Tag Archives: A Limerick A Day

A new book by Fox News anchor Sean Hannity had the Latin motto on its front cover updated to remove mistakes.

A broadcaster, Sean Hannity
Wrote a book about how to live free
He thought Google Translate
Would make him look great
But his ignorance was plain to see

John Moynes

Montage: Business Insider

The whereabouts of Spain’s ex-King Juan Carlos remains a mystery

The number one family in Spain
Still say that they cannot explain
Where the former king went
After his scandals meant
His presence was causing great pain

John Moynes

Getty

Three lost sailors from the Federated States of Micronesia were found after their SOS message outlined on a beach was spotted from the air

When you’re miles from the next bit of land
Just write SOS in the sand
In letters so high
They’ll be seen from the sky
And help will arrive. You’ll be grand

John Moynes

Pic via CNN

US President Donald Trump has called for November’s election to be postponed claiming postal voting could lead to fraud

The polls just aren’t going his way
So Trump went on twitter to say
He’d like to curtail
The voting by mail
And also suggest a delay

John Moynes

Getty

A public competition to name a Royal Albatross chick (above) in New Zealand has ‘Chicky McChickface’ as favourite

New Zealand is seeking a word
To use as the name for a bird
Perhaps they should note
If it goes to a vote
The winner could be quite absurd

John Moynes

Pic: The Guardian

Dr James Hamblin warns that our obsession with being clean is harming the microbiome that keeps us healthy

Meet the boffin who reckons that soap
Is the start of a slippery slope
And it has no place in
A regime for your skin
As it seems that your biomes can’t cope

John Moynes

Pic: The Guardian

Kevin and Carol, friendly emus who wander Yaraka in Queensland, have been barred from the only pub in the town

When a Sheila pops out for a drink
In Yaraka she’s won’t smell the stink
As the emus no more
Leave their mess on the floor
A major improvement, I think

John Moynes

Pic:The Guardian

No masks or social distancing measures for the youngest classes as schools return

The government reckon it’s cool
For youngsters to go back to school
They won’t even ask
Them to put on a mask
Which seems like a rather lax rule

John Moynes

Rollingnews

Property mogul Ren Zhiqiang (above) has been expelled by China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP)

Succeeding in old Beijing town
Means don’t make the great leader frown
So a fellow called Ren
Got in hot water when
He described Xi Jinping as a clown

John Moynes

AP

Catherine Martin (left) is challenging Eamon Ryan for the leadership of the Green Party

When the Greens wake up Eamon tonight
There’s a chance he could get a bad fright
For his members might choose
That a man prone to snooze
Isn’t suited as their leading light

John Moynes

Rollingnews