Hazardous Kicking

There once was a ballboy in Wales/

Who clung to the ball by his nails/

So Eden Hazard/

Received a red card/

For a kick, as he went off the rails.

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9822878/Chelsea-midfielder-Eden-Hazard-escapes-police-charges-following-ballboy-controversy-in-Legaue-Cup-exit.html

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In Out, Shake it all About

There was a PM known as David/

On Europe his policy wavered/

He said to end doubt/

He’d ask “In or Out”/

(As soon as he knew which he favoured).

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21148282

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Bibi Feels the Dead Heat

In Israel a national poll/

Left Bibi in rather a hole/

As voters take fright/

From a swing to the right/

He appears to have scored an own goal.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21155064

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French Stench

There once was a sulphurous smell/

Resembling the vapours of hell/

A terrible stench/

That stank out the French/

And now pervades England as well.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-great-french-stench-gas-leak-in-rouen-leaves-foulsmelling-cloud-of-gas-wafting-over-southern-england-8461793.html

 

 

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Winner’s Last Dinner

There was a director named Winner/

Who made films & wrote about dinner/

He then did an ad/

Which though rather bad/

I guess was a wee moneyspinner.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/film-director-and-foodie-michael-winner-dies-aged-77-after-long-illness-8460435.html

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Now Then, CBeebies!

There was a repeat on CBeebies/

That gave the DG heebie-jeebies/

Its awful transgression/

A Savile impression/

By character Max from the Tweenies.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/20/bbc-jimmy-savile-parody-cbeebies

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Music and Movements

There was an artistic type who/

Made music from avian poo/

The score was where birds/

Deposited turds/

(And featured a bum note or two!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21082873

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Snow Departures

There is a big place called Heathrow/

Where millions of passengers go/

To get on a flight/

But sadly it’s shite/

The minute we get any snow.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/19/heathrow-cancels-flights-snow?CMP=twt_gu

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/292632182319632384

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Boeing, Boeing, Gone

Dreamliner company Boeing/

Has problems that just keep on growing/

It seems that the matter is/

Lithium batteries/

Needed to keep the jets going.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/18/boeing-787-dreamliner-grounded

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Confessions of an Old Dope Pedaller

There is an old cyclist named Lance/

Who admits using drugs to enhance/

His cycling career/

As year after year/

He won in the old Tour de France.

///http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/18/lance-armstrong-confesses-all-to-oprah/

 

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