Friday 18 February 2011

British tear gas











Hundreds of cartridges of tear gas and other riot control equipment have been licensed for export to the Gulf kingdom in recent months, Foreign Office Minister, Alistair Burt, said.
Sky News, 18 February, 2011

British tear gas – excellent
It's far the best you see.
We're champions at crying
It's made from synergy.

It's great for others but the gas
Has worked for us for years.
It converts our angry mobs
Into blubbing babies – cheers.

The gas was perfected
In UK laboratories
By specialists in weeping
And lachrymosity.

We're born to disappointment
And not to liberty;
Bad weather, disgusting food
And only partially free.

The quince is our idea of fruit
We tolerate pollution.
We're too polite to have a crack
At income redistribution.

Cut to a fireworks display
The disappointed crowds.
Here, the sky is rarely seen
It's covered by dense clouds.

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