New York pub Mary O’s has sold more than $1 million in Irish soda bread after owner Mary O’Halloran appeared in an Instagram post on Humans of New York
In lockdown, when all hope seemed gone
One woman thought she’d make a scone
Well that’s what she planned
But it got out of hand
Now the baking just goes on and on
Pic: Eater
Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down as her conservator ‘when the time is right’
Many people have spilled lots of tears
For the freedom of poor Britney Spears
But don’t be so sad
For at long last her dad
Said he’d go, but maybe not for years
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A 40-year-old slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake has sold for £1,850 at auction
A royalist wanted to make
A bid for a bit of old cake
As he found the icing
To be so enticing
Let’s hope that it wasn’t a fake
Pic: Sky
The south-eastern crater of Sicily’s Mount Etna has grown in height after six months of activity
There are volcano boffins who say
Mount Etna grows taller each day
But this recent growth spurt
Won’t cause any hurt
If you stay out of the lava’s way
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A magnum is twice the size of a regular wine bottle, containing about 12 glasses, and yet may help you cut down on consumption
This evening if you want some
Wine then open a magnum
And enjoy its delights
Over several nights
Or knock it all back with a chum
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Japenese parents are sending relatives who are unable to visit due to the pandemic bags of rice that weigh the same as their newborn babies
When there’s a new child in your clan
You’d give it a hug if you can
So would it be as nice
To embrace some dried rice?
As I hear that’s now big in Japan
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New Zealand’s sparkling Bernadino spumante, known as “Bernadino spewmante”, is stopping production due to rising costs.
In New Zealand fans of sparkling white
Have been given a terrible fright
They can no longer sup
As costs have gone up
Which to me just does not seem right
UK junior health minister James Bethall (above) replaced his phone before it could be searched for information about £85m of covid deals currently subject to legal challenges
There’s a secretary of state
Who’s been in hot water of late
But at least he had known
To destroy his old phone
Before it could affect his fate
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Around one million people are likely to be targeted for Covid-19 ‘booster shots’ as the State begins their rollout over Autumn and Winter
At this stage most adults have got
A dose of the new vaccine shot
But do not contend
That this means the end
Of the crisis. As it’s certainly not.
Calls from public phones across Australia are now free
In Australia payphones will be
Usable without a fee
Is it widely agreed
We should follow their lead
And once and for all set speech free?
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