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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It must have been an utter eternity since we had an everlasting sentences thread. Those were the good old days!
The game is quite simple. The first person posts a sentence to start it off. That person will be me ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
The next player then posts a totally random next sentence, not necessarily connected to the preceding one at all (though it could be) except in one way - it must begin with the same letters (but NOT the same word) that the preceding sentence ended with. You must use more than one "overlapping" letter in your sentence - the wittier and more clever the overlap, the better!
For example:
A) Here is a sentence.
B) Ten cedar trees are growing in my garden.
So, let's begin with....
I would like to wish a jolly good New Year to all my shipmates in the Circus.
Posted by bib (# 13074) on
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Customs such as we enter into at Christmas and New Year are looked joyfully anticipated each year.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Early in the day is the best time for walking here.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Her earlier sentences on this thread were clearly of high calibre.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Brevity and prevarication managed in just one sentence, penguin?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In my defence, I have been up and done a day's work already.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Read your own instructions; aren't sentences supposed to be unconnected with the one preceding?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Receding hairlines can cause gentlemen much distress.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Essentially, Wodders, the sentence may be connected with the previous one, it just does not have to be.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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A vet OBE in the New Year's Honour List would be unsurprising.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I sing praise to a certain penguin for getting everlasting sentences going again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gag Ainsley quickly before he blurts out my secrets!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Sec Retsina is so sour as to be unpleasant to drink.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In keeping with the festive season, I would like to raise a toast to my shipmates here but as I am teetotal it will have to be toast and jam.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A stand jammed into the corner just makes the room look overcrowded.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Row, dedicated oarsmen, row for your lives.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ives [Charles] was a much under-rated composer.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ted, Compo: Series of Last of the Summer Wine resumes with only two characters.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Terse, witty conversation is quite beyond the ability of lots of people.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Please can I join in as well?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Swell to see you, Lucia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I assume most folks are welcome hereabouts.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Come here about seventy times a day and this thread will soon be the longest one on the Ship.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"He's hip," isn't that a very old fashioned way of referring to a gentleman (well, one hopes he's a gentleman)?
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Le Mans in France is best known for its 24 hour sports car race.
[ 02. January 2014, 14:26: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Scar "R", a century was not sufficient to wipe it from the field.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Elderly shipmates may find that certain games are a little too fast-moving for them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Empathy for the aged is sadly lacking in young people today.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A younger man would not have made such a remark.
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Are Mark Owen et al still performing together as Take That?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A stake that truly works is one though a vampires heart.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"A vamp": I re-shear the mini-skirt into a micro length to comply with the fancy dress party invitation requirements.
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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Re quire men: tsetse flies are more likely to target tenors and baritones than basses.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Assess the damage before attempting the repair as you may find it beyond your capabilities.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tie string into intricate designs and you get macrame.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Cramming elephants into your Mini Cooper is only to be recommended if you have a sunroof.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Of course when you are a Circus host you can break the game rules by missing out the last letter of the previous sentence!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Certainly you can - but nobody else should try it!
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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It's really good to see this game again - and this time nobody can blame me!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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'Meme' is one of those modern words that I am rather foggy about.
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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A bout of flu is to be avoided - especially when the weather is so damp.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Sod amplification - a new way of inserting speakers in your lawn - is perfect for providing a musical background for sunny summer afternoons in the garden.
Posted by latecomer (# 8966) on
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Ardent souls burn bright but fast
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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A stern word will be needed with anyone who breaks their New Year resolutions.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I, on seeing that Chorister had posted on this thread, hurried here to read her pearls of wisdom.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Is domination by the current and former Circus hosts a given?
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I've never known it to be otherwise.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Other Wise Men went looking for the Baby Jesus, but some of them got lost.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Osteopaths are professionsls whose services, happily, I've never yet required.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Quire decanii always sit on one side of the quire stalls.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I rest all strained muscles by having a luxurious bubble bath.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Bleb: a thing in cell biology, medicine and mineralogy is also a book of poetry, apparently.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Yap, parent!" lycra-clad teenage granddaughter Delishush responds to any attempt at discipline from my long-suffering son Tarquinette.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I netted a giant squid last time I went fishing with a paperclip on a piece of string.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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[gah, Smudgie, barely do I find this thread than you pip me to the post!!]
[ 04. January 2014, 11:59: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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St. Ringworm is little known amongst hagiographers.
[ ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rap her sharply on the knuckles if she won't behave.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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"Hew on t'B, 'e have to!" exclaimed the alarmed Lancashire stonecutter, on seeing that his less experienced colleague had no option but to attempt to disguise his misspelling of the gravestone epitaph by chiselling a bit more off.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Offended Victorian matrons left with their noses in the air.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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He airs all the family's dirty laundry.
Posted by latecomer (# 8966) on
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Dry cornflakes do not make pleasant eating
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Tea tin gathering is an odd pursuit.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Suit yourself by bringing your own packed lunch.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Unchurched" is felt by some atheists to be a slightly insulting description.
[ 04. January 2014, 21:43: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Script Ionic Greek is a requirement for scholars of this Byzantine palimpsest.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Nepali MPs established parliament again five years after it was dissolved by the king.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Ingots of gold are a relatively safe investment in the current economic climate.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Lima tends to be the first city that springs to mind when one thinks of Peru.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Inks of (per unit) one part squid juice and three parts water can often be rather too runny.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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The RTO or UN NY office leads much of aid efforts throughout the developing world.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Or LD (The Liberian Dollar) may be exchanged for Pounds Stirling instead of trying to work with travellers' cheques.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"RSC," he questioned, "or do you mean the Globe is where you saw that performed?"
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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For medication please refer to an alternative pharmaceutical supplier.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Calsup pliers are of excellent quality.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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A lit yellow candle can chase the blues away!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Saw, aye saw with speed that firewood, faithful woodsman.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Manipulation is not permitted in the Circus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cussed Circus Hosts taking our fun away!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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We sing Irish songs in a choir at the Irish Cultural Centre in our town.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Tow new sentences from the backside of the previous one!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Pre VI, o US one, comes V in Roman Numerals as formerly used on the Old Continent.
[and well played to restore order ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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On tin engravings you will find many an interesting image.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Rest, tin GI mage, your unexpected call-up to replace missing Melchior in the Nativity Crèche will soon be over with the advent of Epiphany.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Any Circus host is permitted to conjure up extra letters in "everlasting", but I don't think mere mortals are allowed to.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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All owed tomatoes are not considered ransomed by bushels of zucchini.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Chin in hand God surveyed creation (especially Job) and thought oh what a tangled web.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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At angle "D", web-based cetacean Jonah benefited from a good vantage point on the internet quadrilateral from which to spot inadvertent letter-adding by Eutychus ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hustling your way onto this thread by inserting random new letters in a bid to make an impressive overlapping sentence is not exactly a trait which is to be encouraged.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Our aged brains will do their best to comply.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Plywood dust is what I have for brains this morn.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Rains this morning have taken away our snow.
<yes, I take the low-hanging fruit>
Posted by Pooks (# 11425) on
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Now is the winter of our discontent.
Posted by latecomer (# 8966) on
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contents of this post may vary from illustration on package
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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"On, on, pack!" a gentle sled driver urged the huskies.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Skies are blue but the temps are frigid.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A ref, rigid with cold from the freezing temperatures and boredom from from the lacklustre game, declared it a draw and sloped off home for hot chocolate with squirty cream and marshmallows.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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"shmall ow's y' father" he slurred, then promptly burst into laughter at his own punchline and slumped face first onto the bar.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ton tot he barely knew sat heavily on his foot and flattened it.
Posted by Pooks (# 11425) on
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Ten editors sitting on the wall.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Wally George out-blustered Rush Limbaugh by a mile.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Yam! I least expected that!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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At some point there must have been a rule made that Smudgie has to be the first one to post on every page of this thread.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Address yourself dramatically yet firmly to the problem, nay solution, of monkeys playing plywood violins, dear Leonard.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Earl E, on arduous trek through jungle, home Thursday.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Met Hurs' daytime babysitter today: it seems their son has a predilection for racing toy chariots.
[ 07. January 2014, 05:24: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I, o tsetse fly, stamp on your quest for world domination.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I, o tsetse fly, stamp on your quest for world domination.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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In, at Ionic columns, did I gaze upon the diorama representing ancient Greece.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cerebral activity is encouraged by this thread, and it hurts.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Tsk, tsk, I say to brain straining because it's better to eat the chunks too.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hunk, stood on the edge of the road opposite my lounge window, makes seriously pleasant viewing....
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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I... ew, ingratiating that is most certainly not.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Other people may disagree.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Ee by gum, lass, tha's not wrong.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ongoing weather problems are making outdoor activities difficult.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ongoing weather problems are making outdoor activities difficult.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I culture cheesy replies to go with my whines.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Nestled all snug in their beds while visions of fried bacon danced in their heads.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Headstones occasionally have witty epitaphs like I told you I was ill.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Silly people doomed to hell for engaging in idle chatter.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Lech, at termination of the previous political regime, became Poland's first directly elected president.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I'd enter into that conversation, but European political history is a topic I eschew.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Chew each mouthful 100 times before swallowing and you're guaranteed to talk less at the dinner table.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Inner tablets - is that a new electronic game?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Anew, Electro Nic gamely tried to shed his dated 80s drum-machine image - in vain.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm agein' - vainly I try to halt the wrinkle onslaught.
[ 08. January 2014, 13:29: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Leon's laugh told her everything she needed to know about him.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Out hi! My inside 'hi' is too weak to be heard distinctly.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Himmler has only got one ball, Goring as two but they are small", she sang.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Re: smalls - he's angelic looking in that skimpy magenta pair.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Ma, gen, tap, air" were the first four words on the simple reading test administered to my eager class in their latest English lesson.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Less on? no chance - it's winter!
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Terrible things await those who escape winter by taking a trip somewhere hot, like obese lobster-red g-string wearing tourists.
[ 08. January 2014, 21:38: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ur is tsunami-prone, potentially, since Wikipedia tells me that Chaldea is marshland near the Euphrates.
[ 09. January 2014, 06:29: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rates of exchange these days are working distinctly in my favour.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Favourite quotes of other people are so tedious.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Lear (E), so Ted IOUs reminded us, was a famous writer of nonsense verse - Ted would always add a limerick or two of his on these pieces of paper showing sums outstanding.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Stand in green wellies in the garden if you want your feet to be both dry and camouflaged.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Aged rock-stars quite often appear as mutton dressed as lamb.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Slam-bang thank you Ma'am is not appropriate language in Sunday school class.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Ass is not a suitable word either.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Blew or Dei - there's a difficult choice of words to boost my Scrabble score.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Les cored the apple before eating it, while Desdemona just ate it whole.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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State it wholeheartedly or don't bother saying anything at all
(Edited to ask if this counts, I've not played before!)
[ 09. January 2014, 20:24: Message edited by: Chocoholic ]
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"A NY thing", a tall and imposing man from that great American city once told me, "is to give tourists neck ache as they search desperately for a glimpse of the sky."
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"He's KY's Senator," was the response when someone asked, "Who IS that guy?"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Hat Guy' on the market sells the beret you're looking for.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"King Forrest" delighted his posse with his antics at the homecoming dance; the "queen" and the chaperones not so much
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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One's not so much of a chav if one wears green wellies and a Barbour.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Sand, a bar - bourgeois in style, hosts, among its mock Persian finery, drunkenness and debauchery to rival the most run down and low brow of dives.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's always a treat to have someone new playing on this thread, especially when they do so as creatively as Chocoholic.
Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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'O lickle town of Bethlehem' was a favourite carol of mine when was a nipper.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Perchance would you like to purchase a perch, but failing that, how about an octopus?
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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To pus or not to pus, that is the spotty question.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Potty quest I only undertook in order to save my carpets when my friend's daughter visited, resulted in me buying three new potties, one for each room of the house.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Ouse, I seem to remember from school, is a river in the North of England, but given all the flooding it could be anywhere now!
(Thank you for one at top of page Smudgie ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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No, we do not eat with our fingers, we have cutlery for a reason.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Are a son's toy usually broken quicker than a daughters's as my friends tell me their boys are more boisterous?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Er, Ouse is definitely a river, if I recall correctly.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Directly flowing through the centre of York
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Orkney, not so much - but at least (not saying I've never made the mistake, mind) the beginning of my sentence takes all the letters at the end of the previous one
[ 11. January 2014, 18:03: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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Oneiromancy isn't a talent that I posses.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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(Not part of the game, oh fiddle, I boobed! Sorry, beginners stupidity!)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tip 'osse's manure onto the garden for excellent roses.
Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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Ros Esterhase waited for years for a Christmas card from her civil servant cousin, Toby, before giving up and throwing away his address.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Dressing to impress, Choccie was embarrassed to find a pair of knickers that had been hiding in her trouser leg fell out.
(not part of game, trying to make amends for earlier stupidity!)
[ 11. January 2014, 20:19: Message edited by: Chocoholic ]
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Louts really are a problem, the way they hang around the street making noise, intimidating people and generally making a nuisance of themselves.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Of them "S" elves, who bore the Silmarils from Angmar in the Middle Years, the Lords of Westron tell us naught; but in addition to equivocal Hungarians called Esterhase, John Le Carré also refers to espionage listeners as "elves" - an in-house moniker.
[ 11. January 2014, 21:54: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Kerosene should not be used to get rid of either louts or elves.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Out, sorel!" Vespasian shouted at the young deer that had wandered into his imperial palace.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Alp: a lace piece made in a conical shape with uneven edges, resembling the snow line upon a Swiss mountain peak.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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In peak season, we get lots of tourists wearing anoraks.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ga! No Rak's chutney left so I'll have to resort to using the shop-bought stuff.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ought stuff-and-nonsense be classified as Not Quite Polite?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I tempered my reply with the milk of human tolerance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ran Cedric off the premises before breakfast, most satisfying!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Yin goes with yang like peanut butter goes with jelly.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Lychee jam is rather an acquired taste.
Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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"Ta, Stevie!" Mick Fleetwood said, after Ms. Nicks laid down another sterling vocal track.
Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on
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Acknowledgement of differences in musical styles can alleviate many arguments over genre.
Posted by latecomer (# 8966) on
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Gen. Redwood ordered his forces to attack with all force
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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For cedar trees to thrive they need water and sunshine.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I never allow the cat to sleep on the bed.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Bedside table are very useful for keeping a lamp on.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ponds should be avoided by this doctor and the next.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Then extra-terrestrial beings should restrict themselves to their own planet and not think of invading ours.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Ding our sensational new doorbell to be let in
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tingling fingers and toes are often a first sign of frostbite.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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It even means that you may have fallen in love.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Overbreathing can also cause it
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Use it with care, though, or you may live to regret it.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Egret itineries include wading looking for food and flying south for winter
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Interminably long sermons are likely to send me to sleep.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Lee pretends to understand the rules of this game but rarely gets it right.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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This must count as a fairly poor attempt, I'm grateful there are no scores!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Reno's core stability is questionable, but not as questionable as the tenuous links some people make on this thread.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Reading the rules again I note that my last attempt didn't count as I only ovrelapped 1 letter, I am sorry I'm not very good at this ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Sometimes an overlap of only one letter is all that is humanly possible and you should ignore the teasings of flippered folk in such cases.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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As essential as ignoring teasing may be, it is normally considered foolish to ignore the wisdom of folk with flippers.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Personally I find that very reassuring, thank you both, I shall relax and carry on!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Yonder peasant who is he, where and what his dwelling?" is a lyric which doesn't really seem to have much to do with Christmas.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Master that peasant is an angel not an Angle.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tan angle-poise lamps were probably very fashionable in Seventies decor.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Seven ties decorated his neck, with the judicious use of starch, number 8 wire and tie pins he arranged them like beams of light radiating from his head.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Is he a dandy, though?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ought you to be asking that question?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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You, Tobe, as King - that quest I only revealed to you and none other, is one you are divinely appointed to pursue as Toby Esterhase XIV of Syldavia.
[ 13. January 2014, 06:02: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Via media, the middle way - for fence-sitters or non-extremists?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mist seems quite common in the mornings.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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In G, Schubert's Mass is rather fun for the choir.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Echo I really think is an effect to be used sparingly.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Ring lyricist before publicist should be the golden rule of many popular music composers.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Posers can be found in choirs but can be a source of amusement for others
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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O rot! her self-aggrandizement - whether in a choir or without - is completely devoid of humour.
[ 13. January 2014, 21:16: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hum our theme tune in the key of F sharp major or not at all, as I cannot bear your tuneless and out-of-key drone.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ronettes" was the name of a singing group that had lots of hits in the Sixties.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Six ties are required for any man and six hats for any woman representing her majesty.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A jest, you say - fie on your jest, varlet!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Var, let us recall, is a rather pretty département in Southern France close to Italy.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Lettuce: a complete waste of chewing power!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Pow! 'er post came almost at the same time as mine, but I pipped 'er to it.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Der! To itch means to scratch!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ratchet up the power a bit on the left bank of speakers, they can hardly hear it at the other end of the village!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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The Villa Geriatrique is starting to look very good to me, especially the well-stocked 'refreshment' cabinet in each apartment.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Tine, a chap, art, mental brilliance: a fair summary of Salvador Dali and some of his lesser-known paintings featuring floppy forks.
Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on
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"Part Men!" the film poster exclaimed. "Part Bees!" it continued. "All Civil Servants!".
[ 14. January 2014, 13:39: Message edited by: Sherwood ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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[Going with Eutychus as he was first]
Kshatriya are the warrior or kingly class in the ancient Hindu social order and second only to the Brahmins, the priestly class.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Lassitude is the last attitude we expect from lapdogs.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Dogsledding always looks enormous fun, but difficult to accomplish with 4 Yorkshire terriers and a tea tray.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ate at Ray's house the other day - his chicken Fricassee is beyond compare.
Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on
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Are his veggies equally good or does he serve it with rice?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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WI thrice lobbied for ladies' loos in the village centre before the misogynistic council grudgingly acquiesced.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Cede all your possessions to me as I am victorious in this thread and therefore have obtained mastery over all.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Er, all things considered: no.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Red? No, I think I'd prefer the green.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"Oi thin kid! Pre-fert*!" He, green, sickly and weak as he is, can't manage a proper fart, or even a fert, so needs to be encouraged to do a pre-fert!
*(second definition)
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Fer tea I'm trying to decide if I'd prefer the Victoria sandwich or the fruit cake.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A key-lime pie may be a tasty substitute.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Sub St., it - uterine style - is entirely enclosed by the new housing estate, under which part of it runs, hence the name of this conveniently constructed mostly underground thoroughfare.
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on
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Rough 'fa' relieved by gentle 'so' next sung.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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[gah, Hart!]
[ 15. January 2014, 19:25: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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So, Next's Ungoliant sets out to be the new Shelob of the high street retail clothing scene: bad news for arachnophobes.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hob espied an especially good deal on vintage chapeaus at the Rose Bowl swap meet.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Owls WAP meetup RFC is a successor to RFC 1149 (on encapsulation of IP datagrams in avian carriers) to be released on April first.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Firs topple when brisk winds from the east doth blow strongly; such wimpish trees, so jejune.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Unedited posts are fine when they contain no grammatical errors.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Er, Rorschach blots can be difficult to decipher.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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"De CIP", her boss explained, "was an attempt during de mid-1990s to define a protocol for exchanging index information between directory services dat also led to several RFCs."
[in homage to Net Spinster: IP over avian carriers rocks and so do you!]
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Everal RFC's hooker and club captain was one of the dirtiest to have played for that club in its long, inglorious, history.
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on
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His tor year-long blooms with glorious shrubbery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rubbery cold toast is one of the most disgusting things known to man, or woman.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Woma Northern Territory pythons live in the desert and feed on Spiny Tailed monitors.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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It (ORSCA) is the acronym for the Ontario Round Arm Softball Cricket Association, as I have just learned.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Lear, Ned (or Edmund), Cordelia, and others are characters in that Shakespeare play featuring a blasted heath.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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As Ted Heath used to say, "I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tics and mites can be a real nuisance!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Is ancestry an important factor in human intelligence, or is it more a result of nurture?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ure, Cann, Cross and Currie: Ultravox (not forgetting original frontman John Foxx).
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Oxymorons such as 'O heavy lightness' decorate Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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"Et tu, Brute?" is also a Shakespearian line, and not a lyric sung by original Ultravox frontman, John Foxx
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ox X-rays are performed only by specially trained vets due to the high mortality rate (of the vets not the oxen).
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Ox enjoy almost everything except pulling carts and having people make soup out of their tails.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Ailsa always did enjoy a good session of Strip The Willow
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on
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Will owls maintain their sagacity?
Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on
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Saga City, Japan is in the southern end of the country and known for its balloon festival.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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STI? Val! What have you been up to?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Uptown Girl was a hit back in 1983 for Billy Joel.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Bill? Y. Joe liked to tick items off his electronic to-do list, although inserting the 'Yes' against the heating bill rip-off was a rather cold comfort ('scuse the pun!).
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Set "Hep unplugged" on the synthesizer, and let's go, shipmates!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hip mat, especially the fluffy version, is very pretty but not particularly practical.
Posted by Pooks (# 11425) on
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'Act!' I called out to those wannabe hamsters with ever increasing exasperation.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rat - I only mention it in passing but the word you were looking for was not "hamster", it was "rat".
[blatant abuse of the hostly editing privilege to avoid anyone noticing I had totally mucked up my last attempt on this thread]
[ 17. January 2014, 18:12: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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'Twas rather bright earlier, regardless of what today's weather forecast foretold.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ore', told the miner to the newcomer, 'is whar' the gold comes from. It's what we're a lookin' fer'.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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'Ere! a loo, kin: fertiliser source, so we need to get the 'ole family emptyin' it for manure!
[ 17. January 2014, 20:18: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Pooks (# 11425) on
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Man! Ur evidently was the place for dead royals to get robbed.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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'O get robbed then!', I cried impatiently as he left the front door unlocked again!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ed, a gainfully-employed young man, was considered a good marriage prospect.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Pectoral muscles like cast iron were among Ed's assets.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Sass ETs and face the consequences.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ace! the con sequence saw the audience glued to their seats, and Catch me if you can was a box-office success.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Cessation of this game will occur when someone posts a sentence which cannot be followed, although the likelihood of that when Eutychus is around is zilch!
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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ZiL chose to major on truck and heavy equipment but also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses, armored fighting vehicles, and aerosani.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Aero's a nice chocolate bar if you like your chocolate with bubbles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bubbles was my favourite character in Ab Fab, with the exception, perhaps, of June Whitfield as Gran.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"New hit! Field!" As G ran madly from marker to marker, the cry went out to find the ball.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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"In D!" The ball isn't in sectors A, B or C.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Insect or Sabor? Clearly it was difficult to know which creature had inflicted the wound on Tarzan while he slept.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ptarmigan, more likely, in my view; or an oryx.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Or y=x wrote the professor at the bottom of the blackboard in chalk.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Inch alkaline solutions forwards and acidic ones back slightly on the lab bench.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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A.B. Ben chose the Navy over the Army because of the smarter uniform.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Run if ormolu is being made to avoid inhaling the poisonous fumes.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"F*** U!" Messages and other forms of communication were generally curt and to the point from Eric, the angry employee; this particular one being directed at his long-suffering boss.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ring Bo's sister Daisy and see if she's serving at the diner tonight, will you?
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Will your circussy host notice that she has posted the same sentence twice?
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Twi census indicates most speakers are in Ghana.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Hana Mandlikova was a celebrated tennis-player from Czechoslovakia.
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on
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A kia soul, I learnt from google, is commonly reputed to be a "girly car."
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Girl = y, career = x : these are the two axes; now let us plot the curve to see if there is a relationship between employment remuneration and dating success.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Cesspit employees rarely make good suitors, although the ones that wash after work generally fare better.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Are bet terminators watching the quiz thread to ensure that people don't continue gambling beyond the end of the month?
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Them on this thread - what are they doing?
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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O in good time, Urfshyne, you will discover the answer to that and many more mysterious Shippy questions.
[ 19. January 2014, 15:29: Message edited by: Barnabas62 ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hey! Do (in general terms) nothing and just watch and you may soon find out.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Outstanding, Smudgie, for I wuz fust, just, but you wuz better so I think your link has the con.
[ 19. January 2014, 15:33: Message edited by: Barnabas62 ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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He considered the options but decided that discretion was the better part of valour.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Our hosts are so kindly and considerate of each other that they keep tripping over each others' shoes.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Her "ssh" oesophegal remonstration came out much more loudly than she had anticipated, causing several heads to turn.
[ 19. January 2014, 20:09: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Tot urns were the new device from Acme corporation for making Mom's favorite tater tot surprise special.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Especial care should be taken whilst chopping vegetables with a sharp knife, as blood does not season soup.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sea's on, so up we go to the deck for a bit of fresh air.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hair-raising stories are all very well, but a little unfair on those who are already nearly bald.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Aldous Huxley, though not exactly hair-raising, wrote some decent stories.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ori, essentially, is one of the dwarves in Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Bit of bread, bit of cheese, glass of wine and there you have a perfect lunch!
[ 20. January 2014, 09:23: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Uncharitable thoughts plague me some days.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"So me day started orf alright, but I ended up in 'orspital" said the cockney dejectedly.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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'Ockney'd ejected Lymeswold from one of his rare foodie still-lifes, because he didn't like the aroma.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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A Roma problem is brewing, many say; others think we should have more sympathy.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pa, thy toe's on fire as thou'rt sitting too close to the 'earth.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Lose tot he 'ear that again from his partner in the burglary as the alarm rang out; he regretted once more promising his mom to take care of his baby brother for a few hours.
[ 20. January 2014, 17:39: Message edited by: Net Spinster ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Our sweet dear host must be feeling rather pleased that today is 'Penguin Awareness Day'.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Aye! 'tis indeed.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Yetis in! Dee declared, and the abominable snowmen slowly and rather morosely entered their hutch.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Hut changes direction while standing on chicken legs in the tale of Baba Yaga.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Of Ba, Bay again gossipped after Bay Area [ish, this is as viewed from France, you understand] resident Streisand unintentionally created the eponymous effect.
[ 20. January 2014, 19:30: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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US effect makes all visitors say 'Howdy' to everyone they meet.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Hey! Meet me in the bar after work and we'll have a few jars.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Arsenic is maybe not the most hospitable of drinks to offer your guests.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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tsetse flies will ensure your guests sleep well after their favorite tipple.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Pleasure is taken by sadists in causing pain, whilst the receiving of it is enjoyed by masochists, according to Freud.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Eudora is a reasonable alternative email client if you don't want to use Microsoft Outlook.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Ookpik is an Inuit word for a toy resembling a snowy owl.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Now yowling, now barking in the dimming light; "Children of the Night, what music they make".
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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"Ma, kettle on!" he said, and she scurried to do his bidding.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dingos are disliked for their predation of domestic herds and liked for their predation of pests like rabbits and rats.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Drats the MW muttered as the priest started the second hour of her fifth sermon on Numbers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Umber, Sienna, etc are all shades of colour used by painters.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Terse comments are best.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Ain't 'er shoes lovely?" said Lorraine Chase as a model staggered down the catwalk at the Jimmy Choo show.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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How delightful it is to sit here of a morning and read your eloquent ramblings over a leisurely breakfast.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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As tedious as watching paint dry, I expect you mean.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You mean cetacean! Perhaps my ramblings go well with corn-flakes.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Lakeside camping spots are lovely provided you can cope with the mosquitoes.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Mosqui toes is an unfortunate affliction besetting those who spend too much time in religious buildings.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Build Ingsoc, and Orwell may spin in his grave - if he is not revolving already.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Re: adynamic muscles. Should be brought back to strength gradually with massage and physiotherapy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her APY was higher if she left her money where it was, than if she invested it in a bond.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I nab, on doing the more difficult of sentences, a dictionary to assist me with word finding and a few more letters which people generally don't notice I've added.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Deducting letters from the previous sentence is just as wrong as adding them.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hem and haw all you want, and make excuses too, but I notice you all cheating, oh yes, I really do!
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ally down! yelled a ship troll when Rook and Comet tossed his companion in rule breaking into the depthless abyss.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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By SS Great Eastern's launching chains, Isambard Kingdom Brunel looks quite diminutive in this iconic photo.
[ 23. January 2014, 05:18: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Hot octopus soup is a delicious specialty to eat in the Kerkennah Islands of Tunisia.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Is I awfully suspicious that Smudgie only got herself chosen as a Circus host in order to bring back the Esteemed Game of Everlasting Sentences, thus causing all other hosts to self-destruct and spontaneously combust - oh no, of course not!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Our Senots commune here in France may have a population of only 300, but it has come in mighty useful at this point.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Po, in this context, is a river in Italy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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... in it, a lyre would eventually sink.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ally sin knowingly with moral wrongdoing.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Do ingrates have their ingratitude ingrained from conception?
[ 23. January 2014, 15:03: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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I, on the other hand, wonder if an attitude of gratitude is learned or innate.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lear: Ned, Orin, Nat, Elly and Fred all played in the orchestra.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Stradivari is thought to have made the finest ever violins, cellos and other stringed instruments, though this claim is disputed by some of the cognescenti.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Scent is a needed accompaniment to tasty food.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tot, a sty foodstuff is meant for the pigs, not for toddlers, so please stop eating the swill.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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ES will eventually founder: either at the eschaton or when somebody posts a sentence with an impossibly difficult last word - like larynx.
[does being unable to spell "eschaton" mean you get to miss it?]
[ 24. January 2014, 05:51: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"y" 'n' "x" come fairly close to the end of the alphabet,
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Alpha, beta, n' gamma come somewhere near the beginning of the Greek one...
[ 24. January 2014, 05:59: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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O, needless to say, Euty sneaks in and shows off his classical education.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ducati, on the other hand, is I believe something to do with motorbikes, but those are below my station.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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St. at ion bonding lecture, became distinctly less saintly when boredom induced him to yawn.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Toy awnings are what all the fashionable doll's houses have these days.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Shavet, hesed... ay, some Hebrew words are easier to translate than others.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another's problems always seem smaller than my own.
Posted by latecomer (# 8966) on
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"yow never send me flowers any more" said the man from the Black Country
Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on
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"Black Count Ryan Smith just doesn't sound right," he said to himself; "I may need to change my name to Ryano Nightstalk."
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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No nights talking until sunrise is a good policy for ensuring one is not tired in the morning.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Red in the morning, shepherd's warning--an old adage about the sky.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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'He's Kylie's boyfriend', explained her sister, when the family were shocked to see a strange man in the room.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Oompa-Loompas, however, were a common sight there, during their breaks from the nearby chocolate factory.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Actor Yul Brynner made creative use of being follicly challenged.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Len, Ged acknowledged, was the unlikeliest truename for a dragon that he had encountered anywhere in Earthsea.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rein Earth's eager industrialists in before all our beautiful countryside disappears under concrete.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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On Crete many tourists wear a big hat and factor fifty.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Actor F, if tying a knot, would always end up tying his finger too.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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In Ger. to 'O', it is required to follow with obedience very closely the instruction manual.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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On Man U annuals you'll often see the photograph of their most famous striker about to kick the ball.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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All true - but is it also true of Man U alarms?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rue of manual arms, regret of hand-operated weapons, sorrow of small guns and knives; some people really don't understand how inanimate objects are still vulnerable to feelings of guilt.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Guil TripAdvisor guest reviews are so glowing, you wonder whether the establishment isn't radioactive.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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O, ACT! I've had it with your dithering.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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The Ring Cycle is popular with keen Wagnerians however I have never listened to it myself.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Elf'n'Safety would probably advise you to wear earplugs if you plan to turn up the music too loud.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Them, us, I: c-tool OU designates as suitable learning interface to support all.
Posted by DangerousDeacon (# 10582) on
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To sup port all night would be fine; but better to drink beer in a warm clime.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Lime or lemon with your beer?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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On withy our bee rests a while before returning to the hive.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Heh, I've found a twenty in an old jeans pocket!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Spock et al were popular in Star Trek.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Start rekeying the locks, was what the police said after the burglary.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Larynx by larynx Hippocrates checked the men before the Dionysia competitions.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Petitions demanding this, that or the other are sometimes handed in to Government offices.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Toff ices usually include a chocolate sauce or some fresh fruit, and a price quite exorbitant.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Orbitan the spacecraft is one of the many topics of conversation among Trekkies.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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I espy a little creative licence in that sentence; but that's ok.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Sokudu, isn't that the game where you have to get all the numbers into a grid?" asked the dyslexic.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Lex Icilia gave land to plebians on the Aventine - or so we are told by Wikipedia.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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I kip, e-diagram shows what in.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ha! Tinfoil hats are not needed by ship crew but may be ordered by ship passengers.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Gershwin's tunes are often very catchy.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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At Chynna Phillips' birth, her parents John and Michelle were most likely very proud.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pro-udder groups are pressurising people to drink their milk straight from the cow.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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O witty one - I was considering starting with "pro-udder" too, but had no idea how such a sentence might go on.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Goon Show fans always have a soft spot for Eccles
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pot for eccle should cause him to fall out of his tree, and is likely to affect his wood pecking capabilities.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ties are apparently no longer necessary when politicians are being interviewed.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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View wedgies please from the point of view of those wedged.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Edged out of that one but I did notice the extra w.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ex-trawler finally sank off the coast of Wales, near Aberystwyth.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Wythenshawe, Manchester, the 2nd biggest council estate in the UK
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Heuks were used to hang the coats on in Scottish homes.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Homesteading was the option the latest religious splinter group decided upon to secure their purity; unfortunately they decided to do it in Nunavut.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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A.V. utilities of the free and open-source variety include Audacity, Avidemux, and the Linux-only program Transmageddon.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Ma, gedd'on the wagon quick before them raiders hit town," cried the hamming actor in the spaghetti western I was watching last night.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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GLAST nightly orbits the earth - several times - but is now better known as the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
[ 28. January 2014, 12:07: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Le Scope" is not how you say "mouthwash" in French.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Fr. Enchilada was the butt of endless jokes at the monastery.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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As Terylene is terribly out of fashion these days, I suggest you stick to denim.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Toden I'm waiting for the chance to experience your streetcar network in Tokyo.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Yo-Yo Ma is an amazing musician.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Zing music, Ian felt, would one day come to be right up there with hip-hop.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hi pH operative, what are your readings today?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tod, aye, your request for shore leave has been approved.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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As bee nap proved to be profitable in honey production, it was encouraged by playing soft music into the hive at nap time and wafting them with essence of lavender as they snooze.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hey, Snoo! Zebra wants to play with you!
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Withy outhouses were popular in summer but less so when the winter arrived.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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I've decided to have another serving of spaghetti.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Hettie" was engraved on a wine-glass given to my mother by someone who didn't know that she spelled her name "Hetty".
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Meh," Etty said, clearly unimpressed with the situation.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ionising radiation is insurance policy-speak for a really bad day.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Add aye-ayes was the zoo owner's order, not realizing they were nocturnal.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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ENOC, turn alfalfa into oil and you'll be laughing all the way.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Hew a yam if you wish, but please do so extremely cautiously.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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IOU slyly slid through letterbox and caught me unawares - I thought I'd paid that debt years ago.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Ear Sago is a punishment often meted out to bad bakers by the Pudding Mafia.
Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on
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"Ding Ma", Fi announced to the gathered bell-ringers.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Ring erstwhile friends' necks", he said, cackling with revengeful malice, "and I'll stand ready with this cutlass to administer the coup de grace.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Acerbic comments don't always cut the mustard.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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He must, arduous though it is, dig right down at least six feet deep if he is planning to bury me there.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ethereal music plays, with a mystic rhythm.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hyth means 'landing place' and is used in some place names, e.g. Hythe, Kent.
[ 31. January 2014, 18:32: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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He kent spel prapur, but I intend to teach him.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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To teach himself French, he started frequenting the best restaurants and learning from the menus.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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He-men, us, the students grunted before going on camera and unaware they were on University Challenge.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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All Engels' writings can be seen as seminal to Marxism.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I smack my children daily just in case they have a naughty thought.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ugh," Ty thought, "six more inches of snow overnight. "
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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SoF snow over-nighties began selling like hotcakes once the colder weather arrived.
[ 01. February 2014, 15:56: Message edited by: Chorister ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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(just wondering what an SoF snow over-nightie might look like, and came across this!)
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Rived the package open, and discovered several rotten bananas and a mango.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Sand - a man golfing abhors the stuff.
Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on
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He's tuff when wearing a ruff.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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[tangent]
I used to know a chorister whose nickname was Fluff (I can't remember why). When the choristers got ruffs to go under their cassock-collars, he became Fluff in a Ruff. He wasn't very pleased about this, and so became Fluff in a Ruff in a Huff.
[/tangent OFF]
Back to the game:
Wearing a ruffly shirt was high-fashion in the early nineteen-eighties.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Neigh" ties became popular with those pretending to be of the horsey set despite being immured in the Gherkin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Er, Kindle? No thanks I'd rather have a proper book.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Bookies are going to make a killing tomorrow on a little contest in New Jersey.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Jersey milk has quite a high fat content and the cream from the top of the milk goes rather well on cornflakes dusted with sugar, particularly if it's Demerara.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'De mer', Arabella, is 'of the sea', a la Francais.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Franc a is a French coin, franc b Belgian, but neither remain legal tender.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Gal, tender, seeks chap, kind-hearted, with a view to gentle romance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ten dermatologists out of ten agree: teenagers are likely to get acne.
(X-post)
[ 03. February 2014, 02:23: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ance, in the Pyrenees, is not in NE France.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Frances Chesterton wrote the words of the carol Here is the little door, music by Howells.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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How ells were used in medieval times was to measure clothing, although the word actually means arm.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Armies belong up your sleevies, as all 8 year old jokers know.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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"Ok, Ersk, now keep your hair on!" the friends of Irascible Erskine, an irritable Scot, used to plead.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Top leaders meet at summits such as the G8.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ed to plea dimwittedness in his trial for trying to bullfight cars on the A11.
Cross posted x
[ 04. February 2014, 10:03: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by DangerousDeacon (# 10582) on
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The G8 or the A11 - both roads lead to hell.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Llantwit Major is another possible destination - or is it the same location?
[ 04. February 2014, 10:13: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Gill H (# 68) on
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O no, definitely not - unless you are trying to get there by public transport during engineering works.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ring Engineering Works for assistance if your heating boiler breaks down.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Reaks*, Dow negative movement and other forms of mischief and financial misfortune might prevent said Engineering Works from getting your poor boiler fixed.
(* first definition)
[ 05. February 2014, 11:15: Message edited by: EtymologicalEvangelical ]
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Oil er fix Ed", he said in his odd accent through his rotten teeth, having given the name "Ed" to his tractor.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Actors, in some cases, seem to be paid a ridiculously large sum of money for pretending to be someone else.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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On eel seminars, we rookie cardinals learn how to squirm effectively when faced with difficult newspaper reporters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Paper re: Porters will be re-submitted after it has been revised by the relevant committee.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Tee off at half past three on the golf course.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Our selfish ways may yet screw up the planet beyond repair.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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On drep (3), air time can be reduced if the files are zipped up first.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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First: read sentence very carefully for comprehension; I was puzzled, since I was convinced that the previous one said "...flies are zipped up first".
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Firs taller than a skyscraper can be found in these woods!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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"Sew Oods first before attempting a Dalek" states the step-by-step Dr Who Craft Book
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Ook", said the librarian before filing that book where it would never be found.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Underground, overground, wombling free, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we.
Posted by mdijon (# 8520) on
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Arwen said: "A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond"
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ron didn't like Tolkien.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I endure your inane posts but only because I have to read them as penance for hosting the circus board.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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O! Ar! Dum de-dum de-dum de-dum, dum de-dum de-dum dum... and so another episode of The Archers commenced.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Men, cede power and victory to the female of the species.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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I esteem that to be a totally redundant call.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Allowing for your lack of perspicuity, I concede that you may have difficulty understanding that precept.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Reception of it is impossible because it's already happened.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pen education should be reintroduced into all schools as the general populace are rapidly losing the ability to use a fountain pen and ink.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Dinky toys or Corgi toys, that was the childhood dilemma.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hood Di, Lem; make her wear something on her head before she freezes.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Zest grated into the mix is what makes my lemon loaf-cakes so lemony.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
First: read sentence very carefully for comprehension; I was puzzled, since I was convinced that the previous one said "...flies are zipped up first".
'Sole', Mony said, 'is the only fish for me.'
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Is H form entirely necessary for prison blocks?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Locks are essential for prisons, whatever else may be thought useful.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Beth ought' use fully charged batt'ries in 'er laptop 'stead of al'ays wantin' t' plug it in 'ere.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tine reconstruction isn't much attempted these days, people just buy new forks.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"F or K," said Smudgie, "Either letter would get me some good points on that triple word square," as she thrashed Kelly yet again at Scrabble.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Nat's "Crab blessing" ceremonies were a lesser-known Floridian alternative to the snake-handling common in tin chapels in the Appalachians.
[ 08. February 2014, 11:22: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pal, Achi answers are provided if you search on line for 'people of Guatemala'.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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G, u ate ma laptop! exclaimed the youngster (in text-speak) to his pet goat, known as G.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Own Asgard? I sure do", said Thor as he smote his hammer on the ground.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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He ground his own spices and his own coffee: he was a very good grocer.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"O 'ceratops! Thou art a beauteous tricorned beast!" reads the Shakespearean version of Jurassic Park.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Arkansas has some beautiful scenic wilderness.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Wild ernes settle there and raise their young annually.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ann U., all your eggs are in one basket.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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None bask eternally in glory, eventually there will be shame
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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I'll be's hame for Christmas he said in his already difficult dialect, made worse by his pissedness.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Amen, said the church wardens after hearing that the parish council would not be allocating money to fix the death trap of a lych gate; it had already done in two obnoxious tourists and most recently the bishop.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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He, bi-shopping casually with simultaneous disinterest on desktop and laptop, accidentally purchased a Lamborghini and the Complete Oxford Dictionary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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O, nary a days go by that I don't regret not accepting the Cardinal's offer to join him at the poker table.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"Hi Matt, .... hep...? OK. Er... tablets might help, do you think?..." And so Dave's phone conversation with his doctor continued on the crackly line, as he tried to come to terms with the devastating diagnosis of hepatitis.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He (Pat), it is said, drove snakes out of Ireland.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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To fire land for miles around, all it takes is a carelessly-dropped cigarette butt.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Butter on fresh, crusty bread and a hearty bowl of homemade soup makes for a good simple lunch.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Imp 'Lelu' 'n 'Chips' her dog had all kinds of adventures in the children's story I just thought up.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ugh! Tupperware! Don't answer the door, luv.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Luvvies always seem to greet one another with air-kisses.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Is "sesquicentennial" just a fancy way of saying one-hundred-fifty?
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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If tyranny is to prosper then all that is required is for good people to do nothing.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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Odo: No, thin goo it is not, as I have just discovered.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Cover Edward, before the shame of his nakedness is exposed like Noah's.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'O Ah!' said the Cornish farmer, 'Ma carrots a git the neck-rot 'n all'.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Na, Llanelli's not hard to spell, once you get the hang of it.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Go fit the house of bishops with formal vestments (even the most low church) plus wellies as we are putting them on the front line to rebuke the rising waters", the government minister ordered.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Red wine is the very thing to drink with a nice steak or a bowl of chilli.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Of chilled illicit lychee cheese, much could be tongue-twistingly said.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ack!
That should read
Of chill illicit lychee cheese, much could be tongue-twistingly said.
[ 11. February 2014, 18:59: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Tingly's Aid is a preparation specifically designed to relieve the affliction known as 'Pins and Needles'.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Asp in sand need less help with making castles than with preventing sunburn whilst on their summer hols.
