Australian woman An Gie Yen (above) now “sounds very Irish” after having her tonsils removed
Have you heard the tale of An Gie Yen?
She had tonsil surgery and then
Her accent went rogue
She developed a brogue
Though I hope she recovers again
Pic: Twitter
The Enviornment Protection Agency wants monitoring of water quality at busy beaches outside the traditional swimming season
These days people swim in the sea
All year round, so experts agree
You can’t only test
When the weather’s the best
To keep bathers as safe as can be
Irish Water protest at the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin in August, 2015
They say, in the OECD
That the people of Ireland should be
Paying for water
So maybe they oughta
Read up on our history
At least one leopard remains on the loose in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after three escaped from a local zoo
Three leopards last week, for a lark
Escaped from a safari park
But then the park’s bosses
Hushed up these losses
And kept everyone in the dark
Pic: Twitter
A New Zealand man daubed very large penises to alert authorities to potholes
In Auckland there is a new fad
Of drawing, round potholes, your lad
Those responsible swear
It’s a call for repair
But authorities say it’s just bad
Authorities in Romania have launched an investigation amid accusations Arthur (above), the largest bear in the country, was killed by a European prince
Romania’s a country where
A royal can go on the tear
And have lots of fun
By taking a gun
And shooting a rather large bear
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Musician Jim Corr’s complaint over an article that described him as a an ‘online quack’ has not been upheld by the Press ombudsman
Jim Corr thought, for the crack
He’d complain when he was called a quack
But the ombudsman found
The description was sound
Which must feel like a stab in the back
The core of a Chinese rocket is tumbling wildly through low earth orbit and could make an uncontrolled reentry through the atmosphere in the coming days, boffins warn
Some rather concerned experts say
That sometime in early mid May
You might have to flee
If tonnes of debris
From a rocket are heading your way
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Draughts players Russia’s Tamara Tansykkuzhina (right) and Poland’s Natalia Sadowska play on after the Russian flag was snatched
I think it’s a terrible shame
That what should be a nice friendly game
Can cause tension or more
Perhaps even a war
As usual a flag is to blame
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A rendition of the brain sizes in mammals of various sizes shows variation and similarities despite intelligence levels.
Biologists try to explain
Why some beast end up with a big brain
And some boffins now think
It’s the bodies that shrink
And there’s no real grey matter gain
Illustration: Javier Lazaro
