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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).

Morrissey’s beef

Posted on July 29, 2011 by twitmericks

A Mancunian singer called Morrissey/Is not greatly gifted with oracy/To compare KFC/To Utoya strikes me/As a gaffe on a scale truly Boris-y. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019849/Morrissey-Norway-Breivik-massacre-compared-McDonalds-KFC.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Gift trapped

Posted on July 28, 2011 by twitmericks

As #hacking‘s exposed yet again/The latest victim, Sara Payne/Is specially miffed/As the phone was a gift/From Rebekah, who must now explain. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/28/phone-hacking-sarah-payne

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Maternity leave of senses

Posted on July 28, 2011 by twitmericks

A Director of Strategy called Steve/Is opposed to maternity leave/On what Hilton’s paid/To be Cameron’s aide/Such hogwash is hard to believe. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/8667058/David-Camerons-senior-adviser-Steve-Hilton-suggests-UK-should-abolish-maternity-leave.html

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Meeting Murdochs

Posted on July 27, 2011 by twitmericks

The job of a cabinet minister/On having been voted in is to/Have regular chats/With #murdoch fat cats/& swear that it means nothing sinister http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019009/Rupert-Murdochs-chiefs-met-ministers-100-times-Osborne-Gove-list.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Piers for fears

Posted on July 27, 2011 by twitmericks

The ex-Mirror editor, Piers/Is not so pristine, it appears/His defence is made weaker/By boasting Ulrika/Was tapped by the rag’s prying ears http://order-order.com/2011/07/27/piers-de-resistance/

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Sloth in growth

Posted on July 26, 2011 by twitmericks

The quarterly figures for growth/Reflect a trimester of sloth/Unless they get faster/It could spell disaster/For Osborne or Cameron or both. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/26/uk-economy-george-osborne-sluggish-growth

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Anchor’s away

Posted on July 26, 2011 by twitmericks

Glenn Beck the American anchor/Is known for his right-leaning rancour/This foam-flecked fart sees/The victims as Nazis/Indubitably he’s a w* * 140-character limit reached – finish the word yourself. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8660986/Norway-shooting-Glenn-Beck-compares-dead-teenagers-to-Hitler-youth.html

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Monday July 25, 2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by twitmericks

There was an old envoy of Rome/Was told that he had 2 go home/The pontiff found troubling/The new line in Dublin/On priestly abuser syndrome. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/25/vatican-ireland-child-abuse-row

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Monday July 25th, 2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by twitmericks

England have won the first test/With the Indian side second best/Prior and Broad’s/2nd innings at Lord’s/And Anderson’s bowling impressed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14283347.stm

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Sunday July 24, 2011

Posted on July 24, 2011 by twitmericks

Winehouse fans worldwide now grieve for/A talented star, high achiever/But with contradictions/& fatal addictions/So farewell Amy, soul diva. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/23/amy-winehouse-singer-death-london  

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