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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).

Ceiling the deal

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

A fix on the US debt ceiling/Came out of political dealing/It’s no happy ending/As big cuts in spending/To poor people aren’t that appealing. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903366504576486301220764760.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

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Man gets custardy

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The judicial system has tried/The chap by whom Murdoch was pied/For assaulting a man/With a shaving foam flan/Mr Marbles got 6 weeks inside. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16042327

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Not cricket?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

A batsman who wanted his tea/Was run out at Trent Bridge on day 3/His team felt the wicket/Was not really cricket/And made India also agree. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3724779/Ian-Bell-stars-with-controversial-ton.html

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Syrian oblivion

Posted on July 31, 2011 by twitmericks

          As Assad sends in heavy armour/To crush the protesters in #Hama/There’s no intervention/And scarcely a mention/From Cameron, Sarko, Obama. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/07/201173143432348733.html

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Royal event

Posted on July 30, 2011 by twitmericks

A royal and 3-day eventer/Wed a geezer who plays outside centre/13th-in-line Zara/Had a shiny tiara/That her mother the Princess’d lent ‘er. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8672985/Zara-Phillips-wedding-a-relaxed-and-modern-affair.html

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Capitol punishment

Posted on July 30, 2011 by twitmericks

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill/Are firmly at loggerheads still/They haven’t a budget/So if they can’t fudge it/Then who is left footing the bill? http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Dems-GOP-still-at-loggerheads-as-clock-ticks-1651552.php

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Honourable Mensch

Posted on July 29, 2011 by twitmericks

Novelist Ms Louise #Mensch/Who’s now on the Tory backbench/In reply to muck-racking/Admitted drug-taking/She’s rather a spirited wench. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14342674

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Defamation nation

Posted on July 29, 2011 by twitmericks

The landlord of murdered Jo Yeates/Has beaten 8 press heavyweights/The UK’s top referee’s/Ruled 4 Chris Jefferies/& anti the Sun & its mates. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jul/29/joanna-yeates-national-newspapers

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PCC gone mad

Posted on July 29, 2011 by twitmericks

The exit of Baroness Buscombe/Was something you really felt must come/As PCC chair/Lady B didn’t dare/To take Murdoch’s mob on & unmask ’em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/29/pcc-baroness-buscombe-to-step-down

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Death in Benghazi

Posted on July 29, 2011 by twitmericks

A Libyan man named Abdel/Has been killed on his way to a cell/As rebel chief of staff he/Turned anti-Gaddafi/& his death has a dubious smell. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/29/libyan-rebels-rift-death-younis

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