The Bum’s Rush

There was an old bozo named Rush

Who made a poor law student blush

He called her a slut

So ad men kicked butt

And Limbaugh was ordered to hush.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17248737

(OK, so the last line should have been “He’s now as popular with advertisers as a nasty does of thrush”, but I just couldn’t make it fit).

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Private Eyes Ation?

The British policeman or copper

Belongs to the state, as is proper

For keeping the peace

With private police

Undoubtedly must come a cropper.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/03/police-federation-vice-chairman-warning

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Private Eyes Ation?

The British policeman or copper

Belongs to the state, as is proper

For keeping the peace

With private police

Undoubtedly must come a cropper.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/03/police-federation-vice-chairman-warning

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Bye Bye Mr Blue Sky

There once was a man with no shoes

Who contracted the sky thinkin’ blues

& quit as an aide

Perhaps he’s afraid

That Cameron’s going to lose.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/02/uk-britain-hilton-idUKTRE8211R320120302

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Getting the Hump

Engelbert Humperdinck, who

Is to represent Brits in Baku

Has had the odd hit

If you go back a bit

But the last was in ’72.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17222934

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Taking The Piss?

Un homme qui habite Maine-et-Loire

Après having un peu trop à boire

Appeared on Streetview

(& threatens to sue)

Confusing jardin & pissoir.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/02/uk-france-google-idUSLNE82100N20120302

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Flogging a Dead Horse

That tale of the nag from the force

Whose name is Raisa of course

It seems has a coda

For Cameron rode ‘er

(To flog, as it were, a dead horse).

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/i-did-ride-police-horse-says-david-cameron-7473606.html

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John Yates’s Pricey Dates

An adviser to cops in Bahrain
Has admitted accepting champagne
From his newspaper mates
But it’s OK as Yates
Can perceive no reciprocal gain.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/leveson-inquiry-john-yates-faces-champagne-quiz-7467906.html

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Daydream Bereaver

There was an old Monkee named Jones

Whose band aped the Beatles & Stones

A daydream believer

Become a bereaver

But music is deep in his bones.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17217161

Hope Monkees fans aren’t offended by the word “aped”, but the pun was irresistible. RIP Davy.

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Google’s Stop and Search

Google of North California

Is changing its settings, I warn ya

The EU commission

Views this with suspicion

As privacy issues get thornier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17205754

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