Patronise the Poor, Forty-four

Posted on March 20, 2014 by twitmericks

Conservative chairman Grant Shapps/

Knew all about working class chaps/

I gather their lingo/

Is all beer and bingo/

He said, in a notable lapse.

///http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/19/grant-shapps-bingo-and-beer-joke-causes-twitter-storm

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Dodeca Gone

Posted on March 19, 2014 by twitmericks

A popular coin named the pound/

Was easy to forge, it was found/

And so they decided/

To make it 12-sided./

So long quid, nice seeing you round.

///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/uk-britain-poundcoin-idUKLNEA2I00520140319

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Space Race

Posted on March 17, 2014 by twitmericks

There once was a ripple as space/

Expanded at mindblowing pace/

Now close observation/

Reveals this inflation/

Has left an indelible trace.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26605974

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Cry Me a Referendum

Posted on March 17, 2014 by twitmericks
Crimeans in their referendum/
Asked Russia to come and befriend ’em./
The people in Kiev’re/
Not happy, however -/
Say NATO must come and defend ’em.
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Off the Eton Track

Posted on March 15, 2014 by twitmericks

There was an old Tory named Gove/

Who said to his leaders ‘By Jove/

You all went to Eton/

So if we get beaten/

We must find a new type of cove’.

///http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/15/michael-gove-old-etonians-conservative-david-cameron

 

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Benn Gone

Posted on March 14, 2014 by twitmericks

A principled fellow named Benn/

Inspired many women and men/

Without him the left/

Is somewhat bereft/

The like of him won’t come again.

////http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/14/tony-benn-dies-aged-88-labour-politiican

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Bayern Time

Posted on March 13, 2014 by twitmericks
A football supremo who failed
To cover his taxes was jailed
‘Your honour’, said Ulli
‘I’ll pay it off fully’
‘Too late’, said the judge, ‘you been nailed!’*
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26562558
*Slightly tweaked from shorter Twitter version.
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A fellow named Tim Berners-Lee

First came up with HTTP

The geeky celeb

Invented the web

And gave it to us lot for free.

///http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/berners-lee-gifted-us-the-web-25-years-ago-and-changed-our-communications-forever-1.1721085

(One from the book – http://www.anovabooks.com/there-was-an-old-geezer-called-caesar – to mark the 25th anniversary)

Posted on March 12, 2014 by twitmericks | Leave a comment

The Crow Road

Posted on March 12, 2014 by twitmericks

A union leader named Bob/

Was really quite good at his job/

So now that he’s dead/

He’ll turn heaven red/

And organise Gabriel’s mob.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26528428

* Acknowledgements to The Ballad of Harry Pollitt: 

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Ballad_of_Harry_Pollitt.htm

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See the Head

Posted on March 10, 2014 by twitmericks

A schoolteacher from Little Rock/
Gave 12 year old pupils a shock/
The film in sex ed/
Starred teacher in bed/
And featured her fiance’s cock.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/teacher-shows-sex-tape-featuring-herself-to-pupils-during-class-by-mistake-9179712.html

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