Good Egg

Posted on April 16, 2017 by twitmericks

The world’s oldest woman has died/
By Lago Maggiore’s lakeside/
Her big secret lay/
In eating each day/
Just three eggs: two raw and one fried.///

http://in.reuters.com/article/italy-oldest-idINKBN17H0J7

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Goodbye Mr MacKenzie*

Posted on April 15, 2017 by twitmericks

MacKenzie who writes for The Sun,/

A newspaper Scousers still shun,/

Has now reoffended/

And so been suspended/

And this time may even get done.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39603942

*Ref for headline, with a nod to Martin Metcalfe and the rest of the band: https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9a086eb9-2c26-478b-8338-582b8e4edfd4

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Is there Life on Enceladus?

Posted on April 14, 2017 by twitmericks

Astronomers seeking in space/

Detect a significant trace/

Of fluid vent patterns/

On one moon of Saturn’s,/

Which might imply life in the place.///

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/13/alien-life-saturn-moon-enceladus-nasa

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Having Your Cake and Bombing it

Posted on April 13, 2017 by twitmericks

With global relations at stake/

Trump had a decision to make -/

To target or not/

Some place he forgot/

Or wait till they finished the cake?///

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/donald-trump-xi-jingping-syria-chocolate-cake/

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Hitler-belittler

Posted on April 12, 2017 by twitmericks

His comments on Hitler and gas/

And Assad were terribly crass/

Or being preciser/

Trump spokesman Sean Spicer/

Was commenting out of his ass.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/11/sean-spicer-hitler-chemical-weapons-holocaust-assad

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Drag and Drop

Posted on April 11, 2017 by twitmericks

A man who refused when invited/

To give up his seat by United/

Was dragged off a jet;/

They say they’re upset,/

But probably should be indicted.///

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/11/united-airlines-boss-oliver-munoz-says-passenger-belligerent

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In Praise of the #

Posted on April 10, 2017 by twitmericks

There is an old waffle-shape that/

Can show a note’s # and not b,/

A tic-tac-toe grid/

That stands for a £ -/

The # is where it is @.///

(Key: # = sharp; b = flat; £ = quid; @ = at; # = hashtag)
Nothing topical about this, I was just musing on the hashtag – and inspired by this.
https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/851426770326835200
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Mared to the Mob

Posted on April 10, 2017 by twitmericks

A White House adviser named Jared/

Had power through who he had mared/

A rival named Steve/

Just couldn’t believe/

The weight his opinion cared.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/08/donald-trump-steve-bannon-jared-kushner-power-struggle

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Trump Dumps Stump Position

Posted on April 8, 2017 by twitmericks

Said Trump on the stump, as a candidate,/

To bomb when Obama commandidate/

Was utterly wrong,/

But he before long/

Had taken it up & rebrandidate.

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Remember, Remember…

Posted on April 7, 2017 by twitmericks

Experimentation on mice/

Suggests we remember things twice/

And make simultaneous/

Clones in our crania’s/

Short and long storage device.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39518580

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