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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 16, 2011

Posted on July 16, 2011 by twitmericks

With Les & Rebekah in flight/Murdoch’s future is not very bright/The end has begun/So 2 follow The Sun/Will the last 2 go turn out the light http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/rupert-murdoch-sorry-rebekah-brooks-out

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Friday July 15, 2011

Posted on July 16, 2011 by twitmericks

8 European banks are stressed/Says a Banking Authority test/If they’re taking chances/With our finances/They’d all better go have a rest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14169940

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Friday July 15, 2011

Posted on July 16, 2011 by twitmericks

  Californian Catherine Becker/Severed her sleeping man’s pecker/It was with a knife/& he may owe his life/To the absence of a Black & Decker http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/07/woman-charged-with-cutting-off-husbands-penis-gets-mental-evaluation.html

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Archive

Posted on July 15, 2011 by twitmericks

Here are the limericks from before the blog started: • Happy 5th bday to @twitter/Where we tell news, make jokes, rant & witter/Activists tweet/Regimes taste defeat/& people share gossip & titter 13 minutes ago • News International’s #Rebekah/Ended up as … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Twitmericks – the news in 140-character Limericks

Posted on July 15, 2011 by twitmericks

On the birthday of one Edward Lear/I came up with a novel idea/To report on the news/It’s limericks I use/And will aim to do so for a year.

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