Limerick Licence Upheld

Posted on August 29, 2013 by twitmericks
There was an old fellow named Fry/
Whose limerick made the fur fly./
But the BBC Trust/
Said clerical lust/
In verse is allowed on QI.
 
 
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Linguistic Twerk

Posted on August 28, 2013 by twitmericks
A lexicographical work/
Has caused many people to smirk./
Selfie, bitcoin/
And vom are to join/
Along with food baby and twerk.
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Whistle While You Twerk

Posted on August 27, 2013 by twitmericks

An ex-Disney starlet named Miley/

Desired to be rated more highly/

Her semi-nude twerking/

Apparently working/

Her coverage now outstrips Kylie.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23847366

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/372429954270912512

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The Cull of the Wild

Posted on August 27, 2013 by twitmericks
The badger that hides in its set/
Apparently poses a threat/
Of bovine consumption/
Or that’s the assumption/
So must be dispatched, with regret.
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Congratulations… and Urinations

Posted on August 27, 2013 by twitmericks
A team after winning the Ashes/
May hold a few victory bashes/
But even caught short/
A cricketer ought/
To walk off the field when he slashes.
 
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Bo Xilai Nouveau

Posted on August 26, 2013 by twitmericks
There was an old man from Chongqing/
Whose wife and his aide had a fling,/
A fact Bo Xilai/
Believes explains why/
His deputy opted to sing.///
**  A History of the World in 100 Limericks is out on September 5 (Dec 1 in US) – order it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Was-Geezer-Called-Caesar/dp/1907554866/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377031346&sr=8-1&keywords=mick+twister **

 

 
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Dream Scenario

Posted on August 25, 2013 by twitmericks
There once was a man with a dream/
That there might be equal esteem/
And similar rights/
For blacks and for whites/
To this day a powerful theme.
** More like this in A History of the World in 100 Limericks… out on September 5 (Dec 1 in US) – order it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Was-Geezer-Called-Caesar/dp/1907554866/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377031346&sr=8-1&keywords=mick+twister **
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The Womanning of Manning

Posted on August 22, 2013 by twitmericks

Ex-Bradley, now Chelsea Manning/

Is doing some future life planning/

And has it in mind/

To be reassigned/

In gender terms, i.e. unmanning.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23798253

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Bradley Treated

Posted on August 22, 2013 by twitmericks

There once was a fellow who spied,/

But not for the enemy side./

It all turned out badly/

For young private Bradley,/

Who got 35 years inside.

///http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/370462397607460864

** A History of the World in 100 Limericks is out on September 5 (later in US) – order it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Was-Geezer-Called-Caesar/dp/1907554866/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377031346&sr=8-1&keywords=mick+twister **

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Plane Crazy

Posted on August 21, 2013 by twitmericks

A strongman they call Volkan T/

Stripped off after taking some E,/

Got on Merkel’s plane/

And went quite insane,/

But was it on CCTV?

///http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/man-in-underpants-partied-in-german-government-jet-for-angela-merkel-a-917494.html

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