[ 11. February 2014, 21:01: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley) are known for their questionable behavior.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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VI, or "six" as it is generally written today, is the number immediately after V.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Terv" (n) is the Hungarian for "plan": thus begins lesson 1 of Hungarian for Dummies.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Umm, I especially lurv Hungarian but I'm a bit hazy about the sujunctive...
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I've no idea what a junctive is, Su.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Issues, much?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Chav" as a term is more than somewhat derogatory.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Rogatory' is usually used with the word 'letter' in legal terminology, as an adjective.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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I've no idea about legal terms, but seeing the word 'Rogatory' makes me think about upending small choirboys on boundary stones.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Aryst, one suspects, might be a fictional grammar component akin to the junctive mentioned upthread.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"I O Ned, up Threadneedle St., a fiver"; thus I wrote as a reminder on my phone, being concerned my good Londoner friend is not out of pocket for too long.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Oolong tea was served with almond cookies, following large servings of Moo Shu Pork and Sweet and Sour Chicken.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Our chic Kendra Hughes, stylist extraordinaire, assembled the perfect red carpet attire for the occasion.
[ 13. February 2014, 04:28: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I only asked!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ask Ed!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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'E'd 'ave no idea!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I deal with plenty of people who love to give me difficulty.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tyburn in London, in medieval times, was a place of public execution.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Ionizing air has been shown to reduce the incidence of air-borne infections, but the darn things can be noisy.
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on
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Eno is your best composer of ambient music.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sickly Susie sews shirts at shows.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Ow", she said, after she fell feet over tea kettle, though she felt like uttering something much more profane.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Repro fan" exists as a means of drying wet inks in the printing industry.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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'indus try 'itchin lifts to 'alifax.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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To Ali fax the itinerary of this ship's tour of the Persian Gulf.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Per Sian G, "Ulfstan" is what we French call Wulfstan.
[ 14. February 2014, 06:48: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Stan is a shortened version of the name 'Stanley'. To me, both sound a little old-fashioned.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on editing other people's work, often stood perplexed at some of their use of language.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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N-guage trains are very popular among model railway ensuthiasts.
[sorry, couldn't resist!]
[ 14. February 2014, 14:37: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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St.'s Peter and Paul had a habit of flying off the wall when given anything challenging to think about!
Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on
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Ink a bout for me, just draw a set of pictures with boxers going at it, please.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A tit plea: several new nesting boxes needed, sheltered positions preferred.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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"Refer red, but observe green" said the triage nurse to the student.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Stud entry in the cattle competition entails shampooing, blow drying the bull, among other less mentionable things involving reproductive fitness, and then having the animal inspected and judged.
[ 14. February 2014, 18:58: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Geddit? Geddit? No? Oh never mind!....
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Vermin do not infest this ship due to the constant patrol of the officers; however, some of the crew can be difficult.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fi! Cult status is easier to achieve than you would conceptualise.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Alise might be an alternative spelling of Alice, or alternatively an alternative spelling of Elise.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Eli severed the cheese with a single strike of his sword.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Hiss words are usually given to the villains much to the dismay of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Squamates.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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A ma tested her daughter's spelling and was shocked to find she couldn't spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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[Barnabas, you are evil. ]
Doc, I ousted all the fatty foods from my diet, so tell me I've improved my cholesterol!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lest 'er old car wouldn't start, she always carried a set of jump-leads.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Plead something other than reasonable doubt for a change, all you TV series defense lawyers.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Aw, yer sing right nice, m'lad!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Adders are beautiful snakes, but deadly.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
:
"Dead? Lychgate is down that lane and turn right just before the bridge, watch out for the odd hole", said the boy to the lost funeral procession; he failed to mention the nettles, the nest of adders, the perpetual fog, and that the church itself was no longer there due to cliff erosion.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Cliff, eros is only one aspect of love, so consider philios and agape as components of a life of chastity.
[ 17. February 2014, 00:25: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tying one's shoe-laces was a skill learned in infant school.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Hooligans abound, alas, in many places and parishes.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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She's grounded, that hooliganess, but she can't wait to get back to her shenanigans.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Gansey is an Orkney dialect word for a thick, chunky sweater.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
:
We ate really well, and then drank ourselves in a stupor.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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'Up or Down? That is the question', said Jack to Jill as the hill got steeper and steeper.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Tee? Personally, no, I prefer to just whack it as hard as I can manage!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Man, aged 33, is arrested for manslaughter after a fight outside a local bar, the Kegger.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Egg, er, omelette ," stammered the famished diner to the waitress.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
"Ai! Tres magnifique!" exclaimed my French teacher when I scored a perfect A on the exam.
[ 17. February 2014, 23:26: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ex-Americans include Bobby Fischer, who died Icelandic.
[ 18. February 2014, 05:02: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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And Icarus also died, as a result of an unwise move when flying too high for his own safety.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Sown safe,' Tyler said, 'from those pesky birds,' as he erected netting around and over the seeded site.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
:
Sit entirely on your own if you wish and no one on this silent retreat will interrupt your attempts to listen for the still small voice of calm.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
EOF? Calm yourself it simply means end-of-file. Simples!
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Imp! Lespedezas are shrubby plants, they have nothing to do with what you think they have to do with!
[edit, remove quote!]
[ 18. February 2014, 19:40: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Odo wit has very few examples in Star Trek Deep Space Nine because it is hard to find life humorous if you are in constant danger of returning to a gelatinous state.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
:
Tate has a picture it compares to the Ship of Fools so which crew members are depicted?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
"I C," Ted corrected her gently, "not I S, if you mean practice as a noun rather than a verb."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Erbs can be grown in the garden, and used to enhance your omelettes.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"You! Rome? Let testing of your vocation commence if you really feel called to cross the Tiber."
[ 19. February 2014, 13:03: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Et Iber maniturus est in Iberia?" you say? Your Latin is impressive, but I'm not even Spanish!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Evens, Pan is Hot' read the board at the race meeting showing the bookies' odds.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Sodd soup is a Norwegian delicacy.
A bit like a sloppy hot-pot, its made with mutton, vegetables and dumplings and is excellent for keeping the dank chill of winter at bay.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Aylsham is a historic market town on the River Bure in north Norfolk, and a very pleasant place to live.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I've made a habit of making flakes all year long at Snowdays™.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Now, days could go by while I figure out what to do with the tiny "TM" at the end of the last sentence. So I am ignoring it.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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No ring, I told you the 'phone didn't work!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tworking is that nasty thing that Miley Cyrus did at the VMA Awards show, right?
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ow! - right I'm cutting those nettles back straight away, before they can sting me any more!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Meany Mo' repeated the little boy, substituting the meany for miny as he pointed at his toes.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Is toe swelling a sign of gout? Best cut back on the brandy and foie gras.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Grasshoppers, like ants, tortoises, and hares are supposedly favorite beasts of philosophers; however, unicorns outnumber them by appearing thirty-nine times in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Phil -- O, so physical -- could bench press 350 pounds.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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50 pound sterling at today's exchange rate is apparently worth 8,108.52 Angolan Kwanza.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"An' go lank wan Za Za Bazaar is involved" was the overheard comment on the bus that sent my mind wandering into frenzied speculation.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pecula, Tio named as his favourite anemonefish.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" was written by Dr Seuss.
Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on
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"Tenby Dr Se, US surgeon, originally from South Korea via Tennessee, saves man from drowning", so rang out the cumbersome headline of the Tenby Observer, celebrating a heroic act by one of the town's most celebrated residents.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Dents in your car would be a surprise of the most unpleasant variety.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Etymological sloppiness and grammatical inaccuracy are things up with which I would prefer not to put.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Fern, Otto, put down the bromeliad and pick up the fern!"
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ern and Eric were a famous comedy duo known as Morecombe and Wise.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Semaphores are highly useful for controlling rail traffic.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Raffi composed and performed many songs for children.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Child renting is pretty much discouraged these days.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Y's usually found after X in the English alphabet.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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PH abets determination of whether something is an acid or a base.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Abasement of Hosts is allowed (apart from Styx Hosts that is) only in the Styx.
[ 24. February 2014, 07:45: Message edited by: Barnabas62 ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hesty 'x' rated horror films according to his own 'sex and violence' criteria.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Rite riatas were not expected by the mystery worshipper, but, she noted that suitably blessed and used by the ushers they were very effective in keeping the congregation present to the end of the service.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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'Er vices were considerable, but they were more than outweighted by her virtues.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Races of any kind do not appeal to me, but marathons seem particularly vexing.
[ 24. February 2014, 18:53: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Xingu Black Beer is all the rage in Brazil.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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A zillion chances to start a sentence with the word 'bra', but it got no support.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Port is Scylla and starboard is Charybdis which way will this ship sail?
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Hiss - hips' ailments led to another surgical procedure for the unfortunate sufferer - boo!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Booster jabs are necessary for some inoculations to remain effective.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Raptor Eye:
Booster jabs are necessary for some inoculations to remain effective.
E.C.T. I've never had, but I've heard of it.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Do fit in a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, next time you are in London - it will be well worth your while.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ilexes can grow in churchyards and those at St. Ivo near the courthouse are particularly fine perhaps because of the many corrupt lawyers who disappeared in the vicinity.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I typically am in bed by now, but tonight I can't sleep,
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ant's Lee, please' said the traveller to the bus conductor.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Con, duct or piping or all three pondered the dishonest plumber.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Umber was a name in my paintbox which fascinated me, along with Burnt Sienna.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ah, but do you remember Colour Factor?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Actors, particularly Hollywood ones, should keep their noses out of the affairs of other countries.
[edited because of cross-post]
[edited again to say yes - I learned to count with those!]
[ 26. February 2014, 14:37: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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I especially liked the scarlet ones, and I have just created my very first Wikipedia redirect page to help future surfers find them on that website
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I tend to prefer counting on my fingers as they are less easy to lose.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Lo, see the trends in education and how they change, I fear these days counting is not done on digits or Cuisenaire rods, but on increasingly shiny calculators.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Lat or supraspinatus, I don't recall if the injury to the second muscle was worse for pain than the injury to the first.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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The fir still holds a prominent place in our woodlands, even though preference is given to replacing them with broadleaf as much as possible.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Sib," lesser-known term for a brother or sister, is sometimes seen on legal documents.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ents are characters in Lord of the Rings by Tolkien.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I enjoy eating out, as anyone who's a regular visitor to the British thread in All Saints will attest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At testing stations here they measure the various gases in an engine's exhaust.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Aust services (as Severn View used to be called) used to offer a nice view of the original Severn Bridge.
[ 27. February 2014, 06:59: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Ridgeback Blue" is a kind of Norwegian Parrot, now sadly extinct.
[ 27. February 2014, 07:17: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tincture is of temporary help with a raging toothache, but we have to face the dreaded dentist at some juncture.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Urea, meanwhile, is not as repugnant as one might expect.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
Urea, meanwhile, is not as repugnant as one might expect.
Pectorals are muscles which can be over-developed if illicit drugs are taken, such as steroids.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Assteroids are a bit like planets, but donkeys' light-years away.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Saw a yard off the end of that board so I can use it as a bookshelf.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Elf is a movie that some people like, but I thought it was insipid, vapid and inane.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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In anenomes you can often find bees collecting pollen.
[ 27. February 2014, 22:29: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Poll entanglement and vote fraud were said to have invalidated the election according to the observers.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Server, send my compliments to the chef!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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He fought bravely, but lost to the more powerful opponent.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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One NT PC is one too many -- we're up to Windows 8 now, don't you realize.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Urea", Liz eruditely stated, "contains Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon".
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Carbonated beverages can be bad for one's teeth.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rone's tee theatrically flew through the air and landed with the ball in the rough.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Her 'ought' and her 'must' was beginning to get on his nerves - he'd like to make his own decisions thank you very much.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Muchacho", the elderly lady at the hotel said, and, he realized his decision to come to La Mancha without knowing a word of Spanish (and without his wife who did) might not be the wisest in his life.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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If ever I get the chance to return to Iceland, I'll swim in the Blue Lagoon again.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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A goon aga in kitchens would be best sellers
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Er, same here, Piglet, but there is a much less touristy and cheaper version up in the north of the country that I've been to, but of which I can't remember the name.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Then a merry band of pirates sailed into port, like something out of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Liv'an let live' said the policeman, as he turned a blind eye to what was going on in the telephone box.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Hone boxing skills by watching re-runs of Rocky movies.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I especially liked the first Rocky film but never saw the sequels.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Quel Shampoo is just the ticket if you have cooties.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ties were an integral part of many school uniforms.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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i-forms was the new app guaranteed to appeal to the bureaucrats.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rats surely wouldn't desert a sinking Ship of Fools.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fool, sing a tune to entertain the King!
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ingenuity is required to keep the ship afloat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lo, at the midnight hour the carriage will turn back into a pumpkin!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pump kindred spirits full of caffeine and let them loose in a shopping centre and who knows what might happen...... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pump kindred spirits full of caffeine and let them loose in a shopping centre and who knows what might happen......
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Appen they'll post the same thing twice!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Iced coffee is a treat at the height of summer.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Summer pudding is also an estival delight.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Val, de light is shining in my eyes. Please turn off de torch!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fool, sing a tune to entertain the King!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In gaining a clue to that link I've been lacking.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Kings of England who died in battle include Richard III and Harald Godwinsson.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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God wins son a reprieve did not appear as a headline on the day after the sabbath in Jerusalem all those years ago.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Sago pudding was used as a threat in my primary school, as in, "if you don't eat up all your dinner you'll be made to eat sago pudding."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ding, ding, ding goes the bell on the bus - as the wheels on the bus are going round, round, round.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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under the spreading chestnut tree
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Reelin' an' a rockin', rollin' till the break of day' go the words of a Chuck Berry number still worth a playin'.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Yin and yang" is a whole keeping-things-in-balance-in-the-force-type affair.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Airthing will you find the ducks to shoot, beyond the bluff where lies the slough.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lough Neagh is a large lake in Northern Ireland.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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[tangent]
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
God wins son a reprieve ...
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
[/tangent]
Back to the game:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Lough Neagh is a large lake in Northern Ireland.
Re: landing at Edinburgh Airport from Orkney, you'll have a very long walk to the luggage carousel.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Carouse long and late and lose the best of the morning.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The morn in Guruvayur is filled with the music from the temple, or, in Malayalam, Kshaitram.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tram cars would be a feature of Edinburgh streets if the Scottish government would get its finger out.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Inger outraged everyone with his foul language, and crude mannerisms.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Is MS signed by Beethoven or one of his pupils?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pilsen, a city in the Czech Republic and home of Pilsner beer, is also the name of a Chicago neighborhood originally settled by Czech immigrants but now having a Spanish-speaking population.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ions are charged - but not in the sense of credit cards!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Card sharks are to be avoided unless you want to lose your money.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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One yawns when one is bored or sleepy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Pylons, for some strange reason, featured in a lot of my dad's holiday photographs.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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To graph ship thread length to hell heat produced yields random results.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tsetse flies spread diseases.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ease scabs off gently if you don't want to see blood.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Loo doors should be closed, not open, while you do your business.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Yo! Urbus in Essex is not a new Papal decree as might be wrongly guessed, but a metropolitan transport service in the Sarf East.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Ar! Feast your eyes on this 'ere bounty me hearties", cried Blackbeard.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Lack be arduous but surplus be overwhelming.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Helm in good shape' read the advert for the yacht.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Hey! Achtung!" shouted the Camp Commandant at the prisoners as they tried to make their escape.
PS Eutychus -
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Eire's Cape Barren Island doesn't exist. Ozzie's does.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Do especially tasty sausages and stuffed French toast sound good for an Easter brunch?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Run, children, or you'll be late for school!
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Oolichan fishing is the duty of shipmates who otherwise fail to be illuminating.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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To be ill, um, in a tingly sort of way, is rather unpleasant.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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As Anthony said to Cleo, "Nice brooch, or is that an asp you're holding?"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Old inglenook fireplaces create a homely atmosphere in country pubs.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Try pub sausage and mash, for a good value, tasty meal out.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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"Me! A lout? What gives you that idea, apart from the way I danced on the pool table with someone's pants on my head?"
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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He advised me not to do that, for fear of appearing uncouth.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ring Unc out here, where there's a strong enough signal.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Ugh! Sign always your servant," dictated the host and thought, "I hope they don't bring that brat".
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger - cross-post ... I'll try again:
That bra tickles - it's got lace on the under-wiring.
[ 12. March 2014, 13:02: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I ring in the New Year quietly these days.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ay! Say what you like about this Ship but she's still afloat!
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Till a floater has sank, one must keep flushing
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Lush in great distress!", slurred the second drunk, as they jointly staggered to the toilet, saw the above-mentioned floater, lost their cookies and puked.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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"Kedge the ship!" yelled the captain to Arnold when the ship was becalmed off Dover beach.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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"Do verb each noun whenever possible", urged the eccentric language teacher.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Each erica thrives and blooms beautifully, as long as the compost used is ericaceous.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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"Ace ousel" exclaimed Bill Oddie "these binoculars were worth every penny".
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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The very pen NY insurance salesman Lewis Waterman designed and patented in the 19th century was auctioned for over twenty thousand dollars.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thou, sand dollar, sea urchin extraordinaire, art a delight to the eye.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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He eyed the horizon and muttered "to hell with the fools sailing us into this typhoon".
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Typh? Hoon yonder had it and we caught it from him, that feckless ninnyhammer.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ham merging into my baked beans can have the effect of seriously marring my Full English.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Glish are fictional moist aliens.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Is Talien's former spelling and pronunciation better known to you?
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Toy outside!", ordered mother, rather disgusted with the dirt and mud tracked through the house by her daughter Sinbadette.
[ 15. March 2014, 18:45: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Et terra pax may be translated as "and in earth, peace", which is helpful to know at Christmas.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Christ masterminds was the name given to those students who had memorized all four of the gospels (KJV version).
[ 16. March 2014, 01:32: Message edited by: Net Spinster ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'He go Spelsberg' replied the German farmer's wife, in broken English.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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I'd read it as including the text in parentheses...
But I'll leave it in the same place:
Sioni Sais writes interesting threads on the Ship, but never in broken English.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I should certainly hope Sioni's English is better than that of a German farmer's wife - unless said German farmer had happened to marry a native English speaker.
ETA pedantry
[ 17. March 2014, 23:17: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A kernel of truth in that, Jonah!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Nah - I've met Germans who speak just as good English as I do.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I'd offer a snide remark about it reflecting on your standard of English, but I'm far too considerate.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ratels or honey badgers are missing among the ship's crew.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Hip screws will set off the metal detectors in airports and often cause the security people to offer you that scanner which shows you naked.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Kedarnath yathra or pilgrimage is a must do for certain types of devout Hindu.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"T' Hind Under T' Grey Sky" is a little known painting of a deer by an unknown Yorkshire artist.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Hire Art is the new in thing for those who want to change their wall display.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Splayed legged and arms outflung, some of the ship's passengers gathered what sun they could on the foredeck.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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For Ed Eckhart, ring 876543 after Evensong has finished.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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I shed therefore I garden.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ardent admirers of your posts scroll rapidly through the thread to find your words of wisdom.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Is domination the purpose of economics?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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No mics were used as their voices were so loud.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Solo udders are rather rare as most cows are milked in a group these days by machines.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Hines" is not the correct way to spell a popular brand of ketchup.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ketch upside-down! Call the lifeboat!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Heli, Febo, Atlas and Jurgen were the names of the members of the dreaded Hard Nut Gang.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Anglers on the ship prefer gourd eating worms when seeking whales.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ale seems to be a favourite beverage of many shippies.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger - cross-post with Wodders.
Hippies were a colourful feature of the nineteen-sixties.
[ 22. March 2014, 02:41: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Six ties worn at one time is probably a tad OTT!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A dotty tie, however, might look cheery for Springtime.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ring time, Dolores, I'm sick of serving these drunks."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Run, Ksenia, the hounds are after you.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Yo, Ugly!" is not a polite way to get someone's attention.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ionising air filters do not produce as much ozone as an actual ozone unit and so are safe enough, but they do not do as thorough a job as HEPA filter systems at cleaning a room's atmosphere.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pheremones might make one a bit horny.
Posted by W Hyatt (# 14250) on
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A bi-thorny plant would have thorns that grow in sets of two.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Soft women, foolish slaves, and generally inferior people were, according to the Roman writer Celsus, easily persuaded into Christianity, that abhorrent sect.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rent Section 8 housing if you're desparate for somewhere to live.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Where to live after retirement can be a dilemma for a lot of folks.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Folk songs played by Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention are among my favorites.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rites of Passage are being considered as possible ways to help teenagers to keep the faith.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hefa, I think, is a port in Israel.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tin is Raelyn's investment tip of the month.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hem on the docent costume is almost finished.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Is he done with the sewing?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"These wings don't fit" complained the child playing the part of Gabriel in the school nativity play.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Lay all the costumes out on the table over there and I'll sort them out in a minute" said the harassed wardrobe assistant.
[ 25. March 2014, 07:45: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Assist Ant to get back to the theatre where he is appearing with Dec," requested the Assistant Producer
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Rod Ucer got very annoyed that everyone kept spelling his surname 'Ulcer'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Certain people round here have very cute and appealing avatars.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Tar spread over the hull of the Ship keeps it nice and watertight.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tar seems to be a sticky substance. Doh!
Tights are useful to keep legs warm.
[ 25. March 2014, 17:57: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Arms are useful appendages", said Zaphod, "I am glad to have three".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Reef knots are very handy on a boat.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Nab oatcakes before Greedy Guts comes along, or they will be all gone!
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"One does love a traditional oatcake"' said the Queen.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Que?' Englishman Frank was out of his depth when trying to converse abroad.
Posted by Bean Sidhe (# 11823) on
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'Verse a bro' advised, in fraternally poetic spirit, 'If your brother's in too deep, he should maybe get some sleep'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Beget some sleepy offspring" said Father Sloth to his sons.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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To hiss on susurration being heard is somewhat superfluous.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Superflu ousts common 'flu in the seriousness stakes.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Ta Kes", said Neelix to the woman he thought was the love of his life as she left the starship Voyageur, which frankly we thought was a ridiculous plot device to get a new character with a large bosom.
[ 29. March 2014, 15:06: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"O! Someday, may we meet again, Kes?" Neelix wailed.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I led Mary through the meditation garden to the labyrinth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In theory, of a sort, all roads lead to Rome.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Om" excites the yoga afficianados, but bothers me with its pseudo-religiousity cum philosophy, particularly when they burn candles, bang gongs and chant in Sanskrit.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Rituals such as lighting candles, banging gongs and the like are used in a variety of contexts.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Con texts: don't send them while you're driving.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Red riving knives were used to separate the meat from the bones.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Onesimus is a key figure in Paul's letter to Philemon.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lemon (a slice of) is an essential element of a perfect GIN and tonic.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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On ice, lemon makes tonic and good gin taste too sweet; a proper connoisseur understands that the garnish is a lime.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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His alimentary appreciation seems to be in perfect working order.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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King ordered a gin and tonic with a slice of mango and suggested to detractors that they could bang a gong.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ban gag on God talk' read the headline on the flyer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fly Erimites - the airline for the travelling hermit!
Posted by alienfromzog (# 5327) on
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erm, it can be really difficult playing this game.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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American friends might spell words differently.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Rent lycra and other tears to clothing are just one of the hazards on the Tour de France
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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DEFRA 'n central government agencies of its ilk sometimes seem to have departed from what is happening on the ground when setting policy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Icy winds are still sweeping the Canadian tundra even at this time of year.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ears of corn, plucked from the fields as you walk, can be very tasty - but you do wonder how many chemicals your body is ingesting.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Singes tinge material with indelible marks and a nasty smell that is ingrained.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Rained yesterday, I'm sure, somewhere, but not here where, again, it snowed.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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No, Wednesday comes after Tuesday!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Daymares are not as often heard of as nightmares.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, vying with my brothers, managed to get the task done faster and more efficiently.
Posted by Bean Sidhe (# 11823) on
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Lycopene - tis enough to make you blush!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lush! That's enough wine for you!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yo, underlings - do my will or you die!
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Di embraced the role of fairy-tale princess.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Diets of seal blubber and fish, the former shot, the latter netted or hooked, are common among the Inuit.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Nuit Blanche is an all night art festival probably having nothing to do with Kipling's poem La Nuit Blanche except the sleeplessness.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Less Nessie souvenirs would bring down the kitsch level of the gift shops in a certain region of Scotland.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lands End is the furthest anyone can go West in this part of the world.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Or L.D. because they leave off the S frequently.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lyrics of some songs are far too sentimental for me.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Al formerly known as Princess Alexandria Richenda Matilda Amelia Debbie Alaska had come a long way since the overthrow of the Ruritanian monarchy and now worked in a used bookstore in Brighton.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Right on!" was a popular form of affirmation, back in the late sixties.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Six ties is probably more than the average bloke needs these days.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hesed, ay, sometimes spelled "chesed," is the Hebrew word for God's loving-kindness.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nessun Dorma was made popular by Pavarotti.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Rot! 'Tis the footie World Cup that made it popular.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Larboard is an old term for the port side of a ship, easily confused with starboard if yelled in high wind or during battle.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Battle-axe is not a polite word for an old woman, no matter how crabby she is.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mamacita:
Battle-axe is not a polite word for an old woman, no matter how crabby she is.
Byshe is the middle name of Shelley the poet, but mispelt.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Spelt flour is a popular alternative to wheat flour, especially for people with an allergy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gyroscopes are useful for keeping things in balance.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Lances were the main weapon of war at one time, though the difference between them and pikes may be subtle, once being for foot soldiers and the other mounted.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Her mount educated many previous riders, even those who couldn't manage to sit a rocking chair.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hair colourings are sometimes too bright and make people look weird.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Weir, dam, etc. all try to control the flow of water on a river.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I very much enjoy the early spring flowers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Low erstwhile companions from his ragged trouser days were discarded once he reached millionaire status.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Tat us? no, but maybe henna.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hen, naturally, laid an egg.
Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on
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Gregariousness in others is a joy to behold.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Joy, Tobe, hold on to what you've got!
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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You vego twit! of course its a vegetable, licorice.
[ 13. April 2014, 19:11: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rice is good with curry, especially Basmati.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A tick is good on your homework but bad on a sheep.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Heep, U: the 'umblest man you could wish to meet.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"...tome, etc", said the librarian finishing off a list of synonyms for "volume".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lumen, in biology, is a noun used for the inside space of an artery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Art? Er, yeah, I knows what I likes.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Til Ike's daughter began singing, the party had been enjoyable.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Joy able-handedly whisked away the table cloth while leaving intact the crockery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rocker? Yes, I suppose I was but it was a long time ago.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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A Golden Retriever can be an adorable dog.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A bled ogre is less problematic than one that still has its full compliment of life fluid.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Flu identified by aches and pains, coughs and sneezes and a high temperature sweeps through the population from time to time.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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I, me and myself are all self referent.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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'Refer ent to tree surgeon', Gandalf noted in his diary on noticing the blackspot.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lacks: potatoes, onions, and carrots, so it's off to the market!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Mar kettles, and you won't be able to make a cup of tea.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Team work is difficult to achieve thanks to certain individuals.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Dual are no longer acceptable ways of settling disputes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Put essentials in the bag first.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Utes, also called SUVs, are apparently waning in popularity as people choose to drive what they call crossovers, which are even worse gas guzzlers.
[ 18. April 2014, 04:02: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Lers mountain pass firs tingle the hands if brushed against them,' say I to conjoin two simultaneous posts.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Tsetse flies are a real pest, as they are disease carriers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, er, shunned the advances in as dignified a way as possible under the circumstances.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ancestral homes are all well and good, but only when ones forebears lived in a mansion rather than a hovel.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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O velociraptor, pray do not bite me.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Item eleven on my "to do" list is 'get plenty of sleep'.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Sleeping, he found them, when came he to the disciples ," reads the Maundy Thursday text from the Gospel according to Yoda.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Toy O'Day sailboats are good fun to play with in the bath.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Thin, the bat - he needs to put on some weight before hibernating.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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A tingly feeling sometimes arises in one's feet when one has knelt for too long.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fort OO long kept the boys amused as they pretended it was under siege.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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i.e. geraniums, daffodils, tulips and roses - all examples of flowers.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Lower salt intake is a good idea.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Did each of you have a good Easter?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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As terrific as it could have been, thank you, it was a wonderful Easter and very deep.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ryde epitomises the Isle of Wight.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Of wights, ghosts and spectres so little of substance is known.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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"Know Nothing" is still an apt political slogan.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Slog and sweat are part and parcel of hard physical jobs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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OBs is short for the medical practice of Obstetrics, in other words, doctors who deliver babies.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ab, I espy the tell-tale signs of envy.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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S o F envy is a malady suffered by those unable to participate in the shenanigans we indulge in aboard this vessel.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Selfies are to be found in abundance in the Gallery.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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All -er- young folks (interpret "young" as you like) seem to be obsessed with selfies, Tweets, downloads, and anything else electronic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elect Ron Ickenham to Congress!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ressort is a massive snake sculpture.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tureens are large bowls from which soup might be served.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Serve dinner please, I'm starving!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vinglish is Franglais for English wine commentary.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Men tar you and cover you in feathers if it is your stag night.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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"Ours, ta! G'night!" said the grinning couple, on winning the pot in the pub pool tournament.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Our name,' N. Trumpshaw said to his nephew, 'is like me, ancient.'
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I entered the room quietly, not wanting to draw attention to myself.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My self-indulgence has often got me into trouble.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bless your little cotton socks!
[ 01. May 2014, 05:39: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KS [Karposi's Sarcome] is often one of the presenting symptoms of HIV infection in western males.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ma, Les keeps hitting me!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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In GM endives, couldn't they modify out the bitter flavour?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Our Michael graduated as valedictorian from his high school.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oolong is one of the more expensive varieties of tea, mostly imported from China.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hina Khan is a celebrity Indian actress.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Tresses, these days, are worn straight; curly perms are out.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Re: outrageous comments made on some television programmes.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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O! Gram messed her pants again!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Pant sag ain't an attractive look.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I've looked at many sandals but haven't found a comfortable pair for a person with neuropathy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Europa, thy sagging pants do not enhance thy looks.
[consistency]
[ 02. May 2014, 07:16: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Look, sag in the pant area matches the rest of the outfit: it's cool, right?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Cool righteousness really isn't a very attractive trait.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Raita is very tasty with mango chutney and poppadoms.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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"Poppa, Dom's wearing his pants around his knees again!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A gain in the overall class standing in math was made when Charlie finally "got" long division.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I only hope Charlie's pants fit him properly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Proper lying is far more sophisticated than just telling porkies - ask a politican or accountant.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Count ants as a change from sheep when you have insomnia.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Niacin and iron are in most daily vitamin supplements.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ents are wonderful creatures the most famous of whom is Treebeard.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re e-beards, would those be ones created in Photoshop?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Eat Ed in photos?" hoped Emily, when she thought of the end of her nasty little brother's favourite sheep and how much that would revenge her for the film he'd made of her piglet at the abattoir.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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To irrigate the land several cultures build mud walled canals.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Anal scratching is best avoided in public.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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'"Voided in pub licences" - does that mean we have no rental protection if we agree to manage the Black Lion?'
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Age the black,' Lionel said, ' there's nothing like a good mature stout for flavour!'
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Our Lady may have enjoyed a mature stout from time to time, even though her Son was more of an oenophile.
[ 07. May 2014, 04:19: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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No Philemon will leave you with a deficient Bible.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ici, ent...," Bib leered lasciviously, or would have had he not been so rudely interrupted by the girl he was attempting to grope grabbing his straying hand in a vice-like grip and squeezing mercilessly.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Merci -- less Lyon, France would be lacking a center of culture, commerce, and culinary excellence.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Nary excel, Len!" Cedric exclaimed to his brother.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bro', the road ahead can be narrow or wide: you choose.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Choos!", exclaimed the shopper as she passed the shoe shop. " I must have a pair!"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Air is invigorated by an extra molecule of ozone by the sea, so are elderly people who live there less slow than those who live inland?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Those who live in Land's End are quite likely to be Cornish.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Corn is heathy as in the right quantities.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Anti-ties people go around with open collars.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lars Porsena of Clusium was some bloke who featured in Classical Studies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Stu, die!" said his enemy as he ran him through with a sabre.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Rough wit has a breathy voice that makes his bon mots sound almost gentle.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gent legs can be pretty rough too.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Ugh! Too much salt!", cried the chef, "the broth is spoilt!"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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O! This spoilt broth reeks of rancid fat!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I'd fathom the depths of spirituality by spending time in contemplative prayer.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ray, er, I don't know what to say.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aysgarth is a beautiful place.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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If ... ulp ... lace wasn't quite so transparent, perhaps a sheer lace dress without underwear could be suitable for the Oscars.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Scars may be disguised by tattoos, but can only tattoos disguise tattoos?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Is "etat" too simple a word to describe the state in French?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Beth Est ate in French restaurants all over the world.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Orld' is an anagram of 'Lord' I'm not likely to be using in the near future, even in a quiz.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I zealously guard my privacy.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Iva cycled across town in a pedicab.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I cabbed across town, lazily.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
You know, adverbs make a challenging starting point in this game!
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Is Gameliel going to have to get another namecheck to continue this thread?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Read what you want into whatever is or has been said.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Hasbeen's Aid' is what I hope for as I become decrepit.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Me? "De crepitu" describes in Latin the condition of my joints.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Join tsunamis together and you'll get a mega-disaster.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Is aster novi-belgii the only Latin name for a Michaelmas daisy?
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Is your hat on, your shoes shined and your trousers pressed?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Press Ed's trousers so he looks sharp for his interview.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sinter, viewed around the vent of a geyser, is a chemical sediment.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ed, I mentioned what you said to Jocasta.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Cast away!" she cried, when she heard how Ed had maligned her.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ned, here's the clue you've been missing out on.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Gout on his toe was driving James insane.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Me? Sin? Sane people wouldn't doubt that.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thatching a roof whilst whistling a tune out of key, perched on a dodgy ladder, one may attract doubts as to sanity.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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I, typically, got on the first train available. It stopped at places I didn't even know existed.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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"Now exist, Ed" said God, and there he was.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hew ash and oak and other native trees.
Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on
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Vet, Reese Harper, at your service m'lady.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lad, you'll have to learn to do better than that!
Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on
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Ha! The fool I was to think I could measure up to your standers, Wodders.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Odd erstwhile friends may pop up from time to time and we always greet their appearance with delight and a little trepidation.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At ionic levels soap has interesting properties.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Resting "proper ties" between outings shows a casual dress sense.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Senses include sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, and whatever they call that sixth one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hone your skills carefully before engaging in important tasks.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ask Smudgie, should you have any questions about the Circus.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cussing is frowned upon in some quarters.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Terse comments, however, are acceptable.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Table manners are explained and practiced at the Heritage House Etiquette Tea for Children.
[ 21. May 2014, 04:50: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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Child rental is frowned upon in the best circles.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lest we forget, poppy seed is distributed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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But editors have the final say on news content.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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On tent camping, I have little experience.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Encephalitis affects the brain adversely.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Verse (lyres accompany): "And you, O Blessed Goddess, a smile on your immortal face, asked what had happened this time, why did I call again,
and what did I especially desire for myself in my frenzied heart: 'Who this time am I to persuade to your love?'"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Overhead projectors are a technology one doesn't see much of, nowadays.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A day's march south of here we come to The Big City.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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It yelps when its foot is trodden on.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Den on the first floor, two bedrooms on the second," read the real estate listing.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tingling fingers or toes are sometimes called 'pins and needles'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Needlessly adding waffle makes for long, boring sermons.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Bo rings 'er mon Saturday nights without fail.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Of course it rained - I watered the garden.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
:
Dennis joined a speed dating club, but it was over before he even got there.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The result was that he was unpartnered.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Sun: ‘Part NE Red' rejoiced the headline following UKIS landslide in local and European elections.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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(I so should not post from my phone on the tube - that should be UKIP not UKIS. I'm far enough out to be overground for a lot of the route.)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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An elect ion supercharges and energises.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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G.I. sessions with the gastroenterologist are not fun.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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[previous post from Mamacita]:
G.I. sessions with the gastroenterologist are not fun.
Stare not! Funny-looking people like me can be very sensitive.
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Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Sit! I've had enough of you wandering around! Sit still!
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Sits till the cows come home.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Om, exist, be still, embrace all.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A C.E.A.L. living unit might be useful for older persons.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sons and daughters are equally good at winding us up, at times.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Tim estimated that he would be late for again.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Gain the whole world, lose your humanity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mani, tycoon and wit, tied his bow tie with great care; he was a sartorial perfectionist.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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On is the opposite of off.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Site of offense is at the front of the line, while the defense is near the rear.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He reared his massive head and sent a blast of flame at Sparrowhawk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sparrow hawked his wares around the neighbourhood.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Our hoodies are the ultimate in urban chic" said the youths with ill-fitting trousers.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Users of the park trails are requested pack out all trash and waste products when they return from their hikes.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hi Kes, fly back to the gauntlet and I'll give you a beakful of chicken.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Of chicken let us speak and ask why they cross the roadway.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A younger man might not understand the significance of that topic.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hat: to picture one on a penguin is an entertaining thought.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ho, ugh! the image of animals or birds in human clothes makes me grimace.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm a certain bet for Circus Host of the Year Award.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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(Nice one!)
A ward clerk may give medication per a physician's standing orders when they observe significant symptoms.
[ 27. May 2014, 16:56: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Toms may be ginger all over, but female cats usually have a white patch or two.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Pa, Tchortwosky did not write the 1812 Overture -- it was Tchaikovsky, don't you know.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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UK, nowadays, could be in danger of fragmentation.
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on
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Ions are a somewhat confusing concept, but I think my favourite kind are cations, they are just purrfect.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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'Ector, can you give us a 'and?' asked Hector's wife.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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If everyone wore flowers in their hair, it might be nineteen sixty-eight.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Nineteen sixty-eight was a year of earth-shattering social change, as well as the year I graduated from high school.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Loos chafe my butt if the wood hasn't been sanded properly.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ed, proper lying through his teeth, told us a whopper about the size of the fish he caught.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ugh -- trout, bass, walleye, all jump and flap around once you get them in the net!
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Then eternity broke in through the sorrow like sunlight through the clouds after a storm.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Astor may have been the first woman to sit in the House of Commons, but for me the top lady of that house was Betty Boothroyd.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Roy danced and cavorted with his llama.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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A margarita cocktail may be the best use for tequila.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I laugh at your cocktail making, tequila is much better used for cleaning the bronzes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On zestful days I may even rise from my bed before noon.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Fore!' No-one saw where the golf ball landed, somewhere in the rough.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ought we to consider having another Hosts and Admins Day sometime soon?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In the rough diamonds do not appear all that exciting.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In general, however, they are always well received by female friends in other countries.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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I especially like shell fish, particularly oysters.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Terse answers sometimes come across as rude.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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A cross, as rudesbys all know, can be debased as ornamental jewelry.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Elry, Emry, Enry -- it's a new alphabet song!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A bet's ongoing until the end of the final game.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Al Gamel was never the big time gangster he liked to think he was.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ink, he was thinking would be a good medium for his next project.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ectoplasm appears in plant biology and in Ghostbusters.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ghost bust, erstwhile a traitor hung, drawn and quartered, moves mysteriously in the corridors' read the tourist information leaflet.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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On leaf let the little caterpillar crawl - he does not like the pavement after all.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rally the rugrats around the crafts booth.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Boo!" they shouted as they leapt out of the wardrobe behind me, causing me to jump right out of my skin.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Kindred of the dark then ate her.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Heroic acts are seldom seen in this medium.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Heroes are not what they were when I was a kid.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'd love to see a hero dressed in sabre-toothed-tiger skin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kinfolk, judging by the Hell thread, sometimes cause more trouble than they are worth.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Orthodontics will hopefully lead to a beautiful, straight-toothed smile.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ed's mile high club membership turned out to be under false pretenses.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Re: tense shoulders - have you tried a Thai massage?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ma's sagest advisor told her where to safely invest her money.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Esther Moneypenny applied for a job at MI6 but they thought it was just a joke.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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OK, Edith, enough already.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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"Hal, read? Yes, of course he can read!"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re: address changes, be sure to update yours with the post office.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Off' ice contaminates the gin and tonic.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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To nick stuff from old ladies is utterly reprehensible.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Pre-hen', Sib lectured, 'means an egg'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Sane GG for sale" read the advert in Horse Psychiatry Monthly.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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'Try Monthly' was not available in the shop, so Gareth bought a different rugby magazine instead.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tea, dear, or do you prefer coffee?
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Of fees paid in respect of tax services, most are more expensive than tax dodged as a result of taking that advice.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Vicenary sporting codes should, but never did, take off in popularity following the growing domination of decimal numeracy systems.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Racy systems administrators sometimes imbed naughty lines in their code.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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The IRC Ode is one that will never flow from my pen.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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My 'Penny Black' turned out to be a fake.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Keralite is also known as a Malayalee.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ya', Lee screeched in his Kensington accent, 'We're all orf to Bunny's for the weekend.'
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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"He wee?" Ken deduced when asked what the male equivalent of a "She wee" might be, oblivious to the fact that the whole world is a gentleman's toilet.
Posted by snowgoose (# 4394) on
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Toile tablecloths add style to an otherwise unremarkable picnic table.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Able-bodied people may only be so temporarily.
Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on
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Lyricism has some merit, but I wouldn't sing its praises.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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'AI Sessions' was the name of the technology conference I went to last month in Birmingham.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ming hammed it up in his recent performance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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For man, certainty is often preferred over ambiguity.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Big UI? Type that is large makes it easier for those with poor sight to use computers.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ute r sol otl" texted the teen about the indigenous people of the Great Basin -- meaning that sooner or later they are out to lunch.
[ 05. June 2014, 16:50: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Unchain me you bastard!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A star dances in the night sky.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Skype is one of the many functions that won't work on my ancient home computer.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Put 'er in the bin and get a new one, then.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Net Hen was another name of the Subservient Chicken meme that was quite popular a few years back.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ars-backwards is the way my old father described things that were done poorly.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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One poor lyric writer gained a fortune thanks to some words he scribbled on the back of a packet of cigarettes.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Garett, essentially a surname dating to the Middle Ages, is now popular as a first name for children of the fashionable.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mamacita:
Garett, essentially a surname dating to the Middle Ages, is now popular as a first name for children of the fashionable.
"Ash!" I, on able recommendation from my PR agent, changed the name of my new musical about the start of Lent to something a little snappier.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Piers are most often called docks here, unless you're telling someone to take a long walk on a short one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tone of voice is very important when talking to children and dogs.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Child, re Nan D, Dogstar may feature Keanu Reeves, but she wasn't going to like rock music any better for that."
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fort Hathaway was the next stop on the tour of historic American military sites.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mamacita:
Fort Hathaway was the next stop on the tour of historic American military sites.
Tary, sit, esuriently fill thy belly with bottled hare, these here figs and some small beer.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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All be erudite and learned in your posts on this thread or I may be forced to refer you to the Admins.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Head minstrel Jack played a jolly tune to cheer everyone up after they had been so severely reprimanded.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Re lyre: prim and educated playing makes what is usually a folk instrument sound staid and dull.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ullswater folk festival can hardly be described as educated or prim.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Primrose path, that's what she's walking on.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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S.W.A.L.K. in gone times said "sealed with a loving kiss", an acronym written on the back of envelopes of letters sent to war time sweethearts.
