Tag Archives: italy

An Italian Walks into a Polling Station…

Posted on February 26, 2013 by twitmericks

There was an Italian comic/ Whose poll rise was quite astronomic/ As voters rejected/ The old unelected/ Supremo of things economic. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/25/beppe-grillo-italy-election-success There was an Italian comic/Whose poll rise was quite astronomic/As voters rejected/The old unelected/Supremo of things economic. — … Continue reading →

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Pass the Duce

Posted on January 28, 2013 by twitmericks

There was an old chap, Berlusconi/ Who never stopped talking baloney/ Old Musso, he said/ Was simply misled/ By Hitler, his powerful crony. ///http://news.sky.com/story/1043662/berlusconi-defends-dictator-mussolini

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King of Bunga likes ’em Younger

Posted on December 17, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man with a hunger/ For women substantially younger/ But being engaged/ May not have assuaged/ His taste for the old bunga bunga. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/silvio-berlusconi/9748985/Silvio-Berlusconi-announces-engagement-to-27-year-old.html There was an old man with a hunger/For women substantially younger/But being engaged/May … Continue reading →

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Conviction Politician

Posted on October 26, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man from Milan/ Who was given 4 years in the can/ He fiddled his tax/ And covered his tracks/ Till one day the shit hit the fan. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20102215

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Busted are the Cheesemakers

Posted on July 18, 2012 by twitmericks

There is an Italian food-seller/ Whose fortune is in mozzarella/ Police say it stinks/ He has mafia links/ And adulterates cheese, the bad fella. ///  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18880321

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England Put On The Spot

Posted on June 25, 2012 by twitmericks

England got beaten by Italy/ & tho it was not done so prettily/ The better side won/ So an inquest’s begun/ Into why we do spotkicks so shittily. /// http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-2012-england-head-home-as-penalty-jinx-strikes-yet-again-7879839.html

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The Full Monti

Posted on November 13, 2011 by twitmericks

There was an Italian called Mario/Who supplanted an ageing lothario/Appointed pro tem/As Italian PM/He replaces the old impresario. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15713985

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Arrivederci Berlusconi

Posted on November 13, 2011 by twitmericks

#Berlusconi has finally quit/After decades of acting the twit/He leaves for posterity/A dose of austerity/And Italy knee-deep in shit.

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Heigh Ho Silvio

Posted on November 8, 2011 by twitmericks

There is an old man from Milan/Who’s hung on as long as he can/Now every last crony/Has ditched #Berlusconi/His career as PM’s down the pan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-italy-idUSTRE7A72NG20111108

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Pension Tension

Posted on October 27, 2011 by twitmericks

Money is too tight to mention/In Rome, where political tension/Turned into a fight/As MPs on the right/Brawled over the age for a pension. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203554104576655131145795512.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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