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Church Disparages Plan for Gay Marriages

Posted on June 12, 2012 by twitmericks

There were some old C of E leaders/ Who set out the Anglican creed as/ It isn’t OK/ For gay to wed gay/ As marriage is strictly for breeders. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18405318

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You Booze, You Lose

Posted on June 11, 2012 by twitmericks

PM David Cameron’s daughter/ Got left where a child didn’t oughta/ She sat in the bar/ While he left in a car/ (DC shoulda stayed on the water!) /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/11/david-cameron-daughter-behind-pub?newsfeed=true

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P-p-p-pervy old Penguins

Posted on June 10, 2012 by twitmericks

The bad penguin’s sexual mores/ Upset UK polar explorers/ They kept it hush hush/ For it made a chap blush/ To see birds being out-&-out whorers. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18370797

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Wailing Bankers

Posted on June 10, 2012 by twitmericks

Some bankers who live in Madrid/ Were short of a  few billion quid/ A property bubble/ Got them into trouble/ Did we pay the bill? Course we did. /// http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-finally-asks-for-bailout-and-receives-100bn-lifeline-7834237.html

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Lovely Weather for Whales

Posted on June 9, 2012 by twitmericks

A number of places in Wales/ Got hit by severe rain and gales/ It seems Aberystwyth/ Is top of the list with/ A great need of buckets and pails. /// http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/150-rescued-from-west-wales-floods-7833872.html

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Prison Warders Take Coke

Posted on June 9, 2012 by twitmericks

A fellow named Coke from Jamaica/ Was jailed as a major lawbreaker/ Surrounded by thugs/ He trafficked in drugs/ And acted the mover & shaker. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/christopher-dudus-coke-jail-term?newsfeed=true

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Blue Moon Over Syria

Posted on June 8, 2012 by twitmericks

UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon/ Says Assad must now change his tune/ Or Kofi Annan/ And his six-point peace plan/ Are going to be history soon. //// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18363286

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Sitting on the Dock of a Bay (Watching the Tide Roll it Away)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a dock of a bay/ In Japan, till it drifted away/ Thanks to the tsunami/ Although it sounds barmy/ It’s now in the US of A. ////http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/70ft-dock-ripped-from-japanese-fishing-port-in-tsunami-washes-up-in-oregon-7827208.html

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Dawn of Violence

Posted on June 7, 2012 by twitmericks

A Golden Dawn spokesman in Greece/ Committed a breach of the peace/ When he slapped, on TV/ A left-wing MP/ The thug is now sought by police. //// http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/8/56094

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Venus Rising

Posted on June 6, 2012 by twitmericks

The 7-hour transit of Venus/ Was something that had to be seen as/ It won’t come again/ For a decade or 10/ So we watched with unusual keenness. /// http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9312940/Thousands-watch-rare-transit-of-Venus-across-the-sun.html

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