[ 09. June 2014, 05:31: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hear tsetse fly: kill tsetse fly - it's the only way we'll stamp out disease.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Is ease of access to information resulting in the death of healthy debate where we think we know the answer but aren't quite sure?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Urea can make fertiliser, but I'd rather buy a packet of something that looks more hygienic.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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I. Cutler arrived at the Bananas and Calico shop in the sky.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Kybo" is what we called the latrine in Scout camp when I was young and we had a song about cleaning it too.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Toothbrushes are not the most suitable tools for that purpose.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Ur posed a considerable challenge to the archeologists.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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GISTs, or to give them their full name, Gastrointestinal stromal tumours, are nasty buggers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'A sty bug', Gershwin said, 'is a terror to eradicate.'
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Cat eats bird, dog eats cat, the bird having eaten a worm before and the worm having eaten, I think, dirt.
[ 10. June 2014, 20:07: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ink dirtying my hands is something I cannot tolerate.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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E-rates can be quite high if you aren't in a good network.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes, as I think was said by Dear Oscar.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Cartwheeling down the aisle is a rather unconventional way to begin your wedding ceremony.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re: mon, you hear that form of address in the Caribbean.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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A rib beanie is not a fashion accessory one really wishes to wear in this sultry weather.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Try? We, at her request, tried very hard indeed.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Dinde"; education in French will tell you this is the word for turkey.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Turk 'eyes in jelly' are not something I care to eat.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Toe at the line you scurvy rat" yelled the officer of the dog watch to the rebellious crew of the seventy-four, mostly pressed men, some of them of that Seth-sanctifying sect, the Knipperdollings.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Ling slices and chunks of smoked haddock make an fish pie.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Shpie on me, will yer?" slurred the drunkard, who was ever so slightly paranoid.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"No id, you don't want to do that" said the super-ego.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Re: going back home for a holiday, our flights are not yet booked.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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"OK Ed, if that's what you want, go for it," said David with a great harrumph.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Rum phobia set in after drinking a few too many Mojitos.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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It oscillates but doesn't revolve - just like a James Bond martini.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Tin is vastly overrated in its oscillatory propensities.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Sit", I especially said to the mutt in a voice that sounded like I had swallowed helium.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"I, um, got rather offended at the way you spoke to me yesterday," he said with some trepidation.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Ions and irons are not the same thing the physicist mused dolefully as he looked at the huge pile of clothes that needed smoothing.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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In Ghana English has dominated over a plethora of local tribal languages in the interests of communication and hence economic prosperity.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Peri", Tybalt explained, "is another name for a fairy".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Air yourself regularly so that any picked up smells dissipate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I pat Ermintrude on the head every time I pass her in the meadows.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Me, a dowser? it is not a skill I enjoy using, an unpleasant sensation when the rods twitch and wriggle in my hands.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Hands, knees and bump-si-daisy" is something that I remember from my long ago past.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Long ago, Pa stated at the church meeting that christians shouldn't consider technology to be evil, but should be embrace it as a means of communicating the message. They burned him at the stake and filmed it on the latest cine-camera.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"In 'e came, ranting at the iniquities of the hierarchy," she gurgled, "and it was all to naught when 'e tripped on that doorstop."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Doors topped with bowls of water are set by practical jokers.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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OK. Erstwhile Catholics should confess before receiving communion.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
OK. Erstwhile Catholics should confess before receiving communion.
Ions are atoms with a net positive or negative charge.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Char, generally, is taken to be derived from the word chai the generally used word for tea all over India.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Love rind? I adore it, as long as it is crispy, a version of pork crackling for breakfast.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Or, break fast and have a binge
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Bin Gerry's latest deathtrap invention and walk to work; it'll save you a lot of hassle.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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A lot of Hassler's music is great fun to sing.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Single ladies, all the single ladies," sang Beyonce.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Once someone told me, though I couldn't care less for her music, that her middle name was Giselle.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"I sell elephants on the black market," whispered the geezer wearing a coat with gigantic pockets.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Antic pockets are full of squirting flowers, whoopee cushions, and other such folderol.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Older oleaginous substances can become rather sticky.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Her "stick you" attitude became more frustrating to bear as the day wore on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ore, on trains, is usually carried in open wagons.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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"Wag on," said Julian, to the tail of Timmy the dog, "but I think the girls should make us some supper."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Upper rooms have served several useful purposes over the centuries.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'The cent,' Urie's restaurant sign read, 'is far too small to be offered as a tip'.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Sat I, pointing out of the window at the spaceship about to destroy us all, but mother wouldn't shift her eyes from watching Bargain Hunt.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Gain hunting experience by joining the Belvoir or the Berkshire.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sh! Ire is no emotion for a lady to display.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Tod is playing some form of masochistic trump card in the search for immortal grandeur.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rand, Euro, and dollar are some of the currencies we may find in a drawer, reminding us of holidays abroad.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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SOF Holidays: A Broadening of the Mind?
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Them indeed does muddle our grammatical usages.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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U.S.A. gestation periods are no different from the rest of the world, you may be interested to know.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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OK, now, enough of talk about gestation.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stations of the Cross are used at our local church before mass in all the Sundays in Lent.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Lent is not the past participle of leaned, though it sounds like it should be.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Should better butter than bitter butter be put into the batter by Betty Botter?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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O.T.T. eruptions frequently result in shipmates bickering in Hell threads.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Read something and you might learn something!" he screamed at his idle offspring.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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I sidle off Springfield Avenue and onto a side street whenever I see someone from church walking the other way, as it seems odd to talk to them far from a stained glass window.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Lass win, dowager lose" said the Caliph, consigning the old lady to the flames, and Scheherezade to his harem...
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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His hare mouthed 'please don't eat me' as he was deciding what to have for dinner.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Inner tubes are, I understand, integral parts of bicycles.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I cycle seldom, and really need to get the bike out of storage!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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To rage at the moon can be considered a sign of madness.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Mad Nessie is not a creature to approach unprepared without a gift of fish.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Toffish Prince Harry may appear to some, but to some Vegas party-goers it appears he is quite unadorned.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Una, do RN editions cover the Marines as well as the Naval divisions?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I Sion spied from afar, it looked quite heavenly.
Posted by bib (# 13074) on
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Lying in the grass on a wet day is something my mother said I should avoid.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A void in our lives of a spiritual nature can't be filled with chocolate.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Be filled with chocolate!" said the Easter Bunny, as he handed out his stash of Easter eggs.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Aster - e.g. 'G.Shawbridge', a new variety from a Mrs Eaglestone cross, will fill the space nicely. We can offer plants in 9cm pots at $4 each or $13 for six. Stake firmly."
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Firm lychees taste much better than shrivelled ones.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Elle - DONE!" Said the the weary editor of the aforementioned magazine, after completing yet another pressured deadline.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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dead linesmen have been reported to be roaming in the region of the lightning strike
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Trike riding was great fun when I was four to six.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Tos: ... ix. (Abbrev.) Terms of Service; x. (Span.) Cough.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ugh, I can't bear the thought of getting up early tomorrow.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Row, row, row your boat" they all sang, drunkenly.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Run Ken!" Lyra shouted in warning as the pantechnicon approached.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Roach education was in some quarters (though inhalation was discouraged for presidential hopefuls) a preferred methodology of introducing new generations to the ambiguities implicit in inhalation of Cannabis Sativa.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ivan the Terrible was, arguably, not the best role model for a Trappist Monk.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rappist monkeys might be the first to show the world how animals can master the arts of language and music.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Us I can imagine dancing to that kind of thing, but most other people would probably be rather reticent.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Her reticent cat only made an appearance when there was fresh fish for tea.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Fresh fish for tea, I bring for you to gut.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Tog 'ut' might be an unusual name for a London fashion boutique.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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O Gutenberg, thou art the patron saint of bookworms, unlike Guttenberg, who is the patron saint of 80s comedy.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Come, dye your hair pink if that will bring you contentment.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tent: mental way of spending your holidays.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Our holiday surprise was a day trip to Disneyland, Paris - quite a way to go from Cape Town!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pet owners sometimes resemble the creatures they adopt.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pterodactyls are rarely seen these days, except in a museum.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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In a muse? Um, no, just daydreaming.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Mingling with others at cocktail parties can be uncomfortable for an introvert.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Rover - the car manufacturer - was often favoured by the elderly.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The elder, lying down on the floor, claimed that a hard surface was good for his back.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Is backgammon really an Olympic sport?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Or tennis - I mean, who'd call that a sport?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Hat as portal? Maybe for a rabbit.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bitten footballers might have good reason to complain.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Son, to complain is to be lazy and ungrateful," advised the wise father.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Sefa the rabbit was known for a violent temperament, but never carried an axe like that nefarious Kelly Alves.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Vesting for a service does not mean putting on your granddad's old stringie.
[ 25. June 2014, 20:36: Message edited by: Chorister ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Old string, ie the pieces you've saved from parcels in the 1940's in case you might need them one day, is probably not worth keeping now.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Dad sold string. I eventually took over the business.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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The bus in Essen was packed with commuters, so we ended up walking to our hotel.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Our hot elephant monopolized the swimming pool.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oolong is a rather special variety of tea.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Oft each of the children came to listen to a story.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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As Tory welfare cuts result in increased misery for some of the most vulnerable in society, IDS remains in denial that he is Himmler's disciple.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I pleased my parents when I became financially independent.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pen dents in your car bonnet are an obvious risk when you lean on the car to write directions for a friend.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Endearing though it may appear, a baby elephant isn't likely to be a wise choice of pet.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ho! "Ice of Petunia" was a failure as a perfume.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Urea's a perfume which also did not fly off the shelves.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elves rarely make an appearance these days.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Day's dawning forces me to get out of bed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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To get out of Bedlam is not a universal wish of the inmates.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The 'in' mate still is the one who stands by us through thick and thin.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ought Hick and thingamajig have planned this better; because on current form they don't look as if they could organise anything.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Thin gnomes out-perform maiden wizards in all economic indicators.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Cindi Cat or Sammy Puppy? Which cute fluffy toy should I give to my young niece?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Young Nie celebrated the Chinese New Year by dancing in the procession.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The process ionised the surrounding air for several metres.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Al met residents of the village as he passed through on his sponsored walk.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ed Walker actually is the one who passed through.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rough, outdoorsy types do that sort of thing a lot.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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In Galota, Liberia, there is currently some light drizzle.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Drizzle balsamic vinegar over pieces of watermelon for a refreshing nibble.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nib bleeding ink all over my essay.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Yes!" say I, to the idea of a Ship of Fools mobile app.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I leap, pathetically it has to be said, from my bed to the shower.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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How errors mount up! Must invest in typex.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ex-communicants from one church can usually find another.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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An "O, there'll always be an England" is a song we don't hear much anymore.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Any more GIN in that bottle?" I asked, staring sadly into my empty glass.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lasses always want more booze.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ooze' is one of those words which brings on a grimace.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Mace is a much underrated spice, but best not mistaken for the spiked weapon of the same name.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Amen, amen" - "Truly, truly I say to you" - is a phrase used by Jesus over 20 times in the Johannine Gospel.
Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on
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Speling is my favurite subjeck.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ecky Thump was a northern equivalent of kung fu, made up the Goodies.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Goo dies trousers green if not removed from the pockets before laundering.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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De ring around my tub is from hard water; dat's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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In to it now, cried the swimming coach.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Aches and pains plague the elderly.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Elder lycanthropes sprout grey hair at the full moon.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Mo, on fine form at the 2012 Olympics, won the 5,000 and 10,000 metre races.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Race still seems to be a hot topic in British political circles.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Less is more, said the late architect Mies Van der Rohe.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Oh, Elgar- I should have known!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Own up and move on seems to be the best philosophy if you make a muck of things.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Thin G-strings can cause anatomical misadventure.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Advent urethrae were an early attempt at marking the run-up to Christmas, but turned out not to be as successful as advent calendars.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lend Arsenal a hand, somebody, the team needs help.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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She, LP in hand, set up the old-fashioned record player.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Players at Wimbledon are expected to wear predominantly white, and very nice it looks too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It looks too late now to try and get tickets for the Men's Final.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Finality comes when the grave digger turns the last spade.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pa denied all knowledge of the whereabouts of my missing Easter eggs but I seemed to detect the hint of a guilty smile on his chocolate coated face.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Facetious comments will not be tolerated.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Le rat", editions of a French magazine for rat fanciers, went on sale at Sotherby's last week and raised a million Euros.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Neuroscientists quite like rats too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Rat", "stool-pigeon", etc. always put me in mind of Chicago during prohibition.
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on
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Onset of a mid-life crisis has been diagnosed.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nose drips can distract us from listening to what's being said.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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IDs are sometimes forged by young people hoping to purchase alcohol.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Seal Co. holidays will normally involve boat trips to see the pups, in season.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sin, sea, son -- incest committed while on an ocean voyage is still incest.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"C'est incroyable!" cried the French commentator when he witnessed Lahm's last minute winner for Germany in the World Cup Final.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In almost three minutes under water most people will have to surface, to avoid passing out.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Sing out - think of the little deaf old lady in the back row" was a mantra used by choral conductors of my acquaintance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ain't ancestors! " growled my old grandmother, when I suggested my failings were the fault of my forebears.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arsenic is used to strengthen alloys of both lead and copper.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cop perks of the job, fresh yummy cakes going cheap if you work in the bakery.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Bake rye bread for a healthier diet.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Er, die this very moment, you fiend!
Posted by Amir Emrra (# 18100) on
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Fi! End this foolish theatre!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Eat reheated food . . . perish the very concept!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Conception Bay is a picturesque part of the coast of Newfoundland.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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New! Found landed on the beach - albatross near Polperro.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Per room, four might sleep, but they might be a bit cramped.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pedestrians had best stay off the roadway.
Posted by Amir Emrra (# 18100) on
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Dwayne was not happy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'App', yes, that's another word that's arrived in the 21st century dictionary.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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On a Ryanair flight, you shouldn't expect too many frills.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rills running down the mountainside made it look veined with silver.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ned, with Silve, ran for the bus and puffed all the way home.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Homer was the name of a Greek poet, and also of my old music teacher's dog.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Doggerel has it's place - mainly outside!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Yout'!" Sid ejaculated frustratedly, as the boy dribbled a football between the steel pans he played.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lay education is surely part of the clerical role.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The cleric, Al, role-played Peter in the story, as he lost it and fell into the water.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Into the water, falling, was, many years ago now, a running gag in The Goons.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Go on south for about three miles and then you'll turn left at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ax murderers are said to lurk in the shadows at Shipmeets.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Meet Sean, the new epitome of Celtic sang froid
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Fro' identifies itself in language only as 'To and Fro', so it seems.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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See? "Ms" is accepted as a standard abbreviation despite objections from purists.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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St. Stephen is generally reckoned to be the first Christian martyr.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Martyrdom, in a lesser sense, is something at which my grandmother excelled.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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cell education models have shown marked advantages over larger class or even congregational constructs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Construct so many new buildings and your supply of space will exceed the demand.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mandatory guidelines are a bit of an oxymoron.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Moron" used to be a psychological category, but now it is only an insult.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Aninsul", Toby told the pharmaceutical company, "is my new extra powerful headache remedy".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'R.E.M.,' Ed yawned, 'says that my sleep patterns are why I'm always dozy.'
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Do Zywiec Beers taste better than Budvar?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Varieties of beer include stout, lager and pale ale.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pa Leale carved the roast, while ma dished out the vegetables.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Get able sailors!" yelled Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gardens can be hard work but gorgeous if well tended.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ten deductible items on the policy means that the insurers never have to pay out.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Pa, youth clubs are for young folks, not the doddery like you!"
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Key outsourcers are usually found in places like India, these days.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sed -- ay, sir, that's the Spanish word for thirst.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hirst leaves me cold, while Picasso really turns me on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eons go past yet to God it is a mere blink of an eye.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fan eyed the movie star shyly, then asked for his autograph.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Graphology is a rather imprecise guide to personality.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Topers on a Lity* can disrupt the solemnity of the procession.
(* Orthodox Easter procession)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Process I on the feast day, with aplomb.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lombardy is a region in Italy which looks very picturesque.
Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on
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Esquel is a town in Patagonia.
[ 20. July 2014, 06:46: Message edited by: MSHB ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On iambic pentameters I am hardly an expert.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ex-pert is what happens to some body parts due to ageing.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Art's "Duet o' Age in G" is a lesser known composition
[ 20. July 2014, 12:22: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Om position is often held by people meditating.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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At Ingleborough summit you get one of the finest views in England.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Glandular fever is a potentially debilitating ailment if not treated with appropriate medication.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cat ions are the opposite of an ions.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I, on seeing the gravity of the situation, was struck dumb.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Umbria is a delightful part of Italy.
Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on
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It ionises in the presence of light, like many substances.
Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by MSHB:
It ionises in the presence of light, like many substances.
Forget mine, I didn't see the new page....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Going back to Woderwick's line:
Umbria is a delightful part of Italy.
Alyssum and lobelia flowers used to grow in our garden in Orkney.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Ney flute playing was heard in the woods of Cimenster once.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Er, on centigrade scales the point at which fresh water freezes at sea level is a definitive marker.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Mark Er in the Cimenster game, he doesn't know what he's doing.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Do ingots lose their value if someone mistakes them for giant chocolate bars and bite them, leaving tooth-shaped indentations?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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At ion-size levels, things are very small indeed.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Mall in!" Dee declared, ready to go shopping.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Ping went the pellet as it hit the railing, while the second shot disabled the pigeon.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Pig eons ago, according to Charles Lamb, was eaten uncooked.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Cook edgy recipes if you want to be considered a contender for Masterchef.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Er, for master, chef has prepared his special, m'lady.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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A dynamo is used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gyroscopes uses are myriad.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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My Ria dreamt of becoming a hair and beauty consultant.
(I worked with a student called Ria, spelt like this, can't remember what she wanted to do after school though)
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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On Sultan Tjabiki's bedroom floor, there is a rug that is embroidered with gold and platinum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I number my worldly successes from the day I sold my immortal soul to some guy with horns and a tail.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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"Ta!" I larupped the ball back over the bowler's head for six runs.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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IX runs (in Roman numerals) probably wouldn't win you a cricket match.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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"Ricket", Ma Tchaikovsky said, "is the singular form of rickets".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Fricket seems to be a game, one that hasn't caught on around here.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"E'er you make a promise, consider well its importance," is from a song I learned in Girl Scouts long ago.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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A good sense of humour is often desired in respondents to personal ads in newspapers.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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New spa! persons of great wealth desiring healing invited.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Vi, Ted, and their daughter, Becca flew to Nice for Vi's sister's nuptials.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I also wished for world peace.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pea, centimetre radius, won first prize for largest vegetable.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Get able-bodied staff to do the job, it's a lot faster.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Asters are flowers which proliferate in crossword puzzles.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
:
Zz. Les was so boring these days.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ring the Seday," said Hal, "I fancy a holiday on a tropical island."
[ 24. July 2014, 13:39: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Al is landing the biggest fish I've ever seen.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Verse endures as a form of expression.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
:
Press I on with the rest of my shipmates.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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Hip Ma Tessa bought some funky new joss sticks to burn.
[My mother is actually called Tessa. She's been known to burn joss sticks.]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Urns are often used for cremated remains, but I know one person whose ashes were buried in a china teapot!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Ate a potato salad for lunch and am feeling very virtuous!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
O, using stuff like that in places like this is not quite the done thing.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
He done (thin guy!) slipped right through the fence.
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on
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Fen celandine was on the other side and he fell in and drowned.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
:
Fel Lin and drow* Ned combined forces to slay the ogre with the aid of a plus one mace.
* - see D&D
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
So Nema celebrated her success by drinking half a bowl of cherryade and dancing the Lambada.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
The lamb adapted to its new surroundings in no time at all.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I, me, a tall woman -- not!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Man notched up a woeful number of sins, over the millennia.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Emil Len Niall Jones, I baptise you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and may God have mercy on your parents for giving you those names.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Namesakes they were -- Great-Grandpa Emil, Uncle Lenny, Grandma Nina and Grandpa Alloycius -- a most auspicious heritage!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
It ages me considerably when I see young people enjoying themselves.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
:
The MS elves suffered in a similar way to human multiple sclerosis victims.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
I'm sorry, but was I supposed to bring the smoked Gouda?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Udaipur is a beautiful Rajput city in northern India, but possibly over-rated.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
"Rat Eddie" was one of Mickey The Finger's mobster pals.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Er, pal, shut up and let us listen to the music, will you?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ill, YOU, Ms. Six-weeks-of-sick-leave-untouched Herschcowitz!?
[ 26. July 2014, 22:23: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
WitzEnd Productions was the TV company responsible for such series as Pie in the Sky and Lovejoy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Love, joy and peace are fruit of the spirit, along with patience and self control.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Trolls, when travelling through the mountains, can be a source of some anxiety.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
So mean! XI etymological questions in one Latin exam!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ex-amateur boxer turns professional.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Urns, profess I, on altars may stand.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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And where stand the teapots?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Potsdam is a German city on the River Havel.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Havelock Nelson was an Irish composer and conductor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Duct orifices can easily get clogged with dust.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Dusters are usually yellow, but I don't know why.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Hyacinths are quite often blue.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
Of ten blueberries, often, only 5 taste sweet.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
:
We et all them blueberries our bellies could hold, includin' them unripe ones, and then we got sick, pukey sick.
[ 29. July 2014, 20:57: Message edited by: no prophet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Icklesham is a delightful little place in East Sussex.
[that is a gift to the next player!]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Us sex fiends enjoy a nice bit of erotica.
(Thank you kindly. )
[ 30. July 2014, 05:28: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
:
Tofer: Otic agony is excruciating
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
A tingling in the loins is either a sign that someone is aroused or that their STD has returned.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
"Turn Edwina quickly" said Vlad, "the sun will be up soon".
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
So, only one brandy this evening, your Lordship?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Lords, hip and cool or stuffy and boring, hobnob side by side in the House.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Useful Tip No. 213: to remove tarnish from silver cutlery, boil it with rolled up pieces of aluminium foil.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mini - um - foiled plot, when mum discovered that little Johnny was planning to sneak out with all of the jam tarts and share them with his friends.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
'End services on time' was the resolution carried at the choir's annual dinner.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
In nervous people tics may occur, often in the face.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Facetious comments annoy teachers.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Cher's husband, Sonny Bono, was killed in an accident while skiing.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
ING Direct was bought out by Capital One of the late, great barbarian commercials.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
Merci, also oui, are French words that most Anglophones can understand.
[ 01. August 2014, 15:58: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Under Stan, delighted pupils learned how to make each other laugh.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Laughter is the best medicine unless you have broken ribs!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ibsen wrote some plays that pass the test of time.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Oft I'm eager to contribute, but some times less eager than others.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
:
"Tha not her sister" he said, in his regional dialect
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Alec Thom was my Better Half's old games master.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ma, sterilising the jam jars before filling them anew with jam is a basic safety precaution.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Caution signs were everywhere, and as I negotiated my way around them I caught my foot on one and went flying into the baked beans.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Answer the phone, please, before it goes into voicemail!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ma, I'll do that when I get around to it.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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To itemise every CD in my collection would take an eternity!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tying a bow tie is not as tough as it sounds, though it did take me a while to acquire the knack.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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He knackered himself* playing golf on the west flanks of the Himalayan Mountains
*may be an antipodean expression?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Mount A," insisted the riding instructor, "as B is too small a pony for you to ride!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ideas about ironing on demand keep popping through my brain.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Rough, my bra, inside." she thought. "Must buy another that is less scratchy."
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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At Chy Johnson's school, varsity football players have come out against bullying in a big way.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ways and means can be found of persuading you, Bond.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Bon Dieu! means "good God" and is used in French as in English, as either a reverent expression or an epithet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The toffees had all disappeared by the time I turned round.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Under the table, dear; under the table!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bleating on will not solve anything.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Thin girls sometimes get interrogated about their weight, even questioned about anorexia.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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"No, Rex!" I almost screamed at my dog. "You mustn't eat that whatever-it-is."
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Hate Veritis? you really haven't had a proper look.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Er, look at that strange object over there and, um, tell me what you think it might be.
[ 05. August 2014, 13:18: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Might becomes flab if muscles are not continually exercised.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Sedentary lifestyles lead to a growing number of couch potatoes.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Toes are to be found on the end of most feet.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fee to register for the lecture series is ten bucks less if you do so by the first of September.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Embers of the fire of love could still be fanned into life by a kiss.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Ya kiss enough frogs, y'll eventually find a prince," she drawled.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Draw lederhosen on the chap in your picture of the Alps" suggested the art master, unimaginatively.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've lycra shorts from 30 years ago but Perhaps they don't suit me these days.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Meth!" 'e sed, "Aysgarth Meth", and took another pull at the bottle of carbonated water from Yorkshire. "Clear as crystal!" he added, with a conspiratorial wink.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ink wells used to be a feature of every desk when I was in primary school.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hooligans would swipe the ink bottles and hurl them forcefully at the blackboard to see the impact, then the psychology class would come to analyse the splatter!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Platters of cheese excite my taste buds.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bud shedding is an annoying habit of some plants.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ants are fascinating creatures, but also annoying and sometimes destructive.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Structive is neither destructive nor constructive, it could be a minor act of vandalism, neither particularly harmful or harmless.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Armless, he drove his car with his feet.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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His fee to eradicate the kingdom of the plague of dragons was the hand of the king's daughter in marriage.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Age before beauty," is something that no one better say to me if they offer me a place in line.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I never forget Dorothy Parker's witty response of "pearls before swine."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wine gladdens the heart of man - and woman, too.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Oman took too much pride in being located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, which gives it a unique strategic position.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Posit I: 'On these three promises I'll stand firm, so vote for me!'
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Form E must be filled in before we can consider whether to let you into Heaven or not", St Peter told Albert Jobsworth.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Form E must be filled in before we can consider whether to let you into Heaven or not", St Peter told Albert Jobsworth.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Job swor'th at his "friends" to get the hell out of his hovel and let him be alone with his own misery.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Miser Yorath was so stingy, he resented spending a penny and so ended up with an overly enlarged bladder.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Large DB ladder? are you trying to migrate MySQL databases?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As Esau, or his brother, said to his dad "give me some of that red stuff."
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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Ed's tuffet was stained by curds and whey, making him regret the hand-me-down from Little Miss Muffet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Feta cheese is fab with some sliced tomato and a few olives.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lives are changed in a day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ada yaddered on and on about nothing.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Hinges that are rusty won't function properly.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Lycra shorts look ridiculous on pensioners.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"On ER's head, please don't tread" the notice in the post-room read.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re: addition, I find it easier than subtraction, especially when it comes to weight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stow eight cars in the vicarage drive, the others can be parked on the street.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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St Reet, a possibility in English, Estonian and Finnish speaking nations, and indeed Sikh-influenced Catholic realms, has so far eluded the canonization stakes.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ions take single, double or sometimes even more positive or negative charges.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"AR!" gesticulated the young man heartily, until he realized it was not yet International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rate days according to achievements and passed on smiles.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Don's miles ahead of me in terms of intellect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tell ectoplasm stories to a believer, not to me.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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No, Tom eats bread and water, and goes directly to bed for his misbehaviour.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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AVI, our favourite video format!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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O for mats which don't show the stains of life.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I feel happy, oh so happy!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pygmalion was a Greek myth, which lent its name to a play, which was then re-created as a musical, and ultimately made into a film.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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ILM is a very successful FX company.
[ 10. August 2014, 20:49: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Any more of this nonsense will not be tolerated.
Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on
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Tedious are my numerous references to nostrils, hamsters, and gazelles leaping and squealing with glee.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Leeward, we spotted a pod of hundreds of dolphins.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Insofar as word games go, ES is a pleasure and frequently a challenge!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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All Engelbert Humperdinck ever wanted was to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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On test days, Janelle would have a breakfast of black coffee and a Denver omelette.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Me let Teddy eat the 'pinach" said Emily as she waved her spoon.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Poona, where Spike Milligan was born, is now known as Pune.
[sppeeling]
[ 11. August 2014, 10:38: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Asp Unequalled" was the title awarded to the reptile who finished off Cleopatra.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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O' Pat, raise the blinds, would you please?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Leases here have to be written on stamp paper.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ape restraint had to be considered on the day when one our gorillas escaped their enclosure at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Zoolander" is one strange comedy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'O me, dying every day' said the fabric colour consultant.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ant powder can be very effective at deterring cockroaches as well.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A swelling is best prevented by the application of ice or in an emergency, a pack of frozen peas.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pea soup is a favourite on a cold winter's day.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ter's day comes before Friday on the weekly calendar.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"End Arson!" was the fire-brigade's rather obvious slogan.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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USS Logan (APA-196) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the United States Navy in the Second World War and the Korean War.
(Check it out on Wikipedia, if you don't believe me!)
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Anwar Sadat was a president of Egypt in the 70's.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Seventy six trombones in the big parade.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Big 'Para' Dennis was well known in our regiment.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ents seem big and scary, especially to orcs!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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CS Lewis wrote many novels as well as much non-fiction.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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T-ions are the brand new "chemicals" that the Daily Mail thinks is going to cause us to have to visit an oncologist.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Anon Co. logistics are difficult to prioritise
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Prior, it is essential that you listen to my confession" said the worried novice.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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No vice was too bad for "Micky The Sleeze"
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Lee zebras are the sort who sleep lying down with their backs to the wind, allowing lion cubs to curl up and snooze next to their big warm round bellies. They are extremely rare.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Are we going to Strawberry Fayre?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ayre is a House of Keys constituency on the Isle of Man and consists of just three parishes.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Paris, he's also known as Alexander, is a character in Greek mythology and Homer's Iliad.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I advise caution when approaching a snake, running away is a far better idea.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Bette ride a motorbike? No way, she's too scared.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oscar edited several well known magazines.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Gazin', especially rude if what you're really doin' is starin'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" is a regular feature on Top Gear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Earmuffs are not really chic.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Hiccups, when you also upchuck a little, reminds me of an article in the magazine The Walrus entitled At the Whiskey Tasting, which I recommend to everybody.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Very body-conscious people tend to look in the mirror and step on the scales more often than is really necessary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aryan people, or those who called themselves such, invaded India from the central Asia sometime in pre-history and pushed south the Dravidians.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ian's coconuts were stuck fast into the shy.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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He's hysterically funny, that Eddie Izzard bloke!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Lo! Keryg commands my dutiful attendance said the Wuss. I must abandon this frivolity with hoi polloi.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pollo Inchiladas were featured at the Mexican restaurant where the menu contained many spelling errors.
[ 16. August 2014, 21:32: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Linger! Rorsasch Test to be completed before proceeding.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong! go the church bells - but this morning I just ignored them and stayed in bed.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Aye, din-bedevilled church bells disturb anyone's Sunday well-deserved rest.
(Fortunately the bell ringers here are on holiday too)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Served rested roast beef on Sunday, so much easier to carve.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Car very slow out of the garage this morning. Must remember to open door first in future.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ure, Midge: singer with the excellent band Ultravox.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Vox was Bono's original stage surname, but it fell into disuse.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tod is useful in the garden, but he sometimes pulls out plants instead of weeds.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ed's now calling himself Edward, which we all think is a bit too posh.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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O shit! I've locked myself out!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Elf outpaced by Goblin' read the headline after the marathon.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A thong is something you will not find me wearing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A ring through the end of his nose appears, I believe, in Alice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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[or, more probably, in Lear]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In learning 'The Owl and the Pussycat' as a child, I gave myself pleasure for my adult years, and for as long as my memory holds out.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Old sou. That's all I got - one miserable out-of-date foreign coin - last time I busked in Berkeley Square.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Quare is a word rarely used in England, Scotland and Wales but is more common in Ireland
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I relanded my canoe on a sandy bank after first getting it tangled in the reeds.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Angled in there?" Ed said to the potholer.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The pot hole, round and deep, had held the toad in place until I disturbed it.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Bed itch may be caused by bugs.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugsy Malone is one of the many films I've never seen.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Verse encountered in school may turn one away from poetry.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Poe, try to write something that isn't gloomy," said young Edgar Allen's teacher.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cherish what is good and true in one another.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Her touchiness meant that nothing I said could ever be right.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Righteousness -the real and rare kind- is indistinguishable from self-righteousness in the mind of the self-righteous.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ousted dictators are frequently extremely bitter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bitter is okay but in my beer drinking days I always preferred mixed or half and half or mild and bitter or whatever else it may be called across the country.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Count rye bread in the list of things you must have for a proper corned beef sandwich, along with a good mustard.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tar drums used by road menders in the past had a smell of their own.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rowntrees Fruit Gums were one of my favourites.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Rites of passage are important for the emotional and spiritual development of young people.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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O, please will you keep that door closed!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lose dead skin by scrubbing with a loofah.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"...wit halo of a haggis" - famous Portrait of Rabbi Burns by Leonardo.
[ 28. August 2014, 19:44: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Nard -- oil derived from the spikenard plant, and quite expensive -- caused Judas to have a fit when it was poured on Jesus' feet.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Eternal" is another word for "Everlasting" so could have been a viable alternative for the title of this thread.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Read the directions first" is a familiar but sadly underused policy for many sorts of projects.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tsunamis are a scary and unfortunate after-effect of some earthquakes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kes was a remarkable film for its time.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I meant to watch it but decided to read the book instead.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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OK, in steady steps and with a big deep breath, he took his turn on the podium.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Turn on the pod I...um... I pod. No, turn it off I mean!", Dave shouted at his teenage son, "You're deliberately ignoring me!".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"No! Ring me when you get home, not whilst your en route!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Outerwear sales are beginning as we speak.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Wes peaked early, he was already old at forty.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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For tying parcels string is more efficient than razor wire.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Wireworms, in the garden or the house, can be a nuisance.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Is ancer the correct spelling of a reply to a question?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I 'onestly don't know.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Now, now, children, behave!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Have a breather and chill out. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Loutish behaviour will not go unpunished!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I shed my bad mood like an autumn tree drops its leaves.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A vest may be required once the weather gets cooler.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Cool, Erlene, you won your scholarship!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hip replacement surgery has been a Godsend for many people.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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O, plenty indeed are they who discard their crutches and hobble to the pub to give hearty thanks!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Hank saw the UFO sailing over Mt. Whitney.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Hit N. Eye-level attack! Make it hard for him to see you," instructed the coach.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aches and pains can be a nuisance.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Sancere is a wine I have never tried.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Ever tried cycling on a penny farthing? It's not as easy as it looks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ok, sit down whilst I put the kettle on.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Leon Redbone sings those old time songs rough or smooth.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Moot held, plans discussed, decision made.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mad Episcopalians plan new liturgy.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Gyros are delicious when served with pita bread and tzaziki sauce.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Saucer with congealed preserves -ew!- into the dishwasher you go!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Goats eat just about anything.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside would not be an easy hike.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hi, Keith, so glad you could make it to the party after all.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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"Hi Ken," said Angie with a smile that didn't affect her eyes, as she moved towards him, the knife hidden behind her back.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Ack-ack poured up into the searchlight intersection.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"'Sect'", I only said, "is a less inflammatory word than 'cult'".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Culture vultures is a rather pejorative term in any context.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Any 'con.' texts out to his friends if he gets hold of a cell phone with credit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dittany is used, in the Harry Potter stories, as a healing agent.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A gent is always polite and gracious.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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I.O.U. six and a half pounds of tuppenny rice.
[ 12. September 2014, 19:07: Message edited by: Penny S ]
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Ice is melting quickly due to greenhouse gasses in the world's polar oceans.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Answers are everywhere, but where is the question?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Quest I on to greater and greater heights!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Eight sausages in a single sitting is a bit greedy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Reedy sounds came, not unexpectedly, from the woodwinds.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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E. Woodwind shouted, "For the umpteenth time, my name is Edwin Woodwind, not Edward Woodward!"
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Odward, on the other hand, is the lesser known Triplet of Jedward.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wardship can be quite a complicated process.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
Pro-cesspit? Just call them anti-sewer!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Sewers of the finest church vestments apply opus anglicanum techniques.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Quests, whether for the Holy Grail or not, are a rare thing in these times.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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etime sounds like that which disappears when engaged in computer gaming.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Minging' has become a popular slang word meaning 'disgusting': as such it is quite onomatopoeic.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Poe, iceless, drank his whisky neat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kyne, at times, are referred to as cattle.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Scat!" t' leprechaun said to the cat who was about to pounce on him.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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On Himalayan yaks, the journey would be uncomfortable, but quicker.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ickers!" squeaked little Rupert, when a swarm of desert bugs hit the wind shield, kersplat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Spalttering bug can be deeply satisfying.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'Ying tong iddle i po' was a song sung by the Goons.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
"Go on," said the little boy, "I won't tell anybody."
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Bod, you know, was the nickname of a character in the Jennings books.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
:
O, Kshatriya, warrior noble, cast from this realm thy feeble foes
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Lefoes Road is a street in Queensland, who knew?
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Newel posts can be painful when sliding down banisters.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Terse directions always make me feel barked at.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Databases which demand I use a title I don't like.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I keep coming back to this game thinking I will be clever, but alas, I disappoint myself.
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on
:
Everlasting ? No resolution ever, * think we know where that goes.
DT
Circstyx Host
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
:
quote:
Crap spouted by Leorning Cniht:
Pro-cesspit? Just call them anti-sewer!
Barnabas Hyde here, DT.
![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Awaah and bile yer heed, yer scunner. Next time * take an axe to you.
B62, DH Host
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Ys, elfin*** drowned city once lay off Brittany.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tan, yellow, and beige can be washed out, boring colours.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lours apace does Sheila's teenage girl, Poppy, now calling herself Pippa.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Elf Pip paid a penance for pulling Penny's pigtails.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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[deleted after a cross-post, also involving an Elf named Pip]
[ 23. September 2014, 14:43: Message edited by: TheAlethiophile ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pig T. ails, so Pig S will get a double ration at the trough.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ought we still to be playing this, after all this time?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Is time of the essence?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Encephalitis may be caused by the herpes virus.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Us, we think sometimes of teaching you what we learned while sitting in the rain under a pine tree.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Rapine - trees as well as buildings -- was the fault of the invading army.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Arm yourselves - I have returned.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Turn, Edwina, I need to see if your hem is even.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Seven is a prime number, as are five and two.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Women sometimes wear dresses.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Esses can be darned tricky to make in some calligraphic alphabets.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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A bet slipped under the teller's window may not be accepted.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Teddy boys were a passing phenomenon, whereas Teddy Bears are eternal.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tern Al fought off gull Fred, who tried to steal the bread he had picked up from the window sill.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ow! Silly cat, those claws are sharp!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sh! Arpeggios sound great on the piano.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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An octopus seems to be all arms and legs, like some people I know.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Now, now, there's no need to be rude about our multi-talented, multi-limbed organists.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sts Peter and Paul have their own festal days then a day they share.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hey, Shar, Edith just posted her holiday pictures on Photobucket.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kettles that switch themselves off when they boil are a boon to those of us who are forgetful.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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"Get full value here", said the street hawker.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thaw kernels of corn from the freezer before consuming, preferably by cooking and eating them hot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hottentots are an African people.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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O please, plumber, turn up this time, you are already sixteen minutes late.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Slates were no longer used by the time I started infant school.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Oo la la' sounds funny when said with a cockney accent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Centigrade has, for some time now, been referred to as Celsius.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I use my bread-making machine at least once a week.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Awe! 'E Kanna mak it wi' 'is ain twa fisties? Tch!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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[tangent] perhaps St. Chad will be good enough to tell me the kosher Orcadian for "fisties"? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
[/tangent]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ties Tchaikovsky wears are often brightly coloured.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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Our edition of the BCP has a bishop's name plate in it which leads us to think he must have been rather a naughty soul to have, within, left such ghastly phrases and lurid drawings.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I'd draw Ing's Mine in Alberta, if I were in any way artistic.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Tis ticklish, sir!" giggled young Miss Lydia as the red coat brushed her nose with an errant plume.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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An - er - rant, plum emphatically in place in the mouth, is the best way to ensure that the hotel staff disrespect you behind your back.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Behind your backhanded compliment, I sense an insult lurking.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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"Ur kingdom, no more it is" said Yoda.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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"Yo, Dad," the son said, as he sauntered in in the small hours.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ursula has been a saint for quite a long time.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I met Ursula once, she was reading a newspaper.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aperture is one of the three main variables in photography.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A physical therapy regimen aided the healing of Susie's wrist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I stand four-square behind my previous assertion.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Ionian scales dominate the sad music of Western Culture.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Tureens of mock turtle soup were a feature of Victorian dinner tables.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Able Seamen have been known to lose their ability under the influence of Navy Rum.
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on
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'Av y'r, um, unmentionables remained unmentioned, and if not, why in the name of all that is sacred, holy and blessed not?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ed noted the raucous and ridiculous scene at the bar as material for his next novel.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"No Velociraptors Allowed," read the sign on the kitchen door.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Doors, preceded by the definite article, was a band of some note.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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So: me no, Ted yes for sausages and mash.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch may be an unusual destination for a holiday, but did seem strangely appealing.
[ 05. October 2014, 12:29: Message edited by: Alicïa ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pealing bells can be an annoyance if one lives near a church with keen campanologists.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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No log is tsetse fly proofing building material
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ma, Teri, Al, and I went for a day hike in the Grand Canyon.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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"can yonder shore be reached in a day by rowing boat?" she pondered wrecklessly, for time was of the essence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Essen Central is potentially the name of a German railway station.
[and a bonus point to Alicia for a potential Tom Swiftie!]
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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St Ation is the patron saint of watching paint dry.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Drywall is known in some places as sheet rock.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Trockenbeerenauslese is the German name for a type of pudding wine.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Gwine to study war no more
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arno more often refers to the Italian river than the small park in Prenton, Birkenhead.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ken, head off those squirrelly first-graders before one of them falls into a mud puddle.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pud d'lemony might be on the menu in a Restaurant de Franglais.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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La is the feminine definite article in yer real French.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Enchiladas are delicious.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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IOUs are rarely accepted by banks.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Ban Ks and the dictionary would be much shorter.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Short ermine lined capes were once fashionable in certain circles.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Less among the plebeian circles than in the papal ones
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A lone star flickered in the cloudy sky.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Skype is a form of communication of which I have very little experience.
Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on
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"I, Encephalitis" was the working title of a book by Robert Graves.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Raves are not popular with the powers that be.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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At Benenden there used to be a TB hospital.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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O spit always grosses me out, much more so than blood.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Oodles of cakes have been presented on the Bake Off Extra show.
[ 09. October 2014, 19:08: Message edited by: Penny S ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ex-trash owes its recovery to recyclers.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Clerstorey is not the correct spelling, I suspect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pectoral muscles cease to impress after a certain age.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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In ages past, a scrubbing-board was used to do laundry.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Drywall screws have conquered home centres and hardware stores, but the traditional wood screw is still better designed for holding two pieces of wood together.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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"Gether round, children," said the nursery teacher, "Come and join in, Sidney."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Sidney, don't do that!"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Don't dot hats with white spots, unless you want to encourage trade for opticians.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Answer came there none to the repeated clang of the doorbell.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is purportedly the longest place name in Britain.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ta! I needed to know that little factoid.
