Local authorities will be asked to put extra bins and toilets on city streets
It’s long been considered a sin
Not to put your rubbish in the bin
Now our rulers declare
That they’ll give us somewhere
To throw all our empty cans in
Author Archives: John Moynes
Chickens for sale at a market in Huai an, Jiangsu province in China
In China they’ve just found a new
Human case of a bird flu
But it didn’t cause harm
There’s no need for alarm
And right now I hope that that’s true
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Experimental wearable technology is now available for cows to catch ‘methane burps’
Some boffins believe we should ask
The farmers to take on the task
Of saving methane
Which would, they explain
Be trapped if each cow wears a mask
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Most people in the UK cannot name all parts of the vulva, according to new research
Most Britons are struggling to hunt
For the words for the bits on the front
Of a lady, downstairs
Behind all those hairs
But I reckon I could take a punt
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced difficulties during its sixth Martian flght but landed safely
Nobody wants to get stressed
While conducting a Martian flight test
And though NASA’s chopper
Almost came a cropper
It worked out, in the end, for the best
NASA
Book lovers are returning to stores for personalised service – and bookshop smell
Lovers of literature tell
Of the paperback’s enticing smell
So those who trade books
Don’t rely on their looks
When hoping a volume will sell
New Zealand foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta (above) says she she fears a ‘storm’ of anger from China amid rising Pacific-Asia tensions
China claims to be a nation
That just wants more cooperation
To make a big pie
And cannot see why
New Zealanders show hesitation
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An EU rights body has claimed Ireland has one of the highest rates of people being stopped by the police in the European Union
If you’re popping out to the shop
In Ireland, it’s a likely a cop
All dressed up in blue
With little to do
Will fill time by making you stop
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds will “celebrate their wedding” next Summer
Next year we’ll all celebrate when
Boris gets married again
On a day full of glee
To wife number three
For he is the greatest of men
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Allen Minish, who was surveying land in a distant, wooded space of Alaska, was mauled by a giant brown bear and is fortunate to have escaped with his life
Be careful in locations where
There’s a chance you might meet a brown bear
You won’t like it all all
When they start to maul
But thankfully round here they’re rare
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