BBC Shipping Forecast locations
Those who serve before the mast
Rely on the Shipping Forecast
Which calls a calm way
From Fair Isle to Biscay
In tones that remain unsurpassed.
John Moynes
Map via BBC
Author Archives: John Moynes
Chris Messina, creator of Twitter’s most ubiquitous feature – the hashtag
The hashtag is now ten years old
So it’s time for its tale to be be told
The boffin called Chris
Who came up with #this
Didn’t do it to earn lots of gold.
John Moynes
Pic: Crew
Conor McGregor (left) and Floyd Mayweather
Some reckon McGregor’s next fight
Will be this year’s unique sporting sight
But the pubs down in Oz
Won’t show it because
Drunken Irish may ruin the night.
John Moynes
Pics: PA
London’s ‘Big Ben’ under repair
Big Ben will have a quiet spell
Until London once more hears its knell
So MP Steve Pound
Has said “Gather round
And honour the end of a bell.”
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
A shared space junction in Coventry, England
Let’s consider, just briefly, the sight
Of a crossroads without a red light
Would harmony reign?
Or must I explain
This is Ireland? It would turn to shite.
John Moynes
Pic: CBD
UK prime Minister Theresa May says Britain will fight the EU for a soft border for Northern Ireland
Let the people of Ireland all say
“Three cheers for Prime Minister May!”
And after you clap
Start doffing your cap
For this heroine will save our day.
John Moynes
Pics: Express
US President Donald Trump at a press briefing yesterday
At long last the judgement day’s come
We’re far past “Is Donald Trump dumb?”
It’s clear from the facts
From his words, from his acts
The president’s evil. He’s scum.
John Moynes
Pic: Fox
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon
That haggard old fascist called Steve
Is unlikely to get a reprieve
It’s clear from his face
That he’s fallen from grace
Even Murdoch now thinks he should leave.
John Moynes
Pic: Reuters
Rory Mcllroy
A golfer who has a back ache
Has said that might take a break
From his busy career
For the rest of the year
To finish his big wedding cake.
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
A London Routemaster bus operated by transport firm Go-Ahead
As you stand at a bus stop and wait
The delay can make you quite irate
So the NTA said
They’ll give the go ahead
To let Brits get the blame when they’re late.
John Moynes
Pic: W Swain
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