Tag Archives: A Limerick A Day

Donald Trump sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia

Now Trump always knows what to do
And what he knows is: always sue
And so this is why
Half of the FBI
Must explain if his ravings are true

John Moynes

Getty

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, who is also Minister of Defence, has promised an “action plan” to rebuild the country’s depleted armed forces

Now that the world’s getting tense
There are people who think it makes sense
To plan for the worst
And put ourselves first
And spend a lot more on defence

John Moynes

RollingNews

The decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol Vessels – ex HMNZS Rotoiti (top) and HMNZS Pukaki (above) – are intended to replace LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara

Our navy has just purchased two
New vessels but we’re short of crew
So they’re far away
Which is where they will stay
Until we figure out what to do

John Moynes

New Zealand Defence Force

Orangutans have their own ‘languages’ that have been shaped by social mingling just like humans, a new study in Southeast Asia reveals

In Sumatra these days, as a rule
Each orangutan wants to sound cool
When they meet in a gang
They all talk in slang
So don’t appear like an old fool

John Moynes

NG

Ed Sheerhan  attending his copyright trial at London’s High Court yesterday

There is a pop singer called Ed
Whose lawyers have stood up and said
He did nothing wrong
When writing a song
It all came from inside his head

John Moynes

Getty

British judges have ruled that Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage is permitted under its constitution

There are judges based in the UK
Who for some reason still have a say
In faraway places
And in recent cases
They haven’t been friends of the gay

John Moynes

iStock

Gold demand has surged and prices are rising across the world as the Ukraine conflict  flares

Whenever there’s news of a war
There are people who’ll want to put more
Of their savings in gold
And now we are told
That prices are starting to soar

John Moynes

Shutterstock

A mummified body has been found in the walls of an historic convention center in California

In Oakland a hole in a wall
Contained something that’s sure to appal
A mummified man
Is this something that can
Be explained by the experts at all?

John Moynes

San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles’ most famous mountain lion was spotted on Tuesday night roaming Silver Lake, about three and a half miles south of his home in Griffith Park

They used their door cameras to gawk
Then all rushed online where they’d talk
As they live in LA
Where celebrities say
That lions will go for a walk

John Moynes

Chris Bim