Ledes & Limericks. Tuesday January 23 2018

Others are more inventive, such as Phoenix readers who call the Arizona Republic the “Arizona Repugnant” or the “Arizona Repulsive.” In North Carolina, the Raleigh News and Observer is sometimes labeled the “Noise and Disturber.” In Milwaukee, some readers have made the tired “Urinal” nickname flush, calling the Journal Sentinel the “Urine Sample.”  from the Chippewa Herald

It seems that the dignity’s fled

From newspapers that once had bred

Great awe and esteem --

But now that’s a dream;

The Prez wants them all to drop dead.

Norway’s strong social security net, which includes generous parental leave policies, is  a key reason the country of just over 5 million people is consistently rated one of the best places in the world to live.  From HuffPost  

The reason Norway is so fit

To live in is the Akvavit.

One bottle guzzled neat each day

And you’re as happy as a jay!

Business Cards Aren’t Dead, They’re Just Getting Weird

Bizness cards are getting strange --

They come is such disturbing range.

A card shaped like banana peel

Would not put over any deal.

But if new bizness you would start

I’d make my cards erotic art.