Shooting Folly Blog Posts

• Valentine's Day Blues
  on Feb 14, 2013 in Infidelity Valentine's day Love Hypocrisy
  He sobbed and then confessed,  He declared you were the best,  He has a wife, Has girl friends rife,  Lady, dump this moronic pest. Valentine's Day's a waste of time The love songs are pantomime Marketers use tricks  To ban...
• Bleeding Heart Liberals
  on Jan 30, 2013 in Mercedes Cover up Kasab Bleeding Heart Liberals Ferrari Limerick Lamborghini Cartoon Charity Greed terrorists NGOs satire communists CPI (M) Hypocrisy Limousine Secular rapists
  Bleeding heart liberals will quail Save terrorists and rapists they wail,  For barborous crimes Libs will chime "Why weren't they granted bail."...
• What's the Big Deal?
  on Oct 18, 2012 in Congress Scam Uttar Pradesh Salman Khurshid UPA Trust Ear Plugs Hearing aid Disabled
  From the poor the crooks began to steal,  Then the victims decided to squeal,  "It's a paltry sum A few lakhs ain't fun," Asked a leader, "What's the big deal?"...
• Motamaal Baby
  on Sep 12, 2012 in Coal Blocks UPA Baby Silver Spoon Coalgate Limerick Cartoon Congress Sushma Swaraj Manmohan Singh Scam corruption Motamaal satire
  As a member of the elite flock, You augment your assets and stock, Silver spoons at birth Won't add to net worth So you're rewarded free coal blocks.  The word "Motamaal" popularized by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, signifies 'fat sums' or 'mas...
• "Not Waving but Drowning"
  on Aug 15, 2012 in Bandits Independence Day iPad MPs Poverty UPA Fever Tablets Limerick Serfs August 15 Cartoon corruption satire
    The scammers who loot are clowning, The dolts who cheat, we're crowning,  When the bandits cheered,  The serfs all jeered  Because we're not waving, we're drowning.  Apologies...
• Darkness at Noon
  on Aug 3, 2012 in Congress Synchronized swimming Power supply UPA Power Cuts corruption Blackout Olympics Manish Tiwari
  When millions endured power cuts A UPA spokesman did strut "A crisis it is not," Said he, with a swat,  Folks, better keep your mouths shut.
• Flushed with Funds
  on Jun 6, 2012 in Limerick Congress Party Cartoon Austerity Wasteful expenditure Toilets Rs 35 lakhs Montek Singh Ahluwalia Planning Commission satire
  On board the profligacy train Montek planned in his brilliant brain *35 lakhs for 2 loos Caused quite a ballyhoo Our taxes just went down the drain.  *1 lakh = Rs 100,000...
• Smelling of Roses
  on May 16, 2012 in Limerick Congress Party Cartoon Tihar Jail A Raja Flowers 2G Florist Shop satire Scams CWG
  A. Raja was granted bail Like a hero he stepped out of jail; His supporters elated,  Their joy unabated  More scams for him to inhale?
• 'Reel' Trouble
  on Apr 30, 2012 in CD Camera Infidelity Sleaze Limerick Cartoon Congress Scam Arrogance Crimes Lawyers Sex Clip Adultery
  You and your lover got laid, A film your rendezvous betrayed, You're both so hot You're caught, so what You were discussing tariffs and trade.
• Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
  on Apr 16, 2012 in IIP Congress Finance Minister Inflation GDP UPA Economy Statistics Index of Industrial Production Data RBI
    The new IIP* numbers were out,  Wild data was bruited about,  Economists are tense  Figures don't make sense  Who's compiled them? Statistical louts? IIP: Index of Industrial...
• Voodoo Planning
  on Mar 29, 2012 in Congress Party Poverty Inflation Montek Singh Ahluwalia Planning Commission
  Earn less than rupees twenty eight, You're poor, states a policy potentate If you earn twenty nine, Order Burgundy wine Says the wizard in economics debates.
• U-turn
  on Mar 12, 2012 in Limerick Congress Party Cotton Exports Cartoon UPA U-turn satire
  Cotton exports would face a ban, Announced the government with elan, Then the ban was revoked, In one swift stroke, Are U-turns a new game plan?
• Red and Blue
  on Mar 1, 2012 in Limerick CPM West Bengal Cartoon Blue Mamata Banerji Kolkata Trinamool Congress satire communists
  Paint Kolkata blue, Mamata said,  Residents' hearts were filled with dread, They revolted and complained She hollered with disdain "Because the Communists painted the town red."...
• Valentine's Prey
  on Feb 14, 2012 in Lover Congress BSP Betrayal St. Valentine's day UP elections SP Fling Ring
  On V-Day he will give you a ring With rose bouquets he will sing,  You'll soon discover He's a two-timing lover You're just one in a series of flings.
• Bread and Circuses
  on Jan 31, 2012 in Limerick Cartoon Shah Rukh Khan iPad Economy Bread Unemployment Subsidies satire FSB Entertainment Bollywood
  In 100 AD, poet Juvenal declared Bread and circuses had Romans ensnared, With subsidies we're sustained, Reality shows numb our brains, We're engrossed in our vanity fairs.
• Happy New Jeer
  on Dec 30, 2011 in Limerick fiscal deficit Cartoon 2011 2012 Inflation UPA corruption satire Scams New Year
  2011 was not a year of cheer With inflation life was austere, Prices continue to be high, And consumers do cry,  Nothing's changed; Happy New Year.
• Wine, Tweet and Song
  on Dec 16, 2011 in Monk Limerick Wine Alcohol Congress Cartoon Kapil Sibal Anna Hazare Censorship satire
  I'm in a melancholic funk,  Sip wine, they'll call me drunk, If I sing a song,  They'll say I'm wrong I think I'll become a monk. ...
• FDI: Frantic Didi Intervenes
  on Dec 4, 2011 in Limerick Congress Cartoon Manmohan Singh Arrogance Mamata Banerji Prime Minister corruption Trinamool Congress satire Retail FDI
  FDI's been put on hold  Indefinitely, so we're told,  So Mamata said, Ministers ran and fled,  And the PM's out in the cold.
• Free for All
  on Nov 9, 2011 in Limerick West Bengal Cartoon Riots Manmohan Singh Mamata Banerji Prime Minister Trinamool Congress satire
  Mamata set the rioters free Who were on a destructive spree "Don't you dare dictate How I run my state So please stop harassing me."...
• Beauty and the Botox
  on Oct 6, 2011 in Limerick vanity Cartoon Wrinkles Beauty Actors Ageing Hollywood satire Botox Plastic Surgery Bollywood
  You love their pouts and their smiles, Their looks defy age all the while, That actor's face,  Of wrinkles not a trace, It's the Botox and the surgeon's guile.