Heathrow Go-slow

Posted on May 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There is a long queue at Heathrow/

Whose speed is so painfully slow/

By the time you arrive/

Into Terminal 5/

You discover it’s now time to go.

/// http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/01/heathrow-queues-what-to-do?newsfeed=true

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Majority Report

Posted on May 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a committee report/

Finding Murdoch a rather bad sort/

And unfit to run/

The Times and The Sun/

Which Tories declined to support.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17912251

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Titanic Daze

Posted on April 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old man from Australia/

For whom Titanic paraphernalia/

Is such a big trip/

He’s remaking the ship/

Predestined to finish in failure.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2137300/Titanic-2-ship-Australian-billionaire-Clive-Palmer-commissions-21st-century-replica.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

 

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Roy of the Albion

Posted on April 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an old fella from Croydon/ 

Apparently bein’ employed on/

The Engerland staff/

They’re ‘avin’ a larf/

Amazin’ ‘ow good the boy Roy done!

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/29/roy-hodgson-england-fa

 

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The Rich get Richer & the Poor Get…

Posted on April 29, 2012 by twitmericks

It’s such a familiar picture/

The parts of society which are/

Surviving recession/

As per the expression/

Are rich folk, who keep getting richer.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/29/rich-list-record-fortunes-britain?newsfeed=true

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Missile Firing to be Olympic Event

Posted on April 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There is a big building in Bow/Where missile launchers will go/To shoot down in flames/Any threat to the Games/No medals in that for us tho.

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Chen vs All The Premier’s Men

Posted on April 28, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a young fellow named Chen/

Who appealed to Premier Wen/

To inquire into who/

Had him kicked black and blue/

By dozens of uniformed men.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/28/chen-guangcheng-family-arrested-us-embassy?newsfeed=true

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No Sex Please, You’re Agents

Posted on April 28, 2012 by twitmericks

Advice to US secret agents:/

New guidance has come into play, gents/

If in foreign parts/

Avoid local tarts/

Or leastwise remember to pay, gents.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/27/politics/secret-service/?hpt=hp_t2

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What a Banker

Posted on April 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old banker named Bob/

Who found some shareholders to rob/

Defeating the moaners/

He drew a big bonus/

& kept his obscenely-paid job.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb055910-9048-11e1-8cdc-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tGPn1hYW

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Toodle-Pep

Posted on April 27, 2012 by twitmericks

A young Barca manager, Pep/

Ran a team with a pretty good rep/

Two defeats for the side/

Oddly made him decide/

Resignation’d be his next step. 

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/27/pep-guardiola-quits-barcelona?newsfeed=true

 

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