Running on Empty

Posted on July 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There are lots of seats at the Games/

Which every day nobody claims/

Whose seats, we don’t know/

Until old Lord Coe/

& LOCOG begin naming names.

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/uk-oly-emptyseats-day-idUKBRE86R0YS20120729

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What a Surly Burley

Posted on July 28, 2012 by twitmericks

The Tory MP Aidan Burley/

Sent tweets that were bitter & surly/

Flamed by Twitterati/

Disowned by his party/

He wishes he’d gone to bed early.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025518

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Danny Boy’ll Do It

Posted on July 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a director named Danny/    

Whose sense of occasion was canny/

James Bond & the Queen/

Brunel, Mr Bean/

Were all in his grand hootenanny.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19008471

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Anyone For Menace?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a #TwitterJokeTrial/

Which rumbled along for a while/

But now justice has spoke/

So it’s OK to joke/

Without getting a CPS file.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jul/27/twitter-joke-trial-high-court?newsfeed=true

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Hunt’s Bell-end Trouble

Posted on July 27, 2012 by twitmericks

Culture Sec Jeremy Hunt/

Has cocked up a bell-ringing stunt/

As he was town-crying/

The bell-end went flying/

(It did. I’m not just being blunt).

//// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19010230

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Mitt Hits Brits

Posted on July 26, 2012 by twitmericks

An American fellow named Mitt/

Arrived in  the land of the Brit/

And hit headlines with claims/

That the 2012 Games/

Risk being a little bit shit.

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a5821e6-d71b-11e1-8e7d-00144feabdc0.html

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Chancer Osborne

Posted on July 26, 2012 by twitmericks

The Chancellor of the Exchequer/

Is trying to keep up his pecker/

And stick to plan A/

As friends melt away/

And newspapers brand him a wrecker.

/// http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/vince-cable-denies-chancellor-ambitions-as-pressure-mounts-on-george-osborne-1-2434091

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Korea Break

Posted on July 26, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old team from Korea/

Whose players refused to appear/

The game hit a snag/

When an incorrect flag/

Came up on the screen. Dear oh dear!

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9427788/North-Korea-women-footballers-protest-over-flag-gaffe.html

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To be Jong-un In Love

Posted on July 25, 2012 by twitmericks

There is a top leader named Kim/

Who married one day on a whim/

He hopes that this act/

Will help to distract/

From everyday life, which is grim.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9426292/Kim-Jong-uns-mystery-woman-is-his-wife.html

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Rome Alone

Posted on July 25, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young fellow called Liam/

Who, making sure noone could see ‘im/

Absconded from home/

On an airplane to Rome/

& nobody tried to ID ‘im.

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http://www.channel4.com/news/boy-11-flies-to-italy-without-passport

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