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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).

Coalition to Perdition

Posted on November 5, 2011 by twitmericks

#Greece is to try coalition/To sort out its dire condition/But in the UK/I think we can say/That therein lies the road to perdition.

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Cable Tidy?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by twitmericks

Mr Cable, the MP for Twickenham/Puts bags out with letters to Nick in ’em/A 2nd top min/Is misusing his bin/The govt really keeps pickin’em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/nov/04/vince-cable-apologises-binned-letters

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Trial Thriller

Posted on November 4, 2011 by twitmericks

The M Jackson trial expectation/Is death caused by oversedation/If the court’s of the view/That doc Murray knew/We anticipate incarceration. (With thanks to @MrRobBeasley) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057295/Michael-Jackson-trial-closing-arguments-His-children-robbed-Conrad-Murray.html?ito=feeds-newsxml  

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Greeks Bare of Gifts

Posted on November 4, 2011 by twitmericks

Papandreou the no. 1 Greek/Went into the chamber to speak/But when he got there/The coffers were bare/So his government’s well up the creek. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15586673

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Cannes They do it? No they Cannes’t

Posted on November 3, 2011 by twitmericks

The G20 summit in Cannes/Should have come up with a plan/In the afternoon session/To end the recession/But somehow I doubt that they can. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/03/pol-harper-obama-europe.html?cmp=rss

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Not Cricket

Posted on November 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Butt and Amir and Asif/Have shockingly all come to grief/Behind prison walls/For fixing no-balls/Their dishonesty beggars belief. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15573463

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Assange Losing Appeal

Posted on November 2, 2011 by twitmericks

Old Julian of Wikileaks/Now has to decide in 2 weeks/If he should keep pleading/Or just go to Sweden/And face charges before Swedish beaks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/02/julian-assange-options-narrow-judges?newsfeed=true

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Up the Greek

Posted on November 2, 2011 by twitmericks

Greek plans for a new referendum/On austerity measures could end ’em/With benefits axed/& rich folk untaxed/MPs may not want to defend ’em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/01/greek-government-teeters-on-brink

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Jesus Camp

Posted on November 1, 2011 by twitmericks

Camps against capitalism/When viewed thru a C of E prism/Are what one wing sees as/The teachings of Jesus/But some disagree, causing schism. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/31/what_would_jesus_do

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7 Billion Person Baby

Posted on November 1, 2011 by twitmericks

The arrival of baby Danica/Could not have been any uniquer/The UN named her birth/7 billionth on earth/Sending staff to Manila to seek ‘er. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/31/seven-billionth-baby-born-philippines?newsfeed=true

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