The 'Flim-flam' thread has reminded of a song by Jake Thackray about a ticker-tape machine which had these lines:

Tick, tock, it's chock-a-block
With flim-flam, piffle and poppycock.

....

It drives me crackers, but I can't tear myself away,
I've got to listen to what its got to say,
My wittering, twittering tick-er-tape (ticker, ticker, ticker ticker .....)


Anyone remember the rest? It doesn't seem to be here or on a number of Jake Thackray sites I've visited.