No Virgin Berth?

Posted on August 23, 2016 by twitmericks

When Jez took a train to a meeting/

Rampacked, it had no empty seating/

Now Virgin says bull/

It wasn’t that full/

And Jeremy’s sit-in was fleeting.///

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-corbyn-richard-branson-go-8692936

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Penguin on Parade

Posted on August 22, 2016 by twitmericks

A penguin at Edinburgh zoo/

Inspected the royal tattoo./

The flippered Norwegian,/

A knight of the legion,/

Has now been made brigadier too.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37155792

 

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Korea Break

Posted on August 20, 2016 by twitmericks

A man disillusioned with Kim/
Declared North Korea to be grim,/
Deserting Pyongyang/
And that whole shebang,/
For which he was labelled a crim.///

http://news.sky.com/story/north-korea-describes-diplomat-who-defected-as-human-scum-10544398

 

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Swimmers’ Tale Doesn’t Hold Water

Posted on August 19, 2016 by twitmericks

Old Jimmy, Jack, Gunnar and Ryan/

Are under suspicion of lyin’ –

Inventing a robbery/

To cover their yobbery,/

Which Rio police are not buyin’.///

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-swimmers-fabricated-story-robbed-gunpoint/88946508/

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With God On His Side?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by twitmericks

A Right-wing American pastor/

Who blames any natural disaster/

On God hating gays/

Saw flood waters raze/

The house of which he was the master.///

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tony-perkins-lgbt_uk_57b57280e4b003ab6d0b53e3

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Trump Card?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by twitmericks

Republican candidate Trump/

Upset by a poll ratings slump/

Appointed Steve Bannon/

A well-known loose cannon/

To help him win out on the stump.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/17/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-news-kellyanne-conway

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Porkemon Goers

Posted on August 17, 2016 by twitmericks

Some children out Pokemon-hunting/

Were taken aback on confronting/

A pair getting jiggy,/

Each dressed as a piggy,/

Along with appropriate grunting.///

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/mysterious-swedish-couple-dressed-as-pigs-have-sex-cause-traffic-jam-scare-pokemon-go-hunters–bklU8WLJYwZ

 

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General Erection

Posted on August 16, 2016 by twitmericks

A Ukipper seeking selection/

Has lost his fiancee’s affection/

She found a blue pill/

And wonders whom Bill/

Is with while he’s up for erection.///

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ukip-leadership-hopeful-in-cheating-row-as-fianc-e-accuses-him-of-viagrafuelled-infidelity-in-angry-a3321426.html

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Brief Encounter

Posted on August 13, 2016 by twitmericks

It wasn’t just Lineker’s bants/
About going live in his scants/
Although what he sports/
Might well be called shorts/
We finally saw #garyspants.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37074641

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Cannes Ban

Posted on August 13, 2016 by twitmericks

Down on the Riviera in Cannes/

The mayor is imposing a bannes/

On wearing burkinis/

Instead of bikinis –

A choice he avoids, as a mannes.///

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/french-court-upholds-ban-on-muslim-burkini-on-cannes-beaches-34963127.html

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