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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).

Take a Hike

Posted on September 22, 2011 by twitmericks

2 men, Josh Fattal & Shane Bauer/Whose hike in Iraq went so sour/Are out of Iran/After years in the can/Next time go for a walk on the Gower.

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F***ing while Rome Burns

Posted on September 20, 2011 by twitmericks

The downgrade of Italy’s rating/Berlusconi finds so aggravating/But Silvio let/Italy build up debt/While the old goat was off fornicating. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14993848

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Lib Dem Bones

Posted on September 20, 2011 by twitmericks

LD supporters in Birmingham/Bemoan Tory plans tho affirming’em/But as opposition/Beats this coalition/At least there is no 2nd term in’ em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/sep/20/huhne-hits-out-tory-slavering-tax-cuts

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Head to Head

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

Rital and Ritag from Khartoum/Emerged fully joined from the womb/A long operation/Achieved separation/Giving both girls a bit more headroom. http://www.facingtheworld.net/real-stories/rital–ritag

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Who Wants to Tax a Millionaire?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

A President known as Barack’s/Got a radical programme for tax/So a millionaire/Has to pay his fair share/It beats giving welfare the axe. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/19/obama-deficit-plan-tax-hike

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DSK Screwed

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

A serial shagger from France/Was accused as we all looked askance/Now #DSK‘s sorry/But his no. 1 worry/Is he’s screwed his political chance. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14967295

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Lebedev’s Punchy Discussion

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

An ex-KGB billionaire/Hit a rival tycoon live on air/The fist-swinging Russian/Curtailed the discussion/To knock a co-guest off his chair. (tweeted 18/9/11) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lebedev-strikes-russian-tycoon-over-tv-insults-2356874.html

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Out of the Woods

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

A young man whose name may be Ray/Emerged from the forest one day/Berlin’s polizei/Have no idea why/But his language is English, they say. (tweeted 18/9/11) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8772016/German-forest-boy-is-telling-the-truth-say-police.html

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Euro Stew

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

Financiers of the EU/Have got in a bit of a stew/Though Timothy Geithner’s/Now put on the frighteners/They’ve still not a clue what to do. (tweeted 17/9/11) http://euobserver.com/19/113661

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Rogue Trader

Posted on September 19, 2011 by twitmericks

A trader at bank #UBS/Got the firm in a terrible mess/His name is Kweku, it is/A dealer in equities/For a bank now worth 2 billion less. (tweeted 16/9/11) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/19/uk-ubs-shares-idUKTRE78I13820110919

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