Get Shorter (RIP Elmore Leonard)

An old US author named Elmore/

Believed simple writing can tell more/

His westerns & crime/

Revealed over time/

It may also help you to sell more.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23765850

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Trial on the Nile

A former VP named El Baradei/
Thought killing protesters barbarity*/
He let down the side/
So now will be tried/
For lack of command solidarity.
///
(Apologies for stretching the rhyme there!)
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Fork That!

There was an old boy from Australia/
Who loved kitchen paraphernalia/
A dining utensil/
Put lead in his pencil/
But stuck in the man’s genitalia./
 
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Terror Error

There was a young man from Brazil/
Detained at Heathrow by the Bill/
And held for 9 hours/
On terrorist powers/
So agents could give him a grill.
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Why Did Di Die?

There once was a British princess/
About whom some papers obsess./
For them it is manna/
To hear claims Diana/
Was killed by our own SAS.
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Grey Area

An area named 51/

Where top cold war projects were run/

Was hidden from view/

To build the U-2/

(No alien testing was done).

///http://www.space.com/22409-area-51-exists-declassified-documents.html

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/368720910926090241

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Booby Traps

Explosive-packed implants in breasts/
May be the new suicide vests/
The booby-trapped tits/
Could blow us to bits/
Today’s Daily Mirror suggests.///
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Board Games

An old UKIP man, Stuart Wheeler/

Who sees himself as a plain dealer/

Insists chess & poker/

Show what makes a bloke a/

Superior boss to a Sheila.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23710890

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/368089032150241281

 

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Secret Squirrel?

A carnivore called olinguito/
That lives in a forest near Quito/
Has newly been found – /
It’s long been around/
But wanted to stay incognito.
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Failure of Will

There was an old woman whose will/

Bequeathed the UK half a mil/

Which Con and Lib Dem/

Decided meant them/

But now they’ve been given the bill.

///http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/14/lib-dems-tories-bequest-joan-edwards

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/367666131244687360

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