National Question

Posted on February 18, 2014 by twitmericks

Debate on the union’s swirling:/

Can Scotland secede yet keep sterling?/

Who gets UK debt?/

And lest we forget/

Does anyone English do curling?

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26225894

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Renzi Frenzy

Posted on February 15, 2014 by twitmericks

The would-be prime minister Renzi/
Who’s currently mayor of Firenze/
Thinks he can do better/
Than Enrico Letta/
So launched a political frenzy.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26193130

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Mick Twister

Posted on February 14, 2014 by twitmericks

Mick Twister is an anagram of Twitmericks.

Mick writes limericks about the news on Twitter, pretty much daily, as @twitmericks. These are also reproduced below, with links to the relevant news stories.

He is the author of There Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar: A History of the World in 100 Limericks (Anova, 2013) and There Once Was a Man with Six Wives: Kings and Queens in Limericks (Pavilion, 2017)

He writes limericks with a biblical theme for the quarterly 197 Piccadilly magazine. http://www.sjp.org.uk/uploads/1/6/5/7/16572376/____pp197_autumn_2013smaller.pdf

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Rover’s Return

Posted on February 14, 2014 by twitmericks
There was a Jade Rabbit in space/
Apparently lost without trace/
But as all seemed over/
For Yutu the rover/
The moon bunny contacted base.///
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Slippery Slope

Posted on February 13, 2014 by twitmericks

A Lebanese skier’s nude shoot/

Divided folks back in Beirut/

While ministers flipped/

Supporters all stripped/

And gave her a naked salute.

///http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/sport/sochi-2014-jacky-chamoun-topless-photos/

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Curly Girly

Posted on February 11, 2014 by twitmericks
There was a child star known as Shirley/
All cheery & dimpled & curly/
She soon had enough/
And did other stuff,/
Her movie career peaking early.
///http://www.latimes.com/la-me-shirley-temple-black-20140211,0,7475592.story#axzz2t16LKkaS
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Rain Mainly On the Plain

Posted on February 11, 2014 by twitmericks
Six weeks of perpetual rains/
Caused flooding along river plains/
The village of Datchet/
The latest to catch it/
With Wraysbury, Windsor and Staines.
///http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-recap-more-flood-3130173
 
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Game Over?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by twitmericks

A Vietnamese gamer named Dong/

Decided his life had gone wrong/

So took down his app/

His birds ceased to flap/

(But cynics suspect not for long).

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26114364

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Floody Revenge

Posted on February 10, 2014 by twitmericks
The government cut flood defence/
To minimise public expense/
There then came a flood/
So somebody’s blood/
Is needed to make recompense.///
 
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Zoo To-do

Posted on February 9, 2014 by twitmericks
A Danish giraffe is now dead/
To stop them becoming inbred/
The boss of the zoo/
Says that’s what zoos do./
The lions, meanwhile, are well fed.
///http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world/europe/denmark-zoo-giraffe/
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