They were going to start a new life;
childhood sweethearts become man and wife.
But a drunken stag-night
ended up in a fight,
and someone had taken a knife.
[This is the only serious one so far]
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A tiny space traveller one day
flew to Earth from a world far away.
His superior intelligence,
however, was no defence
when they zapped him with a can of fly spray.
[This is only serious if you're the alien]
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The people who run Camelot
added up all the money they’d got.
They very soon found
a small part of each pound
amounts to a heck of a lot.
[Camelot is the company that runs the National Lottery, at no risk to the shareholders/directors, and takes a good profit for doing it.]
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An MP who flew to Hong Kong
for a week of wine, women and song
charged it up to expenses.
Is he out of his senses?
He still says he did nothing wrong!
[This is an imaginary example, but it could just as well be true]
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An MP thought he was in luck
when he charged for a house for his duck.
He thought it was OK
for the voters to pay,
but did we agree? Did we... blazes!
[last line approved by the PH censor]
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Another MP rocked the boat
when he charged us for cleaning his moat.
When they forced him to tell us,
he said we were just jealous!
Now we’d all like to set him afloat.
Paul Hansford
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-few-limericks-serious-satirical/
