[John Whitworth]

The Staggers (New Statesman) has a competition for Double Dactyls - deadline November 17th. I just saw it. The subjects must be current celebrities (in the widest sense). If anyone has the Staggers email address then post it up. I will look out for it tomorrow. What is a double dactyl? These are. I did them this evening. Some references are rather arcane if you are not a Brit. 'Pants' is Brit slang for no good at all. The euro is obviously pants.

Piccola-triccola,
Nikolas Sarkozy
Went to the President
High on the booze,

Said to him stuff that was
Incontrovertibly
Bad about Germans and
Worse about Jews.


Niminy-piminy
Milliband Junior
Nobody gives him a
Cat in Hell's chance -

Flibbertigibbet and
Slubberdegullion,
Probably toxic and
Certainly pants.