Fracas in Caracas

Posted on April 15, 2013 by twitmericks

There once was a man from Caracas/

Who won an electoral fracas/

The vote-counting bureau/

Says Mr Maduro/

Got just enough ex-Chavez backers.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22141786

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Ding Dong Which Witch is Dead?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by twitmericks
The BBC saw it as wrong 
To play us a very old song
That suddenly charted
When Thatcher departed
Provoking a right old ding dong.
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Pre-Madonna

Posted on April 12, 2013 by twitmericks
There was an old star named Madonna
Who said I will do what I wanna,
But President Banda
Indignantly panned ‘er
For being a big prima donna.
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A Bit of a Bubble

Posted on April 11, 2013 by twitmericks
A virtual coin called a bit
Turned into an overnight hit
But buy turned to sell
The currency fell
& holders were left in the shit.
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One Hump or Two?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by twitmericks
A camel from old Timbuktu/ 
Is causing a hullabaloo./ 
It seems someone conned/ 
Poor Francois Hollande/ 
Whose gift ended up in a stew.
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Biggus Dickus

Posted on April 10, 2013 by twitmericks
In London forensic analysis/ 
Of old Roman houses and palaces/ 
Uncovered a horde/ 
Of carefully stored/ 
Good luck charms of fists & of phalluses.
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Forget Paris

Posted on April 9, 2013 by twitmericks

A teen police aide, Paris Brown/

Reluctantly had to step down/

Acute twitterhoea/

Destroyed her career/

And gained her unwelcome renown.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/09/paris-brown-stands-down-twitter

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Thatcher Dispatched

Posted on April 8, 2013 by twitmericks

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher/

A leader of eminent stature/

Whose rule was decisive/

But also divisive/

Could not overrule the dispatcher.

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/321297733916966912

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Young Offender

Posted on April 7, 2013 by twitmericks

A teenage adviser from Kent/

Who boasted her youth was misspent/

On finding her tale/

A splash in the Mail/

Declared that was not what she meant.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-22057246#TWEET712854

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Gene Genius

Posted on April 6, 2013 by twitmericks
A teenage inventor named Fred/ 
Whose brother has hair that is red/ 
Has made a machine/ 
To show up the gene/ 
That shows how such colouring’s bred.
 
 
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