Mississippi, USA has rejected a state flag featuring a giant mosquito
A good flag should commemorate
That which makes people proud of their state
But in Mississippi
Something dark and trippy
Was removed from from selection too late
John Moynes
Mississippi Flag Commission
Doheny & Nesbit, Baggott Street, Dublin 2 has hit a major downturn with an absence of office workers and tourists in the area
Pre-Covid some workers might choose
To wash down their lunch with some booze
But the workers have fled
And the streets are now dead
So some vintners are now bound to lose
John Moynes
Pic: Hospitality Ireland
Ronnie O’Sullivan (above) criticised snooker’s next generation after securing a World Championship quarter-final place to meet fellow veteran Mark Williams
Poor Ronnie is feeling quite sad
That the players he’s facing are bad
Do they deserve blame
Or is this a mind game
To try to make Williams go mad?
John Moynes
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Senior leaders of America’s National Rifle Association (NRA) are fighting claims they used the powerful gun lobby group as their “personal piggy bank”
It’s alleged that executive pay
At the top of the old NRA
Has grown so obscene
That soon it might mean
The bosses could be put away
John Moynes
AP
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
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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
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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