[ 12. October 2014, 03:26: Message edited by: Oscar the Grouch ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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To idolise film-stars, pop-singers and the like is a pastime enjoyed by the young.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ungulates, both wild and domesticated, are common over much of the world's land masses.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mass escapes were planned from the prisoner of war camps, but few got away unscathed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The dead call for us to join them.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Joint hems seem to be all the rage, it would appear", said the clothes factory supervisor sarcastically, when it was found that clothes had been sewn together accidentally.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Dental lysozyme repairs occur when there is abundant saliva.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Here is a bun d'ants aliv' ain't crawlin' over" said Miss Clampett with a big dazzling smile.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Miles Coverdale made an excellent translation of the Psalms.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Alms houses are an example of the early days of social care.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Car exhausts are much less obnoxious since catalytic converters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terse statement are often the best.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He bested his friend three out of four times at chess.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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He's singing in the shower again but at least it's in tune with the dog's howls.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Owl song comes in the form of a hoot or a screech.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reech is a verb meaning to smoke an illegal substance, usually marijuana.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Anacondas kill by constriction, not venom.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Nominations for Best Line in a Film included You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Offended Shipmate can always take recourse in Hell.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hellebores usually flower in the winter or spring.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Pringles are good representations of manifolds with negative curvature.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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At "urea", she paused while considering the ingredients in the fertilizer.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Zero hours contracts are a most unfair employment device.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Vice presidents have a difficult role.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rolexes are beautiful watches, but I'd be afraid to wear a timepiece that expensive.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ha! Tex, pensive for a change, was totally ignorant of cattle rustling.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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E-rustling could be another name for certain sorts of identity theft.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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The FT is not known as being a newspaper that is particularly left-leaning.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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An Ingersoll watch used to be quite common when I was growing up.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Rowing up the Thames, I bumped into my Canadian brother-in-law's canoe.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Scan oestrogen levels for the optimum time to conceive.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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I've always wanted to go to Venice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nice legs, shame about the face was one of the wittier songs of its time.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Fits timepieces" would describe the professional function of a watch-maker.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Watch, ma: kerchief here, kerchief gone,' said the junior magician.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Magic Ian got his Hogwarts letter on his 11th birthday.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Da yelled at me regularly when I were a kid.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kidsgrove is a town in Staffordshire, England.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Glands which enflamed in my throat kept me off school a lot before penicillin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'll insist that you retract that remark.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Act that remarkably difficult role" said the producer of the play at the Old Vic.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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The old Victorian saying, chuckaboo, denoting a friend, sounds distinctly Australian.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ian dismissed that remark as being blatantly scurrilous!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Lousy this morning I am feeling" moaned Yoda after a night out on the bat.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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He batted, I bowled, we used our jumpers to mark out the pitch: ah, the memories of childhood!
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Hild, hoodie clad, was expelled from Bluewater.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ew! At Ermyntrude's wedding-feast they served jellied eels.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elsie, the woman's name, is often spelt Elsy over here.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ere the spandrels of San Marco were named as spandrels, did both the architectural and evolutionary variety exist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is the Internet the greatest waster of time on the planet?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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On the plane to Tokyo, I sat next to Elvis Costello.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Ello, 'Ello was a great success on British television.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vision aids are often called spectacles or glasses.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Lasses and lads, take leave of your Dads, and away to the maypole hie.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hieronymous Bosch must have smoked some really good ganja!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Anjaan is my favourite film this year that is in Tamil.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A million housewives every day... an awful television commercial from my youth.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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You think I'm going to stand for the same old lines again and again, but you've got no chance this time!
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Raptor Eye:
You think I'm going to stand for the same old lines again and again, but you've got no chance this time!
Is Tim expected to do jumping jacks?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Jack Sprat could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Annual financial report is looking more cheerful this time.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Is Tim eloquent enough to become an author?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Thor", the movie, doesn't have that much to do with the Thor of mythology.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Log your mileages if you want to optimize your travel rebates.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ate sensibly yesterday but still no weight loss.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Now eight loss reporting companies may go under.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Underneath the Arches was still sung by The Crazy Gang at Royal Command Performances when I were a lad.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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'Ere, Aladdin's cave is proper big, ain't it!!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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In "Tits I have known", I write about my encounters with birds from the Paridae family.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Amil yearned for his name to be spelt otherwise so that he could receive night visitors.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sit, or suffer the agony of legs which have been standing for too long.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Oolong tea is said to be a slimming aid by some, but I'm sceptical.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tits on the bird table ate up the stale chocolate cake which the slimmer [see above] had decided not to eat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Comely lasses feature in many of Rubens' pictures.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Espy I shenanigans on the Everlasting thread.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Read the questions", Mummy Piglet used to say to me as I left the house to sit exams.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Amsterdam is full of canals. Take pretty photos, but don't step back and fall in.
[ 21. October 2014, 14:29: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Linda seemed to be a fashionable name for girls of my generation.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Linda seemed to be a fashionable name for girls of my generation.
Rationing was necessary during 'wartime', which strangely is also the name of a town in Saskatchewan.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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He wanted to propose to her, but thought he should introduce himself first.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Firs tend to grow in the higher latitudes.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I tudes allows you to dowdload all kinds of things", said the Apple representative with a bad cold.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Old saws are rather different from old sores.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Molds or esoteric fungi can be hazardous if inhaled.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ha! LEDs will never replace the good old fashioned light bulb!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Bulbous bows are an important design feature of modern supertankers.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Kersey in Suffolk was once a wealthy cloth producing town.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Owning a mobile phone is something I've only done since the age of fifty.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If tying a tie is so difficult, why do we ever bother?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Er, both ermine and mink on a wrap is gauche.
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on
:
Che Guevara's early years are the subject of the film Motorcycle Diaries
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aries: prepare for a day of financial disaster and possibly the start of divorce proceedings.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ding' said the bell, but it never did dong.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I'd do NGO roles for free if I have enough money.
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on
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On eyes, belladonna causes dilation of the pupils,
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pilsbury dough, despite its own claims, is not the finest.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Nesting and cocooning are human attempts to approximate the homey, holey comforts of a hobbit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Bit by bit I, only sometimes, seem to be getting my life in order.
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on
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De Rossi would rather stay with Roma than move to Manchester.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Tom A. N. Chester was a legend in his own mind.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mindful of the booby traps, I gingerly trod the path.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pathology of poverty - I prefer the social to the personal.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The person Al wanted to be was a gangster.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gang sterilisation may be one solution, but hardly an ethical one.
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on
:
Alone, one may be lonely or in solitude.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tudeh has been much weakened over the last few decades
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'Destination unknown' read the words written on his tombstone.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
:
To nepotize is a verb that has failed to make its way into the lexicon.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ex-iconoclasts tried to repair the damage they had wrought.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Ought there to be more icons in churches?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hesitation can lose you the subject when playing Just A Minute.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Just a minute amount of pepper can make a dish of strawberries and cream even more delicious.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'Deli ciouscous, bif and am slices, and chees' read the sign outside, after the owner insisted on his teenaged daughter helping in the shop.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
He's hopping mad about his ridiculous bill from the company that services him with telephony.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Elephony" would be a good description of people dressing up in pachyderm costumes.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Mesa Verde is a beautiful and mysterious place.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Aces high.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
"Hi ghost," I said, totally unafraid of the ghoul that appeared before me phantasmagorically.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ally yourself with people who think positively.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
O sit! I've lyrics to be sung.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ungulates are often domesticated.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
:
Cat editions of the complete works of Tennyson have failed to find a niche in the market.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Mark, ethically, recycled all his beer bottles.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Les Bleus is the nickname of the French Rugby Union team.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I, on Team Bleu, shall do my utmost to vanquish Team Verte.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Erte', the artist, was from St. Petersburg.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Urgent messages had piled up in the Inbox.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
He, in boxing, is a champion pugilist.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Pug I list as a small dog, while Great Dane is labelled as massive.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I've never been to Timbuktu but I would love to, one day.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
:
O Ned, a yonnic sculpture adorns your mantle.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
O Ned, a yonnic sculpture adorns your mantle.
Antlered rabbits are called Jackalopes and like Sasquatch, are fictitious.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
IT I oust from its position among the sciences.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Cessationism versus Continuationism would make an interesting thread for Purgatory.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Urg! a Tory might call on my door soon, we've got an election on the horizon.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
I zone out every time I hear One Direction on the radio.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Hera, Dionysis, Semela, and Zeus were tangled into a love triangle in Greek mythology, though given there are four in this sentence, perhaps it should be a parallelogram.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
:
Log! Ram that gateway and get us into the bailey!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I, leyden jar at the ready, hurried into the physics classroom.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
SRO? OMG! I really need to sit down.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Down boy, that's a good dog.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Do go to the Natural History Museum - you won't be disappointed!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pointed remarks are a waste of time, be specific.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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If I can't make pointed remarks, then I won't play!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lay off the remarks, or I'm going home!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ho? Me? I'm a good girl, I am!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Liam Neeson is a ruggedly handsome dude.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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O me! Dud Emperors abound - unclothed - in the Green Rooms of Hollywood!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Olly woo Delia? Can you imagine what their offspring would be like?
Posted by spork (# 18260) on
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I have never been so excited to win £4 and some Fruit Salad sweets, how can bingo be wrong!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ongar is at what my Better Half refers to as the other end of Essex.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Of Essex, of the county where I was born, what can I say?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A year's supply of chocolate would be rather groovy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Roo, vying with Piglet like that is not nice,"said Kanga.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gangrene is nasty, it can cause removal of limbs or worse.
Posted by spork (# 18260) on
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What would a years supply look like to you Smudgie? Some have one Mars bar every three months while others gorge on a large family size bar daily!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ail you often from allergies?
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Escargots would almost certainly bring me out in a rash.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Spork,here's a recap of the rules for this game.
Carrying on...
Ash Wednesday next falls on 18th February.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A rye crispbread is a low calorie alternative to bread, as long as we don't eat too many of them.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Too many of the Martian invaders landed in Surrey for my liking.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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King Knut, or his story, is a favourite amongst primary school children.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Drenching one's salad in vinaigrette makes the lettuce go all soggy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gyroscopes are often used in navigational equipment
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Le quip", men truly know, is not acceptable French.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Enchilladas are tasty!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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" ETA Styx 1950. Could you feed the dogs and meet me off the boat? Thanks, Iphy."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Physical exercise is often quite tiring.
Posted by spork (# 18260) on
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Sorry Mamacita
I want to love her I hope one day she'll be my Mother-in-law but grrr!!!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I ring and ring and ring, but you never reply: are you hinting at something?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Me thing got trapped as I fell over, honest doc!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Nest documentation shows that cuckoos are growing in numbers in this forest and are displacing other species.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I espied a ship on the horizon, I thought.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Houghton is a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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La Stupenda was the title accorded to Dame Joan Sutherland.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Her land lay before her, as she planned out where to put the flowerbeds.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Er, bed scenes become increasingly passé as years roll by
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ears roll by curling them up, glueing the edges, and throwing them underarm, preferably downhill.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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Ably downhill racing comes naturally to Norwegians.
[ 04. November 2014, 13:10: Message edited by: Firenze ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ian sat, contemplating how much of his life he wasted on his hobby of philately.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Phil ate lychees for breakfast every morning.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Mornin', Good Mornin'" is a peppy song from the greatest musical of all time.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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All Tim eats is ground up finely in a blender or mortar and pestle.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pest! Let me introduce you to this lovely can of bug killer.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I'll eradicate bugs for you for half the price!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I certainly would appreciate that, Oscar.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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To scare bugs away by dressing up as a spider would be more environmentally sound.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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So, understandably, we seem to have become fixated with pest-control.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Trolls are considered pests, though they are neither insects nor rodents.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Dents in cars can be removed by suction devices.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vice squads cannot consist of people with laissez-faire attitudes, can they?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Scan the Yellow Pages to find the phone number of a plumber when your drains are blocked.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Lock educators up and throw away the key, commanded the North Korean general.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Gene rallied his forces with wit and abuse in "Life on Mars"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Marsupials have a much more sensible way of carrying their young than other animals.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I'm also happy to visit the Centre Georges Pompidou as well as the Louvre and Palace of Versailles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lester Piggott was a great British flat-racing jockey.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Keying in the right numbers via chip-and-PIN was considered a step too far in the modernisation of Ali Baba's cave.
Posted by spork (# 18260) on
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The Lord sent His son for my salvation and yours brother and sister!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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[Following Sipech]
Scavengers are not often good eaters, though some find Guga tasty.
Spork: Welcome aboard! I'm not sure if this is the page you want, though. Have a look at the opening page.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A sty is a place inhabited by piglets.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Piget says interesting things in this thread, but at the last one, I laughed out loud! ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ouds may easily be mistaken for lutes, especially in North Africa.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I can't for the life of me remember the name of that lady at church- you know the one with huge handbag?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Bagpuss was a soft toy that starred in one of the most popular children's TV programmes of all time. He was a saggy, pink and white striped cat.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Catastrophism was a rejected interpretation of the geological history of the Earth.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Thee, Arthur, we acknowledge as our king.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sour kin gatherings, such as Christmas and birthdays, are usually not as much as fun as funerals.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fun? er.. also laughter, giggles and jollity are frowned upon at some events.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Vents on volcanoes are places it is wise to avoid.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Voids are often found below floorboards.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Board somehow seems to fit with lodging.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ginger molasses cookies are incredibly tasty!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A stye on the eye will pass by and by.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Byfleet and New Haw is a station on the main line out of Waterloo.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Er....loo humour is the kind of thing that needs to be flushed out of this forum.
[ 07. November 2014, 08:27: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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For umpteenth time stop the innuendo.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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Endomorphs are round and cuddly.
[ 07. November 2014, 08:54: Message edited by: Firenze ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Dly" is sometimes used I timetables or text messages as an abbreviation of "daily".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dai, lying through his teeth, denied any involvement in Welsh Presbyterianism.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ian is mad, utterly bonkers!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kersal in Salford used to be a stamping ground of mine.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Inertia will get you nowhere.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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ET, you.....no..... where are you trying to get to this time?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm expected on my home planet, and have been asked to phone home.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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One home is enough for most, so second ones should be taxed.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bet axed her partner and put the pieces in the freezer.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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The free zero gravity chair I saw on Freecycle must have something wrong with it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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With it people are merely slavish followers of fashion.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Sh! I only want to read, please be quiet!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Quietism was declared by Pope Innocent XI to be heresy.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Here systems are a bit lax and fuzzy.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Zygotes can be subjects of argument as to their status, if human.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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If humanity makes it to the next millennium, I'll be surprised.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I sedate people before cutting them up.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Hem up that trouser leg before you trip over it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Veritable rhymes with irritable but means something entirely different.
[ 08. November 2014, 13:45: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Rent levels for minute properties no bigger than my airing cupboard are much too expensive.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Pensive people can still be thoughtless.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ought lesser spotted woodpeckers to make lesser sized nests?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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St. Stephen is commemorated as the first Christian martyr.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Tyrell is the surname of a geologist, usually mispronounced as tie-RELL when it's really TEER'l, who has a museum in Alberta named for him, dedicated to dinosaurs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ursa Major I cannot detect, only the Big Dipper.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"P... personally," she stuttered nervously at the huge bully before her, "I p...refer it when you don't p...p...persecute me for being a p...penguin"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Guinevere was a bit of a naughty lady.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lad, you need to learn some manners before someone comes unglued.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Glue down the envelope, or the money will fall out of the birthday card.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Car dealerships tend to be closing around this time.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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His timer is off by five seconds per thirty minutes.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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In utes, Aussies are dashing through the bush to the barbie.
[ 09. November 2014, 23:53: Message edited by: Penny S ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bar Bieber, the jumped-up little pipsqueak!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Squeaky Bear is my funny and talkative kitty.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Kit tyres for my kit car are an absolute necessity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sit yourself down and tell me all about it.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Out it goes, said the pterodactyl to its lonely last egg.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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As Teg geared up for his confirmation, he really wished the priest hadn't had a cold during his christening.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sten, in gun history, was a significant landmark.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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"Can't land, mark my words" said the pessimistic sailor.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ail or garlic, as it's known in English, is an indispensable allium.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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All I....um....er...am saying is that your personal freshness isn't what one might hope for when standing near to you.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Toy Ouch is what happens when you step on a Lego in your bare feet.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Re: fee" taken as a header of an email, may well be some kind of phishing scam.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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"Cameras are less useful than phones these days." Discuss.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cussing is not necessary, it demonstrates a lack of vocabulary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aryans purportedly invaded India across the Khyber Pass coming from Central Asia.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Alas, I am unable to come up with a better sentence.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ten cents says you could if your life was in peril.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Illicit acts are to be avoided.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I'd educate a child early in critical thinking.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Thin kings weigh less than the ones who are obese.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Be selfish - buy Christmas presents for yourself.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Elf wanted - seasonal work, needs expertise in wrapping presents and to be good with reindeer.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In deer parks one may buy feed to be sociable with the does and fawns.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fawn shirts are often worn by police officers here.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Er, she recognized me once I removed my clothes.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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Lo, these forty years I have been building a replica Versailles in Lego.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Egos of some people are, in my opinion, too sensitive and too easily bruised.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I sedated the patient, but not before they caught sight of the freshly sharpened hacksaw.
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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Ack! Saw just the piece I needed on e-bay, but it went to a higher bid.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Herb identification is useful if you enjoy cooking.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Inglenooka are now rarely built.
[ 13. November 2014, 12:16: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Uilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife?" was a noticeable misprint in an old Prayer Book.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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OK, who took the last chocolate from the box?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Oxtail soup can be very warming on a cold night.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Nightingales are slightly bigger than robins, with a strong, broad-tailed, rather plain brown appearance.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Nap pear ancestry is a form of compulsive betting on as yet unfound inheritances.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ancestors of my family have gravesites in an old churchyard in Virginia.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gin I anticipate with lemon and tonic, rather than neat.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Raptor Eye:
Gin I anticipate with lemon and tonic, rather than neat.
Eating people is cannibalism.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I smell something fishy about that excuse.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Use a paste of ginger and garlic with a hint of lemon juice to marinate fish.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I should imagine that works on humans too.
[ 14. November 2014, 00:38: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Man stoops to enter a door sized for a child.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hilda Ogden was an enormous star on Coronation Street.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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St Reeta Chakrabarti would be an unexpected candidate for being canonised.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I sedated the patient, and she is resting comfortably.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ably supported by Robin, Batman defeated the Joker.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Jo kerbs her chocolate habit, except for Fridays - when she binges to her hearts delight.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lightning does strike in the same place twice.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Icey conditions made Terry think twice before driving along the mountain pass.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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un "ta!" in passing, as a perfidious Englishman grabs votre handbag while you are contemplating the Mona Lisa - ça veut dire "merci!" mais sans
sincérité, bien sûr.
[Translation: A "merci!" en passant, quand un anglais perfide vole your portmonaye quand vous voyez le Mona Lisa - means "fanks mate" but ironically, of course.]
Corrections on a postcard, please...
[ 15. November 2014, 22:45: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ensure that zips have been fastened before making an appearance in public.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Lick your ice cream quickly, before it drips!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rips in clothes can rarely be mended in a way that is completely invisible.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Blessings abound wher'er He reigns;
The prisoner leaps to lose their chains".
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Instead of doing the project she was supposed to be working on, Alicia found herself in Everlasting Sentences, wondering if the sentence she was typing was too meta, but posted it anyway.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ditany Way sounds like a delightful road one may find in a small town in Dorset.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Indorse TheAlethiophile if you must, but at least get his name right and put your post through the spellcheck.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Heck" is a word you don't hear as much now that profanity is more acceptable language.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Age related ailments can be a real pain.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ain't she grand?", cried the piano maker.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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"No ma, KerPlunk is the game I would like for christmas," the little girl beseeched her mother.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Moth ergonomics remains a fairly niche area of lepidoptery.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Terylene was a particularly nasty man-made fibre that was very popular in the sixties.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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The six ties should just about complete my tie collection.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Ectionable? Of course it's ectionable! said my lawyer, when I took him this letter accusing me of plagiarism. He's a lovely guy really, but I can't abide his posh London eccent, tha knaws...
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Aw, Suzanne, you are the best friend ever!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I end every day by reading a good book.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Boo! Kneel or else I'll scare you again.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Gain wisdom by paying attention to results good and bad.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Badgers can be elusive even though they are fairly large animals, as they are nocturnal.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Turn a light on in the basement if you don't want to trip over and hurt yourself.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Elf, an elf, my toy factory for an elf," cried Santa.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Santana is a skilled musician.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Music? I, an aficionado of Tudor motets, am particularly partial to the works of Gibbons and Byrd.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"On Sand By Rd." was the rather cryptic clue given in a scavenger hunt.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hunter Thompson was best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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As Vega's 25 light-years away, I don't think I'll be paying it a visit.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Egas," cried the data entry operator whose keyboard had no letter "d".
(Cross-posted.)
[ 18. November 2014, 06:05: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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[Carrying on from Mamacita]
I sit and take my shoes off at the end of day of stress.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tresses don't look so good if they haven't been washed for a week.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A shed for a week was what our cut-price holiday let turned out to be.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Ned out, Tobe in!" said the nurse, as the queue for inoculations dwindled.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Wind led to something far worse, and far more embarrassing, so I'm never again going to eat chilli baked beans!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ed! Be answering your critics about your ridiculous mansion tax!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Si, on taxi driving in the evenings and weekends, was a schoolteacher during the week.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, weekly editorial deadline approaching fast AGAIN, went into all-nighter mode.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Odessa is sometimes claimed to have been the birthplace of Klezmer music.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Mu sickens me; it's the most horrid of the Greek letters.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Terse answers take up less space.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Pacers" are the most detested trains on the British railway network.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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"or knickers, I don't mind" as the bishop said to the actress
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Essential oils are sometimes used in massage.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sage scent means turkey dressing in my olfactory memory.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Factory memo: Ryan's on conveyor-belt duty for tonight's shift.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ssh! If this be love, then give me more.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Oregon is a place I am looking forward to visiting.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Is it in Goethe's interest to translate him into Bantu?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ban tutus for animals, especially elephants.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Idaea is a genus of geometer moths, some very attractively marked.
Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on
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"Ely", Mark educed, "is a very fine cathedral."
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"He'd rallied a little bit by Sunday night", said the doctor, "but unfortunately his health declined rapidly after that".
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Er, Thatcher was really quite a formidable woman" said her biographer.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Rap ? he rarely listens to that drivel
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Drive left" I had to yell at my American friend who nearly caused a collision by going on the wrong side of the road.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Oadby, a small town near Leicester, claims that it "is a wonderful place to live, study, work, shop and socialise".
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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So CIA - Li's ecstacy over Oadby! (Did you know Baptist Trainfan is a second-generation Chinese-Mexican secret agent?)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A gent would never ask a lady her age.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rage can be dissipated by exercise.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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I seriously doubt that!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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[bugger, crosspost]
TT hats are also known at motorcyle helmets.
[ 25. November 2014, 16:03: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Met Susie for lunch, said goodbye forever' read the sad diary entry.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ryen, try using an "a" rather than an "e", and then people shan't mispell your name daily.
[ 28. November 2014, 18:53: Message edited by: no prophet's flag is set so... ]
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Da. Il y a richtig, bien sur, amigo.
[Translation: Oui, tha's ri', bestimmt, me old fruit]
[Apart from the missing Cyrillics and an accent somewhere]
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on
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I go forth to fight in the Thirty Years War!*
*actual line from a 19th C barnstormer.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Swart" Is undeniably non- PC. Shakespeare should be prosecuted.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rose, cute dimples embedded into her broad smile, invited me into her room.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Om is, as Hindus and Buddhists believe, the first sound heard after creation.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Eat I only fish' said the mermaid, trying to grasp the language.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Aged rockers sometimes marry pretty young girls.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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IRL, say some text messages, along with SRSLY.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Sly & The Family Stone really rocked on their comeback tour.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Me? Back to urban life and away from the hard graft of the family farm, I thrived.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Vedalia beetles are ladybirds from down under
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Down underblankets keep people very warm on cold winter nights, but the ducks might not be too happy about it.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Out it goes!" I said as I waded through the dusty detritus in the attic.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Heat, ticks and the possibility of encountering snakes would be enough to put me off jungle exploration.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Lo, rat ions are what ye get if one removeth all electrons from these pestilent rodents!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Dents in the bumpers are nothing to do with me.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Mental illnesses can only be successfully cured with sausage rolls.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rolls and Royce set up an enduring partnership.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hip replacements are highly recommended if you're feeling somewhat decrepit.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Crepitation is a crackling noise which occurs when joints rub together, as in arthritis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It is well known that a witch weighs the same as a duck.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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A sad "Uck" was all he said as he expired.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Pi redacted it's claim to be the inspiration behind a certain sweet when faced with a claim from a gamma bear.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Argate?", I said. "Are you sure you don't mean Margate?", "No, Argate", he replied. "Where's that?", I asked. "At the back of ar house", he replied.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Here plied the jeweler at her craft.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Afternoon tea at 4 p.m. with crumpets and scones is an inevitable delight.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Lightning is a rather exciting sort of weather.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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There are several better ways, imho, of getting excited!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I, TED fan number one in the world, disagree with you because of something some famous person said without notes but with a snazzy PowerPoint.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Ointment needed urgently - I've burnt my hand!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Handle with care.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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With car expired due to faulty clutch, I had to travel by bus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Business in the retail sector is brisk in the run up to Christmas.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Christ mastered the art of upsetting hypocrites.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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It especially excites me when a young lady offers me her seat on a bus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Busking for a living can be a precarious existence.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Is ten cents enough to buy even a gumball?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Allopathic remedies seem to work quicker than Homeopathy and the like.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The likeness I saw in the mirror was not a pretty sight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sightless fish live in the dark depths of the ocean.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Ceanothus require fertile, well-drained soil and full sun.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Sunshine is in very short supply today, here in Suffolk.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Uf folk ftill fometimef like to write in an old fafhioned manner.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Hi!"
"O, Ned, man - nervous?"
"What, of tandem bungee-jumping with a crocodile?"
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Dilettantes love to dabble in paint.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Aintree Racecourse comes to life each year for the running of the Grand National.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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At Iona, leotards are the fashion de rigueur.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'European' is not how many people think of themselves.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Elves are my least-favorite Christmas characters.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Act? Erstwhile proponents of the art include Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In Nessie's view, lake monster tourists are primed to be punked.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Keds is another word for men's underpants.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Foremen 'sunder, pants! they've seen us playing cards" said the warehouseman.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Houseman is, I think, the old title of a doctor in the UK who is on the path to becoming a Consultant but has not yet reached the level of being a Registrar.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Gist - rarely used nowadays instead of essence.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Essen cement is not half as good as the stuff they make in Portland.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Port landed in the cove from a fishing vessel was distributed around the village - and it tasted as cheap as it cost.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sit, 'cos to get a seat that's closer to the stage this late is gonna be well nigh impossible.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I blew the leaves into my neighbour's garden using the leaf blower.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lower back pain can be very debilitating.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I lit, at Ingworth Church, the largest candle I have ever seen.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Verse encourages thinking outside the box.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Thin King outside the boxing ring' read the headline following the spectacular knockout in the match between Elvis impersonators.
[ 08. December 2014, 12:17: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I'm person at Orson Wells museum" said the very lost and confused Belgian lady at Madame Tussauds.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ada met us 'Sauds' up town an' we 'ad a right ol' fashioned cockney knees-up.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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(Didn't know that "Sauds" did Cockney - must have been Arabic rhyming slang! Very clever ).
Supper is an ambiguous meal; earlier or later, larger or smaller, depending on your perceived position within the social spectrum.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Pec trumps gluteus maximus, I should think, when contemplating the appeal of muscles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lester Pigott was a fine jockey.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Jock, eyeball this painting and tell me if it is hanging crooked.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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"Crook Edits Tabloid" - no news there then!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"'Ere then", said the Cockney taxi-driver, alerting me to the fact that I had not given him enough money for my fare.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'One y for my far Eastern friend' said the dealer as he cheated at Scrabble by peeking at the tiles as he handed them out.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He mouthed to her "I love you" but she thought he was mouthing "Elephant juice."
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ph! Ant juice all over the sidewalk -- I love stepping on the little buggers!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Bug Gershwin on the sidewalk when it rains - everybody else does, expecting him to sing and dance.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ancestral roots (or the study thereof) can prove very interesting.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ere stings, I have been cautious around bees.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Be essentially honest in all your dealings.
Posted by romanlion (# 10325) on
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Deal ingsoc a blow, commit thought-crime daily
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dai, lying through his teeth, blamed Llewellyn.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Welly, not to be confused with Wally, is the correct terminology for the waterproof green footwear worn by those venturing forth into the soggy morass.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asses and mules are not the same thing.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ingots of gold have to be kept under lock and key. Ingots of iron, on the other hand, have a relatively low value and are heavy to lift.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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If too difficult, try, try, try again to get somebody else to do it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Items in the special menu are rather pricey.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Rice, you know, is one of my favorite side dishes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hesitation is, perhaps, a form of worry.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Rygrass is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I can well believe it.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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I, Eve, 'it 'im with me 'oe" said the disrespectful Cain
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Arcadia life is supposed to be pretty good.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Goody Tyler was put in the stocks for public brawling.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ling cod are also known as burbot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bottles of champagne are best in the Magnum size.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Ums," I zealously replied as Circus Host, "are seldom thought'provoking and engaging additions to the conversation online."
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Io: non-linear trajectory proves attraction to another heavenly body - Itisaplan et Andawoppa
[ 14. December 2014, 12:39: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Paternity is surely little more than conjecture.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Ject ure stuck in's well dodgy, arsk fra getart," texted his girlfriend after Rod's altercation in the alley.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ley lines - real or imaginary?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Nary a friend nor a foe reads the zine "Zyzygy".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gynaecology is a branch of medicine concerned with the female reproductive organs.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I've organ sheet music filed in a cabinet in the choir loft.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Often, more often as I get older, I have trouble with my left knee when climbing stairs.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Airships are now being used to deliver humanitarian aid.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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AIDS/HIV was my little area of expertise for a while.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Hi-Lex is a Japanese manufacturing company.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Pan young Justin Bieber at your peril as the wrath of his idolizers burns fiercely.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Urns, fierce lyrebirds engraved on each of a pair, failed to reach their reserve price at auction.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on alternate days, am occasionally known to "sing."
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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To sin gleefully, in other words.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her word shocked me, I had never heard her swear before, let alone so vehemently.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ent, lying on the ground, having been felled by Saruman's sorcery
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Y", the Ent, sprouted up many little tree clones, and lived, and lived.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I've died a thousand deaths" said the mother who was asked by her children if they could once again watch Frozen.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In watch 'F', Roze nodded off and missed the intruder who stole all of the money from the safe.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"He's a feckin' eejit!" thought the intruder, as he tripped over the swag bag and broke his nose on the banister.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I sterilised my penknife before starting the operation.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"'Ope rations last until we go 'untin' again" said the Cockney explorer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reredos colours should be bright but not gaudy.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Au! D'ye hear that Calvinistic Quaker? Let there be rainbows!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bow strings often snap and need replacement.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Lace men tend not to wear except in certain spiky shacks.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hacks of a variety of sorts are quite popular on You Tube.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Tub economics is a specialist branch devoted to the supply and demand of Tupperware.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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'Ware, 'ware, beware the rumpled camel, shouted the town crier.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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(i.e. Reginald Winterbottom, MC)
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Tom McWallpaper all fall down go boom and owie did his head got bonked.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bonk Ed on the head.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He.......he added basil to the ratatouille!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'll expect more respect in future!
[Yes, I know - fat chance!]
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ut urethra decussit omnium
[Translation - you must be joking!]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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I, um, hope that if this is going to turn into a Latin thread, posters will at least supply translations.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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ions whizz about all over the place.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lover, the placebo effect means that you won't be pregnant even though you took sugar sweets instead of the pill.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Oft he pillages the small towns of the Cotswolds - he knows who I mean!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meanings of words change over time.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm expected to sing at two services every Sunday.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Every sun, daylight-giving, warm and bright, provides essential components for life.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Orli fer flights out of PARIS - Special trems fer dislixecs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ecstasy! I've made another post on ES, but then again, I am easily amused.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ya mused long enough, time for an answer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Swerving into the middle of the road could cause a nasty accident.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dent was once famed for its terrible knitters.
Posted by Ronja (# 4693) on
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Ersatz Christmas spirit is not what we need in this dark season.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Seas on this winter day are white capped.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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pedalo passengers have some difficulty managing them
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Man Aging the Molson's" is a portrait that hangs over every Canadian bar.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A 'n' b are the first letters of the alphabet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A better life is that to come.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Comets were once regarded as portents of doom.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Do omnivorous people have as healthy diets as vegans?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Answers on a postcard, please.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ease the sight on to the target before squeezing the trigger.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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rigger mortis is what perishing aircraft mechanics used to suffer on cold Lincolnshire airfields.
[ 23. December 2014, 18:21: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Field scanning with a metal detector can turn up buried treasure.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Sure you been good this year?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Earlier I was better than I was later.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Slate Rick for clean-up duty next week.
[ 24. December 2014, 02:38: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Eek," screamed the medieval monk, "a computer mouse--but wait, what's a computer?"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ute Reservation is in southern Colorado, near the New Mexico state line.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Linear progressions are less exciting than the geometric.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat!"
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, Scot, reat 'ard and cool 'ope everyone 'as an 'appy Christmas.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Massage therapy is apparently very relaxing.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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a X in government offices at Christmas time is allowed if the recipient is over ninety-three.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Threepenny bits are old currency or Cockney rhyming slang.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Mings languished for years as their dynasty flourished in China.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I shed (in China) the last of my inhibitions.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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1 bit ions don't exist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Existence is an interesting, if confusing, phenomenon.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'No men on the raft, women and children only' seems a harsh rule if a ship is sinking.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Sink ingests potato peeler - oh no!!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Normal service will be resumed when the call centre staff get back from their break.(And that is the correct spelling of "centre" this side of the pond, Microsoft, so get over it!)
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"O, veritable yumness," said the chocoholic Zen mistress to the lava cake, with a deep bow of gassho.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gas shows are a rather specialist interest.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rest a while at the overlook above Norris Geyser Basin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Serb, as in 'coming from Serbia', is a geographic and cultural descriptive.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ives to London", read the Cat family's tickets.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Kets?" said the Queen. "We can't stand them. We much prefer corgis".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Ref! er, cor, gi's a chance, don't send us off already!"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Offal ready for the sewer is hardly a pleasant fragrance.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ancestry research may unearth some things best left undisturbed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bed is one of my very favourite things!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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ING's the former name of an on-line bank, now called Tangerine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I never knew that little factoid.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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To identify the culprit, pick her out from a line-up or from mug shots.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Hot stuff coming through!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rough weather can be less than fun when in an aeroplane.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Planetary astronomy is more suitable than deep space study from a light polluted area like Los Angeles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Les Miserables is, in the UK, sometimes referred to as The Glums.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Toast! " he, glum sad face in hands, complained, "I asked for a full English breakfast."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asti Spumanti, the sparkling wine, is Italian in origin.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I gingerly approach large, unfamiliar dogs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gstaad is a city in Switzerland, or Helvetia.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Tia Maria is a coffee-flavoured liqueur.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Europe is where France and Germany and other countries are situated.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Edinburgh has a great Fringe Festival.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I value many things in life.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lifeguards, like Santas, have to work for only a few weeks each year in Britain.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Rita, in ecstasy, screamed my name.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Amerigo Vespucci is little known to most people except as the namesake of a couple of rather big masses of real estate.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tater Tots are a delicious alternative to French Fries and are very good with ketchup.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ketch, up the river, run aground and needing assistance.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Tan, cerulean blue and burnt sienna, please" said the customer in the artists' materials shop.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Operations are usually performed using anesthesia.
[ 30. December 2014, 03:50: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"He's Ian." She said, introducing her boyfriend.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I end all my sentences with full stops.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Psalms can be found at the centre of the Bible - more or less.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lessons in grammer an spelin never seemed to sinc into me brain.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Me bra, into me back it's pinchin'!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Kit's pinching my arm!" moaned the little girl in nursery school.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hoola hoops seem to be no longer in vogue.
[edited so it might make some sense!]
[ 31. December 2014, 01:09: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Guess who's coming to dinner!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Inner tubes on my bicycle seem very prone to punctures.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Top uncture seems to be arnica when it comes to bruises.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ise seen the whole th thi (dammit!) thing officr," said the drunk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Unknown and unsung heroes are all over the place.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Overt hep lace was very fashionable in the sixties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ties ceased to be part of my wardrobe on the day I retired.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Re: tired piglets: I'm one at the moment!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mom entered her wildly enticing chocolate pecan pie into the baking contest at the county fair- and won handily.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, lying through my teeth, congratulated the winner of the election.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ions! Ionnnnns! Get yer ions herrrrrre!" cried the barker.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Errrrrre!" cried the bar kerb-sitter having been thrown out, "My head's spinning around and around."
Posted by Aravis (# 13824) on
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A "round robin" Christmas letter arrived from an old friend of mine today.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Daybreak will gradually become earlier, now that we have passed the winter solstice.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Iceland is one of my favourite countries.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Riesling is a light wine, distinctly Northern European.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her neuro-pea never stopped rattling around in her head.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He addressed the crowd in his own words, without using PowerPoint.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Point......Pierrepoint!" replied the contestant to the question about the last hangman.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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G-man is a gross anachronism still found in some trashy thrillers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Iller," said the teacher, "is not good grammatical English, young man."
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Youngman was famed for his short, snappy jokes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ok, especially if served with a good mushroom sauce.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Saucepans are sometimes hard work to wash up, especially if left overnight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nigh to collapse I struggled on regardless.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A Rd. Less Travelled: An Abbreviated Guide might not sell very many copies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pies, savoury or sweet, are excellent.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lent isn't far off, even though we're still celebrating the Epiphany.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Anyone who wants pie, eat it before Lent begins!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gins will be off the menu too, and the black stuff with the lovely white foam that we drink it through.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rough and loutish behaviour will not be tolerated.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Tole rated highly against other kinds of folk painting.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pain, tingling, or dull aches should not be ignored if persistent over a long period.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Peri, oddly enough, saw nothing the least bit beautiful or mythological about her nature.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Urethral stretching might be needed for medical reasons.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Medic, Al, reasons such treatment is correct for her condition
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ions can, I think, be subdivided into Anions and Cations depending on their charge.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Char generally live in arctic or sub-arctic waters.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A terse email informed me that I was now out of work.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Working mothers often get a raw deal from their employers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Yers," said the old man, stroking his beard with one hand and holding his pipe upright with the other, "I s'pose you've got a point, I ought to give it up."
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"I tupped an Aries last night", chortled the wasted, medieval studies scholar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chola Rajahs in Tamil Nadu were not always the nicest of people.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Plenty of hot drinks and lots of sleep" is good advice to give to people who have a cold or influenza.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Zap! Pow! Bam! are captions sometimes drawn on cartoons.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Toons of the Looney variety are still sometimes amusing.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Singing the music of Tallis and Gibbons is a very enjoyable activity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, tying my shoelaces, made a terrible mess.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Messiaen wrote some pretty amazing organ music.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gorgan musicians might play in a city in Iran, or in a cave on the planet Triacus, depending on whether they exist in the real world or in Star Trek fantasy.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ant as your main meat dish is unlikely to make you put on the pounds.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"The Po und Seine are nicht in Deutschland!" exclaimed my German tour guide in half German, half English.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I shall make it to the UK one of these years.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ears, on elves, tend to be pointed.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In Ted's eyes, all humans are barmy.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Army brats often have good social skills from their years of learning to fit into new situations quickly.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ick, Lysol™ is needed to clean up that mess.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Messing about in boats is great fun implied Ratty.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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At Tyre archeologists found promising new artifacts of the Roman era under a proposed parking lot.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Glottal stops are very useful when trying to convey messages to people from Luton.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Tonsures are haircuts sported by monks.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Port 'Ed', by monk Scott, named after his late friend, was by far the most popular home made brew in the monastery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Stery', as sold in UK, i purported to be milk, but I remain unconvinced.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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V Inc. educates Congress critters on the value and uses of Roman numerals.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Also senators, many believe, could be so educated.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Ted Kennedy, the late senator, was well familiar with Roman numerals, due to studying Latin at parochial school.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oolong, as I may have mentioned before, is a variety of tea, which itself is a variety of camelia.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Me, liar? No! I speak the truth!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ruth is one of the coolest books in the Bible.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Esther, also.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Soothing music can be very helpful, unlike Muzak!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Zak Starkey is a musician, who plays the drums.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Rum," said the tea-totaller, "is an evil beverage!"
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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"Bev, 'er age isn't the point," said the old man to his wife Beverly, "it's 'er failing eyesight."
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ye sighted and ye non-sighted shall all praise ye the Lord alike.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I keep practicing my pysanky skills but there is a lot involved in drawing smooth lines of beeswax.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Waxies' Dargle is a song recorded by the Pogues.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Guess who is coming to dinner.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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To din nerd means to try to impress an obsessive by constant repetition
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Petitioning politicians rarely works well for voters, better for large companies that have no vote.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Everlasting Sentences has gone on for fifty pages, amazingly.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Glyndebourne opera reviews can go on for just as long.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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As longingly as I look at the piece of chocolate cake, I will not eat it, because apparently self-denial may bring me closer to God as instructed by another thread.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Not her!" Threading her needle under the light, I could see the disgust on her face as she considered the identity of her ex's latest conquest.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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On questioning her ex, she discovered that her best friend was his current squeeze.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ezekiel was a prophet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Heterosexism is quite irrational.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ion always flummoxes me, as I keep wanting to spell it 'Iron'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Irony is a fine art.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Earth is the only planet with chocolate that we know of.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Now" often translates to "in a minute."
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Nut eating is best after cracking the shells with a nut cracker.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Acker Bilk was brilliant on the clarinet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Netsky's are sometimes very finely carved, but I prefer wood to Ivory, which I wouldn't ever buy, however old.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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'Er old man was a dustman, who wore a dustman's hat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hatred is an acquired skill.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Killdeer occasionally like wandering about our church gardens.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Gar densely populated the waters off the coast.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Oast houses look good and smell good, but it's the result of the hops that tastes so good.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oddfellows, as an organisation, is reputed to be philanthropic.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Philanthropical shabby hairy men are a literary caricature, but the image might encourage us to help a beggar, just in case.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Tin casements make for watertight windows.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dowsing is a rare art, or is it a science?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Encephalopathy is a word many memorised along with bovine spongiform when the 'mad cow disease' scare was prevalent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lent is a period of fasting and abstinence leading up to Easter.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sterno specializes in flamed heating and lighting products.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Duct system are made to carry stuff from one place to another.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Not her," declared the detective, "but him, in the study, with the candlestick!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Stick it where the sun don't shine" is what I longed to say to my boss on so many occasions.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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So Many Occasions, LLC plans and staffs events.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Vent several windows to air out this musty room.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Musty rooms" were what the child called mushrooms.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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'Shrooms is what they call them in California.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I accept responsibility for this appalling event.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Eventually we will have to go into this utterly packed garage with a backhoe.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Oenophiles enjoy drinking wine.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'King Win: Enter our grand draw today' read the poster, but the first prize was an Elvis doll.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dollar stores have become ubiquitous in low income areas like mine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Minehead is a picturesque little place.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Aces high," shouted Justice Ginsberg at the secret weekly poker game.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Amenities in hotel rooms should include at least an en-suite bathroom and free wi-fi.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ew - if I am not mistaken, that's where the cat ate half a mouse and abandoned the tail and the intestines.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The 'in' test, inescapable for those who want to get a job in management, is called 'psychometric'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Psycho met Ricky is the latest horror blockbuster, not for the nervous!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Er, vous," stammered the French language student on her vocabulary quiz.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I zealously guard my virtue.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tuesdays, I've heard, are the one day you do that and occasionally also on a Bank Holiday.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Aye, but on the weekends...
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The week ends on a Saturday, not on Sunday as many think, but does it really matter?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Matter, or mutter, paneer is a delicious dish that can be cooked in myriad ways.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"I 'ad ways of making 'em talk." Said the ex-interrogator.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Gator, beloved of many Shipmates, may she rest in peace and rise in glory!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lo! Rye bread, smokey ham, baby swiss, and spicy mustard make a glorious sandwich.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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And Wichita people are mighty friendly.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I end lying about in bed at about noon and return six hours later to the embrace of my welcoming duvet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vets are very expensive around here.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Her Edsel was quite the classic automobile.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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O bile! O venom! o scorn! can ye not speak with a civil tongue?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Guessing the answers to exam questions is not a guarantee of success.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Cess-pits are probably rather unpleasant places.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Laces of antique pedigree are a pleasure to examine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Miners traditionally bore the brunt of the government's ire.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Sire' was the compulsory word of address to a king, if one wanted to keep one's head.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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She addressed the envelope most carefully.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Are fully grown animals ever as cute as the smallest, youngest ones?
