy/The press deemed it shoddy/But football’s world body/Provided a lot of good copy. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2059446/FIFA-poppy-row-England-wear-armband.html

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May be in Trouble?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by twitmericks

The Home Secretary, Theresa/Is having a row with a geezer/She says Brodie Clark/Kept her in the dark/But he says he tried hard to please ‘er. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/article-24007663-border-chief-brodie-clark-quits-as-pressure-mounts-on-theresa-may.do

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Nukes Just In

Posted on November 9, 2011 by twitmericks

The IAEA says Iran/Has been working for years on a plan/To get stuff that’s fissile/Attached to a missile/But doesn’t yet think that it can. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/un-report-cites-secret-nuclear-research-by-iran/2011/11/08/gIQAS3MS1M_story.html?wprss=

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Heigh Ho Silvio

Posted on November 8, 2011 by twitmericks

There is an old man from Milan/Who’s hung on as long as he can/Now every last crony/Has ditched #Berlusconi/His career as PM’s down the pan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-italy-idUSTRE7A72NG20111108

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Joe Blow

Posted on November 8, 2011 by twitmericks

Champion boxer Joe Frazier/Had a mighty left hook 2 amaze ya/But he lost in Manila/The world famous Thrilla/To Ali, a bit older but crazier. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/8875841/Joe-Frazier-dies-world-has-lost-great-champion-in-Smokin-Joe-says-Muhammad-Ali.html

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Jacko Quacko

Posted on November 8, 2011 by twitmericks

A doctor who lives in LA/Was done for manslaughter today/He killed Michael Jackson/So now the poor quack’s on/Remand & may have a long stay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/15633030

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Pizza the Action

Posted on November 7, 2011 by twitmericks

Ex-pizza magnate Herman Cain/Is pursued by the past once again/The Republican hopeful/Is apt to be gropeful/Which women find rather a pain. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sexual-harassment-claims-see-herman-cain-slump-in-polls-6258238.html

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Prepare to Meteor Destiny

Posted on November 7, 2011 by twitmericks

Asteroid Yu-55/Is very soon due to arrive/It’s coming quite near/But there’s nothing to fear/It’s expected the earth will survive. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/06/asteroid-yu55-course-close-earth?newsfeed=true

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Storm in a Tee Cup?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by twitmericks

(With a rewrite after a correction). A caddy who hails from NZ/Uttered words he’ll now wish unsaid/About Mr T Woods/He is now damaged goods/& needs new ways of earning his bread. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hAakZH3Vk_Jlp2ztzUYVP_mrzPkQ?docId=CNG.51c99c753539f484b515987a01ad6a9f.5 After my original tweet, as above, @AndrewPotterNZ replied … Continue reading →

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Life on Mars?

Posted on November 5, 2011 by twitmericks

6 cosmonauts locked in one place/Pretended that they were in space/They had a good laugh/For a year and a half/But Mars is a different case.

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