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Growing pains

Posted on August 17, 2011 by twitmericks

The French and the Germans are both/At zero-ish levels of growth/Sarkozy & Merkel/Are praying their work’ll/Pull Euroland out of this sloth. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/17/angela-merkel-nicolas-sarkozy-summit

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Some udder news now…

Posted on August 16, 2011 by twitmericks

Yvonne, a Bavarian cow/Runs wild with the forest deer now/She cheated the slaughter/And nobody’s caught ‘er/But a honeytrap bull may be how. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/15/cow-fugitive-germany-reward

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Clear your desk, Cesc

Posted on August 16, 2011 by twitmericks

The long-running saga of Cesc/Preoccupied every sportsdesk/But now Barcelona/Is to be his new owner/That’s the end of the transfer burlesque. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/world-football/2011/08/16/cesc-fabregas-finally-completes-barcelona-switch-but-admits-i-wish-i-had-won-more-with-arsenal-86908-23348542/

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Assad sack

Posted on August 14, 2011 by twitmericks

The Syrian port of Latakia/Got shelled as Assad becomes wackier/His power’s unchecked/But you never expect/Your own navy force to attack ya. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201181475734965763.html

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Best of the rest

Posted on August 14, 2011 by twitmericks

A win at the Edgbaston test/Makes England officially best/Out of all national teams/As strange as it seems/We’re better than all of the rest. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14520639.stm

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Barton – Fink

Posted on August 13, 2011 by twitmericks

Footballing thug Joey Barton/Could start a war in kindergarten/He just needs a ball/His own innate gall/And another poor mug he can start on. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13082011/63/wenger-barton-red.html

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LA Lawman

Posted on August 13, 2011 by twitmericks

A former top cop in LA/Is coming to London, they say/UK coppers feel shat on/Believing Bill Bratton/Knows less about crime here than they. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16049302

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Starkey raving

Posted on August 13, 2011 by twitmericks

Historian David R #Starkey/An expert in Tudor hierarchy/Says Enoch was right/And black=white/He comes out with some right old malarky. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/872277-historian-david-starkey-faces-backlash-over-racist-riots-remarks

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Hughes sues Screws

Posted on August 12, 2011 by twitmericks

Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes/Is suing the News of the Screws/In law Glenn Mulcaire/Is required to share/Names with Hughes and whoever else sues. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/simon-hughes-news-of-the-world

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Orde restored order

Posted on August 12, 2011 by twitmericks

According to ACPO’s Hugh Orde/It was coppers got order restored/And not disquisitions/By smug politicians/Whose speeches his people ignored. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14501236

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