Gun Lobby Shoots itself in Foot

Posted on December 21, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old gun lobby group/

That, finding itself in the soup/

Said: “Don’t spoil our fun/

Give each school a gun”/

How low can the NRA stoop?

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20815130

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It’s Not the End of the World

Posted on December 21, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a doomsday prediction/

In which few had any conviction/

It owed less to Mayans/

& more an alliance/

Of hippies & Hollywood fiction.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20803579

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Never mind the Pollards

Posted on December 19, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a Newsnight report/

That editors chose to abort/

A fellow from Sky/

Was asked to find why/

And called it a cock-up, in short.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/19/jimmy-savile-scandal-bbc-branded-incapable

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/281515194008604673

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Rigging Bankers Revisited

Posted on December 19, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a Swiss bank, UBS/

That got itself into a mess/

For fiddling the figures/

The lending rate riggers/

Paid 1.5 billion, no less.

///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/19/uk-ubs-libor-idUKBRE8BI00L20121219

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Mitchell Stitch-up?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by twitmericks

A former Conservative Whip/

Denied giving officers lip/

Midst doubts on the fitness/

Of one supposed witness/

Who said he saw Mitchell let rip.

///http://www.channel4.com/news/andrew-mitchell-plebgate-police-cctv-downing-street

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/281138050770300929

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Her Majesty’s in Government

Posted on December 18, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old queen who was able/

To sit at the Cabinet table/

She took her position/

In Dave’s coalition/

A bit to the right of Vince Cable.

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9752199/Queen-receives-60-placemats-after-David-Cameron-invited-her-to-Cabinet.html

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Moon Crash Landing

Posted on December 18, 2012 by twitmericks

There were 2 old orbital craft/

Which, tho it may seem a bit daft/

Were carefully crashed/

On the moon, where they smashed/

As NASA HQ cheered & laughed.

///http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/12/20121218608378241.html

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/281014738245279744

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King of Bunga likes ’em Younger

Posted on December 17, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man with a hunger/

For women substantially younger/

But being engaged/

May not have assuaged/

His taste for the old bunga bunga.

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/silvio-berlusconi/9748985/Silvio-Berlusconi-announces-engagement-to-27-year-old.html

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Truly, Bradley, Deeply

Posted on December 17, 2012 by twitmericks

The sports personality Bradley/

Accepted his Beeb award gladly/

A tour and gold medal/

For skill on the pedal/

Meant Wiggo’s year didn’t go badly. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sports-personality-of-the-year/9749641/Bradley-Wiggins-plays-guitar-after-being-named-Britains-top-sportsman.html

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My Old Duchy

Posted on December 16, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was an heir to the throne/

With an old Duchy all of his own/

A big corporation/

Exempt from taxation/

Whose income has steadily grown.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/14/prince-charles-estate-tax-avoidance

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