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Stones that roll are said to gather no moss.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ossified opinions are difficult to discuss dispassionately.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sion ate lychees with fresh cream for breakfast.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A K fast is a sort of diet where you are banned from eating any food that contains the letter k, including alphabetti spaghetti.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Betti's pa, GH Ettisman, wrote an amusing poem about her misadventure, which went viral.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I rallied our valiant, little T-ball players, and even offered them a bribe of pepperoni pizza.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Izzard, Eddie might offer you death, or cake.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Orc, a keeshond with a lively personality, accidently bowled over my niece.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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I.e., Cecelia is a Junior Masterchef.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Heffalumps are very big.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Re: very big-mouthed hecklers, salt away a few extremely rude put-downs to floor them straight away.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Aw, aye, he seen the lorry coming at him then, poor bastard."
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Tardiness is the impoliteness of kings".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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King Solomon was a miner?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
King Solomon was a miner?
Ner, ner, ner, bad joke, Wodders!
[ 30. January 2015, 04:28: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Odd ersatz comments keep flooding in.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Loo dinging! oh no, I'd better get out quick before it starts to clean itself!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Its elfish name was Gwindor Sáralondë.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Saralonde danced a sarabande in stilettos.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tossing the caber demands quite a lot of strength.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Strengthen your muscles with exercise, but start gently and don't overdo it if you don't want to end up in the 'A and E' department.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Depart, men, to battle." said my CO.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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CO has a "four corners" boundary with UT, NM, and AZ.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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A zephyr played a zither all over Zambia.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ambiance is all-important when seeking a romantic retreat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eat all you can - and be horribly sick!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sickles are rarely seen other than in museums of farm equipment, now that combine harvesters have taken over from manual labour.
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on
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Our family sickle is now in my shed for use in cutting down weeds when running rampant.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Anthills could trip you up if you walk across your garden in the dark.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Den in the dark' was a fun game, as we children made pretend tents with the bedding instead of settling down to go to sleep.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lee Pace made a fine elf king in The Hobbit films.
[ 02. February 2015, 19:00: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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MS is a nasty neurological disorder affecting myelinating Schwann cells, which has the highest incidence places like Scotland and Saskatchewan.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Atchew!" Andrea sneezed into her vintage lace hanky.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Hank, you're a great guitar player" said the other members of The Shadows.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Dowsers think they can find water underground using sticks.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ticks traditionally alternate with tocks in the operation of a grandfather clock.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lock up your daughters when the boys are back in town.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Owning a car is convenient, but brings its own expenses.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pens essentially make writing easier.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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As I erred on the side of caution, I avoided catastrophe.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Astro pheromones is that elusive scent between the stars.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Between The Stars" is a celestial dating agency, run by Neal De Grasse Tyson.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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As set 'Y', so nifty on their feet, romped home ahead of the other sets of mice, they were all given chocolate as a treat.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Tea's a treat," cried the Mad Hatter.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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At tertiary level, education starts to become more challenging.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Gin goes well with tonic water and lime.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Lime in the coconut, coconut, ahh!"
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Utah, the American state, has lots of Mormons, most of whom are, apparently, not bigamists.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mists of Avalon is a book with an interesting take on the Arthurian legends.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Leg, end smarting!" I demanded of my limb after I banged my shin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hindenburg was a retired general and also president of Germany between the wars.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The warship looked menacing.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Acing the exam, I was delighted with my grade.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Rad expletives were not popular with the teachers.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hers was the best graduation present ever, as she considered her upcoming year in Tuscany!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Can you walk gracefully while balancing a book on your head?' asked the deportment tutor.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Port me NT -- tutorials must still exist even if Microsoft no longer supports it.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Port sits lightly on the palate when reverently consumed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Medical research is both time consuming and costly.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Lyda*Rose became my user name here because of an earworm from a certain musical.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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A certain music alumnus of the class of '06 saved that town's young people from the dangers of pool (shudder).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Udder cleaning fluid has a very distinct smell.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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C.T's mellifluous tones are so sweet that I could listen to him talk all day.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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All day-trippers were herded into a separate dining area, with trestle tables set up and an assortment of tubular chairs, and treated to yesterday's warmed up menu.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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So it was true: there really was a backbone removal unit at Lambeth, hidden away behind some dusty wainscotting outside the library.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nuance is not necessarily understood by all.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Y'all have a nice day, now!" called the cheerful Texas bus-driver as his coach-load of tourists disembarked.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Embark, Edward, if you must" said the young man's mother, "but by doing so you will lose your birthright."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Your birth, rightly registered, gives everyone an idea of your age, if you tell the truth.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ruth Blackett, captain of the good ship "Amazon", decided that she ought to be known as Nancy, as everyone knew that pirates were utterly ruthless.
[ 10. February 2015, 12:22: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Les Smith was a friend of mine in my youth.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Out", he cried, "And never darken my door again!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Raga in the hands of skilled musicians is glorious stuff.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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is a gesture popularized by the "Wayne's World" characters.
[ 10. February 2015, 18:31: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Char Act', erstwhile the 'Jolly Dolly Cleaning Co.'', will top and tail your whole house in a day, without charging a fortune.
Edited to add: no connection to any real life companies!
[ 10. February 2015, 18:37: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A, F or tune your instrument to B flat, if you wish.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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I should take the invisible rabbit out for a walk.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Aw, alkaloids have messed up the solution again!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
A gain came my way when I found the hidden treasure, with my metal detector.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Al Detector is a French-Algerian detective in a delightful series of mysteries.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Riesling is white wine, as is Pinot Grigio, which I prefer.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Hip referrals usually portend surgery.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Urge Ryan not to run for President, please.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ease of life is supposed to be part of retirement but I'm still waiting.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I tingle from my head to my toes when ever I see the film 'Casablanca'.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is home to a community of the Amish.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A mish-mash of sources is normally at the root of any local mythology.
[grammar!]
[ 14. February 2015, 07:00: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Log your time spent on docent work at the local history museum so the folks who pay for its upkeep know what kind of value they are getting for gratis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rat is one of the main characters in Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In the willow shade I sat, uncaring, until the bird sat right above me.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
:
Emeritus professors sometimes treat those below them in a similar manner.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Anne resisted the temptation to eat "just one more" slice of lemon drizzle cake.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Akela was kind to the cubs.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The cub suckled as the lioness glared, daring anyone to come near.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Earache can be very debilitating.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"I lit a t..., ingratitude!" spluttered great-aunt Gertrude as Desmond helped himself to the best candles.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
...and lessons in vocal techniques took the strain out of my performance.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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For man, ceilings need to be at least 7 feet high.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Feet high!" cried the coach of MGM's rhythmic swimmers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Merseyside was my home for several decades.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Cad! escape her brother's righteous wrath if thou canst!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Can standing in a bag of manure help you to grow a little bit taller?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
All ermine to be banished from ducal robes.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Cal, Rob, Esther -- an interesting menage a trois.
[ 16. February 2015, 13:31: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
"O," I stuttered, "O wondrous one, you are my hero!"
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
"Heros the Spartan" was the title of a historical comic strip in the 1960s boys' comic, the "Eagle".
(Note: it really was, too; I used to read it! Who says that graphic novels are new?)
[ 16. February 2015, 13:50: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Thee, a gleeful comic-reader, when you should have been eating your porridge and saying your prayers? Tut!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Er," stuttered the guilty student, "Read comics? Not me, sir!"
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Tsk! You know the Gloria is not sung during Lent!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Entropy is sometimes to be discerned in my life.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Lifebuoy soap had a distinctive smell.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Mellifluous notes floated towards me from the Vox humana stop on the organ.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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OP on the organized religions of the world thread was written by a troll.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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At Rolls Royce, it was always regarded as unacceptable to come to work driving a Reliant Robin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson is a poem I had to study at school.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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atschoo !!! lots of people seem to have colds at the moment
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mental arithmetic is something I have always enjoyed.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Enjoy edifying conversations? Come and join the Ship!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He's hip, in his glasses, skinny jeans, and goatee.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Jo, in thesh ip .. ip ... emporium, hic, can you find me shome more beer?" slurred the drunken reveller.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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El Lerdo was known as the village idiot of his small, Oaxacan pueblo, but he knew more than most of his fellow townsfolk realized.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Liz educated her students to a very high standard.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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And Ardal O'Hanlon was the glue that held the cast of Father Ted together.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ether has a notable position in the history of anaesthesia.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"He's Ian the window cleaner" explained the housewife when her husband enquired of the strange man in the bedroom.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ed roomed with a party animal during his first year at UCLA and wound up having to repeat some courses, much to his parents' chagrin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rinse thoroughly after washing.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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A shingle came loose on my roof.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Of shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings.
[please note, this line may not be original]
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Sandking seems to be either a game hero character/monster on its own series or an off-road utility vehicle invented for the Grand Theft Auto computer game
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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American sports are sometimes difficult for outsiders to comprehend.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Hen deaths due to Zombie attacks are thankfully rare.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Are they really?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Real lynxes can be found throughout the northern hemisphere.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Here, there'll probably still be snow on the ground at Easter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sterile containers are essential when making jam or marmalade.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Arm a lad even if it leads to his death!" is the cry of many a warmonger.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Monger is an old fashioned word for a trader, and a new fashioned word for a gossip.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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For a go, S, siphon off some petrol, add to a bottle and some rags, set light to the rag, lob towards your target and skedaddle smartish.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Art is history. Science is math. Theology is cooking. Pimple is drunk.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Run, Kevin, the bear is right behind you!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Ouch!" said Kevin. I should have run faster.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asters were a favourite of my mother.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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The roller-skating rink is populated by bunnies skating to the "Human Hop".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hope Street, in Liverpool, links the two Cathedrals.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Also Ran' would have been a better name for my nag than 'The Winner.'
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Win Nerys Hughes' heart" was one of my ambitions as a boy - being in love with Sandra from "The Liver Birds"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Birdsong was a notable character in one of the Tales of the City books by Armistead Maupin.
[ 25. February 2015, 02:15: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Up in the Rockies one can find glorious places to explore.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lorelei is not a suitable companion for a cruise down the Rhine.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Her hiney was the stuff of legends!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Leg ends are more commonly called
"feet."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fee transfers are now rarely made in cash.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Inca shortbread tastes best when eaten in the Andes.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Des eats his shortbread in his undies.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sun dies early in winter.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Lyin', winterin', simperin' meteorologists - how I despise 'em!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"I seem to have come out without my wallet", said the unspeakable cad when the bill for dinner arrived.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rive Droite does not have the deliciously scandalous reputation of the Rive Gauche.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chester used to be a delightful place to shop.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Tosh! Opinions vary, but that's the most ridiculous statement I've ever heard," said the fellow panelist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pane listing normally refers to the sizes of glass needed for windows.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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In dowsing, rods are used to indicate the presence of water.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ate real good this mornin'", said the farmhand in the bunkhouse.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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House mice are little terrors.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Let error-strewn posts be things of the past by using preview post.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Osteoporosis is a very nasty condition causing weakening of the bones.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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The "B" one strikes must be in tune.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Tu ne quaesieris are the opening words of Horace's Carpe diem poem.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Emetics are useful but generally unpleasant.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Pleasant!" said the pheasant.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Hep - he, as Anthony. Her Cleopatra didn't quite cut the mustard, though.
[That's just crying out for links but I'm afraid I haven't got the time. That could be a whole new game, though!]
[ 28. February 2015, 15:53: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thought I'd join in on this thread by responding to the post before last, but someone beat me to it.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Me to it happens all the time...
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I'm exactly the same.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sam explained it all in words of one syllable, but I still didn't grasp how the system worked, and so they sacked me.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ack!" Ed blurted, although he meant to be more articulate.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Late returns at the library incur fines.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Nesting birds are not happy when I trim my garden hedge.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Edge detection is a feature of photo editing software
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"WAR!" Exclaimed Edwin Starr, "What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Ly No Thing is the pen name of a philosophizing Buddhist monk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Kirsch I only know two things, it is made from cherries and it tastes fabulous poured over fresh pineapple.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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A p-plea from those of us who s-stutter. Give us a b-bit of room won'tcha?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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On't cha cha we got the full house, ten outta ten.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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At English schools, I would expect all the pupils to make daily vows of patriotic obedience in front of a picture of Queen Victoria.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Rias are drowned river valleys; one example is the Kingsbridge Estuary in south Devon.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Evon" is the actual spelling used by a colleague whose name is usually seen as Yvonne.
[ 02. March 2015, 18:22: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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On New Year's Day, it is our custom to go swimming in the river.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vertigo causes the sensation of a dizzy, spinning head.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Eadric the Wild led resistance against the Norman invaders in Shropshire.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hire the applicant your gut tells you to, and then train thoroughly.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Aint, tho', roughly correck even, bro'" said my seven-year-old grandson, checking my IT homework.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Me work too much, need vacation.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Cations are hard to herd.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Oh, er... do you think so?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Youth Ink ? something about tattoos for pre-schoolers ?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ersatz coffee usually gives me a headache.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"AC", he said, DC being almost unheard of these days in electrical circuits.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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It's a lovely sight when the snowdrops are flowering en masse.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Gen masseuse, Betty Fotherinshrew is - an even prettier sight...
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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<Sigh> The Ship of Fools can be so exasperating.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rat! In general it is not good form to criticise the bulletin board upon which you post. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ostentatious displays of wealth, in certain circles, are not considered to be "de rigeur".
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Europeans are less prone to such behaviour than their wealthy cousins across the pond - and why not? If you've got it, flaunt it!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Aunt Itchy' is an appropriate nickname for a female relative with fleas.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Least said, soonest mended" was one of the pearls of wisdom that MY aunt used to say on a regular basis.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"As Is" markdowns can be a bargain, unless the item is damaged irreparably.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Par, ably sunk on the eleventh hole calmed his nerves after the double bogey shot on that hole the day before.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ore is a suburb of Hastings, best known by many for its former electric train depot.
[ 08. March 2015, 08:04: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Potentates are often misunderstood and deeply lonely.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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One lycra base-layer for sale, purple, with large PIMPLE logo back and front. One only. Bargain at $250!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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$250 was once a reasonable amount of money.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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On eye make-up she was an expert.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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sanex pertinaxque in kumquat quotidiano [Trans: It is meet and proper to have your five-a-day]
[ 09. March 2015, 10:30: Message edited by: pimple ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A no means no and is not negotiable.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, able to walk at last albeit slowly, completed the circuit after everyone else.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Eels escaped through a hidden gap among the rocks.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"He rocks in the treetops all the day long," begins a familiar oldie.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Die? That's the last thing I want to do!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Odo was the best character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I need to know the end of the book before i start the first chapter
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tertiary syphilis is no fun at all!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Natal legends are important to the myths of Athena and Hermes.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Her mescaline-induced hallucination involved a purple tiger and a 7 foot tall Koala.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Alarms went off when Melissa's patchouli incense filled the Sedona Crystal Vortex shop with dense clouds of smoke.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ok, eject me if you dare!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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- a reliable witness in a snakeskin boa was heard to grunt.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Run to her and never let her go!" was the emotional last line in the trashy Mills & Boon novel I picked up in the charity shop.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Hopscotch was a game occasionally played in the summer when I was a small piglet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Pig! Let the others share the cake!" said the mother to her greedy son.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Ee, Dyson, luv! I allus wanted one of them. But which on us is gonna push it, cherub?!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Her urban swag went down real well with her new Fiat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fi, at the races, backed loser after loser.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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"Lose rafter, lose roof" said the site foreman, encouraging the labourers not to cut any corner.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ornery critters, labourers, though, and they were always sawing through the planks they were sitting on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gone are the days when they could be taken for granted.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Or grant Ed the head to head he wants" was the end of the taunt aimed at the man whose head resembled a red balloon.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Loons may be crazy people, waterfowl of which there are several species, and one appears on the loonie, the Canadian one dollar coin
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Coincidentally my prayers were answered last night when I asked for - guess what?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hats are the business of milliners.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Liners used to ply the oceans but these days most folks prefer to fly.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Fly girls rock!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ockham's Razor indicates that Buster the Rottweiler swiped the defrosting porkchops not some professional burglars
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Lars leaned lazily, lamenting luscious lefse loss.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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ELO's singles include "Roll over Beethoven", "Evil Woman" and "Mr Blue Sky".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KY™ is a product of Johnson & Johnson.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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John's onions were so large that they won first prize in the village show.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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How did he manage to get them so large?
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Solar generation assists enlargement.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Mention onions again, and I will need to ask for more on my hamburger!
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Urge restraint to prevent further loss of buttons...
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Urge restraint to prevent further loss of buttons...
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Butt on seat", yelled the frustrated teacher, "and no more repeating yourself!"
[ 15. March 2015, 20:28: Message edited by: no prophet's flag is set so... ]
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Our selfish friend is still thinking about how many onions she can consume.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sum equations are common for first graders' homework.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ho! Me? Work? I'm retired, dear chap!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Arch appreciation" is a little-known and highly obscure aspect of architecture.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Tureens for soup are sadly now going out of fashion.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Offa's "hi", on the other hand, was "Wes hāl."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Shale oil is a subject of some contention.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Content, I on the other hand believe, trumps style in most cases.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Sesquipedalianism may conceivably be regarded as a highly egregious and overly-convoluted manifestation of semantic expression.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Express! I only thought the slow trains used this line.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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His lineaments are such that female curates he has passed on his way to the pulpit have been known to shout "phwor!"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ph works well as a measure of acidity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It yields little benefit to allude to ones desires, just be upfront.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ron tested the latest electronic watches and found them disappointingly hard to read with his fifty year old eyes.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Ron tested the latest electronic watches and found them disappointingly hard to read with his fifty year old eyes.
So Ron ordered new eyes AND a watch.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes, that's just what I was talking about.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Utterly incompetent game players cross post with others, despite a two hour gap.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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GAP Clothing, like most fashionable items, tends to be overpriced.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Cedric at times wondered why she had been given her name, as it did not appear to be very feminine.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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i never remember how to play this game properly
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Roper, lying on the floor with his knees either side of his face, instructed his yoga pupils to try to do the same.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, Sam, emitted the highest pitched shriek she'd ever heard from a grown man upon seeing his Porsche squashed by the falling building facade.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Academe (or the groves thereof) can be a pleasant place.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ant placebos - a concoction of pheromone-infused formic acid, are very popular with soldiers who have had their heads bitten off.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Off-licences are useful places if one wishes to buy a nice bottle of wine to drink later in the evening.
[Which is why I'll be off to visit one in about half-an-hour].
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Even in Glasgow, good off licences are not that easy to find.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Finders keepers, losers weepers!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Wee persons shouldn't change light bulbs.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ulbsolutely! And people chewing toffee shouldn't try to thread needles.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Read, needless to say, the instructions before attempting it.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Tin git!" said C.F. Lewis to his writing chums in the pub - he couldn't abide the Wizard of Oz...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fozzie Bear was a character in The Muppets, who wore a pork-pie hat.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Eh? At least he wasn't green!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Re-energised after a long sleep, Howard felt ready to start work on all the odd jobs around the house.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Eh? O, used carbolic, I expect. Why?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I expect "Why? Why? Why? Why?" from the children, but not from my husband", Jean told the Relate counsellor.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lord Snooty was an amusing cartoon character with a top hat.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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To "phat" users everywhere: just stop- you are twenty years behind the curve in urban slang.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Urban's language was one of violence, which had devastating consequences, resonating for centuries.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Force NT!" Urie's comment on religious education in schools in Russia.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Us siamese twins always stick together!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
To get her a new laptop would take just a half hour of online search, Cordelia imagined.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"I'm a gin educator," declared the bartending instructor somewhat pretentiously as he opened his demonstration on How To Make a Perfect Martini.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Artini, the mysterious guerrilla artist, has been called "the next Banksy".
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ban K Syndrome is a condition suffered by serious Germanophobes, who want to pass a law proscribing all words of Teutonic origin.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Gin is a vital ingredient in ANY worthwhile cocktail.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Cock tailed the trespassing puppy, all the while squawking indignantly.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
:
Ant, lying on its back, could not escape the hungry bird.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Y birds include the Yamdena Warbler, the Yap Monarch, and the simple Yellow Canary.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Ow! Can Aryans sing, or what!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Hatters are not, as it is commonly believed, called mad because of mercury poisoning; it is because they support Luton.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
To neutralise an Acid, you need an Alkali
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Kali glared madly from her niche in the temple.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Please don't scare me with images of angry goddesses!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Esses are often good for a wad of cash on Wheel of Fortune.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
:
ELO - ff or "Tunes for sunny breakfast-times" on Classic FM - which do you prefer?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Preferring to sit by the window, we waited for a table to become free.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reef knots are very useful.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Tsar, every useful peasant--in fact, all the peasants have left the country. Nazdrovya!
(Nazdrovya = to your health.)
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda...
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Da da da dum. Da da da dum. Yeh that could work", mused Beethoven.
[ 29. March 2015, 19:29: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Oven chips really do not taste anywhere near as good as freshly fried chips, even though they are supposed to be better for me.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Formed out of armature and doughy layers of brightly colored fondant with only a modicum of actual cake, I suspect Duff Goldman's creations look much better than they taste.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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As terrible as they may taste, they still won't be as bad as the crud my grandma used to produce.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Duces," according to the Urban Dictionary, is what the cool kids say when they leave, gesturing with two fingers in the air.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
He aired his complaints in an annoying, nasal stream of consciousness.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Us Nessie Hunters must not lose heart when we miss a sighting
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A sight, Ingworth church is, a sight worth seeing when walking in the lovely countryside of Norfolk.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Folk think that it used to be nicer still, when it had black sheep grazing in the churchyard.
[ 31. March 2015, 13:34: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ardent supporters of Ipswich Town Football Club are too often disappointed.*
* I should know ...
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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SAP pointed Edward to the mistake he'd made when reconciling the debtors' ledger.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ed, Gerald, and Brent signed up for the long jump in the L.A. Special Olympics.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
:
LOL! YMpics.com have got some really cute shots of Yuri Michailovitch - Putin's pet poodle.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
"Oodles" is one of those lovely, indefinable quantities.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I, esoterically I suppose, love old novels.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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" 'ovels need bashin' dan, an' 'igh rise flats put up fer the workin' man," said the idiot cockney town planner.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Plan nerdish entertainment for the "Big Bang Theory" party, or would that be geekish?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Eek, is Howard Wolowitz going to the BBT party?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Art yobs hang around street corners in smoking jackets, randomly shouting out quotes from Albert Camus.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
A must-have item for an art yob in a smoking jacket is a pipe with finely scented tobacco.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Accordions can provide a merry tune at a wedding.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Ding, Dong! The witch is dead!" was sung by many upon the demise of Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Her name will live forever (but I don't have to like it).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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To like Italian food, it helps not to be allergic to tomatoes.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A toe set gently into the pool's shallow end convinced her that it was way too early (and chilly) to swim.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wimsey, Sir Peter, is a well loved character.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Act erratically if you want to be called an eccentric.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tricycles are more inherently stable than two-wheelers.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Eel ersatz was even less appealing than the real thing encased in jelly.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Case, din, jel, lychee: what connects these words?' read the book of word puzzles.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Puzzle," called Digory to the Narnian donkey.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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And on key, the a cappella choir completed their set of madrigals.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Mad Rigal sang of poets, peacocks, and profiteroles.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Ole" shouted the toreador as he whisked the tablecloth off the table, leaving all the cutlery and crockery intact.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tactile people are touchy feely.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Eel, your favourite dish, is not easily come by.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Come By Chance is a town in Newfoundland with an oil refinery.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Re: fine rye flour - this can be purchased from the mill directly.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Direct lycanthropes tend not to ask you before they bite your head off.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Doffing your hat can tend to distract them, however.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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We very nearly chose avocado green for the entrance hall but thought better of it.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fit young things won the marathon, while those with Zimmer frames took a lot longer to complete the course.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Our second choice holiday would be Dorset: Brownsea Island and Durdle Door, but this year Aberystwyth and the Devil's Bridge railway just clinched it.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"CLINCH EDITED OUT OF REMAKE OF LOVE STORY" read the headline in Censorship Weekly magazine.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Gaz" I never liked in The Full Monty, but "Dave" was my favorite character.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terrestrial TV is almost a thing of the past.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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The past is prologue, but what is the epilogue?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Guess you'll have to wait and see.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Seed of summer bedding plants and of vegetables is often sown at Easter, as are potatoes.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Re-pot a toe-sized plant if you want it to mature.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mat (urea compound usage his specialty) will receive his PhD. in chemistry from M.I.T. in June.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nervously I trod near to the edge of the cliff and peered over the rim, to see where the dog had gone.
[ 05. April 2015, 11:28: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Onerous tasks take their toll on my psyche.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Psych!" Edwin cried happily, after successfully pulling off a prank.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ankara may be the capital of Turkey but Istanbul is much larger.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Geriatric mothers are, apparently, any woman having her first child after the age of twenty-six!
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Twenty-six skidoo," giggled the slightly drunken flapper.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Personal appearance?" she queried, "You'll have to ask my agent."
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A gentleman would never ask a lady her age.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ady, her aged, wrinkled face shining in the glow of the sunset, gave a sigh and smiled that secret smile which held back in silence so much of all we wanted to know.
[ 06. April 2015, 13:39: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Now thank we all our God" is a translation from the German.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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The germ and the virus are two different things.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rent thin g-strings and risk health as well as street cred.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Ell, ass, tre, etc. reduce the English Language to short, snappy three letter words, causing Shakespeare, Will, to turn in his grave.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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His gravestone read 'I told them I was ill!'
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A sill on one of her windows is the site of a nesting, pesky pigeon.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Sky Pig, eons ago, was a flying dinosaur, albeit a fictitious one.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Us one-of-a-kinds don't give a rap for conventional wisdom- and obviously also conventional grammar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gram marks on my scales are very close together.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Very close to get her private stash of choc was she--the best Guittard, hidden under a floor board in a tin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A tin containing a floorboard may seem unusual but not in her universe.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Iver's enigmatic railway station is not home to Ivor the engine, as eagle-eyed readers will note a subtle difference in the spelling.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Lingering at the dinner-table with some good cheese and port can be very enjoyable.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Joy, able to relax at last, found herself at loose ends.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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End sentences not with a proposition.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ionic and Doric were two schools of Greek architecture.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Urea is apparently used as a flavour enhancer in cigarettes.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Are TT especially different from races held other than In the Isle of Man?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Manxmen would know the answer.
[ 10. April 2015, 15:01: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Er," said the weary office worker, "that's MY sandwich!"
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I chew on your lunch," retorted the accountant to his nemesis.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Sisterly acts cannot, by definition, be performed by brothers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Others, particularly the transgendered, might think that a matter of some dispute.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Putey-Poot," cried Dubya ecstatically, as he slapped Putin on the back.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He backed away quickly, preferring a more formal style of greeting.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingratitude is sometimes hard to bear.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ardto Bear, III" was listed on the book jacket as the author.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thor hurled thunderbolts indiscriminately, he had a hangover.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Ada Han, go very quickly without running and fetch the headmaster" said the harassed teacher.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cher was splendid in Tea with Mussolini.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Solini" is, per the Glosbe. com online translator, "noun, 2nd declination other_forms".
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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Former host of TV show, whose name I hadn’t heard of until recently, appears to be widely unpopular on board this ship.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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His Ship password was lost in the detritus of his over-packed prefrontal cortex.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cor! Tex Ritter's Boll Weevil and other songs can sometimes be found at car boot sales.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sal Esteban invested in new DJ equipment for his event music company.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Anything you can do, I can do better."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bette remains a star even though she is rarely referred to as The Divine Miss M these days.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Dayspring' is a Biblical word that doesn't fit easily into contemporary language.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ageism, agism in US, is discriminating against capable people on the grounds of their longevity.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Vit. Y has not yet made it to the health food store shelves.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Orésh Elves, from the land Orés, are not wholly deserving of their fiendish reputation.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on Tuesdays, am usually responsible for making my own breakfast.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Fas - tonic sol variety, are what the illiterate Welsh use for noats.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oats is what I was just offered for breakfast, but declined.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Decline direct sales pitches on the telephone - they are probably scams.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Camshafts help your engine go round.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ego Round-up: Kanye West joins the Kardashian clan.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Landline phones are still very useful.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fulminating about other people's actions does not really aid progress.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Gressingham duck goes very well with a sauce made from the juice of a few oranges.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ew, *oranges*!" shouted the toddler, while running around in circles.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Lesbos is an island in the Aegean.
[Now that could be a bit tricky ...] ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
[ 14. April 2015, 11:32: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gean is another name for a sweet cherry tree native to Europe.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Rope is thicker but string is quicker" - Milligan
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Ligands are something to do with Chemical Bonds, if I remember correctly
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lycanthropes may be feared when the moon is full.
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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"Nisfull.vdm is missing" is an error message that can appear during program installation.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ram in stall, at Iona farm, headbutts owner,' read the headline.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Linear progressions are often easier to work with than ones that are logarithmic.
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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Michelle, my belle, these are words that go together well.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Get her well!" shouted the mother to the skilled shaman.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sh! A man over there's trying to sleep.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Le épée est une arme puissante is an incorrect rendering of The epee is a mighty sword.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wordsmith is not a title to which I aspire.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A spire on this historic church can be seen from miles around.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Les, a roundabout in England should be taken clockwise. Did you hear me Les? LEEEEES!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Leslee E. especially hates sentences with multiple consecutive vowels.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Vow, Elsie, that you'll never drag me again to a crappy Xmas program at your megachurch.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Urchins can also be called varmints.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mint sauce is traditionally served with lamb.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lambic beer sounds like a good reason to visit Belgium.
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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Is it Belgium where each brand of beer will have its own glass?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Lassie, get ya bagpipes," shouted the clan chief, "it's time for the ceilidh!"
(Ceilidh: n. An Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling.)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"I'd heartily recommend the goulash," said the waiter.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Terrapins and turtles are easily confused.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fused circuits were a pain before trip-switches came into vogue.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Guests can be fun, or a pain in the neck, often depending upon the length of their stay.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Heirs tay Rabbie Burns sing awfie loud oor their haggis, ye ken!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Kentish Town is an area of London which is nowhere near Kent, nor does it look as if it might belong in that part of the country.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Try as I might, I just still don't understand standard western musical notation.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"No tat ions!" cried the low-church physicist.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Physic is the archaic name for medicine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cinema seems to be enjoying a revival.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Viva la difference!!"cried the young man as he ran off with the French maid.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"M'aidez!" meaning "Help!" is the origin of the expression "Mayday!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ay, day is upon us", said Douglas MacDonald as he led his herd out into the dim, morning light.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lighthouses, when redundant, can be converted into strange keep-fit dwellings.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ling, seldom used these days, is another word for heather.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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For heat, her grandmother burned coal, peats and old copies of the Guardian.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Pies of the guard, Ian, won the local cooking contest, narrowly beating Eric the engineer's quiches.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chesterfield? I hardly know it though I did drive through it once.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Hit on Cecilia one more time and I'll knock your teeth through the back of your throat, douche-bag!" growled her fiance.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Cecelia cried, "And then you'll have to deal with ME!", giving her best Xena ululation and waving her chakram.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rameses was a pharoahic name.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Amelia Peabody is a Victorian Egyptologist in Elizabeth Peters' beloved mystery series--which some libraries keep under lock and key because it's so popular--and her son is nicknamed "Rameses".
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sesquilinear forms are not easy to explain to those unfamiliar with complex numbers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Umber, Sienna, etc. are colours that come in two forms, one of them burnt.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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oft hem burn to smithereens when squaw sit on roasting buffalo.
[with apologies, obviously!]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aloe Vera grows in our back yard.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Arduous tasks are not best performed whilst under the influences of ethanol.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A "Noli me tangere" painting found in storage has been attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi.
ETA: Noli me tangere= touch me not
[ 23. April 2015, 13:13: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Gentile schismatics," the Rabbi said, "Have, through the ages, founded their own churches."
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Chester was Mr. Dillon's sidekick on the old TV show "Gunsmoke."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Moke was a sort of alternative mini.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I've miniature horses with the run of the house.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Use a condom, every time!" used to be my warcry.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cry not, enjoy the peace!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ace Rimmer could be thought of as a name or an epithet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Theta always seemed to represent an angle in my geometry classes.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lasses from Lancashire were teasing the lads from Llandudno.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Dud, no, don't do that," said Peter Cook to his sidekick.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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To his side, kicking the ball was second nature, which was why they won the FA Cup.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cupolas can look very tasteful in the right setting.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Set tin guanas over there by the tin crosses and mirror frames, and price tag them, please.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Leasehold is a form of property ownership which differs from freehold.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Old Friends sit on their park bench like bookends" said Simon & Grafunkel.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Grafunkel," Art commented, "is a form of the more common Garfunkel, although it is unknown whether this variation is regional or due to a typo."
[ETA: Deleted - oh so many, many - reposts, DT, Circus Host]
[ 27. April 2015, 20:03: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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(Whoa, girlfriend! )
Polar opposite lovers make good reading in the gossip rags.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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(I know. Computer went into a complete spasm and I couldn't delete fast enough.)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sip Ragsdales (fictitious) herbal remedy to rectify the problem of multiple vision.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is ionised air good or bad for you?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Outlook is, in terms of email platforms, the nadir.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Then a directory popped up and he knew what he was looking for.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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O King, forget not the transgressions nor the misdeeds of Thine enemies, for verily they are manifold.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Man, I fold!" said the card player through gritted teeth, throwing down his hand.
Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on
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"And so say all of us", added his compatriots.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Riots in Baltimore last night were out of control.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Trolls are known neither for their good temper nor their wit.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Heir with accessible trust fund wanted for LTR", said the relationship ad.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I padded out my response for fear that the interview might otherwise be too short.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Orthopaedics is a branch of medicine dealing with bones.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Boneshaker' is an appropriate name for an old fashioned car with no suspension.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Suspensions are often what nasty tasting medicine is made from.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Romulan ale is Windex blue and packs a punch (or so I hear).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ear trumpets are sadly out of fashion these days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Aysgarth the dog has developed a severe case of dermatitis.
[ 30. April 2015, 09:58: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Ma tit is none o' your business" cried the woman who, being offered some tea, had been asked what kind of cup she preferred.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Red hair is a turn on for some but not others.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Hers is the size 32!" screamed the customer, pointing to the lady standing next to her, when handed a sacklike garment by the shop assistant
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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As sis tan/tone/trains, I loll on the lounger licking a lolly.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lysistrata was famous for withdrawing her favours for political reasons.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re: a son's behavior, he should always be nice to his mama.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Is Ma managing in her new, smaller digs?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Igsky.com is a site which I had no idea existed.
[ 01. May 2015, 06:37: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tedium can be alleviated by reading a joke book aloud.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lo, udders - that animal's a female.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm Al, safe male escort for the evening: delighted to make your acquaintance.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tan celery will never sell as well as the green and white varieties.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I especially enjoy celery with peanut butter or a savory dressing, as it is very boring by itself.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elf children love it plain.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Plaintive cries emote from my cat when dinner is late by ten minutes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Utes" is, in some areas of this planet, vernacular for utility vehicles like Land Rovers and Jeeps.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Epstein, the manager of the Beatles, died far too young.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ungenerous people can find it hard to enlist help when they need it from other people.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pleasant though company can be I sometimes long for solitude.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ude bettr come home" was the angry mother's failed attempt at texting her teen.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Tee not high enough is what often sends the golf ball skittering along the fairway grass.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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As sister Susie sews shirts for sailors, silly Sally sees sixty six sticky thistle sticks, according to the tongue twisters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terse communication was the norm with one of my ex-bosses.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sessions devoted to staff training can leave me feeling depleted and somnolent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lent a book by my father it I forgot to return it and it became mine after he died.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ed and David are neck and neck, with Nick, Nicola, and Nigel coming up from the rear, this is no ordinary two horse race!' rang the commentary.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Men tar yellowbrick road, as controversy rages over planning laws in Oz.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ozymandias is written as a sonnet.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Ozymandias is written as a sonnet.
"Son, net yourself a lucrative job", advised his father, but the son had other plans involving unwashed scraggly hair, granola, and a van painted with peace signs and slogans assuring all that the occupants were friends of Jesus.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sussing out the true meaning of your cryptic emails is rather time consuming.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ingwald?", I said. "Are you sure you don't mean Ringwald?" "No, Molly Ingwald", he replied. "I'm sure her name is Ringwald"' I said, puzzled. "In another universe perhaps", he replied. A chill went through my body.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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B.O., dynamic though it may be, is not appreciated in polite company.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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NY, or The Big Apple, is a place I have never been.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Be encouraged, my friends, and continue your efforts.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fort St George, in Chennai [it used to be called Madras] is still there.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Erewhon" was a fictional location in a novel by Samuel Butler. Like Dylan Thomas's "Llareggub", it is a very backward sort of place.
[ 07. May 2015, 08:56: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lace underwear is not seen as being very masculine.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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As C.U. line dancing events go, last night's affair was rather absorbing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bing Crosby was the King of the Crooners.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ersatz may think it's indistinguishable from the real thing, but it's indulging in a fallacy.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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All a cyborg wants is to be treated like a normal human being
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Greece there are a lot of historical sites.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sit especially comfortably on our refurbished, reupholstered benches.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chess is quite an intellectual pastime.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'I met a man with seven wives: each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, each cat had seven kits....how many were going to St Ives?' read the riddle.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Let each sort out the multiples of seven as suits him best.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Be stupid like that again, then you best find me a stick to beat you with.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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It has absolutely nothing to do with you, your wife, your family or even your therapist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pistachio ice cream is scrummy!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Scrum," my backside - it was a hug-fest, you pathetic bunch of big girls' blouses.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Uses of vinegar are many and various, it's not only for sprinkling on chips.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hip sizes in my family go from child-bearing and on up.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Don upgraded his computer to Windows XP but soon realised it was a bad idea.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Did easy listening CDs ever satisfy the hearer in a permanent basis?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A siskin is a kind of bird, one that might not be seen unless sought out.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sough to uttermost ends of the earth, thou wintry blast, but let my apple tree blossom unmolested.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lest Ed should complain let me make it clear that there is no concrete evidence implicating him in the dastardly crime.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Lycrime' is a fitting word to describe the appearance of some cyclists.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I mentioned that to the sergeant, but she muttered something about habeas corpus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pus and vomit were my two most unfavourite things to deal with when working in residential care.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A responsible care worker learns to cope with bodily fluids of all types.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Pest control without the use of dangerous chemicals can be difficult.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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iCult is the collective term for a group of people who always buy the latest Apple gadget.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A DGET function retrieves from a database a single record that matches a given criteria.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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IATA, or The International Air Transport Association is an organisation recognised worldwide.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set" are words from "Land of hope and glory" which today seem horrifyingly imperialistic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I stick things down with Duct Tape™ on a regular basis.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ba!" Sis exclaimed when she saw the black sheep.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sheep may Safely Graze is a bit overdone these days.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"He epitomises the image of a philanderer, dahling, he's delicious!" cried the interviewer as she persuaded her fellows to give this candidate a part in the play.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lay off the creative attitude to the rules set in the OP, I beg you, dear readers.
[ 14. May 2015, 06:57: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ersatz cheese is generally disgusting.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tingling tongues occur when eating sherbet.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Her better half turned out to be a two-timing twister of an inebriate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I ate, for breakfast this morning, Set Dosa.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Do sages called Basil like parsley?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ley lines often intersect at important points such as crossroads and churches.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Chests out, shoulders back, quick march!" yelled the sergeant in the comedy film.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ilmkidunya.com is the best education website of Pakistan for the people, or so Google would allege.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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All Egeon beaches are stunning, going by their pictures on the travel websites.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sit, escape your cares for a while.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hi, Leander, do you fancy a swim to my window?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Dowsing will, allegedly, lead you to a source of water.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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A terrapin will probably lead you to water faster than some twig or other.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Go rot!' her brother retorted, after she teased him about his haircut.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cute as he was it didn't suit him.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Thimbles used to be ubiquitous in home sewing baskets.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Sket seems to be associated with some sort of student dance in the Japanese comic form of Manga.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Man, gather ye not with feathered angels; prefer ye the company of woolly rhinoceri." (Ecclusiostichos)
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I chose to walk down the road less travelled by; I just wish someone had told me why people preferred to go the other way, St Peter."
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Eternal Father, strong to save" is the lifeboat hymn, sung at their coastal gatherings.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Rings of Power never seem to have made it thus far.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Us far flung shipmates do enjoy a nice shipmeet to put voices and faces with the user names.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Me sing for you" said the foreign language student ungrammatically.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I call you when I need a laugh.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ugh! You would say that!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Hatching eggs are fascinating to watch, though I must admit I always hope that what emerges is a velociraptor.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I rap, tormenting the neighbours in the dead of the night when they would rather slumber.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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At her slum, bereft of amenities, Daisy still had no desire to emulate her sister Hyacinth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In the dark of the night take the turning on the right in the old casbah in Cairo.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I rolled home after the party in a state of confused, exhilarated ecstasy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Syrian refugee has been housed on our street.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Reet smashing" ejaculated my Yorkshire cousin when I presented her with a begonia.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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"Tha be gon'!" I 'ad to reply to t'terrible fake accent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Entropy can have devastating effects.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A 'ting' effect shows little more than a temporary obsession with another, hopefully human, creature.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Urea is often used in the agro-chemicals and fertiliser industries.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us tries harder, was the heartfelt if ungrammatical slogan.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Logan was originally a Renault product built by Mahindra who have now taken if over completely and rebranded it as the Verito.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ever it onward goes, one small step at a time.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Patati, methinks, is Italian for small potatoes.
[ 25. May 2015, 16:51: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Toes of women look best in sandals when the nails are painted.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Pain," Ted opined, "is just a real, well, pain."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pa intended to slap my face hard, but when I ducked he hit my sister instead.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rinstead Pastilles don't seem to be available in India.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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In diametric opposition to the available evidence, I cling to the doctrine that, upon germination, Jerusalem artichokes are circumcised by a radish.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I shudder to think of the theology behind that remark!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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RE marking could only go uphill once I got to the comment from a student that read: "Mary was the first nun because Joshua was the son of a nun and Jesus is the same name as Joshua."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Shua is a village, a language or a Safe Haven for Unwanted Animals, take your pick.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Icky sorts of sentiments in greetings card make my flesh creep!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sh! Cree papooses need to sleep.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Epilepsy can develop at any age.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"O Pa, Tanya gets the fish portion, we agreed it earlier."
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I....er....sort of....well....you know your dog.......um.....it kind of......well.....ran out......you know what I mean?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ha! time, a numinous concept in the world's schema
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Emasculation is one of the less popular forms of birth control at least according to male opinion.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Pin "ion" on the board next to "oxalate".
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Late is better than pregnant.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Gnan't" is what you say when you have no gnats.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At Selfridges they used to sell a really nice gorgonzola.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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On Zola's time at Chelsea, though he lasted longer, he was always overshadowed by the Middlesbrough career of Fabrizio Ravanelli.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nell insisted I take her with me to the zoo.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Zoopla is where we can find new cages to live in.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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To live Indian style is to live more simply, he averred.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Imply? Heave? Redress? The teacher scratched his head reading the essay, trying to make sense of the vocabulary used by the student.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Dentures, if ill-fitting, can apparently be something of an irritant.
