UMFALIMERICKS

Pithy UMFA Limericks since 2021

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

With one last limerick I’m resignin’
From all strike-related fun rhymin’
The votes have been cast.
Fair Deal, here at last
Please pass me my glass to put wine in.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

It’s hard to know where to begin.
How will we move on if we win?
For one month my life
Was our labour strife
And rhyming insults at admin.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Fair Deal, sweet Fair Deal is that you?
You were harder to find than we knew.
We waited and watched
You’re like the Sasquatch
You’re like bargaining’s Polkaroo!
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

It is with pride UMFA rejects
The clear and the present effects
Of dreadful admin
Whose prominent sin
Is dreadfulness in all respects.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Because of Admin the strike drags
From riches they try to make rags
Let there be no doubt
They couldn’t lead out
Of very wet, wet paper bags
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Since UM’s Admin’s lost the plot
They think our resolve must be shot
Just look at the line
We’re much more than fine
Solidarity’s easy to spot
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Just a Wonderful Wizard could save
Our Admin from the way they behave
Like Scarecrow, not smart
Like Tin Man, no heart
Like Cowardly Lion, not brave.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

We promise we’ll help walk you through it
It’s new, so do not just poo-poo it
It’s bargaining, Mike
It helps end a strike
We’ve done it, we’re sure you can do it.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

The Bison, the Forks, Honey Dill
Some great ‘Toban staples, but still
There’s not much that beats
UMFA in the streets
Declaring its collective will!
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Ol’ Michael and Heather, his pal
Both hail from this frigid locale
The two also share
A failure to care
And penchants for sinking morale
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Unencumbered by numbers or facts
Or the history of UM contracts
Admin makes a point
Of tanking the joint
What a bunch of embarrassing hacks
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

"On Friday we'll email a warning
We'll give 'em the ol' public scorning"
Get over yourselves
We aren't Santa's elves.
See you on the line Monday morning.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Admin says: “hey, thanks for the grant
And sorry the money’s been scant
And ‘member when we’d
Applied to, uh, lead?
Yeah, well, um, uh, sorry. We can’t.”
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

I guess we should give admin credit
It's high time that somebody said it
They do come in first
At being the worst
And leading ‘till they have misled it.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

@KarineHopps @UMFA_FAUM It's an honour to be included.

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Inspired by their well-deserved shame
PC’s want to sell this re-frame
Despite the new buzz
It’s the same as it was
If you do the same things, you’re the same
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

There's hope, but this ain't over yet
It will end on the terms that we set
Michael, my dear
We teach history here
We forgive but we do not forget.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Each doctor, or teacher, or nurse
Who paid into U of M’s purse
Do you think they’d like
To know what ol’ Mike
Is paid now to make the place worse?
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

Those who make speeches from thrones
For sure don’t have large student loans
That they must pay off
For years as a prof
Each word of that thing summits groans
#umfa2021 #umfastrike

[UMFALIMERICKS @umfalimericks]

“There’s a mandate!” “Hey! No there ain’t!”
On loop as their boring complaint.
I know they don’t care
But cupboard’s aren’t bare
And Cam Morrill’s likely a saint.
#umfa2021 #umfastrike