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