Wrong and Wronga

The case against lending firm Wonga/
Becomes ever stronga & stronga/
It sent bogus letters/
From lawyers to debtors/
& mustn’t do so any longa.///
 
 
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Dribbler Nibbler

There is a young man named Luis/
Who suffers an awful caprice/
On spying the tender/
Soft flesh of defender/
He’s driven to bite off a piece.///
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Hacked Off

When Coulson was hacking a phone/
He acted completely alone/
However it looks/
The court says Ms Brooks/
Could not have conceivably known.///
 
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Pole’s Position

There once was a prominent Pole/
Whose words, as revealed by a mole/
Were undiplomatic/
And idiomatic/
And started with F, on the whole.///
 
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Free AJ Staff

There was a political court/
That made it a crime to report/
So on their behalf/
Tweet / 
They need our continued support. 
///http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/al-jazeera-journalists-jailed-seven-years-egypt
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Awkward Delivery

A man from the States to his shock
Got stuck in a crack in a rock
Wedged tight in a cranny
Within a big fanny
He must’ve felt rather a cock.
///http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/22/student-trapped-stone-vagina_n_5519718.html
(NB for North American readers, ‘fanny’ has a slightly different meaning in the UK).  
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For Mash Get Smashed

Here is a traffic news flash/
An instant potato truck crash/
Has left the van’s load/
All over the road/
So watch out for bangers and mash.
///http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11293176.BREAKING__Instant_mash_blocks_A64_in_both_directions/
 

 

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Taking the Micky

An MP of straw-haired renown/

Made threats to Ms Alibhai-Brown/

Suggesting on Twitter/

He wanted to hit ‘er/

Before being swiftly slapped down.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-27939653

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Founder Founders

A clothing emporium founder/

And serial young woman hounder/

Was sacked by the board/

By way of reward/

For being an out-and-out bounder.

///http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/19/dov-charney-american-apparel

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Owls of Derision

The Labour press team provoked howls/

By promising everyone owls/

But maybe they knew/

To use wit to woo/

Might help (despite all disavowals).

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27926420

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