[ 29. May 2015, 15:53: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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RITAN, the acronym for a pre-tribulation rapture forum entitled Rapture in the Air Now, has threads titles which could appear in Purgatory.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Gator, ye should be living at this hour! But what lovely, lovely lupins!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Up inside my trouser leg has crawled a cheeky spider.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I derided his ludicrous remark.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Arkansas is famed for the traveller immortalised in song.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ongoing issues usually keep me busy every morning.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Morn in Guatamala can show the most amazing cloud concentrations.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, on suspecting that my cousin had hidden the bar of chocolate for later, thoroughly searched her flat in her absence to save her from feeling the guilt, and ate it myself.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Elflike, she twinkled fleetly through the twilight of the celestials.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lest I also succumb to the demon drink, I had better not accompany you to the pub.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Publicans: are they invariably sinners?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Erstwhile cordwainers are cobblers.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ersatz is just a fancy term for fake.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ketamin only helps stallions with four legs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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URL, e.g. shipoffools.com, is just an internet address.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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'Tad dressy, don't you think? we're only going to a friends, not on the red carpet.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Snot on the Redcar petrol pump handle was not a pleasant thing to encounter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Count errors in that document, please.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Lease me a condo in the Bahamas, will you?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ill you feel, better you will be," said Yoda.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Yo, Dad," said my would be hippy teenage brother.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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There is a green hill far away.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ways and means are often found to deprive the poor of the little they have.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Avenue 64 was a street in my old neighbourhood.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Our hood don't need no stinkin' street names!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Message received and exported to the round file.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ilex is the Latin name for the Holly genus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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User-Friendly is often a misnomer.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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No merriment is allowed on this grim, sorrowful, fleabag, stinking day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Inking day-glo posters, 3m x 4m, using a little felt tip pen is most tedious!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Ted ? I ousted him from his high-paying position years ago !
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sago pudding has never been my favourite dessert.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Er, what I really meant was, you know, that thing over there, sort of, well, in the near distance.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ancestral piles are an inherited pain in the bum.
[ 04. June 2015, 12:34: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He bummed his way across the U.S. by means of his considerable charm.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Consider, able, charming and cool though you are, your body odour is really off-putting.
[ 04. June 2015, 21:22: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Putting greens are often found at seaside towns: for some they are fun.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Funny you should mention that - I used to live by the sea in San Diego and there was a nine hole course across the street!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eternal Father Strong to Save didn't stop you from getting bathwater up your nose when you slipped on the soap last Friday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I daydream less than I used to.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ed. to journalist:"Where's your article for the sports page, you useless hack?"
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Les Shackleton was a fantastic footballer, but he never quite received the same recognition as his cousin Len.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Sin" Len opined, "can be rather fun."
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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At her fundamentalist church, Leonie was rebuked for not believing that the universe was created in six days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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lX daysprings, or nine dawns, if we're not being too fancy about it, are as many as I'd like to see without having a long, long, lie in.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Eins, zwei, drei......... well, that's about the limit of my German language expertise!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I sense that even that wasn't perfect.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ectoplasm is sometimes thought to be emitted by some psychics when in a trance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hen in a trancelike state is laying an egg.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Gan e.g.go, is a common example northern dialect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A lectionary is not much used by Quakers.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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kerseymere garments would have been quite expensive in the eighteenth century.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ur, yes, Ur of the Chaldeans, is noted in Genesis as the birthplace of Abraham.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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A ham sandwich is what I ordered over the phone, a handsome witch is what was delivered.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I've red-faced become, recalling my bewitching witch tryst.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Itch? Try "Strong's Patented Rash Remedy" - it's guaranteed to be effective!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've given up on such things, I now rely on homoeopathy.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Pat hymenoptera on the head, if you dare, but don't be surprised if you stung by something vespine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I needed to know that, thanks.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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At Thanksgiving, I enjoy pumpkin pie.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Ump Kinpie was convinced that one of his cows had been wounded, although it was no coincidence that his neighbour had recently started having trombone lessons.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Son, shutup, stop talking and listen for once in your life!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I felt, when I read that, utterly bereft.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ref! That's a penalty, clear as day!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aye, he was here a wee while ago.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Asda yoghurts are sometime sold two for the price of one.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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On every head without a hat, the rain will fall and get it wet.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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O fonejacker, how plentiful are the abundances of thy voice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ice in brandy is an abomination!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I only wanted a little bit of butter for my bread.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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FORM Y (Breadalbane Codgers Club outing) Please sign below if your require Yogurt with your reddybreks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kshaitram, the formal word for a temple in transliterated Malayalam, is often incorrectly rendered as Chaitram.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rambunctious teenagers will be exiled to the naughty step until they calm down.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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D'owner of d'Audi in d'car park is d'boss!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ossified ideas may prevent old dogs from learning new tricks.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Newt," Rick sputtered, "eye of newt," hoping to call forth a spell.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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As Pella makes doors, it also makes windows.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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In dowsing, we hope to access water without having to pay the Water Board rates.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ate sandwiches for lunch, they were fabuloso!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Osoberry, believe it or not, is a blue-black drupe.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Drupees were printed by the million in Nazi Germany preparatory to the aborted invasion of India. Some historians say this is utter Pradesh.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Deshabmani is the Communist Party newspaper in Kerala.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ink-era, lamentably, in the sense of pen and ink, has given way to ink cartridges.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gestation in pachyderms takes up to 22 months.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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HSBC took over the old Midland Bank of my youth, but, now that it is fleeing to Hong Kong, the Midland may be making a return.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Turning-in is what I do every night - usually about now!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nowt to see here, move along please.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A long plea: send me some writing paper; soap; ointment and bandages; and don't forget my favourite brown sauce!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Own saucers, and the universe will provide the cups to match.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tchaikowski wrote some wonderful ballet music.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Let musicality reign in the firmament of the arts.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Oft hearts are moved to break in two, when hearing Rachmaninov number two.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Would that I could play such a piece!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A pie celebrates the achievement of your long felt want.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Antics like that will only land you in trouble!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Roubles look like being the next world currency if Putin has his way undisputed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Put education first!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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On first-footing I know little, but I've been told that it involves carrying coal into a neighbour's house once the new year has arrived.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've denounced capitalism all my adult life.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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If ever you should decide otherwise, WW, do please inform the assembled shippies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pies, peas and gravy sounds to be a nourishing lunch.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Unchain my stomach - it wants feeding!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingleton is a very pleasant little town.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tow Neville's Camaro to the Chevy dealer to find out what the heck is wrong with it yet again.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A gain is just as good as a loss avoided.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Avoid education if you want to remain ignorant.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Antlers (attached to animal heads) are frequently displayed as hunting trophies on Scottish baronial walls.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Tish, Baron Ialwall's wife, hated having to spell their surname when she made bookings over the phone.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Honey, I shrunk the kids!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Id, super-ego - just two of the factors in Freudian analysis.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lysistrata had the right idea for halting a war, which could possibly succeed in the Near East.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asti Spumante is an Italian sparkling wine.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Gwinevere liked Lance a lot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Other people were possibly not so keen.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tsokkee, now online, awaits visitors.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sit or someone will make you sit!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Itching powder is not funny.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Unnykey chains are the jokey end of the security manifesto.
[ 20. June 2015, 18:43: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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To be or not to be, that is the question!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On consideration, it's not a question but a conundrum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rum; my father liked to add it to his Saturday morning coffee.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Feel-good drinks usually involve alchohol.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Holidays are not always as good they're cracked up to be - but you're not allowed to say so.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sodom for Gomorrah we die!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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We Dietrichs are always have to tell people how to correctly spell our name.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Meaning no disrespect, of course.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Our secret name can only be correctly spelled using the cetacean alphabet.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Betjeman (John), the people's poet, made a nostalgic film of the branch line to Hunstanton.
[ 22. June 2015, 22:23: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Ant on the tracks" is one of the more unlikely excuses for train delays.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lay students end to end before examinations.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On some occasions this might end with more people than were there at the beginning.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Gin? n.... I..... n..... Go on with ya, not at thish time of the day!" slurred the caretaker as he staggered out of the building.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ding the bell if you need anything.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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In Guatemala, they prefer that you whistle loudly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lysander had remarkable leadership qualities.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Especially when he swam to Hero.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her off-days increased, the more time I spent with my new friend.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I ended the relationship when I found she was sending love letters to Charles Manson.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Songbirds are, at present, waking us too early in the mornings.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Gstaad in winter there are many skiers.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ersatz sportsmen would rather play Cluedo.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do not touch me, Sir Jasper!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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as per my instructions, I expect everything is complete by now
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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No walker will go far in his carpet slippers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Personally I don't care much for carpet.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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For car petrol, one can expect to pay an inordinately high price that allows you to pollute the planet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The 'plane taxied to the end of the runway.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Aye, and then crashed into the terminal.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Erminal edges are sometimes seen on the dress worn by those of high authority in the Church.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Urchins rarely grow up to become archbishops.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hop. skip and jump are not welcomed during an episcopal procession.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sion doesn't care what gait you use so long as you get there in the end.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Endorsements from the episcopacy are rarely requested.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Re: Quest, Educational - does it involve dragons?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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NSU can be a decidedly unpleasant experience, painful too!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Fultoo can be found online with Hollywood, Bollywood and Indian connexions, but no explanation of its significance.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Can celebrities sometimes give themselves a superior air?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Irksome duties abound!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ties a bounder wears are to give the impression of respectability.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Typhoo tea, however, is nowhere near as respectable as Twinings.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"Win in Gstaad!" Urged the manager of the Swedish schoolboys football team.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Amazing Grace has been sung in many places.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Cesme in Turkey, which I visited on my holiday last summer, may not be one of them.
(PS It's really spelled "Çeşme", so I've cheated slightly.)
[ 30. June 2015, 15:22: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thematic variations are popular in all sorts of music.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sickly plants may be nurtured back to health, but some gardeners prefer to pull them out, and replace them with healthy ones.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nescafe may help you, but it will do nothing for them.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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He made no attempt to justify that last statement.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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T.S.T. ate men. Titus Sylvanus Tibericus indulged in cannibalism! Trust me, I'm a scholar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Large? What a silly question, of course I want a large one!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Geo News purports to be as informative as any other news channel.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Nell Gwyn is one of those people everyone has heard of, but fewer know who she was.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Wasps are good for the garden but not good for the gardeners.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Arden, erstwhile ancient forest near Warwickshire, is featured in Shakespeare's "As You Like It," although I thought the Bard was referring to the Garden of Eden.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fed English breakfast to the smallish niece, but when she understood that blood sausage was actually, well, blood she balked.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Kedgeree for breakfast seems a little ostentatious.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tat IOUs presumably are about borrowed Maniples and Berettas and may be discussed in Ecclesiantics.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ian, tics are sudden, involuntary movements, not blood sucking parasites.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Par, a site seemingly used for the extraction of china clay in the past, is now a far more quiet Cornish beach.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Each culture believes implicitly in its own superiority.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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It yields when you press it, but what is it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Situations vacant columns these days seem very scanty.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Can't you sit still for one moment, young man?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Managers who should have interpersonal skills quite frquently haven't.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Entwives are rarely seen, even by Ents!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Entschuldigen is the German for apologies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I esteem cauliflower above other veggies.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Egg I especially like as a choice in a salad bar, along with bean sprouts and bleu cheese crumbles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bless you for that.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Forth at dawn" was the order given by the military.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A RyanAir flight can be quite an experience.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Encephalitis can sometimes seem an attractive option if you do happen to fly with the aforementioned airline.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Linear programming is a mathematical tool.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Oolitic limestone, with its glorious honeyed colouring, is often used for building in the Cotswold villages.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ill ages ago but feeling much better of late.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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ROFL at earlier comments means that I found them funny.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Fun nymphs are much nicer to know than gloomy ones.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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My one surprise birthday party was quite unexpected and sweet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Weetabix™ has never appealed to me as a breakfast cereal.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Really stupid people cannot be cured of idiocy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cyanide, surely, might alleviate their condition.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"It ionises the air." I said in response to his question about my latest purchase.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ions? That's a bit of a highly charged subject!
Sorry cross-post. As you were.....
[ 17. July 2015, 15:19: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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As ever, Jammy Dodger must be allowed to play without a cross post which changes the subject.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Ectoplasm featured a lot in the film Ghostbusters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Us terse folks don't believe in wasting words.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sting, wordsmith, has written a number of notable songs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Gstaad rooftops snow accumulates in winter.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Intermissions, these days, are a rarity in cinemas
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As ice cream stocks are limited.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mite Dennis, the little horror, used to share his ice cream freely with those below, when he sat in an upper circle seat.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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At times, his ice cream would dribble as far as the cleavage of the lady immediately underneath.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Atherosclerosis can result if one's consumption of ice cream is excessive.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've never indulged in such things
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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In Gstaad lofts may also be a good place, to pick up on Welease Woderwick's earlier point, to store said confectionery.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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One rye crispbread with salad and cheese is not as good as two, when stoking up for the storage chllenge.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Engendering envy in people is not difficult, people are so gullible.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I bless those who curse me, and curse those who bless me.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Less medium sized plush toys came into the stores last Christmas.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Is TM, as an abbreviation, well known?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Know not, I, the response to your query.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rye whisky was, according to my father, best drunk with ginger ale.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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A less sophisticated person would drink it neat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At least then it would be free of ice.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Iced gems are small hard biscuits with a tooth-breaking swirl of icing on top, not to everyone's taste.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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As terrible as they may be, I'm quite fond of a bit of Aqua.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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A quantity of which can be purchased inside a plastic bottle.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bottles hanging on the wall were green, there were usually ten, and they were liable to fall.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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All around my hat I will wear the green willow.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Will owls evolve into gigantic overlords, ruling the world with their hoots?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tsunamis would surely wash them away.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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A way to prevent that would be for them to build their nests in very high trees.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tree sap is essential in the production of Maple Syrup.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Uptown is not a place where you are likely to find maple trees, though there may be an owl or two.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wolves seldom chase owls.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Owl sap does not sound as tempting as maple tree sap.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sapporo Snow Festival sounds a but too chilly for me.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Illy, formerly known as Raymond Illingworth, was named player of the year in 160 by Wisden.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Den of iniquity, and that's just The House of Commons!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On spec, I'd say that Wisden was not operating in 160, though I could be mistaken.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ken Livingston believes the Labour Party should move to the left.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tot, he left teddy grahams all over the nursery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nurse Ryan will give you your medication.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, cat, I only want to know you if you are ready to be my slave.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Venereal Diseases are now more usually called Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STDs.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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STD sometimes means standard, and LSD used to mean currency.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encyclopaedias, in the old days, were generally heavy great things.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Eat Thing", said Morticia, as she tried to teach Puglsey not to ask for more dinner.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Inn error you've come to the wrong hotel" punned the receptionist unhelpfully.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I stun helpful lyricists with my remarkable ability to mangle their offering.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ring me anytime" said Wagner.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"NY Times Aid WAG", Nerissa remarked, reading a report lauding the clothing range "designed" by a football player's partner.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Art nervously asked Simon for a dance.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Certainly," He replied.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Here plied many traders - their vending creating a noisy racket.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ketchup, chilli, mint and horseradish were sold by the Sauce Man.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Man, oh man, you should see the burgers!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ersatz burgers are not that good.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"OTT hat, Goodfellow!" spluttered his friend, wondering quite how he was supposed to accompany him down the street without meeting ridicule.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Culebra is a lovely island on which large hats might be appropriate, to protect the head from the sun.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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He's understanding most of the time, though occasionally inconveniently ratty.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Typhoons can have that effect on people.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Plectrum banjo playing may soothe the nerves, or jar them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Embassy officials tried to play down the incident.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I dent my car every time I even look at a retaining wall.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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All's fair in love and war.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Andward" is an Old English word meaning "opposite" or "in the present".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Resentments hurt the resenter more than the resentee.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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There's en tee, as an example of the end of a disguised insult.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sultry weather is about all we get during the monsoon.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Soon the summer might at last begin.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Gin makes up for a lot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lot's wife should have kept her eyes forward!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Here? "Yes" for Ward," was the answer from the local party secretary in response to a query from Headquarters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terse remarks from their boss was something my staff got used to after a while.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hi, Lewis, I understand you hail from Wales.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Leslie does too, I think.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Ith ink needed for thith pen?", lisped the Igor.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I gored him, I did; I gored him real good." said the dopey bull after the run at Pamplona.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nat, Pam P, Lona and Dick were not impressed by the bull run that day.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Hat, da?" Ydris asked his father as he offered to hand him his cap.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Scapula" is the word I was hunting for (but failed to find) last night when gently massaging my wife's shoulder.
And that is actually true! BT.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Derived from the Greek word skaptein, which means "to dig",the scapula is instantly recognisable from the fact that it is shaped like a shovel or spade.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Hovel or spa? Deciding is so tricky.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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"Ick, yuck, bleugh......" were just some of the sounds coming from the bedroom when the bare foot of the cat owner made contact with the half-mouse donation on the carpet by her bed.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Herb education is very important for those wishing to expand their culinary talents.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lent sometimes is an appropriate season in which to take up something new, like cooking with herbs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Her BSc was, if I recall, in chemistry.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Linch 'em!"
"I's trying";
an exchange heard on the bus that led to speculation as to meanings of 'linch' in modern parlance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lancelot was sometimes a VERY naughty boy!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Oyez, oyez, Round Table knight shags Queen Guinevere.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Never ever put slices of pizza in the DVD player.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lay ermine and sable on Guinevere's bed!
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Never! 'E's bedridden? Who'd a thought it. 'E were always such a sprightly chap."
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Lych, apparently, is a Saxon word for "corpse".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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See lych gates at old churches, the corpses are safely buried.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I educated myself about how to defend myself against zombies though, just to be on the safe side.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ideally one should be prepared for any eventuality.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Ali typed the words, 'Ali typed the words, 'Ali typed the words, 'Ali typed the words...etc, etc. Ali is still typing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ping Pong is now better known as Table Tennis.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Is it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think it is?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ith in kit," Isabel lisped, responding to a question asking where to find the plasters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As terse answers often lack details please expand your answers where reasonably necessary.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Essary, Jesse Frederick, was an American journalist according to Wikipedia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Diameter times pi equals circumference.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Central to the success of a wheel is the hub.
[ 01. August 2015, 19:25: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Hubris isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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To bed before wed is frowned upon in some quarters.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Art, ersatz, is never as valuable as the real thing.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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There, alt hinges can be a form of internet links or spring or locking door mechanisms.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Isms" and "ologies" used to be vernacular terms for academic subjects.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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ECT, seldom used these days, used to be a common treatment for certain mental illnesses.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sesquilinear forms aren't that hard to understand, but they proved a stumbling block for many an undergraduate.
[ 03. August 2015, 14:00: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Graduated sugar lumps might be formed into a stumbling block.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Bling blocked. No Jewellery allowed." read the sign on the door.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Edo, or modernly Tokyo, has grown massive beyond all recognition in a century and a half.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Alfred the Great is renowned for burning cakes.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A kestrel is a particularly beautiful bird of prey.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Reydon is a slightly cheaper neighbour to Southwold in Suffolk.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Old in SUF? Folk who follow Steam-powered User Forums would list games such as counter-strike.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I kept many relics of childhood, but train sets were not among them.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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He made that sound like it was a bad thing.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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In gospel truth, you got my gender wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ongar is in the county of my birth.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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That means you're from Essex!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ref, Rome's sexy moves distract the crowd.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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WD40 has a myriad of uses.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fuses are much more sophisticated now, so that strips of foil can no longer be used as a permanent stopgap.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Apiarists presumably prefer B Movies.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
:
Mo vies with impoverishment through his foundation
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Found at Iona: one pairs of crocs, slighlty worn, seeking reunion with their owner.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I row nervous passengers across the Lethe.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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He let her seductive smile beguile him.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Immense and immutable are the attributes of the Himalayas.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Lay, as a term meaning non-ordained is a common term in some denominations.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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iNations is what we will eventually have when Apple's takeover of the world reaches its dénouement.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Entertainment is what wrestling isn't.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Tisn't! Tis! Tisn't! Tis!' the children argued, driving their father to distraction as he drove them to Wales.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Ales, ciders and lagers can all vary considerably in percentage of alcohol.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"O Holy Night", lovely as it may be, gets totally wrung out for me by December twenty-fifth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If the cap fits, wear it!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Swear it isn't so!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Southampton Water leads down to The Solent.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
So, Lent then, what shall I give up next year?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Early risers enjoy longer days, while late risers enjoy more sleep.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ephidrine is an effective bronchodilator.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Dilatory pupils at the boarding school usually found that breakfast was all gone by the time they got to the refectory.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
ECT or yoga - what a diagnostic dilemma?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ma, he's making eyes at me!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meet me under the clock at seven.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
Even if I turn up, I suspect you're going to be disappointed.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Bed is appointed in the Regency style", read the guidebook for that room in the grand house.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Use less polish and more elbow grease!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ease on down the road.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Address and telephone number, please.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Leasehold properties are a pain in the rear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Her ear problem still hasn't cleared up - except when people talk about her when she can hear clearly from 100 miles away!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Saw a yurt made out of embossed leather - honest!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
:
Estimates of a good result in the game last night fell short.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
"Fells Horticultural Show", read the sign in Keswick.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Wicker baskets aren't good for carrying milk.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Milken Community School in Los Angeles is one of the leading Jewish high schools in America.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Eric, a louche 19C schoolboy, took the primrose path, little by little.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Let those who like the primrose path go that-a-way, while the rest of us will take the path through the bluebells.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ells are rarely used as a unit of measurement these days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Aysgarth Falls are in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ark welding would have been dangerous on a ship made of gopher wood.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Oodles of chocolate (the eating thereof) is liable to be fattening.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ingmire Hall is just to the west of Sedbergh in Cumbria and not far from the Quaker Meeting House at Brigflatts.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
:
At Tsawwassen, you can catch ferries to Vancouver Island, arriving at Swartz Bay or Duke Point.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
UKEP ointment (not to be confused or associated with any political party) is applied to the mouth to stop someone spouting racist and xenophobic twaddle.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Addled eggs are not good to eat.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Toe attacked by a vicious, tiny kitten!- news at eleven.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Evensong, well done, can be a very beautiful service.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Iced tea is very popular, on hot days, in Hungary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aryan people arrived in India from Central Asia millennia ago via Afghanistan and the Khyber.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Berries are best not picked straight from the bush, unless you know exactly what type they are.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Yaren is a district of the Pacific nation of Nauru.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Russia is the home of Ensign Chekov.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Overs should each be bowled in about four minutes.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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Our minute spiders are best seen through a magnifying glass.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Lassie barked and barked trying to attract attention to the old abandoned mineshaft.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Afternoon tea venues in London are being discussed elsewhere.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Sew here" was the instruction given on the dress pattern.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terns [River] are quite common at the bird sanctuary at Ranganathittu.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Nat hit Tubby, his best friend, as revenge for an insult he received.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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"I've done something very stupid" said Freddy, shaking his head in sorrow.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Dins, or rowing?" enquired Freddy hungrily, hoping that his mates would opt for the former.
[ 13. August 2015, 19:06: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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For Merseyside I still have a huge affection.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I only know of Merseyside from that song by Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Makers of Everton Mints reside thereabouts.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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EA bouts is the name given to a new inter-church boxing contest, designed to reinvigorate evangelicals.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Also Spracht Zarathustra is a piece of music by Richard Strauss.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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USS Enterprise is the name of various craft used for interstellar travel in several series of Star Trek.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ekko was the boy who shattered time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I measure success more kindly these days.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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The Seday song promotes Bhutan.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tangents are lines associated with curves.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Vestigial traces of a tail are found in the human coccyx.
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
Vestigial traces of a tail are found in the human coccyx.
You bloody smartarse!
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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CYXX is the International Civil Aviation Organization airport code for Abbotsford in British Columbia, Canada.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A daring young man on a flying trapeze.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ape zebras?" the horse queried, bewildered, "why should that be required?"
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Re quire demos in sixteenth century Berkshire over the wording of "The Holly and the Ivy": there is no evidence that they actually happened.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Neddy Seagoon wasn't quite a genius.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us reckons he were a tosser with a turn of phrase.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A second opinion might be needed.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Dedicated, no doubt, to Harry Secombe.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Combe structures are, of course, ice age.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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C.E. (a generalised form of A.D.) has the capacity to annoy people because they see it as cutting the Lord out of our calendrical habits.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A bit strange, is this use of "calendrical."
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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I calculate that you owe me at least fifty quid.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Quid drinkin', many years ago, honest ocifer", hicupped the drunk driver.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I verify that that is an outrageous untruth.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Uther Pendragon was allegedly the father of King Arthur.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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The fat hero, F.K., in Garth Urban's latest novel counters many stereotypes of modern romance.
ETS: superfluous letter.
[ 18. August 2015, 10:36: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ancestry can be fascinating topic for research and reveal many a family's deep, dark secrets.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Retsina is very much an acquired taste.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Asteroids pose little threat to the structural integrity of Jenga towers.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Tow 'er ship into t'dock Mr Bosun!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sundowners, the drink not the vagrant, were often based on GIN.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Donging is usually preceded by dinging in campanology.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Log yourself in if you want to check your e-mails.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Our Em ails" she said, referring to her daughter Emily's health.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Heal the wounds that have ripped our souls asunder.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As underfoot our dreams are trodden, so diminishes our optimism.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I smile whenever I think of you.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Your sentiments are reciprocated.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cat education is a complete waste of time and effort.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"I mean, deffo, RT any positive comments or images," said the publicity consultant.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sultan Terry Williams was an unlikely mayor of Dungannon.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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City: "Consul Tantric Sex Scandal Not Acceptable Here".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Heretics are no longer burned alive at the stake.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He's taken my parking slot again!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aga in the kitchen and a pot-bellied stove in the lounge.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Generation gaps might cause misunderstanding.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dingle is, amongst other things, the name of an area of Liverpool.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Liver, pools of tomato sauce that looked like blood, and a few offcuts of beef were used to try to make the horror film look authentic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Then tickets cost a lot less than they do now.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Hey! Don owes me twenty five pounds, and you expect me to forget it?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tits-up is a colorful way to describe a failure.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lure me into your lair, and find out what you want to know.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Now let's have no more trouble!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Roubles may be spent freely in Russia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Siam is, of course, the old name for Thailand.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Hail and farewell!" He said, as he passed me by.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Byways are roads in theory, but please do not try to drive on one in the family car.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Lycar runs buses in Spain.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Spa in Belgium they hold an annual Formula 1 Motor Car race.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A celebration of music can be quite wearing if it features concerts every night for a week.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A weekly, or daily, exercise regime may help to shape up a flabby body.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dying of clothes doesn't seem to be as popular these days.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Day seven is a day of rest, in which to reflect and give thanks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hanks of wool can get very tangled.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Angled sheets of glass were used to produce the Pepper's Ghost effect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ectoplasm always seems rather messy!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sycophantic behaviour is nauseating.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us eating our own forebears is as likely as a snowball in hell.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ellen did a super interview with Diane Keaton which I watched on YouTube™.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Bet Midlar is not the correct spelling for The Divine Miss M's name.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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SNAME has long been the preeminent society for the practitioners of the shipbuilding arts and sciences.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cess pools can get very smelly!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Llyn Padarn is a glacially formed lake in Snowdonia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Niamh should not be pronounced using English phonetics.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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One tic seldom occurs in isolation as it is more usual for there to be a succession of them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eminent lawyers would probably agree with that contention.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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That content, I, on hearing the good news.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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New speculation doesn't add up to good news, or even news at all.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Sat a llama in the grass, watching the alpacas pass.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Passage to India was written my E M Forster.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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For stern teachers, the best course of action is to offer copious amounts of free chocolate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Late applications will not be considered.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Sid 'ere doesn't care much for people who don't pay up," said the extortionist pointing to his henchman.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Manners maketh man' - as my granny used to say.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A yak is not necessarily the most house friendly pet.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Petunia kept one and declared it to be the utmost bestest beast she had ever had the fortune to adopt.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Opt for a female, and you may have yak milk to sustain you.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ouch! is what you would say if a yak stepped on your toe.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Toed ungulates of the even kind are yaks, very unlike the odd-toed kind.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kinder are chocolate egg type sweets containing little toys.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Oysters, on the other hand, contain pearls.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Earl's the middle name of former US President Jimmy Carter.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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My car terrorises the neighbourhood - or is it the way I drive it?
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
My car terrorises the neighbourhood - or is it the way I drive it?
I've itemized everything to the nearest farthing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Far things are not as close as near things.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Earthing, supposedly the cure for arthritis and other chronic inflammations through grounding to the earth.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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ear, throat, nose - all of these things are either sore or blocked at the moment
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Men think a cold is flu sometimes - don't let on, but so do some of the ladies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A dies irae by Berlioz was a fitting send off at the Requiem.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I embellish stories for dramatic effect all the time, being somewhat of a liar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I artistically arrange flowers.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Range flow, er, surely that's computer modelling of moving shapes?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ape sounds? The Lyre Bird is master of that.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Aster oft hath been
autumn's purple harbinger:
Michaelmas daisies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is I essentially correct in my English usage?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us age? surely you jest, whatever you said your name is.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A Meistersinger is not sufficient for an opera; it calls for a whole chorus of men's voices.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ices are particularly acceptable in hot weather.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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We at the rest home always remove our teeth before eating ices.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cess on taxes is really just another tax.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Not her tax, rather, her tacks.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tack sheets of flowery fabric around your furniture to get that "shabby chic" look.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That shabby chic look is something I produce quite naturally - well, shabby anyway.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Wayward Wodders ignores the rules!
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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No rest he rules with draconian vigour, ignoring the lacuna.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Acuna is a Mexican city I had never heard of before now.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ow!! My sins are displayed publicly.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lying hounds get more licks than hugs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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UGS is not the correct spelling, but I have grown weary of those ubiquitous boots.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tsetse fly often carry disease.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ease yourself down slowly into the water rather than doing a belly-flop.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lop-eared rabbits look cute.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cuter than rabbits are fluffy kittens.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ensure that the kittens are neutered or you may find that you have more than you can handle.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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And lead the kittens into the Kingdom.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dominate an argument by skill and intelligence not volume.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meandering onwards the river eventually met the sea.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sea-lions juggling with balls are sometimes seen in children's colouring books.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ok, Sam, let's try it again from the top.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Operation Casablanca rides again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gainful employment may be seen as necessary but it used to interfere with my social life.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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All I feel right now, in the absence of an actual social life, is boredom and ennui.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nu I detest as a sometimes used alternative to New.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Native Tone: Where Creativity is Life" is the strap line for an organisation aiming to influence pop culture.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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U read 2 much in2 these things.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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INGSOC, the English Socialist Party, is one I had never heard of till now.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ownership is, in some political circles, seen as theft.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eftsoons is a cod medieval word which rarely comes in to play.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...lay me down and do it again... is a line from a song very popular in the mid 1940s.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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40 shillings was, I think, worth two sovereigns.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Overeign' should perhaps be used when someone remains on the throne for too long.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oolong is a rather special sort of China Tea.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Team spirit is sadly lacking in some churches.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chess can be intensely competitive.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tiverton is in the West Country.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Trying can be ambiguous.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us grammatical types can be a pain.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pa, in a rage, told me never to finish a sentence with a preposition.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On consideration, the reason for his rage is inexplicable.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cable TV, with its zillions of channels, is now common across the globe.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Be that as it may, there are areas of Britain where very few channels are accessible.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I bleed when I'm cut.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Utterly distressing when you've just changed your shirt.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Hi R.T. Kendall; how goes your retirement?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mental health days away from work used to be a part of my life.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I felt often overwhelmed when I was a store manager.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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German measles - so called - aren't nice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I cease to try to influence people politically.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"I call you up, your line's engaged," begins an old Beatles tune.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Necessary measures are often unpopular.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Popularity is not something Jeremy Corbyn has previously had to concern himself with.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Elf with sautéed dwarf is the favourite dish of Olga the ogre.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Theo Green was a friend of mine.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Minefields are best avoided when on country walks, even when sober.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So, berating people people about their inadequacies doesn't often help.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ten helpers kept getting in each others' way.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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her sway enticed me, irredeemably
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mab, lying through her teeth, denied any knowledge of queens.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lyco, methinks, was a Pythagorean philosopher.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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So - pheromones are supposed to increase sex appeal, eh?
[ 19. September 2015, 19:12: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Leh, in Ladakh, is supposed to be very beautiful when it is not frozen.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Zen gardens are quite the thing these days.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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edays are, according to analysts, the human productivity equivalent of carbon credits.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's a girl!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Girlfriend one wasn't too happy when finding out about girlfriends two and three.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Re exemptions from taking part: there aren't any!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Rent a NY loft, that new job must pay well.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Welling up, I hoped no-one was looking at me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meat and two veg - does that include spuds?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Includes puds' is a welcome statement on restaurant menu price lists.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is tsunami now internationally acceptable in English usage?
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Us age? Not likely we have portraits in the attic that don't look so hot!
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Soho these days, is rather a disappointment.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Point men to livelier parts of town if that is the case.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He cased the joint, taking prints and looking for evidence.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Centimetre by centimetre, the drug squad combed the room.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Bed t'hero, O mistress," the heckler groaned as the play struggled to reach a denouement.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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Men try to leave their vehicular obsessions behind them, but really they're just another object longer than it's wide
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nits widen the gap between schoolfriends when their mothers discover them
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cover the mouth when yawning at a boring meeting.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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E-Tingle is a minor electric shock.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hockett is a Renaissance musical term.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Ermine farms are surprisingly viable ventures.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Resign if you have any honour!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Our honour is in kicking the bejasus out of anyone who has the temerity to disagree.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Agreed!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Greed is the motivating force behind capitalism.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Talismans are often worn by superstitious people.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Us people know better than that!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hats are less popular these days.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Day six, and human beings were made in God's image.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Raptor Eye:
Day six, and human beings were made in God's image.
I'm aged an age that I will not engage in that!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ten gage in't hat and not enough for a pot of jam!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Jammies and slippers are what I like to put on after a long day.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Ay,' said the sparrow, 'thats my bow and arrow.'
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Rowing appears to be a popular pursuit at both Oxford and Cambridge.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bridge that gap with a Cadbury's Snack.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ack-ack-ack" is how gun noises appeared in old cartoons, while nowadays they say "pew-pew-pew!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pews have been replaced in many churches by stackable seating.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eating out can be an expensive luxury.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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RyanAir is an Irish company.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Anything you can do, I can do better.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terminal boredom sets in occasionally.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sion, ally of the virtuous, awaits us in the next life.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I felt a strange disturbance in The Force.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ceramics are a rather specialised area of work.
[ 23. September 2015, 15:23: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, is an archipelago.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lagoons contain many creatures.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Residential care has its challenges.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Engestrom published his latest paper on adult learning modes in a Scandinavian education journal.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A linear approach might yield different results.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tsunamis are rarely seen on the Yorkshire coast.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Oast houses (on the other hand) are frequently seen in Kent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Kentish Maids, are they inherently different from Maids of Kent?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Enterprising maids have been known to end up at the stake.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He's taken over the family business.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Nessie is a myth, or is she?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sherpas won't give much of an answer to that query.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Rye bread from our local hypermarket is excellent.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Lenten Madness" is a fun way of discovering the histories of notable Christian heroes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Roes, when I was a child, were served on toast.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On to a Stonehenge heritage site went the tourists.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Uri's tsunami of popularity was temporarily halted when exposed as a fraud by James Randi.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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And I thoroughly endorse the Honourable Member's suggestion.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On mature consideration, I don't.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On t'other hand you must agree it takes all sorts.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sort socks in pairs, it's once again out of fashion to wear odd ones.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Rod done summat good then!" his neighbour said, after listening to the album, "Time".
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I'm everlastingly grateful to the pest control firm who dealt with the rats in my attic.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ya,ttick ttock' slurred the drunken woman as the barman pointed out that it was closing time.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Sing, Tim!" echoed through the student halls as Timothy announced his casting in a leading operatic role.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Ole man river,' Tim belted out to his fans, 'That ole man river just keeps rollin along...'
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A long time ago in a land far away...
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"A wayfaring Stranger" is a well known spiritual.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ritual disembowelment can be messy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Mess your own side of the cell, I like mine clean,' said the large inmate with a glare.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Tew it, hag. Lare the beast. If t'fodder's too tough for the young'un, thou hast to chew it down to a pulp it can eat," ordered the villein.
(Tew is ancient English for softening things, or in particular leather or kneading it down (apparently now used for marijuana), lare is fodder or feed or learning, but I knew the lare version already.)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Innocent until proven guilty is one of the tenets of the British justice system.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Stem the flow of foul language with a look.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Okay, I give up,' said Ben. 'This book is a load of rubbish.'
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bishops can be quite useful at times.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tim estimates his singing practice to average out at two hours on a daily basis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is that enough?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ten ought to do it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Item by item the inventory took forever!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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For Eve, recollecting life without a fig leaf must have been the cause of mingled embarrassment and regret.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Egrets are usually white or buff, which again brings Eve to mind.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Mindful of his new role, Tim began practising the high notes every day while he showered.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Redex used to be an additive sold for petrol/gasoline.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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So, line dancing is older than God - tell me something with a wow factor.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fact or not, it depends upon what parameters the word has been given.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Venomous snakes tend to keep themselves to themselves.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Vested interests such as snake hunters may disagree.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Green was the colour of my valley.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ley lines were lovingly charted by the amateur archaeologist, Alfred Watkins.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Kinsmen-Redeemer is an important cultural role in the book of Ruth.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ruthlessness, on the other hand, seems to be a key characteristic of characters from other books of the Old Testament.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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'"The Old Test", Amen to that classic match!', reminisced the ageing cricketer.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Rick et Terence" was the Chav name of the Essex hairdressing salon.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Londonderry Air' is another name for the tune 'Danny Boy'.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Oy, you!' bellowed the coach, towards the sluggish half-back.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ack-ack was what my dad did in the war.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He warned us, but you wouldn't listen.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"E-wall? No I don't like that one - Wall-E has a much better ring to it for an animated film", said the Disney marketing exec.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Executions are not much fun for the victims.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tim's singing practice is being overtaken by the time he spends in the boozer.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ooze rates vary, depending upon the viscosity of the liquid.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Quids were bet on whether Tim would be sober for the dress rehearsal.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Salt and pepper make for tasty chicken--oh, and lemon juice.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Lemon juice! That is not what I said!"
raged the singer, whose face was blood red.
Her name was once Tim
but she still liked the Pimms
and I think I am on the wrong thread.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reading the instructions is often a good idea.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Did each of you do your warm ups?' asked the conductor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tory belief in the trickle-down effect seems ill-founded.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Found, educational texts - may be collected from Lost Property.
[ 01. October 2015, 06:24: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Proper tying of knots is best learnt in Sea Cadets.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Cadet strike cancelled.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Can cell edits be made in this spreadsheet?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Read!" she eternally and severely ordered her students in study hall when they would rather be texting their friends.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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End stages of anything can be fraught.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Ugh, Tina, I feel queasy,' said Tim, to the soprano.
[ 01. October 2015, 21:32: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sop ran off the plate in a gooey mess.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Messieurs*, please leave all your weapons at the door!
*Plural of "monsieur", French for "mister".
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Do or die.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Do or diet.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'I et something that disagreed with me,' Tim groaned, just as the curtain went up.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Tup her now, you wooly scamp!"
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Camping it up, Tim swaggered on stage, adopted a heroic pose, and passed out.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ed, outraged that the show did not go on, huffed and puffed and walked out.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Ed, outside, missed the entertaining sight of Tim rolling over and vomiting into the orchestra pit.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Trap it!" cried the tuba player as the vomit threatened to land in the bell of his instrument.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Enter stage left glided on our heroine, to distract the audience.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Celebrated for her savoir faire, she diverted their attention by her manifest charms.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Armstrong-Siddeley was a British car manufacturer, now virtually forgotten.
(P.S. My dad had several during the 50s and 60s!)
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Tentatively, Tim rose to his feet, groaned, then turned and urinated into the heroine's flower basket.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ask Ethan to come over here please.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As Ethan wisely ignored this request, the soprano finally lost her cool and tipped her flower basket over Tim's head.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Head-first into the organ pit fell Tim, with a soft landing onto the ample lap of the tuba player.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Aye", replied Jock, "I'm all for it".
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Or it could have been worse," muttered the tuba player, crawling out from under layers of soprano, flowers and vomit with a rose cocked crazily over one ear.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'One 'ears about these t'ings but they belong in vaudeville!' sputtered the irish tenor.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ten ordinands decided enough was enough and made a swift exit stage left.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eftsoons, The tuba player and the soprano were discovered locked in a clinch.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Inch by inch, however, the Archdeacon was drawing closer.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Losers!' called the angry audience.
[ 06. October 2015, 09:50: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ceps were blamed for the original upset.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Gin Al upsetted" cried the foreigner as his mate knocked his drink off its perch.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Chums,' called Tim as he staggered about the stage with the dripping flower basket in his hands, 'the drinks are on the house!'
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Use a bit of sense" retorted the soprano, as she rearranged her corsage.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ages it took for the auditorium to clear, as people came forward to stare before muttering and queueing for the exits, ready to demand a refund.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Are funding cutbacks the source of this catastrophe", wondered the stage manager.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Er, no,' said the conductor, 'and I don't think the insurance covers anything like this - you may have to sue.'
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Veto Sue, it's the only way, she's getting out of hand!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Andrew, brother of Peter, as tradition says, was crucified on a cross shaped like an X.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anxiety can be really debilitating.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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In exiting the theatre Tim nearly fell down the steps.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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PS: Tim, you've been blacklisted.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Listed buildings (said he with feeling) are a pain in the a*** for those who have to look after them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hemispheres - north & south, east & west - define things.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In G.Smith's school workbook, there were some incredible doodles.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I bled oodles of blood over my schoolbooks.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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School bookshelves groan under the weight of all those academic tomes.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Mesmerised students flocked to Miss Honey's pole dancing gym.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gymnastic ability can be amazing to watch.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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At Chelmsford you can see the real Essex inhabitants.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Ex-inhabitants of Syria are increasing in number.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Umber comes in different hues like 'burnt' and 'raw'.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Rawhide' was a popular TV Western.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terns make wonderful photographs models.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Graphs model statistical data in a visual way.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Is u always dis bad at tiping?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tip in generous amounts of alcohol to enhance almost any recipe.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Perhaps that was Tim's problem?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lemmings have a rather strange solution to the problem of over-population.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On reflection, Tim was less influenced by alcohol than by the soprano's visible attributes.
[ 10. October 2015, 07:38: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Utes are good for off-roading but a bit stupid for taking the kids to school!
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Hooligans ruined many a soccer match in the seventies and eighties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ties are to Americans what Brits called sleepers on railway tracks.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Racks of freshly ironed clothes lift my spirits.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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It's spirit-lifting only if I don't have to do the ironing.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Inglenook fireplaces in pubs, with real logs and flames, are a great antidote to the cold weather outside.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Sidecars are rarely seen on motorcycles nowadays.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Days here are getting warmer, which pleases me mightily.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lycra only looks good on a few people.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Plebian' is a word meaning 'common', used in a derogatory way by those who give themselves a high status.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tussive medication is used to regulate coughing.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hinges creak when they are short of lubrication.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cat, I only fed you fifteen minutes ago!
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Sago pudding anyone?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Yon elephant weren't there yesterday.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Daylight come and we wan' go home," sang the banana boat man.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mankind is another word for humanity.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
'Man, it yo groove, baby, so I says get it on down, Sugar.'
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Garderobes* STINK!", muttered the castle's janitor.
*Medieval combination of pit toilet and closet, hoping that the stink would deter moths.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tory policies rarely favour the poor.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"The poo really stinks", bemoaned the castle janitor again.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Aga in kitchen is the definition of bliss.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Is sustainable development really sustainable?
