North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has introduced smoking bans in some public places
All smokers I’m sure will agree
This news ain’t what they want to see
The spread of the fad
That says cigs are bad
North Korea is no longer free
Reuters
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Wombats use their backside for burrowing, mating and skull-crushing
One thing that you should learn to fear
Is the wombat and its rock hard rear
With the four boney plates
That they use to woo mates
And crush any foe that comes near
Pic: Dick King-Smith
The International Space Station this week celebrates 20 years of taking on board its first guests
Do you honestly think you could face
Spending six months up in space
As the astronauts tell
Of a horrible smell
And dirt floating all over the place
Pic: NASA
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar
The Tánaiste’s facing a week
Of questions concerning the leak
Of a medical deal
And many now feel
That Leo’s now stuck up the creek
Earlier: ‘I Can’t Answer That For You’
New Yorker Leonard Shoulders was waiting for bus in the Bronx when concrete cracked open and he fell into hole, unable to shout for help
Well some stories certainly seem
Like the climax of a frightening dream
So let us not dwell
On the time Leonard fell
In a hole and was too scared to scream
CBS
Alldi (above) and Lidl will no longer sell ‘middle-aisle’ products during Level 5 after bowing to government pressure
If the thought of a shop’s middle aisle
Is something that leads you to smile
Then I’ve got bad news
As it looks like they’ll choose
To give them a rest for a while
Pic: Twitter
A record-breaking deal involving the purchase of Pokémon trading cards -livestreamed on the internet – ended in chaos when the rare first-edition haul turned out to be fake
Personally I’d find it hard
To shell out for a Pokémon card
As there’s fraudsters who make
A plausible fake
So buyers should be on their guard
Getty
Kazakhstan has adopted Borat’s catchphrase – “Very nice!” – for a new tourism campaign
Some people have thought of a plan
To lure tourists to Kazakhstan
With Borat’s catchphrase
But the problem these days
Is the Covid-based world travel ban
Farmers are pushing for a ban on calling vegetarian products a “burger” or a “sausage” that they say mislead consumers into thinking certain products contain meat
Meat producers assert it’s a shame
That vegans are able to name
Their food how they choose
As this may confuse
Consumers. At least that’s their claim
AFP
A chestnut tree that survived both world wars has been named Belgium’s tree of the year
In Belgium, I think you’ll agree
There’s really not that much to see
So they’ve had to choose
To make their own news
And give an award to a tree
Pics: Facebook