Estuary Bestiary

Posted on August 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a big runaway feline/

For whom UK press made a beeline/

Essex man sat indoors/

Midst the audible roars/

Of the infamous Clacton-on-Sealion.

////http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/26/lion-on-the-loose-in-essex

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Man in the Moon, Gone too Soon

Posted on August 26, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow named Neil/

Whose life was a very big deal/

He trod on the moon/

Altho rather soon/

Conspiracists said “it ain’t real”.

///http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.html?pagewanted=all

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Seoul Trader

Posted on August 25, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a tech business from Seoul/

Which got in a bit of a hole/

Rival firm Apple/

Won their legal grapple/

As a US court said Samsung stole.

///http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-patents-were-violated-by-samsung-jury-rules/2012/08/24/d4e44b2a-ee3b-11e1-afd8-097e90f99d05_story.html

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Terror Error

Posted on August 24, 2012 by twitmericks

When murderous acts of insanity/

Are justified from Christianity/

Just as with Islam/

We must stand arm in arm/

Proclaiming our common humanity. 

/// (Note: this was originally tweeted on July 22, 2011 after Breivik’s killings, but I don’t seem to have posted it on the blog at the time. So here it is, to mark his sentence. And I know he’s been found not to be insane, but I think the characterisation of his acts is still fair).

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Murdochs Most Foul

Posted on August 24, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old Murdoch named Liz/

Who got in a bit of a tizz/

Elisabeth blames/

Her kid brother James/

For wrecking the family biz.

////http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/23/elisabeth-murdoch-mactaggart-lecture

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The Old Drug Pedaller?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by twitmericks

A top US cyclist named Lance/

Accused of drug use to enhance/

His speed in the saddle/

Is up creek sans paddle/

& may lose his 7 Tours de France.

////http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/lance-armstrong-says-wont-fight-anti-doping-agency-023420676–finance.html

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Fresco Grotesco

Posted on August 23, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was an ageing Señora/

Who fancied she was a restorer/

She got an old fresco/

& made it grotesco/

& the church it was in rather poorer.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/elderly-woman-who-destroyed-19thcentury-spanish-fresco-says-i-didnt-do-it-secretly-8076528.html

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Nadir’s Nadir

Posted on August 23, 2012 by twitmericks

Businessman Asil Nadir/

Is going to jail for 10 year/

Once loved by the City/

He stole from the kitty/

And this time he can’t disappear.

////http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19352531

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Royal Revelations

Posted on August 22, 2012 by twitmericks

Prince Harry, the tertiary heir/

Appears on the Internet bare/

But during the frolics/

He covers his bollix/

& treats the crown jewels with care.

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http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/21/prince-harry-naked-photos-nude-vegas-hotel-party/

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Akin Won’t Pull Out

Posted on August 21, 2012 by twitmericks

Republican hopeful Todd Akin/

Whose concept of rape is breathtakin/

Refuses to quit/

Tho knee-deep in shit/

In a crapstorm that’s of his own makin.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19335083

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