[ 13. October 2015, 11:23: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Stain - a blemish, or a rare opportunity create an art installation?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Only the foolish would use a garderobe during a siege.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Generally I would agree.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
:
A green leprechaun is all but oxymoronic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Nickel is a rather useful mineral.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Rallentando* is my response after a hard day's work.
* Italian for slowing down
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Or knotted work might be used for trim rather than crocheted lace," she suggested.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Teddies are best made of silk for comfort.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Fort Knox's insurance bill must be enormous!
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Bee nor mouse - I wouldn't want to be reincarnated as either.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
There is much that is fascinating in cemeteries and mausoleums.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Um - Seven, no! six no! seventy six trombones led the hit parade."
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Adeline is a name seldom heard this century.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'This cent, Ury, is the starting point of your millionaire status,' said the consultant confidently.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I dent lysol covered cars with my hammer.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Ham merchant seeks kamikaze pigs.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Pigswill is no longer collected as waste food, which stopped so they say because the food discarded by humans was not good for the animals.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
I'm also a past president of the local League of Women Voters.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Terse sentence.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Certainly could do with a verb.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Have RB album sales recently slowed?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Low educational standards are a symptom of our time.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I mentioned the low educational standards, but they called me a snob.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
As noble and wise as Abraham Lincoln seemed, he did have his faults.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ults and insts rarely appear in communications these days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Dayspring is such a lovely word.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Orders is orders.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Sis, order sausages, egg and chips for me.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Hips form energy rich sources of food for garden birds and other small animals.
[ 17. October 2015, 16:06: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
I'm also unimpressed by certain male family members suffering leg injuries from wearing the wrong footwear while doing the sport of their choice - silly men!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Mental illness has been defined variously during different eras.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
:
"Rent eras. It makes more sense than buying," said the financial advisor to the time traveller.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Elle reveals itself as a women's fashion magazine.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Zin enjoys popularity among people who like lighter wines.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ines was a colleague of mine in the 1970s and was not the easiest of people with whom to work.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tow, or kick the can along the path, that was the biggest question in the boy's mind.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Individual reports should be examined on a case by case basis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A sister can be both a blessing and a curse.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Sing, and a curse would usually be thrown my way by the school music nazis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Naz is an NGO in India that works around the fields of HIV/AIDS and the Empowerment of Women.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Omens of coming disaster from global warming may already be seen in changing weather anomolies and ecosystems.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Stems of certain plants make delicious veggies.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Egg, I established, was the secret ingredient in Mama Jo's recipe for "special" roast potatoes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Toes, fingers and ears are the most prone areas for frostbite.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Bite the bullet and go to see a doctor.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Tor is a word signifying a hill or prominence.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Encephalitis is survivable.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Viva blended, strawberry margaritas!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tasmania is reputed to be beautiful.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Fulminating furiously, Tim screamed at his agent that pantomime was not his idea of a singing career.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Are errors always avoidable?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Avoid a bleary-eyed start to the day by drinking coffee immediately before going to bed, so that it doesn't kick in and keep you wake, but allows you to get up the next day with a spring.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
A springtail jumps alarmingly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Glycerine is a regular ingredient of transparent soaps.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
"Parents, OAPs* and other grown-ups just get in my way!", cried Dennis the Menace.
*OAP = Old Age Pensioner for those not from the UK
[ 20. October 2015, 16:47: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Men, a celebration is perhaps the least likely theme of your hard core Women's Lib convention.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Vent? I only commented that perhaps when you let men organise your women's lib convention, the outcome could be hard to swallow...
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Wallow in your misery for a short while only, don't allow it to become a habit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A bit of Essex resides forever in my heart.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
Art Linkletter hosted "People Are Funny".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
U.N.,N.Y. is the first bit of the business address of Ban Ki-Moon.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Bank, I moon in your general direction because you wouldn't approve my mortgage.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Age before beauty, so get out of my way!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
My wayward brother turned respectable.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Bleeding should be seen to promptly.
[ 21. October 2015, 22:00: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Prompt Lyle" they called him, as he always arrived early.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Lyle? Arrive early? Wonders never cease!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ease into the evening, arrive fashionably late.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ate something for lunch that disagreed with me.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Greed with me is not a problem - unless chocolate is involved.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Vedana Lagoon looks like a decent place to go for a holiday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Daytime TV is often dire.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
:
I really feel hateful, bloated and fed up.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Duplicate copies are not required.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Quire, deemed to be twenty in a ream, doesn't seem to be used much as a measurement of paper.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
A person should consider the financial necessities of retirement earlier rather than later.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
:
Late reruns on telly always put me to sleep.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Episode after episode after episode - help I'm binge watching!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Watch in green rooms before talk show appearances and you'll see the real people behind the slick, celebrity facades.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Desperately consume the freebies, they do.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Hey, do you really get free food and drinks?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Ink seldom keeps to itself, as I found when trying to get the marks off my clothes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Lot, he suffered terribly and then that happened to his wife.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I feel, suddenly, a need for salt.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
Alternatively, I suddenly feel the need for sugar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Garage music doesn't appeal to me at all.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
:
A tall order indeed - hip hop anyone?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Is that like using a hula hoop?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Oops, one might have got one's threads mixed up, perhaps.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Psychological review of my behaviour might prove really boring!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ring me up if you'd like to have a chat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hats work better when worn on the head.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Hehe,admitting you wore a hat elsewhere is pretty funny.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Nyasaland is the former name of Malawi when it was under British rule.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Rulers are not only for measuring: the plastic ones can make good catapults.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Pults is another name for Cowper's Fluid.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
:
Flu identified as my illness, now all I need is a cure.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Urea is a big issue in the fertiliser business.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
In essential home maintenance, a hammer is a useful tool.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Oolong is a very fine tea.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Net each eel separately, to avoid a tangle.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Anglers often seem to wear funny headgear.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Gearing up for an all-nighter the student made herself a very strong pot of coffee.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fees for such things are set to increase.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Creases in trousers, are they smart or outdated?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Teddy boys are a dying breed.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Bree, a village described in 'The Hobbit', is inhabited by both humans and hobbits.
[ 25. October 2015, 18:57: Message edited by: Jammy Dodger ]
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Bits of it were susceptible to attack by stealth.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Steal the Arkenstone of Thrain?" Bilbo quavered, as Thorin's beard bristled and his brows lowered threateningly.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Glycerine is - allegedly - an outstanding moisturiser.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I serve my guests at a dinner party like Novak Djokovic: at around a hundred and nineteen miles per hour.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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ESP...er...hour or two should do it and then I'll have the telepathy test ready!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A Dyson vacuum cleaner is supposed to be the best, but Gtec is running it close.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Close enough is now often good enough.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ought I to log off and call it a day - I think so.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ink some down time into our busy vacation schedule.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"He'd ulemorrhagia," I said, "It's bleeding of the gums."
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Gumshields were much in evidence during the Rugby World Cup.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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By 'World Cup' don't you mean a 5 nation contest trophy?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Physicians are usually on hand at these matches, as I understand it, but given the behaviour of some managers, shouldn't there also be attending psychiatrists?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Trists, or trysts as is the usual spelling, are secret meetings between lovers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Trists, or trysts, have to be arranged carefully lest they become too public.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Publicity, in other words, is to be avoided.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I dedicate this post to my friends everywhere.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Where, oh where has my Highland laddie gone?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Die! Go! Never darken my doorstep again!" said his long-suffering partner angrily.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lying never really works for me.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Form everlasting friendships in your youth and cherish them in your old age.
[Brilliant cross-post between Raptor Eye and WW above at 9:58!]
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Hem in your old age with good planning, close facilities and a caring support network.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Inking class?" Esther queried, "what does your new job entail?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"I'll tell you over breakfast" he replied saucily as they ate their fish supper.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sup perry while enjoying the atmosphere of the pub.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Publicans: are they invariably sinners?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ably, sinner, shalt thou go forth and multiply without benefit of clergy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Clergywomen from all around the world stand up to be counted.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ted, meanwhile, was counting the night's takings.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Staking salvation upon one's works, Paul said, is not a good idea.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ood; I'd easily win my hand of Doctor Who Top Trumps by playing that card.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arduous as it may seem the effort is worth it.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Thit thtill in your theat," said the child missing her incisors.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"or thtand in the corner" she continued.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In U.E designated movies, a child under the age of eight will witness nothing which they may not understand or feel completely comfortable with, although an adult may feel somewhat nauseated by the contents.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tents are great for some things - but not for me to spend the night!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nightmares will increase tonight due to scary hi-jinx.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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INX is the IATA code for Inanwatan Airport-Papua Island, Indonesia.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Siam was the old name for some parts of present day Thailand.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hail and Farewell
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well digging is quite a specialised craft.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Crafty Katy carries cats to Cracow.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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A cow stood alone in the meadow munching on some dandelions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lions sleep a lot.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Lee, pal o' the girls next door, came round to offer to dig my front garden for me as I'm too elderly to do it myself.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Self, self, self that's all you ever talk about!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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KAB outwardly suggests that it is working to Keep America Beautiful through recycling and clean up campaigns, but there may be a hidden agenda.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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End all assaults on the population of the planet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The plane took off, and so did my stomach.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"To Mach 1 we go!" said the pilot.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Lotsa lolly on Mach 1," said Tim, sensing an intergalactic singing contract in the offing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingratitude should be one of the Seven [now Eight] Deadly Sins.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Instantaneous obliteration for first time offenders.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow were both written by Orson Scott Card.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cardigans might be warm, but they have an old fashioned image.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I'm a general of the Salvation Army, I'll have you know.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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No work was done yesterday or the day before that for that matter.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Hat matters', muttered mater, 'are of the moment - what shall I wear to the Melbourne Cup?'
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Cupranol is a reasonably heavy duty pain reliever.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Evermind grew, if I remember my Tolkien rightly, on the Kings barrows in Rohan.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Handle with care.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Areas of green still exist elsewhere on the planet.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A net is useful for catching butterflies but possibly ineffective when chasing your dreams.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reams of paper have been written on the subject but all to no avail.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ava, Illinois, is somehow considered a city in spite of having a population of less than a thousand.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Thous and Thees are outdated forms of address in common parlance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lancelot, of Round Table fame, was a very naughty boy at times!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Time spares nobody, every day is precious.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ousted members of parliament tend to feel somewhat resentful.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Sent full of packages, the postman arrived at the door with arms overflowing.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Overflowing gutters can be a hazard.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Arden was the scene of many a Shakespeare play, even when renamed a wood near Athens.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hens' teeth are very rare.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Are all things well?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Swell, thanks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anks or Ankhs are ancient symbols believed come from Egypt.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Gyptian" is the stage name of Windel Beneto Edwards, a reggae singer from Jamaica.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Om....jam.....a....I can taste it already; yummy yummy yummy!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My that is a big piece of cake, isn't it?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Itinerant workers grab their cake wherever and whenever they can.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Candles are a great thing to put on birthday cakes.
[PS Did someone mention jam?...]
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Kestrels are graceful birds.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Bird sanctuaries are an excellent idea, though I have never visited one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Onerous duties are best tackled first.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Firs tend to lose their needles when brought into a warm atmosphere.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here they drop them, there they drop them - they drop them all over the place!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lace antimacassars were used in every home at one time.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Tone, Tim," adjured his singing teacher wearily.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I, lying on the sofa, watched TV and sipped tea for the entire morning.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In greenhouses, it is unwise to throw stones.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"One's knees wobble a little these days" said the elderly queen.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Energetic exercise is only one way in which to lose weight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eight days in a week would make life really complicated!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, cat, educate humans according to my requirements.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Men, tsars of their man caves, hunker down for a long NFL season.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Seasonings improve most foods but some are beyond redemption.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I, on some days, don't get up till the day is far advanced.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Farad," Van ceded, "is the measure of capacitance."
[ 07. November 2015, 08:34: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tancey Wharton played football for Stoke during the season preceding the Great War.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wardroom etiquette can sometimes diminish when at sea.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nat's easy chair didn't survive the weight of his twenty five stone grandfather.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Vest on. 'E grand!" father instructed his young son, as he taught him to dress himself independently.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lyrics can be profound, or inane.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Nanette is a name rarely heard nowadays.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A day seemed to last forever when we had a team meeting!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Meet in Great Hall," was the curt reply when asked about the venue.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A bout, the venue's location a secret, was arranged between the two young men who wanted to rule the manor.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hem a normal, full length sleeve a little beyond the wrist.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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HEWR is the acronym of Hedmark Western Riders, a Danish club dedicated to bronco busting and whirling lariats.
[ 08. November 2015, 15:24: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At supper, you can say Grace.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Races were never my forte.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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For term paper all-nighters I'd make a huge batches of peanut butter popcorn to munch on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Honey, is that good for your health?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, although nominally on a diet, could not leave the peanut butter popcorn alone.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One thing about me that I share with both my parents is the inability to abide peanut butter!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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But Terence, that just leaves more peanut butter popcorn for us, doesn't it?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tits - both Blue and Great - are often seen to be hopping around our garden.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Dour gardenias" is really an oxymoron.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Moronic politicians who can never see further than the next election!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Elect, I, one of the chosen," Paul put across as he urged others to copy him.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm afraid that ain't very grammatical, innit?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Inn" it said on the sign, but the place was actually just a bar and grill, no rooms to be had.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Advice concerning grammatical usage is gratefully received.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I've delved into my family history recently and discovered fascinating anscestors.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Cestor's knee operation must have been a disaster for the Congolese footballer.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ballerinas should be drug tested like other athletes.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Testy ballerinas may not be cooperative.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've a fiver here to say they will be.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'll begin walking and, if you catch up with me, you can pick me up in your old jalopy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lo, Pythagoras invented a theorem.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Remind me what it was again!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A gain in weight is not always a bad thing.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Thin girls used to annoy her a lot while she was in her "chunky" phase.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Has Ermintrude called me?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cal led men astray mercilessly.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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I, less lying around being my method, am getting fitter.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Fit Terminator rides again, so World, beware!
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Are you getting fitter, or just wearing out your joints ahead of time?
[ 10. November 2015, 19:59: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Meet me at the butchers, and I will show you my joints.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In tsetse fly incidents it is best to spray the little monsters with RAID and then call the doctor.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Doc torments annoying patient by applying blisters rather than plasters.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Last ersatz "expert" was seen pontificating on the Fox News airwaves.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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'Ave, some more, luv.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Eluvium is a soil deposit formed from decomposed rock.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Ockerisms are often misunderstood by foreigners.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Reign, ersatz queen!" He rudely said to her majesty.
Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on
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a jest yields rapidly to reality when things turn to custard
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tardis sales would be off the charts, if they worked.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Kedgeree is a neglected but delicious breakfast dish of yesteryear.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Yearning for something sweet, I went into the diner and ordered a chocolate shake with a cherry shot.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hotspots for WIFI are never there when you need them.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hemsby is a seaside resort in Norfolk.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Folk-dancing and incest are the only two things that one should not try once, according to the famous conductor Thomas Beecham.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Oma's bee champagne had quite a sting.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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As tin got shaped into attractive home decor, the village artisans improved their export trade.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A delicious apple cake recipe involves moisture enhancing ground almonds.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Almond shaped eyes are a feature that stirs desire, or so it is alleged.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Leg," Eddie said, "please," as his mother took orders from the Thanksgiving guests for portions of turkey.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Key phrases can help you get by in foreign lands.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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And so many of us attempted to learn new languages from badly translated phrasebooks and dictionaries.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aries is one of the star signs in the western horoscope.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Open our hearts and minds, oh Lord.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Order whatever you want, the company is paying.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Yin goes hand in hand with yang in Chinese philosophy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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So, physicians don't know everything, right?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ightham Mote is a beautiful medieval manor house in Kent, cared for by the National Trust.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Rusty autumn colours are gorgeous.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Geo.us would be a good domain for the US Geographical Survey.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eying pastries in a shop window is the first step on the primrose path leading to a diet plan.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Planning makes things easier in the long run.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Running always seems a silly thing to do for adults, if you ask me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meat and two veg, the archetypal British staple.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A pleasant way to pass Sunday is in enjoying an extended lunch.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Luncheon, when extended, can be one of life's great pleasures.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Restaurants, especially outdoors in good weather, can enhance the experience.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Encephalitis is a rare but serious condition that causes inflammation of the brain.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rain is expected to be heavy in Southern California this winter- thank God!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Odometers measure distance travelled.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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LED means brighter torches.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Chesty coughs are a nuisance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ancestry can be fascinating to study, revealing long-held secrets.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tsunami or tsetse fly seem to be the only options for starting this sentence.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ten celebrated etymologists might agree.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Green tea is supposed to have health benefits.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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e-fits, is that a word for rants on an Internet forum?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rum of the old fashioned sailors' kind is preferable to the white rum that has to be drowned by soft drinks.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Inks in some colours can be hard to find if you are a calligraphist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Historicity can be fascinating.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A ting-a-ling is not nearly as naughty as a ding-a-ling, wouldn't you say?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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You say that, but I couldn't possibly comment.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mental health problems could result from confusing the two.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Twocking my cars is unnecessary, as I usually manage to kill them off first.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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St WW isn't that well known.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Know Nancy?" I asked Gloria as we walked over to the bistro.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Is trouble, definitely, Gloria replied.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Lie down if you are feeling dizzy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Izzy lives next door to my friend Janice.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A nice spell came along just as he thought he couldn't stand one more day of grey overcast.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Castigating the poor for their poverty is the habit of the wealthy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Thyroid, whether over- or underactive, is just a pain in the neck.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Neckties are not comfortable garments, I haven't worn one for many years.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Arse is an impolite word whether used to mean a bottom or an idiot.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Otiose is a word I have been longing to use for some time, though had I been quick enough, I could have begun a sentence addressed to "Ye arseholes."
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Holes in socks mean it is time to cut the toenails.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nail snakes to the door if you are a descendant of Salazar Slytherin.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Erin could slice and dice most anyone with her sharp wit.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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With her mighty rusty farm implements, lo! the mighty trolls she slew.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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He's lewd in his remarks and behaviour, that troll.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Roll out the barrel.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Relatives will help you empty the barrel with alacrity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ty 4 msg, rply sn.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ply Snyder with single malt, the quickest route to get back in his good graces.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Aces were high, I assumed, but they were playing with aces low.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Slow dances can lead to all sorts of untoward consequences.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sequences and series are covered in mathematics lessons.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Sons - I have none - but daughters aplenty!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lent years ago was more stringently observed than is the case today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Day to day affairs rarely leave time for exciting stuff.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tuff Sheds are reputed to hold up longer than the cheaper models found at places like Lowes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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West End shows can often either come from, or transfer to, Broadway.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Roadways in the UK have not all recovered from the depredations of the last few hard winters.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In terse writing woolly descriptions are out the window.
[ 22. November 2015, 12:09: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In dowry terms, she was not worth much, but her beauty had the rich and wealthy clamouring for her hand.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Handicrafts sell well this time of year.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Early to bed and early to rise for me is not ever going to happen.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pens are no longer mightier than swords, as few use them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Meeting of Minds meeting quickly degenerated into a fisticuffs.
[ 23. November 2015, 00:29: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"I cuff suspects as quickly and efficiently as possible," protested the cop.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Copper coloured hair I find incredibly attractive.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Act? I've been a walk-on in two movies you might have seen besides all the commercial work I've done."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Onerous duties now I've finished the lighter ones.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nessie has yet to be photographed in the loch.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lo, cherubs singing on high!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Highlights are not required when there is very little hair.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Air guitar seems singularly pointless to me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tom eventually arrived, late as usual.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sual is a principality in the Philippines.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Pines of all kinds are available in artificial form just before Christmas.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Masquerade Balls are often used in novels and theatrical productions as plot devices.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Vice Squad detectives have really seen it all!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tall children of around thirteen seem to doubled in size since they were eleven, which I find peculiar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Liar, liar, pants on fire!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ants on firecrackers learn quickly how to dance.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Dan celebrated his seventieth birthday with energetic dancing and a heart attack.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Tacky is everywhere and Christmas is drowning in kitsch.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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School days: are they really the best days of your life?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Our lifetimes seem shorter the older we get.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Etymology is word of which I can never remember the dictionary definition.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ions can never quite find the satisfactory number of electrons.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elect Ron Sawyer, the Working Man's Friend!
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Ending violence seems further away than ever as we enter the season of 'peace and goodwill'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Good Will Hunting starred Robin Williams, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Leckford Estate hosts a farm shop of some quality.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lit your barbecue grill twenty minutes ago.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Minute sago puddings only take a minute to cook.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Cooking is my least favourite household chore.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Horehound syrup is excellent for coughs if you can avoid puking at the taste.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asters remain popular with gardeners.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Den, erstwhile cool kid of the block, had become the most boring man in the village.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'll age disgracefully, thank you.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Young Drew Barrymore survived child stardom to become a happy and successful adult.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Youthful indiscretions may lead to regret.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tore Gretel's tights, did you, you filthy beast?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Beas, the river, flows from the Himalaya, feeds into the Sutlej.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Lejund" was printed on a tee-shirt that honored Chris Farley.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ley lines was a phrase coined by Alfred Watkins in his 1921 book Early British Trackways.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Aysgarth Falls is a beauty spot in Wensleydale, worth a visit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is it right to tell the truth all of the time?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Timelessness is mind- boggling.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Linguists are good at words in several languages.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gestation varies from species to species.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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I estimate we will all be over Christmas before December begins.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Instantaneous gratification has its down-side when viewed dispassionately.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lysistrata is a play with many messages.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sages from the East followed a star to find the baby Jesus.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Suspect Biblical chronology would suggest that the whole nativity narrative took rather longer than one night.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nightingales: did they ever sing in Berkeley Square?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Square-bashing licked the soldiers into shape, so that they marched in time.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Measurable increases in shoe sizes followed the months of marching and drill.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rills cascading down the hillside enchant our landscape.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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And 'scape the troubles of the urban scene, as hymned by poets through the centuries.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Riesling is a light wine from northern climes.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Limes make an interesting addition to a salad dressing when their juice is mixed with lemon and olive oil.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Oily fish like mackerel is supposedly wonderful for health, what a pity it tastes awful.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Full fathom five is about 30 feet.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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0 fee to pay if we don't win your case for suing your employer for the fact that work commitments meant you missed your child's performance in the school nativity.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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It yawns invitingly, does that warm place under the duvet when I'm feeling exhausted after a day at the quarry face.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Facepacks of green gloop used to be popular - are they still?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ill-fortune I hope, dogs those who practise bad temper on their subordinates.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ate Stilton for supper last night, terrible nightmares!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Night, Ma" responded John.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ed Johnson must be a very common name, because it gets millions of hits on Google.
Posted by pjl (# 16929) on
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Go ogle today's page three pin up
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Three pin upstairs, if you are looking for free plugholes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Plug holes with rawlplugs before attaching the appliance with screws.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Crews came out to clean up the oil spill.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pills and creams and lotions covered the dressing table.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Able was I ere I saw Elba.
[ 03. December 2015, 04:43: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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LBA stand for Leeds Bradford Airport.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Port should always be passed to the left - or is it right?
[spleling]
[ 03. December 2015, 07:52: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Is IT 'righteous' as a profession - many would claim so - but perhaps not with the religious meaning of that word!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Order is anathema to the many who prefer chaos.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Haosu is a Chinese search engine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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GIN, enlivened with more GIN, used to be a favourite of mine.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mined beaches are best avoided for sunbathing purposes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Pose sexily in your thermals" the photographer said to me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tomes of more than a thousand pages are not as useful as a number of shorter volumes, when researching the history of music.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sick leave is rarely granted for anything less than death.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Eat haggis if you like it, whether or not you are in Scotland.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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And prepare to throw up afterwards.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wards of Court can be subject to quite arcane regulations.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On second thoughts, disregard the haggis and go for steak.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tea is a good choice for garden furniture, although it is heavy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Vying to be the next person to continue posting on the thread does not absolve you from omitting the the letter K which ends the word "steak" and which you left out.
[ 04. December 2015, 20:22: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Trembles with fear ... - b-b-but it was supposed to be there!
Perhaps it got stolen by a passing blackbird (he says hopefully.)
[ 04. December 2015, 22:30: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fully aware that he didn't have a leg to stand on Baptist Trainfan tip-toed away to Purg.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Urgent messages can often get mislaid.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"La," Ida simpered, "I keep my urgent messages next to my heart."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Art? Well I know what I like."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ketchup is also known as red or tomato sauce.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Tomato saucers are UFOs from Mars.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Marshmallows are an essential ingredient in Smores.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tins, more simple to snip and shape, were used for little homemade lanterns.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"TERN", said Jonathan Livingston, "not gull!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gulling appears to be the audience participation bit accompaniment to dogging, though it used to mean just a form of deceit.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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It sounds horrendous.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ousting Jeremy Corbyn seems to be high on the agenda of some Labour Members.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Embers can be fanned to start up a new fire, if we have more fuel.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elocution can 'elp people speak proper.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Perhaps it may put them off for life.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lifebuoys are helpful aids if one is drowning.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Owning and maintaining an ocean-going boat can come expensive.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pensive people can sometimes make better decisions.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I, on several occasions, have been able to act not only decisively, but, upon reflection, wisely.*
*Pity it's not more often!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ely Cathedral is architecturally most impressive.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Iver is in Buckinghamshire.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Shire Hall in Chester was reputedly the first serious monument of the Greek Revival.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Valour is the form taken by every virtue at the sticking point.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Points mean Prizes!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Zest for life can flag at times.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I messaged my niece to firm up our vacation plans.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Answercame there none.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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One call follow-up did the trick.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rick Astley's video is a must!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Musty smells can be eliminated by a brain-damaging case of anosmia.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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No smials have been taken over by the National Trust, despite applications by aging hobbits.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bits of cheese keep falling off my crackers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ackers' is in common parlance a term meaning money, so how many ackers do you want for that jug?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hat, juggling props, and patter re-writes were packed for his tour of country fairs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Airs and graces may work in some sections of society - but not this one!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Son, eventually you will have to abandon the thirty-year-old teddy bear, which is after all exactly your own age.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Nag Edward 'til you are blue in the face: he'll never give up that bear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Earrings on teddies have never really appealed to me.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ed tome to be in bookshops next year, says Miliband's publisher.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sherry, the real stuff, comes from Jerez in Spain.
[ 09. December 2015, 09:56: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In spa, in bar, in casino -take your pick- she could be anywhere on the ship.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hip replacements are surprisingly common.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Monsieur would like to have coffee now?" asked the waiter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terribly nice of you to offer.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Too f-ferocious," stammered the nervous visitor to the lions in the zoo.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oolong is a lovely tea.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eat fortune cookies.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"O.K., I espied an angel", said Mary to Joseph. "Get over it".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Veritably, Sir, he took all my worldly wealth.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Al Thorpe smiled broadly as he took the wheel of the new Jaguar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Are you sure that was Al?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sally sails seas sewing shirts for sailors.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sail or sink, was the advice given to the new crew.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Crewelwork isn't practiced much in these days of scrap-booking and knitting fluffy scarves.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Carves; cleans and cooks: three skills my son-in-law thankfully possesses.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sesquipedilianism is the fault of many a teacher.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Cherries are in season!
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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As once was the case, now live Christmas trees are becoming fashionable again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gaining your life at the cost of your soul ain't worth it.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Wort, hitherto boiled, is now cooled quickly to preserve the right malty chemistry.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Em is trying to help you!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Youths sometimes get the blame while guilty elderly folk are presumed to be innocent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Centimetres are, I find, easier to work with than inches.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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An inch, estimated at two and a half centimetres, is the measure many people think in when considering length.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lengthening shadows as the day draws to a close.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A closed mind, like a closed heart or a unmovable body, becomes a prison for whoever is trapped inside.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sideboard drawers often contain cutlery and place mats.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Lace mat, scarlet in colour, free to good home' read the magazine ad.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Advertisements should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sal, tie a knot on your hankie to remind yourself to pick the children up from school, please.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Leases often end in December.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Embers of coal are needed to make a good barbeque.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Queue properly when buying train tickets to avoid annoying other customers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her custom, erstwhile, was to iron her hair straight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Straight-laced though she may have been she still managed to produce a lot of kids.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Kidskin products are something I am reluctant to buy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Buying anything at this time of year can be fraught.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Aught and naught are words still used, but more in the north than in the south of the country.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Try a little lemon juice and black pepper instead of using too much salt.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sal treated herself to a box of chocolates for Christmas, as nobody else did.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I didn't really mean what I said about you in that Parish Council meeting.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Meet in Grand Central Station, and you are guaranteed not to recognize each other.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Ee! a chot heretic if ever I saw one - sumbody who leaves all the dark chotties in the box and eats all the white ones!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nesting birds are noticeable in the spring.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ring-a-ring-a roses, a pocket full of posies.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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A pocket full of posies, a tishoo, a tishoo...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hoodies and baseball caps denote some form of group identity.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tit, you know, is a species of bird, so stop snickering!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ring of the Niebelungen lasts a very long time!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I meant posies, not poseurs!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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RSS is a rather right-wing organisation here.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On her ego he could expatiate for hour after mind-numbing hour.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Our daughter's wedding would have been a spectacular affair but she went into labour coming up the aisle.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Is Lemington still a popular place to go for a spa?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Spatial awareness means knowing what is going on around us.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Undusting is much more fun than dusting, as Quentin Crisp would have endorsed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sedentary lifestyles may be bad for you, but they are so restful!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ululating in a forest at dawn can lower your blood pressure significantly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If I can't, lying through my teeth here, do I still have to?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A veto is perhaps not the wisest of political manoeuvres.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Resistance is futile when God calls, the answer will be yes in the end.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ending a relationship can be so painful - how will he ever cope without me?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Methinks Sir should take a look at the weather, before venturing forth without an overcoat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Coating it with sugar might make it more easy to swallow.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"All owls are to be privatised" said Michael "Dolores" Gove, new head of postal affairs at the ministry of magic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Magical Mystery Tours are okay as long as I know where I'm going.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In green tights and a bright pink dress, she looked a pretty sight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sightings of penguins are very rare in India.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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End of the World is Nigh declared his placard.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Is placarding the best way to advertise your dental practice??
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ice packs can soothe the pain of toothache.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Aches and pains are best left at the door, to avoid being known as a bore.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bore-wells are sometimes not that effective.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I've never considered either digging or boring a well, but prefer my water bottled.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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LED lights are environmentally friendly in so many ways.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Anyway, silly though it is, I like to see people with paper hats on, rasping on party blowers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lower seeming life forms can often amaze us.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Zeus had a lively sex life, much to Juno's annoyance.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Celebrity is not the name for someone known only for who she allegedly had sex with.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think there are many other words more appropriate.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I ate too much, and now I must start a new diet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Etymology is a fascinating study.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Dystopian novels don't have the feel-good factor of those stories where the characters cheerfully pair off.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Official figures show it gets colder in winter time.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Inter Tim? Easy." The undertaker said about his recently deceased tiny friend.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'End this nonsense straight away!' said the schoolteacher sternly, consternation on his face at the sight that met him as he entered the room.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Omigod- he's early!" gasped the students as they hastily stubbed out their reefers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reefer smells were permeating the corridors.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Or surely you could at least fumigate the classroom." continued the exasperated man.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Management often sees things in a rather rigid fashion.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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I, only, see things as they really are.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Areas of concern include a lack of objectivity.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'It yields if you press it, ewwwwww!' exclaimed Jess with a grimace.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mace comes from the strange outer covering of the shell of the nutmeg.
[ 02. January 2016, 02:31: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Meg was dancing around the pole, thinking that was the meaning of pole dancing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingratitude is the chief of sins.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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In song I conversed throughout the day, until they locked me up.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Until they lock Edme up, there'll be no peace in the neighbourhood", said Donald, as 98 year old Edme revved up her motorbike and rode it back and forth at full speed along the street all day long.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Longing for some peace I wore ear-plugs.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Earp lugs his guns and ammunition over to the O.K. Corral.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rallies seldom achieve much, except to help those who take part to feel as if they are doing something.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Me, thing of beauty," I said this morning to the mirror.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ornithology is fascinating!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nat in garters was an eye-watering sight, even without the fishnets.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fish nets were cast over the side of the boat at Jesus' command, and a great haul of fish was seen by the disciples.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lest I forget, I write a list.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is trembling before exams usual?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Alternative universes would offer alternative lives.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Native live snails inhabit an area of my kitchen, by the back door.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do or Die!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Door diet - slim sufficiently to get through it to visit the outside world.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Worldwide business success has its down side.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Downside Abbey runs a school as well?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Swell" is an adjective that you just don't hear enough nowadays.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Dayspring comes too late in winter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Inter the body in the same grave as his wife and they can fight for eternity!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tyson could hardly be described as chivalrous.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Val, rouse yourself! We'll be late for the train!" cried Jim with panic in his voice.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Oi!", Celia shouted at Jim, "You're sleeptalking again! We're already on the train! AND WHO'S VAL!!!"
[ 09. January 2016, 02:20: Message edited by: jrw ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Who's Val? The Doctor's new companion, of course!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Our session has overrun, grumbled the physiotherapist.
[ 09. January 2016, 09:10: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"O! The rap is terrible." Said the music critic.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tickling sticks will forever be associated with Ken Dodd.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Odd I may be, but not so odd as thee.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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As the earth gets older changes happen that are only minimally in our control.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Trolls can be found in fantasy novels and on many Internet comments sections.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I, on some threads, am astounded by the level of knowledge demonstrated by many shippies.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pies of the custard kind are best used if one wants to throw one in someone's face.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ace the advanced placement tests and you knock some classes off your college requirements, don't you?" I asked my niece.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Celebrate every ounce you carry, and then diet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Di etched her name on the tree in a heart shape, with the initials of her lover.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Love, an emotive word, means different things to different people.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"...Ople and a Pople and a Constantinople!"
(Part of old rhyme:
With a C and an O
And Con-stan-tin-o,
And an ople and a pople
And a Constantinople! )
[ 12. January 2016, 09:00: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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O, please would you stop making such a racket.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ack! ET is phoning home!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Homeopathy has a bad rep with scientists, but try to tell that to a remarkably healthy believer, the Prince of Wales.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ale seems to be a specific for many ailments, according to some northerners.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Her 'Nerscylla Hunt' ended in disaster as she had been distracted at dinner time.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Inner Tim eschewed the attentions of others, but outer Tim continued to smile politely and make small talk at the black tie do.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Tied or manacled?" enquired the S half of the M partner, as he rummaged through the bondage box.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Boxed ears used to be an acceptable punishment for errant children.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Child rendered the remaining duck fat for future culinary wonders.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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On Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve live various birds including crossbills and nightjars.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Night jars the spirit when what you long for is a longer days of blue skies and the kind of sunshine which makes the air shimmer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Merpeople, according to J K Rowling, make some very screechy noises.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'No' is especially irritating as an answer when we want something badly.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Bad lying is something excelled at by the MP for Witney.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eyewear is essential for those of us with diplopia.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Plop!" I answered cheerfully when the child asked if she could sit on the sofa.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He So Fat entered into a long conversation with Your Mum Smells about whether native American names were failing to live up to the standards of their ancestors.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tors and Erratics can be a feature of the West Country moorland scene.
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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Land scenery in Creamtealand is rather wonderful, even though I do say it myself.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Self-satisfied, I walked away, and then in front of everybody I stepped into a puddle.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A puddlejumper took me on my last leg to Atqasuk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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UK Customs Officers can be obnoxious at times.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I mess with his head for the evil pleasure of seeing that confused look in his eyes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes, I can attest to your pleasure in such dastardly, unseemly and demonic behaviour.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Our friendship is surely testimony to my self-sacrificing nature.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Urea is colorless, soluble in water, odorless, and neutral.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'EU, tra la la la la, let's see it through,' sang the yes campaigner, as those against threw dirty looks her way.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Her wayward pug looked guiltily at her from the other side of the street.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Street-walkers are members of the oldest profession.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I only meant to blow the bloody doors off.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Of forty days and nights, I goofed off for for nearly every one of them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Theme parks are great for those who like that sort of thing.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thingamajig is a useful word for those of us who forget what gadgets are called.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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All Edina said was that Patsy liked a drink.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Dad rink is like an ice rink, only it's populated by single fathers trying to impress prospective step-mothers.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Others are clearly excluded.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dedication is required prior to edification.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Cat, I only wish you wouldn't crawl over my sleeping face before daybreak!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Break Dancing is far too energetic for me!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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For men with large feet, there are specialist shoe suppliers.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Hoes up, pliers to aisle three!" shouted the hardware store manager to the stock boy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tock boy needed by clock manufacturer to work with Tick boy, already appointed.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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In Ted's dream, he was being chased by porcupines while the trees pointed at him and cackled.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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LED lighting is surely the way to go.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Going, going, gone - the heirloom had been sold for the price of a fish and chip supper.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Hips, upper thighs, and calves -- Adrienne was sure hers all looked monstrously huge.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Generally people are hyper-critical of their own bodies.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bo dies his hair black, but his grey eyebrows and wrinkled face give the game away.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Awa' y'rascals!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Al scurried away, with a blush on his face and with his tail between his legs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Legside deliveries are called a no-ball in both limited overs forms of cricket.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ketchup goes well with fish and chips, whether or not they are wrapped in newspaper.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Personally I prefer brown sauce.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Refer brown saucepans to the kitchen inspectorate, as they may be in violation of health and safety standards.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Stan Dardswell was a pleasant enough fellow to look at, and a character too, but there was something unusual about him.
<No real person implied>
[ 01. February 2016, 12:30: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Immense effort has gone into composing this response.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Seriously, do you expect us to believe that?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Attitudes of disbelief can, even now, shock and surprise me.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rise, meet each new day with its possibilities in your mind, then make a cup of tea and go back to bed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bedridden by Divine Inertia I spend my days in quiet contemplation.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I, on the way to completing a heroic cocktail adventure, polished off a mighty collection of mai tais.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Is rum involved there somewhere?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Where on earth are you taking me?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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King met Jesse Jackson when he was organizing the Selma, Alabama civil rights march.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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SM Archbishop has cope made of leather!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Flea, there must be another body on which you can feed!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ed was the name of a TV talking horse.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Seldom have I heard such rubbish.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Ishmael call me," begins Moby Dick as read by Yoda.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Yo, Dad," responded Fred's would-be-cool son, when asked to make his own bed..
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bedroom decor in puce green is not conducive to a good night's sleep.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lee placed the violin carefully into Rachel's hands.
[ 08. February 2016, 07:03: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"And stay away from my parsley!" yelled the farmer, Mr McGregor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gregorian Chant seems to have its equivalent within Islam.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lambing season is here, once again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gains and losses happen all through life.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I feel there is a very real risk of people taking this far too seriously.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sly folks only appear to do so.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tod, o so cool in his baggy bottoms, paraded past the girls at the bus stop causing them to giggle.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"To gig." Glen said when I asked him where he was going.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingratitude is a besetting sin of the times.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I messed up when it mattered most.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Osteen nearly blinded his congregants with his pearly whites as he greeted them from the sanctuary's center stage.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Age arrives, whether we want it or not, and brings some wonderful rewards!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ward S25 was at the top of several flights of stairs, a peculiar choice for one which specialised in geriatrics.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Geriatric science is in its infancy.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Fan cynics vigorously, in case they overheat during debates with eternal optimists.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mists? Mellow fruitfulness? Nah, give me warm, tropical sunshine!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Hi, Nessie!" said the runner as he stared at the monster, but the prince was not amused.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Prince Wasnot amused many people with his antics but this did not include his parents.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A rent strike can cause all sorts of difficulties.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ties that are the right colour can hide splashes of spaghetti bolognese.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sensing difficulties in my immediate future I hastily buried my head in the sand.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sandwiches lose their appetising aspects when the corners curl.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Curling was a sport at which Mary Beth was red hot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hotel food can be very disappointing!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pointing at the ceiling, he distracted everyone while he made a run for it.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ritual is important in some denominations.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On-site maintenance may cost a bit but it's worth it.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Italics add a subtle emphasis to portions of your post.
[ 15. February 2016, 02:11: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Postmarks have never been as collectible as stamps.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Amps up the excitement" Michael Bay explained as he had the editor cut in another overhead shot of the exploding, giant robot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bottoms are rarely seem as family entertainment.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Men tend to underestimate just how much they are despised.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pi, seditious little number, has now been calculated to many thousands of places.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Laces (on shoes) seem to be ceding their place to Velcro.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Crows feet around my eyes now look more like the feet of an ostrich!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rich I am in contentment, despite the youthful me having taken to its heels a while back.
[ 15. February 2016, 13:18: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ack-Ack was what my dad did in the 1939-45 war.
[ 15. February 2016, 13:57: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Warts on noses are irritating.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Tat, in Georgian times, was considered a sign of opulence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encephalitis is to be avoided.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Voided by his awkward explanations as to how he came to damage the family's classic 1981 DeLorean DMC, all attempts at reconciliation with his in-laws were at an end.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A tan ended caterpillar crawled across the lawn in front of me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Meat eating adds to the destruction of the planet.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
A net curtain keeps out snoopers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Out-snoop 'er Susan", said her mother, "don't let 'er get the better of you".
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
'Youf of t'day', sniffed Gran, 'they don't know they'm born!'
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Borneo's shape on a map always made me think of it as a fat, happy, little beast.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
East is East is a great movie!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Oviestimation is the art of counting your chickens before they hatch.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Hatchet job needed, only loggers need to reply.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Ed tore Plymouth Brethren to shreds with vicious opinion piece.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Pie, celebrity gossip, and bingo were Albert's favorite intersts in his golden years.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arsenic is well paired with old lace.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Lacerations can be an outcome of exuberant excercise.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I seem to remember such from my far gone youth.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"You think the new bishop is going to make many changes?" I asked the vicar.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Vicarious pleasure is meet and drink to voyeurs.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
EUR-Sterling exchange fluctuations are likely to be large, given the uncertainty about the forthcoming referendum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Dumbells seem to have been superseded by weight machines.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
In Esperanto how would you express yourself succinctly?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Succinct, lyrical, and amusing as her script was, she managed to send the audience to sleep with her soporific voice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ice cream cures many ills.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I'll send some over right away, then, along with chocolate sauce.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Central to these ideas is always chocolate to which I am rather alarmingly allergic.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Icarus found out the hard way - don't trust feathers and wax!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Axe murderers abound in internet myth.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Intern et my thermals," ran the dyslexic headline one frozen February, to the disbelief of the otherwise well-fed readers.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Erstwhile readers might well be confused by the transparency of the plot device.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Vice squad veterans are shocked by very little.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Let them be shocked!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Edited for the shocking content by the Minister of the Church of Everlasting Foot Washers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Her substantial dowry assured her of a royal welcome.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Comedy overtook solemnity when the reigning monarch's fart shattered a window.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Dowager Countess Wilhelmina was not amused.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Madam used the valet and his clothes brush abominably.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ably, with great panache, the hero rescued the kidnapped beauty, put the baddie behind bars, and rode off into the sunset.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Settle down, settle down, he bawled at the little blighters in the back row.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Rowling, J. K. is the author of the Harry Potter books.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"OK, sure, you can ride roughshod over my feelings", sobbed the attention seeker.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
'Seek Ermintrude at once', bellowed Dylan, 'or Florence will suffer and I will destroy the roundabout'!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A bout of flu is really no fun at all.
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
:
A tall dark stranger rode into town.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Own your own home, with a deposit as low as £195,995" is a slogan I expect to see within the next couple of years.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
"Ye arseholes," quoth the prophet, "I defy ye to translate my words into Aramaic!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
ICU is not where you want to find yourself after a night out with friends.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"End softly, pianissimo," she instructed the choir.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
"...irritating things in life include choirboys!" she continued.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
'educate them and they throw it right back in your face!'
