Southern Pride Chicken?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by twitmericks

A chicken chain named Chick Fil-A/

Has come out as quite anti-gay/

If a woman or guy/

Prefers breast or thigh/

Does it matter as long as we pay?

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http://www.channel4.com/news/chick-fil-a-tonight-dinner-comes-with-politics-on-the-side

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Kofi’s Mission Impossible

Posted on August 2, 2012 by twitmericks

The peace envoy Kofi Annan/

Abandoned his Syria plan/

He called for transition/

But not through his mission/

You got a plan B, Mr Ban?

///http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d45f256-dcb3-11e1-a304-00144feab49a.html#axzz22OcPTJKJ

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Johnson Stuck in Zip

Posted on August 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an exuberant mayor/

Well-built, with a mop of blond hair/

Who ran out of luck/

When a zip wire got stuck/

And left him to dangle mid-air.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/aug/01/boris-johnson-zip-wire?newsfeed=true

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Vidal, Gore – Vital No More

Posted on August 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow named Gore/

Who wrote books and plays by the score/

Acerbic, sarcastic/

And iconoclastic/

A gadfly, but never a bore.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19074231

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Medallion Man

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

An American swimmer named Phelps/

Won a medal amid cheers & yelps/

So now he’s won more/

Than any before/

(He’s in lots of events so that helps).

/// http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/31/london-2012-michael-phelps-olympian

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Do Ping is not a Chinese Swimmer

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young woman from China/

Whose medley could not’ve been finer/

The rest had no hope/

So was she on dope/

Or simply a superfast minor?

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Doping Suspicions About Gold-Medal Swimmer Trigger Angry Response in China

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Troll in a Hole

Posted on July 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young internet troll/

Whose malice got out of control/

He’s off down the nick/

For being a dick/

Now we nab every tweeting arsehole.

///http://news.sky.com/story/967096/teenager-held-over-tom-daley-twitter-abuse

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Keys to the Stadium? Copper Mislaid ’em.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

The Wemberley stadium keys/

Were lost by some dopy PCs/

The locks got replaced/

But it’s rather a waste/

And is causing official unease.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/olympic-policing-own-goal-wembley?newsfeed=true

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Basescu’s Rescue

Posted on July 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old man in Romania/

Who looks like he’s gonna remain ‘ere/

A big referendum/

Has failed to upend ‘im/

On charges of megalomania.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/romania-impeachment-vote-fails

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The Woman in Red

Posted on July 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a strange woman in red/

Who crashed the parade A-Z/

She walked with the cream/

Of the Indian team/

As the atmosphere went to her head.

/// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19035583

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