Tag Archives: A Limerick A Day

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fine Gael Councillor Jim O’Leary praised saluting Blueshirts in a late night tweet

We all know it’s sad but it’s true
Late night tweeting is something folk do
But I’d like to think
That there’s not enough drink
To make me praise shirts that are blue

John Moynes

Yesterday: Heil Fellow Well Met

PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea tell Black Lives Matter critics to find other brands

This morning it’s charming to see
The people who make British tea
All teaming up and
Firmly taking a stand
Against racism and bigotry

John Moynes

A statue of slave trader Edward Colston is pushed into the docks during an anti-racism protest in Bristol, England

In Bristol they once honoured Ed
Whose greed left a great number dead
Until a great crowd
Spontaneously vowed
To drop him onto the seabed

John Moynes

Pic: Telegraph

Minister for Health Simon Harris speaks to the media in Dublin Castle yesterday evening following a cabinet meeting on easing Covid restrictionss

It’s starting to look like it’s true
That as we move into Phase Two
And new cases plateau
We’ll have places to go
And once again have things to do

John Moynes

Rollingnews

North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo-jong says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreement

Some cowards are known to impugn
Their neighbours by way of balloon
But the great Kim Yo-jong
Has declared this is wrong
And insists that this practice ends soon

John Moynes

Reuters

US President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The White House in 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s staff were quite shook
By the President’s threats on Facebook
But now it’s clear their
Boss just does not care
And he’s happy to help out a crook

John Moynes

Getty

Jelle Bakker (we love him), founder of the Marble League, began constructing marble runs at the age of four.

While sports fans are facing a drought
As most of their games are ruled out
They’re asking which ball
Will be fastest to fall
Down a madcap and curious spout

John Moynes

Pic; Jelle’s Marble Runs

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order challenging the liability protections of social media companies

Trump wants to change the design
Of places where folk chat online
So Facebook must choose
To support his fake news
Or else face a crippling fine

John Moynes

Reuters

Yesterday: You Follow?

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch was called off last night because of the “strength of electric fields in the atmosphere,” according to NASA

The big moment was drawing near
For Elon’s long hard shiny spear
But some coward cried “Stop!”
And the launch was a flop
You can try again later my dear

John Moynes

Getty

Now Donald has never been shy
Of making things up on the fly
So he doesn’t think
There should be a link
Suggesting his words are a lie

John Moynes

Getty