Friday’s blood moon will be the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century
The sky gazing boffins have said
That on Friday the moon will turn red
So what are the odds
That we’ve angered the gods
And that terror and panic will spread?
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
US Special Forces in Afghanistan have a dispensation to grow beards
In boot camp a yank’s face is cleared
Of the tiniest trace of a beard
But some troops are calling
This practice appalling
And say goatees are not to be feared
John Moynes
Pic: getty
This long stretch without any rain
Has left our supplies under strain
We’re facing the sight
Of no water at night
So we’ll just have to stick to Champagne.
John Moynes
Pic: Consumer Council of Water
The Imperial Russian Cruiser Dmitriy Donskoi rumoured to contain 200 tons of gold when it sank
If there’s truth in the tales that they’ve told
Some Koreans have found lots of gold
But you should beware
Of buying a share
Before we see what will unfold
John Moynes
Pic; Wikimedia
One company gives a great perk
Its staff all spend less time at work
So if you employ
Please help spread this joy
And don’t be a miserable jerk.
John Moynes
Pic: Shutterstock
There’s a boffin who has a conviction
That your earliest memory is fiction
But folks like to cleave
To the stories they weave
So telling them can cause some friction
John Moynes
Pic: Fotolia stock
In Coppers a fellow named John
Met a woman with whom he got on
But to his dismay
The very next day
He found her phone number had gone.
John Moynes
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Donagh O’Connor with a rare female white lobster caught off Mizen Head, Cork
A fisherman had a wee fright
Which quite quickly turned to delight
For who else can say
That their nephropidae
Has a carapace that’s coloured white?
John Moynes
Pic: Niall Duffy
‘Duke’ next to the giant Lion’s Mane jellyfish washed ashore in Galway
There’s a creature that lives in the sea
The diameter of Michael D
They say that its sting
Is a terrible thing
Which you may or may not cure with wee
John Moynes
Pic: Pauric Collins
A drone image of a circular enclosure in the Boyne Valley close to Newgrange
A rather large henge has been found
Near Meath’s famous burial mound
It’s thanks to the heat
That we’re getting this treat
Who knows what else waits underground?
John Moynes
Pic: Anthony Murphy
Yesterday: ‘They Look Giant Henges’
