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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).

Saturday July 23, 2011

Posted on July 23, 2011 by twitmericks

So farewell Lucian Freud/Whose paintings I’ve always enjoyed/You got your success/Painting folks in undress/Which has to beat being employed

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Friday July 22, 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by twitmericks

The 17 Eurozone states/Hope their bailout will peg interest rates/And thus call a halt/To the slide to default/Before Euroland disintegrates. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/22/greek-bailout-boosts-global-markets

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Thursday July 21, 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by twitmericks

The double act Myler & Crone/Leave James Murdoch looking alone/They say it’s not true/Mr M never knew/His reporters had hacked the odd phone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14245922

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Thursday July 21, 2011

Posted on July 21, 2011 by twitmericks

The not-so-grand old Duke of York/May give up his barrel of pork/Poor sensitive soul/Without a trade role/Air Miles Andy’ll just hafta walk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2017099/Prince-Andrew-Ambassador-party-Duke-York.html

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Thursday July 21, 2011

Posted on July 21, 2011 by twitmericks

Things between Nico Sarkozy/& Merkel are not very cosy/Amid flexing of muscles/At meetings in Brussels/The #Eurozone’s fate’s none too rosy. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/21/european-markets-new-bailout-greece

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Wednesday July 20, 2011

Posted on July 20, 2011 by twitmericks

The PM of Ireland, Enda/Comes out as a victims’ defender/Attacking the church/That left kids in the lurch/To abuse by a priest sex offender. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14224199

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Wednesday July 20, 2011

Posted on July 20, 2011 by twitmericks

A BBC man of the lobby/Has been exiled for doing his job, he/Jumped up & went flying/To capture the pieing/So please everybody #savegobby http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/32408/gobby_gobsmacked.html

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Wednesday July 20, 2011

Posted on July 20, 2011 by twitmericks

Pie-thrower Johnny May-Bowles/Is being hauled over the coals/With his foam-hacking bid/This overgrown kid/Gave #Murdoch a boost in the polls

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Tuesday July 19, 2011

Posted on July 20, 2011 by twitmericks

Everyone got a bit flustered/When #Murdoch was pelted with custard/Not so his young bride/As Rupert was pied/Wendi piled in keen as mustard. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/20/murdoch-foam-protester-charged

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Tuesday July 19, 2011

Posted on July 19, 2011 by twitmericks

There was an old man from Australia/Who tried on MPs, inter alia/Amnesia, humility/Disdain and senility/But in the end it was a failure. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c97823a-b213-11e0-a06c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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