Joe Blow Gets Warner Out

Posted on June 13, 2013 by twitmericks
A batsman named Warner was dumped
Because of a rival he thumped
When asked why that was
The fellow from Oz
Replied no idea mate, I’m stumped.
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Busted

Posted on June 12, 2013 by twitmericks

3 women who went & protested/
In Tunis were swiftly arrested/
Removing their tops/
Got heat from the cops/
And 4 months for going bare-breasted.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22881163

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Taking the Michael

Posted on June 11, 2013 by twitmericks
There was an old fellow named Gove,
A rather peculiar cove.
Requiring a wheeze
To change GCSEs
He did it by numbers, by Jove.
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Nick’s Waltz With Bashar

Posted on June 11, 2013 by twitmericks
A top BNP politician
Went off on a fact-finding mission
To hear from Assad
That the rebels were bad –
By chance also Griffin’s position.
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Where are the Snowdens of Yesteryear?*

Posted on June 10, 2013 by twitmericks
There is a young man in Hong Kong
Who may not be there very long
The USA seeks
To punish his leaks
Though Snowden denies doing wrong.
 
*cf Catch-22.
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RIP Iain Banks

Posted on June 9, 2013 by twitmericks

A very fine writer from Fife/

Has sadly departed this life./

So let us give thanks/

For old Iain Banks,/

Our thoughts with his newly-wed wife.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/iain-banks-dies

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Prism Schism

Posted on June 8, 2013 by twitmericks

The people at GCHQ/

Just love to know what we all do./

MPs want to quiz ’em/

On how using Prism/

Is helping them monitor you.

///http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/136a289a-cf84-11e2-a050-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VdlM9w7p

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/343360862435815424

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Watford? What for?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by twitmericks

The global financial elite,/

When holding their Bilderberg meet,/

Require somewhere plush/

And fairly hush-hush/

(In Watford they tasted defeat.)

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22806891

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Hyperactive in Your Phones

Posted on June 6, 2013 by twitmericks
There is a big firm named Verizon/
Whose data the NSA spies on/
You’re never alone/
If you have a phone/
The buggers are keeping their eyes on.
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Meet the Ancestor*

Posted on June 6, 2013 by twitmericks
An anthropoid found in Hubei/
Anticipates humans today./
The fossilised femur/
Of this ancient lemur/
Shares much of our own DNA.
*Not in fact a direct ancestor, if you read the Nature article, but not far off.
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