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Aced that test, I see."
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Seeds of doubt often follow such an occasion.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ions are, as I understand it [i.e. not very much], the secret of the effectiveness of soap.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
So apt was his reply that his opponents were left bereft of speech.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Pee changes colour, often, when one eats beetroot.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rooting out secrets is an investigative journalist's job.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Job sometimes comes across as a boring old fart!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Art Garfunkle has a very nice voice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ice crystals form in clouds and can then fall as snow.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ass! Now that was a silly comment!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Mental acuity and common sense are never, apparently, related.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Late delivery of one's self assessment results in a fine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Finest of English Cheeses I hold to be Barkham Blue.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Blue sky thinking seems very boring to me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Metaphors can have that effect.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ectoplasm might make them seem more lifelike.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ike Turner, by most accounts, was an utter jerk.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Jerky is a food I've never tried, even in dreams.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Reams of good card stock were shipped to the organizers of the Mass presided over by Pope Francis at Madison Square Gardens.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Den said he wasn't involved and was, in fact, abroad at the time of the bank heist.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
He is too young to understand how complicated a divorce can get.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ange told me that would happen.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Penelope would agree.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Green tea may be full of anti-oxidants but it still sets off my allergies!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Established allergies can be hard to shift.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Hard to shift stains are a blight on our washing and should be a warning to all purists.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Is tsunami still a word in common use?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Selfies with trains are not recommended if you stand on the tracks.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Racks of clothes filled the whole space, leaving no room for Florence.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Loren celebrated her birthday by running nude through the morning dew.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Dewy-eyed Lois looked up at Superman and sighed deeply.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Plywood is a serviceable option, but not as lovely as a nice oak, maple, or cherry.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Herr Yorick, alas he loved his schnapps and sausage far too much, which led to his ruin in more ways than one.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
None more so than the concrete liver resulting from wood alchohol.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'Ho Ho! Lol!' read the message from my so-called friend on social media, when I posted telling everyone of my awful day.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Fulda, you might know, is not only a town in Germany but also one in rural Minnesota, where my mother grew up!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Wuppertal was once described to me, by a German, as the arse of the world.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
The worldwide church is growing.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Rowing, when you have an outboard motor, is surely a huge waste of time and energy!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Gyroscopes are for balanced people.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Please will you refrain from your campanological exercises until after five-thirty in the morning!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
IngoB would have had something to say about that!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hats are coming back into fashion.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Hi,Oliver, how good to see you.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Which should have read:-
Hi, Onan, what's up?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
At supper Jim announced that he was moving within a month and going to work in Milan.
[ 29. February 2016, 20:18: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Rev per Minute (# 69) on
:
I landed on the shore and claimed this territory in the name of the Queen. Then I woke up.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Upminster sometimes appears in the game Mornington Crescent.
[eta: but only when playing under the Parallel Parking rules as set out in the 1947 regulations since declared invalid after a High Court challenge.]
[ 01. March 2016, 02:23: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Re: scent? I like lavender.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ender Wiggin is an invention of Orson Scott Card.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"Card her, " said the bouncer, looking at the young woman's baby face.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Acetone is great for removing nail varnish.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Celebratory drinks are in order.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sorry - cross post.
Isherwood was an interesting writer.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I terrify myself when I least expect it!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Titles are bestowed upon those who donate the most.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Don ate the most and thereby won the pie-eating contest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Testing, testing, can you hear me at the back?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
He backed into the caterer's cart and spilled most of the appetizers.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Tizer seems to be holding its own amongst sales of soft drinks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ink seems more permanent than pencil.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Cillian wotsisname acts very well in Peaky Blinders.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"In der sheets he ain't 'alf bad," said Crazy Jane with a cheeky grin.
[ 02. March 2016, 14:40: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Grinding out a win is what all Spurs fans hope Swansea will be able to manage tonight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nightingales still sing in Berkeley Square.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Quare fellows are not confined to Ireland.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Re: Land of the Free, what is Trump doing?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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In going south, which direction does the water go down the plug hole?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lug holes, in common parlance, is another way of saying 'ears'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arsenic goes well with old lace.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Lacedonia was considered lukewarm, even in summer, I believe.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Even the British Isles have their moments of warmth.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Arm the insurgents now and you'll pay the price in ten years.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ears should be protected from icy weather by means of a balaclava.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lava lamps are lights which contain moving blobs, better not watched for too long.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Oolong is a black tea that is partially fermented.
[ 04. March 2016, 19:43: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Men, Ted explained, are rarely able to hold two contradictory concepts in their brain concurrently.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Con currently rents a small mansion but would like to downsize into something less expensive to maintain.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tainted by a reputation as a serial killer and quiz-show host she decided to enter a nunnery.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Nun, 'nery a day goes by without my regretting my previous lifestyle" confessed the serial killer.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Killer heels, though, I'm finding very hard to give up'.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Give Upton Sinclair a try if you want to check out old school, investigative journalism.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I smell the coffee, distinctive aroma!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Roma tomatoes seem better tasting than the big round ones if you need to pick them up from the supermarket and not the farmer's market.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kettle's on, crumpets ready for toasting, so what have I forgotten?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Got ten for two fivers, mate?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ate a funny whelk last night," he said when he rang in sick to work.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Tow or keep pushing? How best to start the car?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cartwheels always looked very dangerous to me.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tomes that are big and impenetrable are the bane of my life, exclaimed the professor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sororities are almost universally female.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Male sororities would be a bit strange.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Range-finder cameras are not as popular these days.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Days of rain would be rather unusual in desert regions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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E.g. Ions are either positive or negative.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I've an inkling that you're not telling the truth.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ruthless People" is one of my all-time favorite comedies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Die, stupid bugs," he shouted as he sprayed his rose bushes.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Bus!" he shouted as he ran frantically down the street.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Re: etiquette - always remember to rearrange your clothing before leaving the bathroom.
Posted by alienfromzog (# 5327) on
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Tree tops are not good places to put cradles.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lessons have been learned.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Education can be exceedingly overrated at times and in certain places.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Laces keep coming undone.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do new age troglodytes still exist?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lex is the Man of Steel's nemesis.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Siskins are not our siblings, they are small birds.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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All Bird said was "There's something shining in your box"; I don't see what's so funny.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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It's so fun nylons are all the rage again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gainsaying that I'd advocate the merits of silk.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Ilka mon mun hae his haggis," as Robbie Burns never said.
[ 10. March 2016, 06:55: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aida, is like most opera, based on a very silly story.
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on
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"Or you'll grow hair on your palms!" she declared sternly.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Tern, lying on the ground, unable to fly - broken wing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingmire Hall is located just west of Sedbergh in Cumbria.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Briar rose is also known as eglantine.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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'Tin eagle' is an alternative form of the expression 'lead balloon'.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Loon trousers we're very fashionable in certain circles in the seventies.
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on
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"Tie Sven to the bedpost" she commanded, snapping the whip a bit more sharply than usual.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Han, usually a bit reticent in such matters, was only too eager to comply.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Plywood factories are an environmental nightmare!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Are you quite sure of that?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Oft' hats are a curse, rather than a blessing, especially during windy weather.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Atherstone station is on the main line out of Euston.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Stone describes a small rock, or a member of a rock group.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Up with which I will not put, as the grammatically constricted pedant remarked.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mark Ed in the "for" column for the river raft excursion on the Rio Grande.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Gran delighted in her annual trip to Margate in the old charabanc.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ban cockerels from gardens if you would like a peaceful neighbourhood.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Our hoodies are better than your hoodies.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Die soon!', snarled the gnarly old warrior to the traitor of his tribe.
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on
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Rib-eaters make for messy companions.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Anions are always looking for ways to give.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Nut!" sighed mother squirrel when her offspring returned with another piece of gravel to store.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ore processing is sometimes referred to as smelting.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Melt in generosity and watch your chocolate spread itself over the beneficiaries.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Ici Aries" is another way of saying "Here is a ram".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aramis, the original one, is still a favourite amongst men's colognes.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Cologne smells can vary hugely.
[ 14. March 2016, 12:18: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Elysium seems a long way away at times.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mesolithic times are even further away.
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on
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Raw, aye, but also a compelling tale.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ale and Porter were the staples of the old fashioned British pub.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sh! Pub closed; publican asleep.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Can a sleeping dog lie when a cat saunters by?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Bypasses eventually need bypasses.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Asses', shouted the professor, as his students crossed the quadrangle.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Angle of incidence on a smooth, flat mirror is generally the same as the angle of reflection..
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lectionary readings follow a set pattern each year.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ears of corn slathered in butter are pretty tasty!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Stymied for a suitable reply, Ethel swallowed her bile in grim silence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encephalitis can be fatal.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Hal, it is "Can be fatal" which is not the same as "This will kill you".
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ill, your strength is not up to the task at this point.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ointment is generally useful in such cases.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Case sensitive PINs can be a pain to remember.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Members of the House more often behave like primary children!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Mary-child rendered sin obsolete by undying" is a Babelfish translation of a summary of Easter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Asters cover a very wide range of different blooms.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Loo?', Ms Blenksop asked the waiter with utter disdain.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Da, in something of a panic, spilt his beer down Ma's front when she told him he was unzipped.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Pedestrians can often act in very strange ways, especially when walking their pet alligators.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At Orson Wells: Citizen Kane is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Sever!" Mad evangelist said when I asked if I should break connection with my present church.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Urchins are characters best described as "prickly".
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rick, lying on the sun bed, sleepily wondered what on earth he was doing with his life.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Is life to be lived exuberantly or cautiously?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sly little cat often tries to creep into the house.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Use irony with discretion when posting on the web.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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We beseech thee, dear brethren, venture not unto that castle of bounce, without first removing from thy feet those coverings of plastic or leather.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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The rather undercooked burger resulted in some very unpleasant side effects.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Effect short-term change by imposing your will on the staff.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Affecting a sneer, Sir Broderick told his wife, 'you silly woman, get back to your sewing'; she stabbed him with her needle.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Her need let her stab him without compunction.
[ 18. March 2016, 16:52: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Unction was provided by his sister's loving presence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encephalitis set in within hours, was the needle deliberately infected?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tedious hours of poor lectures were the worst parts of college.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Legends of the past, in cricket, are people like Denis Compton, Denis Lilley and Sir Vivian Richards.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hard sweets crack teeth.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Teet hardness occurs unless washed in warm soapy water.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Waterfalls in Yosemite are glorious in the spring.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ringo Starr was the second drummer that the group The Beatles had.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"He beat Les, Ha!" Delores cried.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Had El Or escried the ambush, he would not have ended up as Mexico's umpteenth gunbattle casualty.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Al, tying Marsha to the bedpost, asked "Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey?"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Greystoke is better known as Tarzan.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Zane Grey wrote westerns, not Tarzan novels.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Nov." Elsie replied, when asked to briefly state her birth month.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Monthly dates are sometimes continued by newly weds.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ed Sykes foolishly tried to swim the English Channel in just speedos in January.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ar! You clapperclawed strumpet, bring me tha grog NOW!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Nowt to see here, move along please" said the jovial old policeman.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Manual labour is supposedly good for the soul.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ululation is fairly common here, particularly at Hindu weddings.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Dings often precede dongs when bell ringing.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ginger snaps are sooo helpful in combating motion sickness- besides being yummy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Yum," my Danish-born mummy said, under the impression that this was polite English for "how delicious."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Usherettes see all of the latest films for free, and they are paid as well.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Aid, as well as preaching, can be very desirable.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Sir, a blessing on you and your house then.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Set hens on the nest so they can produce lots of eggs for us.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rusty nails can be hazards in a wood pile.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pi, let us remember, has now been calculated to an enormous number of places - currently I believe 1.33x10^14 digits.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Dig its groovy 60s vibe!" enthused Gretchen over the VW microbus.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Robust debate is the purpose of Purgatory, Hell is for personal conflicts.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Conflict, sadly, often results in violence.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Encephalitis is a dangerous condition with potentially life-changing results.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Result seems ideal at Manchester United 0 - Manchester City 17; perfect!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ectoplasm seems to only appear in Ghostbuster films these days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Dayspring is a beautiful expression.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Expressionism in art can be considered beautiful or overrated.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rover rated his human as barely semi-intelligent.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Gentlemen, I understand, prefer blondes; thank goodness I'm a brunette!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Net testing, like those silly quizzes on Facebook™, is almost invariably inaccurate.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Curate, Ms. Adams, assisted the vicar, Mr. Nobel.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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No bells are rung between Maundy Thursday and Easter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A sterile environment is required for surgery.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rye bread was something I learned to like while living in Germany.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Many people have said the same!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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He's a "Me! Me! Me! I want it." type.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Typecasting is often a problem for film actors.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Act or step away from the stage.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hest, ages ago, meant a call or command.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Commanded to stand still, he fell head over heels as he did his best to capitulate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Late arrivals at the opera are often not admitted until the end of the Act.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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The Acts of the Apostles, with suitable pyrotechnics, could make a superb opera.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Operations can often lead to complications.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, on shaking the bottle of dressing, ruined the tablecloth as the lid was loose.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Loose Lions are 973rd in the ranking of English football clubs.
(And that's true!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Club strips can be all sorts of colours
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ours is the kind of house that snooty people avoid like the plague.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Plagues come in several varieties.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Tie Simon up before he escapes', shouted Harold, who was determined to have a full team of skittles players for the match against the Hell's Angels team.
[ 26. March 2016, 15:19: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gel, steam, you name it and I tried it - but nothing would stop that curl from springing back up.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back-up your hard drive on a regular basis.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sisterly love is very hard to achieve when she's a very annoying little sproglet.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ogle that magazine in private if you don't want people to know what your foibles are.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Areas of competence include reading and writing and sums.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ums and ahs are very annoying when used unsparingly by television interviewers.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Werst, werser and bad," wrote the orthographically challenged student.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dentistry equipment has become far more patient friendly over my lifetime.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tim estimated that he had just 10 seconds to overcome his shyness and kiss Katy before the apocalypse.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pseudo-intellectuals often erroneously pretend they have read Joyce's Ulysses.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sessions of yoga can help physical flexibility and mental acuity.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tyres seem to be much stronger nowadays than previously.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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IOU's, lying in the bottom of the drawer, dated back twenty years.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ears are for hearing, eyes are for seeing and mouths are for keeping shut!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Shutters sometimes shatter silence with sound, when storms smash them into stone structures.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ure, surname of the singer Midge, is not particularly common.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Mon ami' she breathed seductively into his ear, ' Je t'aime'.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Aim ever higher," said the unctuous commencement speaker.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Kerfuffle," he said, "that's all it is, kerfuffle!"
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Fleas!" was the terse response.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Second Saturdays banks and government offices, including post offices, are closed across India.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Dial their number on those days and listen to an audiobook of War and Peace before clocking that there is none-one there, period.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Oddly, I like it when shops are closed on weekends and bank holidays, so that the staff can spend time with their families.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I lie, sometimes, quite successfully but nowhere near the skill level of a politician.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I, any day now, will begin exercising as one should.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Shoulders to the wheel, folks, let's get moving!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ingleton is a pleasant little town.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Own the look, you cutie-pie lolitas!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I taste garlic and spinach in the new ice cream.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Am I wrong, or does that sound vile?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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How could you possibly be thought wrong saying that?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hats off to those of us who don't remember which thread we are on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eons could pass and I'll still make the same mistake!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Take that elephant down to the water hole for a drink.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Dr.Ink" would be a cool name for a tattoo artist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Tis true, it would be decidedly cool.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Coo, lovely sound made by doves and babies.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I escaped through the bathroom window.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dowager Duchesses ain't what they used to be.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Tobermory SYHA is one of the buildings along the front, and famous from Balamory, the children's TV programme.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gram measurements are easier to work with than ounces.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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A noun, cessation, for example, contrasted with the proper noun, Cessna, does not need to be written with a capital letter.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Let termites into your garden and you may well swiftly regret it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Egret, I think, is no relation at all to eaglet.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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On a tall toe, aglets are essential to stop shoelaces from coming unravelled.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Led by my admiration for Ck's post I tremble in awe.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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In awesome admiration I, too, tremble at CK's tremendously erudite post!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Posted warnings surround the contaminated industrial pond.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Trial ponds went out of favour with the Ducking Stool.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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King's Tools currently have a special offer on their royal router bits!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's Spring, but nobody's told the weather yet!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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We, at her Yeti Rescue Centre, could only marvel at the way Ethel managed to stay alive.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Live cockles and mussels for sale in Dublin.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dub Linda the baking queen of fresh, fruit pies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I.e. Subtlety; don't be so obvious!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Us -Subtle?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do you want me to define it for you?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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US Sub, T'Leth, would be awesome, if real.
(Isn't this Everlasting?)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Algorithms just sort of appear in my head.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Advertisements often lead one astray.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stray dogs can be deemed by many as a menace.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Nacer Chadli is not Tottenham's best player, but he's better than most who play in his position, in the whole Premiership.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Shipmates are a strange lot!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Range, Lottie, that's what the ranchers were looking for.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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King Fortescue was the somewhat credibility-lacking name of a heavyweight wrestler.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ler is Old Irish for sea and the name of a sea god, usually written as Lir.
[ 07. April 2016, 18:12: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Irrational thoughts often assail me.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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'Ought soften as sail', metaphorically speaking, cannot conjure up the same images in sailors; canvas powered by wind can hurt.
[ 08. April 2016, 05:08: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hurting people with malice aforethought seems to be a politician's speciality.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ian's speciality, at dinner parties, was to provide a cabaret that was guaranteed to send everyone home at the nod of the host.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hostages can sometimes develop Stockholm Syndrome.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Stock Holms"
"Y?"
"N Dromes"
ran the text message exchange to the new shop manager, much to the confusion of the recipient.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Entertainment at Butlin's Holiday Camps did not smack of "high culture".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ure, the river, runs through Wensleydale.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Wensleydale cheese, I believe, is much loved by Wallace.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lace mantillas are still highly fashionable in certain places.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Lace Susan's bodice, please, if you've got a moment," I asked Alicia, since she had finished donning her costume and I had not.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Mean? DI Hadnot, are you asking me to calculate a measure of average?
(Hadnot is a real surname, honest)
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Fave rage" could describe the crowd madness in shops when a new CD by their chosen group is released.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Leased a new car finally but am a bit stressed about the mileage limits.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Age limits what one can legally do, or that's the theory.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rye and dry used to be a popular drink.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Lard rinks wouldn't be very conducive to skating.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tingling fingers can be symptomatic of Peripheral Neuropathy.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Euro path yields best results." say the stay-ins.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Ay, instead ye should hae tak'n the north road," the farmer told the lost travelers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Traveler Susan's luggage cost a fortune in excess fees.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Ee!" said the consonantly-challenged young lady, espying a mouse which was emerging from a hole in the wainscoting.
[ 11. April 2016, 21:59: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In Scot, in Gregory, the firm had two skillful engineers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Erskine Bridge crosses the Clyde.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Clyde, together with his sweetheart Bonnie, caused a whole lot of trouble during their murderous spree.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pre-engagement parties seem a bit silly.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'It silly is', smirked Yoda on seeing the storm troopers trip over themselves and land in a pile.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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And I nap, I leaf through an interesting book, I eat chocolate, I daydream......... definition of an afternoon well spent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pent up emotions can be damaging if bottled.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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OTT Led Zeppelin tribute bands are an affront to the senses.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sesquipedalianism is something of which I have never been guilty.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Guilt? You are showing it all over your red face!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Celebrate your abilities, not your posturing with polysyllabic posturings.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rings of power were all subject to the One.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, on entering the room, noticed the new color scheme.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Emetics are rarely comfortable.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Fort- a blessing to settlers surrounded by native Americans avid for their scalps.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Al, psychiatrist, preferred that his patients address him as "Dr. Alan."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Landslides can be difficult.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cultish behaviour can sometimes be weird.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Weirdness is evident all over the place.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Laced with rum, fruit can be quite palatable.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Table it" has vastly different meaning to Americans than it does in places like the UK and Canada.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ada preferred Mackeson to Guinness.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Inn essentials include comfortable beds and clean, quiet rooms.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Room service seemed deplorably slow.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ably, slowly and reliably wins out over speedy, shoddy and unpredictable.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Able Jack had many strings to his bow.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Is bowdlerised text an acceptable way of disseminating literature?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A tureen should be warmed with boiling water before adding the soup.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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He souped up his car and sped off to the race track.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rack and pinion railways still exist in some parts of the world.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He, worldly to the core, would not consider marrying anyone who was not rich, beautiful and aristocratic.
[ 16. April 2016, 05:18: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A ticket to Wilmslow isn't available on the Indian Railways website.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Webs, it explained, are woven by spiders in order to catch prey.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Pre year 2000, many people thought the sky would fall at midnight of that fateful date change.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tech anger is the emotion which can result from prolonged frustration with one's malfunctioning computer.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Terminology can be confusing, such that we are ready to recycle the computer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terrestrial life forms come in all shapes, sizes and colours.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Our supper isn't very good.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Goodwife Ealing was known for her special bowl of winter cider.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I derided his remarks as utter claptrap.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Sutter claptrap!", muttered the miner who found no gold at Sutter's Mill.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ill-will tends to boomerang.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Angry responses may make one feel better momentarily but are not necessarily useful in the longer term.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Longer terms tend to make young children very tired and fractious.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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IOUs are not always easy to convert into actual currency.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Encyclicals are the Pope's blog.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Logarithms have always fascinated me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ted,me old mate, why so melancholy?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Holy communion is another term for eucharist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Ristorante Italiano seems de rigeur in many UK towns.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Townscapes may be blighted by inappropriate street furniture.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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It (urea) is widely-used as an ingredient in fertilizer.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Zerlina, the young country girl in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, is something of a minx.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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INXS found fame through their outrageous singer, Michael Hutchence.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Hence the need for the seemingly excessive amounts of chicken wire.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wireless transmissions these days are old hat.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Old hatters used to have serious problems with mercury poisoning their nervous systems.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Stems should be cut diagonally before standing bouquet in a vase of warm water.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Arm water aids are essential for young children learning to swim.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wimmin seems to have gone out of vogue as an alternative spelling of women.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Omen of disaster," said she, at the sight of a single magpie.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pie crust around the edges should be crimped.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Crimped hair was once very fashionable, but it is a very damaging practice.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I ceremoniously removed my socks, as I'd look silly otherwise.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wiseacres abound when talking about sexual behaviour.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Our wiseacres are too busy discussing Brexit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rex! It's over there you stupid mutt!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I'd mutter snide remarks under my breath when the boss got into one of her moods.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Oods are a particularly interesting alien from Doctor Who.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Whoever's arrows are nearest to the bullseye is the winner.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hew in nerves and sweat if you must, but get that wood store filled!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fill editorials with right wing propaganda, urged the owner of the newspaper group.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Upwardly mobile executives seem to earn salaries running into six figures.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Results for school exams may be predicted but may turn out to be different to what was anticipated.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I pat Ed on the head when he brings the stick back to me.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tom exited the room backwards very quickly, when he realised what he had stumbled upon.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Led up on to the high plateau.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Eau de nil was once a fashionable, if insipid, colour used in houses.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Especially odd, since that sounds more like the name of a cheap, sad cologne.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Cologne is where Charlemagne's magnificent tomb is sited.
[ 21. April 2016, 20:34: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Sit! Edit!" shouted the study supervisor at her student.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Her stud entered the stall to await his equine lady-love.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Over-compensation is something of which many of us are guilty.
[ 22. April 2016, 05:06: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tyres are a rather wonderful invention for giving one a smoother ride.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Err," I declared, "and I'll see you in court!"
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Our team always tries to win the trophy for best in show, but our potatoes seem to let us down.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Owning too much stuff means we have to have a yard sale to de-clutter according to Herself.
(A true story, happening tomorrow. ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
)
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Selfish fish leave no flakes for their fellows.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Low standards of behaviour become evident when children rifle their grandparents' wallets during the post-prandial snooze.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Oz, evidently, was a place Dorothy did not want to stay.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Staycations are a good way to save money and get to know your city, at the same time.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, same timely luck he usually had, managed to miss the chaos of the presidential cortege winding its way through Los Angeles.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Gel, especially the scented sort, can keep ones skin lovely and smooth after shaving.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Having a tendency to laugh at catastrophe, I quickly walked away, looking at the ground.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Underwear has evolved to become skimpier than ever before.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Foreknowledge would not always be a blessing.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ways BEAB, less in general use now, mark indicates the safety of electrical goods include demonstrating conformity with the low voltage directive.
[ 24. April 2016, 12:07: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Tiverton Parkway station is actually located a few miles from said town, at Burlescombe.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Directives issued in the name of public safety are oft ignored.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Red Comb', even 'Comb Red', may be a hen's name which lays double-yoked eggs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eggsistentialism, taken to its logical conclusion, could bring an answer to why the chicken crosses the road.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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The road was *already* cross, before that dang chicken dug its pointy claws in!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Sin, and how it applies to chickens" could be my next opus magna!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"O pus, magnanimous as you are among bodily fluids..." began the commander of the fleet of Vogons.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On second thoughts it may have been their poet laureate.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Urea tends to be used less in manufacturing than it was in mediaeval time.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Val timed her arrival to provoke maximum embarrassment.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Menthol is useless as a mouthwash.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ashes To Go is a popular Lenten observance in some parts of the US.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eustachian tube connects the middle ear to the nasal cavity.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tyburn was at one time the site of official executions in London.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Don Quixote has been a popular story for centuries.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Especially among foreigners who can't pronounce it properly.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Proper lyrics don't include the words "baby" or "yeah".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ahem" however may be permitted.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Perm it, Ted!', Sylvia yelled, scaring everyone in the hairdressers.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Heh, air dress, Erskine? Who conned you with the emperor's new clothes trick? You're naked!" His friend spluttered.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Red", she said,"full length with a slit up the side - the nakedness is all in your mind!"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Independent sources verified that they were, indeed, naked.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Edifying spectacle though that may have been, the ensuing hypothermia gave them pause for thought.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Ought we to have listened', they moaned,'we appear now to have caught pneumonia'.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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On I ascended the dinky hill, huffing and puffing all the way.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hew, aye, and then split and stack the logs.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He logs thirty hours of volunteer work a month.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Kam on the album Neva demonstrates his ability in wordsmithery.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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The rye bread was far tastier than the basic white.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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It exceeded all expectations in growth and beauty.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tyrone is an Irish county.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Is H., Count Yeoman, going to attend our ball?" gushed Lady Smythe.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Myth, especially from ancient civilizations, gives a window into their worlds.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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LDS, or the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as it is known, is an odd by-product of the Christian faith.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think odd is a mild term in this context.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Text plus sex equals sext to many young people with cell phones.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Honestly, you just can't get a really ripe avocado these days.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Daystar from on high appear.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Appearances can be deceptive, said the chameleon to the stick insect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sectarianism is an undoubted evil.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Devilled kidneys are not bad if the kidneys belonged to a lamb.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ambivalent about such practices WW considers a comment then refrains.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rain seems to always be wet.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ewe, tabby, and border collie trotted into the barn.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Barnston is near Heswall on The Wirral.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rallentando is the Italian musical term for slowing down, but does not imply screeching to a halt.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Alternative therapies seem to be beneficial for some people.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Its impossible to play Edwin Lemare's transcription of The Ride of the Valkyrie on a harmonium.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I, um, seem to have inadvertently caused pandemonium this evening.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In GIN palaces the concoction could be bought by the pint.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He, pint-sized cutie that he was, got away with more than his older sister.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"I solders 'is terminals to the circuit board when mending 'im," said the phone repair guy, explaining the repair.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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There Pa irrigates his vegetable patch with grey water from the kitchen and bathroom.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Throom, throom, went the engine as Amanda revved up her Harley Davidson motor bike.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I keep ferrets but not in my trousers.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rouse R. Smith, he has snoozed off while waiting for his name to be called.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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All Ed asked for was a little peace and a comfy sofa.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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So far, so good.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Go, odd little green man, and tell your Martian leaders that Coca Cola is not the all-purpose fuel their surveillance systems reported it to be.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Begone, you scurvy knave!', yelled the squire at his unfortunate son.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ate so new bread that she looked six months pregnant, did Ann.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anniversaries are now entered on the calendar on my phone, but I can still forget them!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Or get the medium sized ones if you can't find large avocadoes" she advised.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Is Edward still messing about in the kitchen?', lamented his Aunt Jane.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anemia can be very debilitating.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Tat ingestion is a peculiar eating disorder that only afflicts those high up the candle; which is ironic as candles are one of the items sometimes eaten.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ten at a time?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I'm even more sure that would give one indigestion.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ionising them first might help.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'elp me, for pity's sake, said Tiny Tim, as he was chased by Marley's ghostly spectre.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tremendous pressure was put on Amy to succeed.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Educationally, however, she was at a disadvantage being an undiagnosed dyslexic.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Eddy's lexicon was much thumbed through to ensure all the spelling was correct.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rectitude is not what it was when I was a lad.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Salad seldom satisfies my hunger for long.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Longevity strikes me as being a double-edged sword.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Words are to a poet what paint is to an artist.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Art is true to life, sometimes.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Me time seems to be considered very important these days.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Day seems to give way to night rather quicker these days.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ay say rather more quickly, but then, Ay'm posh.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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M.P. O'Shaughnessy was elected by a wide majority.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Major I. T. Yarborough, reporting for duty, Sir!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sirius Black was much mourned when he was killed off in the Harry Potter series.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Terser, i.e. somewhat more succinctly, is a rather underused word.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ordinarily I might suggest that was a good thing.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Thin girls are popularly regarded as being more desirable, though whether they actually are is a matter of doubt.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Doubtful and untrue origins have been assigned to many immigrants over the years.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ye arseholes in government, take heed of the polls!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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The pollster, or opinion poll, can provide useful information if interpreted wisely.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wise lying down when you feel like that.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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ET, hat askew, was really disturbed to realise he had forgotten his phone number.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Numb, Ernie could barely remove his gloves after walking through the blizzard.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Arduous labour calls for a pint after work.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Workshy colleagues can be a nuisance.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"An' U 'is ancestor?" queried the genealogist on Twitter, short of characters around including others in the conversation and the hashtag.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hash? Ta ge' it righ' you need corn beef and cooked cabbage.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Bag every scrap of waste food bore binning, or it will be lunch for Mr. Fox.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fox News is NOT the most reliable source of information.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Formation ballroom dancing used to be a popular pastime.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Times change and who, these days, has time to hand sew all those sequins?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Quins are pretty rare on the landscape, even more so are sextuplets.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Re sex, tup ... let's clarify, tups are uncastrated sheep and tupping is the country term for mating.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A tinge of green in the white paint makes the afternoon sun in the windows seem cooler.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Coolers are generally made of expanded polystyrene, otherwise known, amongst other things, as PUF, Styrofoam or Thermocol.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Her moco-loco designed house was the envy of her acquaintance.
[ 09. May 2016, 11:52: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Quaint ancestors are a very useful topic of conversation at dinner parties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Artie said I wouldn't enjoy the party - and he was right!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Righteous, man!" exclaimed the concert-goer after the main set.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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In setting the recommended prices at auctions, one must be a subject matter expert.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rex pertly replied to the question of how he find his feet the morning after the twenty mile hike, by responding that they were at the end of his legs as usual.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Algebra was a favourite subject at school.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hooligans ditched algebra to tag the school walls with spray paint.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Pray, Pa, in the intervals of drinking the cellar dry, would you hitch up the wagon so Ma can drive to town?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Owning your own mistakes is a much overrated sign of maturity.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Uri typed up his memoirs, but was frustrated that he couldn't have a cup of tea in the breaks, as he'd broken all his teaspoons.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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On Sunday 31st July my incumbent has booked in a wedding
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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In awe, D. Dingley bowed low to the ravishing beauty before him.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Immoderate bowing can lead to dizziness.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Essentially that is down the the function of the inner ear.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rear ends can relate to a multitude of things.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Thin G-strings leave nothing to the imagination.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nat, I, on occasion, have pondered the same thing.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Hinges should be well oiled to prevent the sort of noise that can drive you mad.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You madrigal singers will have to find somewhere else to practice!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Act, I certainly will, to halt this foolishness.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ish Nesshie shurfashing out there, or have I ODed on the whishky?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KY was a wonderful song from Fascinating Aida.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ida complained of foot rot after her wellies split on the way home in the rain.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hera, in collusion with Hebe, got the gods gloriously drunk.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Run, Kevin, run, and win the marathon.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hon, don't do that, it is so annoying!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Soan, Noy, Ingle and Benningfield are all artists, most using watercolours.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ours is the carne asada nacho appetizer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tizer was a popular drink to buy from the Corona wagon on its weekly visit.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sitting on couches for long periods of time may allow a body to become the shape of a blob.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lobotomy may have some effect on the associated behaviours.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ursa Major is my favourite* of all constellations.
*English spelling. Spell check, bugger off.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on sufferance, looked after the children for the evening.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Even in grimey clothes, she stood out as the most attractive woman I had ever seen.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Verse engenders poetic nonsense.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sensei Takako was the most agile karate tutor I had ever encountered.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Count 'er educated," said the lazy teacher.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A Cher red carpet gown was something to look forward to back in the day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aye, it was that!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As t'hatter said, some jobs'll make 'ee mad.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ke-ee-ma!" declared the hungry diner at the Indian restaurant, unaware that it would be more polite to give his order to the waitstaff.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He waits, Taffy, the most patient man in Wales.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ales beat lagers hands down.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Own your own mistakes before pointing out those of others.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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The RSC is still the most reliable company of thespians.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I answered that one years ago!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sago with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on it looks less like frogspawn than it otherwise might.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mighty warriors are still vulnerable.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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'Er able seaman husband was always up for jollies between voyages.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ages ago it seems now.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Snow didn't happen last winter, despite some pretty low temperatures.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At uReside.com they aim to help landlords manage their business.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In essence, ice burg lettuce was healthier for Mary than spinach because she was prone to kidney stones.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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One's sense of self-worth should never depend on the wardrobe shoe-count.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Untidy desk suggests an untidy mind.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In distant countries that may be the case, but here it is quite the opposite theorum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rum is no longer issued daily to members of the Royal Navy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Vygotsky's social learning theories don't include the information that "theorum" is actually spelled "theorem."
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Remind me to proof read my posts in future.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Remind you? But you're a teacher!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Errors can happen to anyone.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On every occasion he astounded me!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ed mentioned that he had run into you at the pub.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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He publicised the event in the local press but forgot to detail the date and venue.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nuer people are somewhat oldfashioned in their lifestyle.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tylenol™ is an American brand name for the compound acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mol, in Malayalam, indicates a girl child and mon a boy child and these are useful qualifiers when added to names that are otherwise unisex.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Wise unis expect their students to be typical teenagers and so don't start their lectures too early.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ear lying close to the ground will be the first to hear the sound of advancing hooves.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Vestments bearing images of elephants are only permissible when the 5th Sunday in February coincides with a blue moon.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Moo never seems to be the correct answer to the question "What does the fox say?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sayers cake shops used to be famous on Merseyside.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I declare that Sayers was a writer of whodunnits!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Dun nits are as irritating as the white ones but are better camouflaged
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Flag editorial official disinterest is this story.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Hiss tory!" is what the UKIP member told his followers.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Lower," she directed the man hanging the mirror.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"- or else.." and was interrupted by the crash as the mirror hit the deck, splintering into fragments.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ents are amazing creatures!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rest assured that the most amazing creatures in the world are most definitely penguins.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Penguin sauce is definitely a bit fishy but good with fries/chips.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hip souls would rather go for the eco-friendly radish.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A dish best served cold could be used to describe either revenge or gazpacho soup, two factors that loomed large in the life of Arnold Rimmer.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm merciless when playing board games as it seems to bring out my competitive nature.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Tu reviens?"* enquired the love-smitten French lass as he walked away.
* You are coming back?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Ed a Way (whose name was meant to be Edna, but lacked an 'n' in it) met Ed ard Lane (whose name was meant to be Edward, but lacked a 'w' in it) and they both lived happily ever after.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Eve, rafter extraordinaire, negotiated the white water rapids with ease and aplomb.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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MBA graduates hope for a fast track to the executive suite.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It enrages me when I can't get an Easy Sudoku right!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rig H together with M and then mount Z onto the axis at P with the screws labelled Y and W - don't you just love flat-pack instruction leaflets?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Leaf lets were a disaster, as the incoming caterpillars were hungry as well as homeless.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Me Lessons' on offer for those of a too compassionate nature for the real world.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Worldliness is not always attractive.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I've always found that it's my amazing modesty which is my most endearing feature.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A ring featured prominently in the works of JRR Tolkien.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I engaged with all sorts and conditions in my career.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On sin, my care erratically veered between avoidance and enjoyment.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Joy mentioned that you might be popping by.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ping bystanders with peas from that catapult, my lad, and you can expect a swift wallop.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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All operations carry a degree of risk, unfortunately.
[ 29. May 2016, 18:24: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nate, lying through his teeth, purported to be an outstanding and well known rocket scientist.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ent is too demanding to be considered a viable costume project for the fancy dress ball next month.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Monthly pay packets tend not to last as well as they ought.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Hey, ought you to be doing that'?, yelled the Jolly Green Giant.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ants can be a complete menace!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Men ace hot water bottles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bottle seeking in old landfill used to be popular.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Large drops of rain do seem to be particularly wet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Et tu, Brute! is a memorable line from Shakespeare.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Pea recipes are all mushy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Shying wet cloths at the vicar is a popular pastime at the parish fair.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Air pollution is an increasing problem in many large cities.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ties should be worn by men in suits, but not retirees!
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Tire especially fast, do we? Not so much faster than sloths.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Loth, she quietly quietly slipped out the side door before she could be asked to volunteer.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eradicate that ground elder before it takes over the world.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Worlds apart, that's what we are.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Hat wearers are often just a tiny bit less follically endowed than others.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ha! Not her same old hairdo, I see.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Air do i see ? No, truly invisible it must be.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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St. Bernard's are lovely puppies.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Up, pies!" he yelled, and the food fight commenced.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Men cede ground to their wives, if they've got any sense.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sense and Sensibility is a very good novel by Jane Austen.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sten guns were used extensively in the 1939-45 war.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Us tenants must stand up against that brutal landlord.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Warblers are, I understand, a kind of bird.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Comment/ Please ignore my last entry - cross-posted. /end
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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IR diffusion, In other words heating up.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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guppies are amazing fish.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Fish-face is not a term of endearment.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Arm entropy is when you wake up in the morning and you can't feel one of those limbs.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"I'm b.s.ing, as usual," admitted Skylar's boyfriend.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Friendship is love by another name.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Not her namesake, but one of her successors, as historians might have remarked about Queen Elizabeth the second in relationship to Queen Elizabeth the first of England.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Glandular fever is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Rust is obtained by the oxidation of Iron, or when O is added to Fe.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fear can be quite immobilising.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I Sing the Body Electric is Walt Whitman getting all scandalous on the Victorians.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ian Smith was Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia after their unilateral declaration of independence.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Pen," "den," "men," all have the same pronunciation of the vowel E, as does "century."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Ur yellin up the wrong gum tree' read the text message.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sage stick smudging is a traditional Native American way of spiritually purifying and healing places.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A cessation of hostilities cane be the prelude to peace.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Whoops - that should read can be a prelude to peace. Sorry.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A cessation of main course can be a prelude to dessert
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Odes, sertoli cells do not usually inspire.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ireful explosions rarely have a good result.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ultimately society is responsible.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Bled me dry, she did," said Joe, turning out his pockets to reveal nothing but a paper clip.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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"Per clip or per part of per clip" was the flat rate for vasectomies.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I especially love wallowing in the sea in very hot weather.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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We, at her request, toasted crumpets for tea.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Pet's forte absolutely creased onlookers when the dear dachshund showed such inventiveness in courting a mastiff.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A stiff drink is in order after that crap I got from the boss.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ossification of bones can be problematic.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Problem - a tic which refuses to shift.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tosh! If there is any truth in your statement, I'll eat my hat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hating a person and hating their views are very different things.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Rent thing sits heavily on me the first of each month.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On the First Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a rather nice red wine sauce.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Win, Esau, cede nothing to the challengers!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Gershwin, I believe, composed some extremely good ditties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ties, bow-ties and cravats are all anathema!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Nat, he may disagree!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A greedy jerk snatched up the last three sesame mochi balls as I was reaching for them.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He may well have ended up with a stomach bug.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Bugger off you bounder!" is what you could have shouted at him.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Thimbles are a very useful needlework accessory.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Access, or yet more ways in, (see index) can be achieved through variety of apertures.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Resistance is futile, unless we have courage and determination and faith in God, in which case everything is possible.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"I bleed purple Kool-aid for you," I said with absolutely no sympathy for his whine.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I never could see the sense in swimming in the cold sea.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Colds, each of us I'm sure know well, are of the devil!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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He deviled the eggs, mixed the potato salad, and slapped together some sandwiches for the picnic.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Epic! Nick exclaimed, as he surveyed the magnificent repast.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Storage comes in many shapes and forms. Computers, Tapes, Holocrystals, Ones, Zeroes, Garages, Jars, Banks...
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Banksy is elusive: they seek him here, they seek him there.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I'm the really elusive one however.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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How Eve responded to the serpent's suggestion is a matter of record.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Recording technology has improved enormously in the last one and a half centuries.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I estimate my command of technology at roughly a percentage eighth.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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NT age: eight? Hardly -- It was 1993 when it was released by Microsoft.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Softie! The Appalachian Trail is a mere 2,000 miles give or take- piece of cake.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A kerosene can when full can hold enough to incinerate a house and its inhabitants.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bit ants once but will never do it again as formic acid doesn't taste particularly nice.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I celebrate those bits of me which are not currently succumbing to gravity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ravi t.y.4 msg.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Eh???
[ 12. June 2016, 16:03: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ms Green had always had great difficulty understanding textspeak.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Speak properly, please, not text!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Extensions are usually good for buildings or hair.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hairy monsters are sometimes called yeti's.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dye, tissue, glue, and newsprint are needed for this paper mache project.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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ECT has, thankfully, been outlawed in many countries.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Tries gain a rugby team more points than drop goals.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Go also unto the farthest reaches of the galaxy', instructed the Lord of the Gunghoes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hoes are useful for weeding.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The wellbeing of all people is my concern, but I can't extend it to all insects.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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In sects sometimes you find people with quite firmly held beliefs.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Fs mail is Orange, apparently.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Parent, lying to your children about whether there is any chocolate in the house is the only way to maintain sanity.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Insanity, you could say, is something all of us experience when passionately in love.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Lo, verily I say unto thee, hast thou not had thy fill of faux language from the days of olde?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Folderol and forsooth no, 'tis not so.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Snot, so disgusting, is sometimes used as a perjorative adjective.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I've heard that before somewhere.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Here be dragons.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Sundays watching local club cricket can be a restful way to spend a day of rest.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Re storms, there was a humdinger of a rainstorm on the way to work today.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Day-time television can be very boring.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Or, in general, it can induce unforeseen siestas.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Stasis can aid relaxation?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I only like ice cream when it's hot.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Hen, it shot through the house chased by the farmer, and got away when he got a stitch.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Itch? Trying wearing a plaster cast if you want to experience real itching!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Chin grafts can completely change your appearance.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Our app, Ear an' Celebrity Nose Jobs World Wide, has bombed catastrophically.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Astro phic: all your nerdy wishes fulfilled.
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Top definition on link, not others which are NSFW
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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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LED lights can be arranged quite wonderfully.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Fully-grown elephants cause a lot of pain if they tread on your toes.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ur, to especially-diligent readers of Genesis, will be a familiar location.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Cat ionised in terrible accident, ran the headline in the daily paper.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Pa, Percy poured pepper paste on the pasties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tie several half hitches and a reef knot then seal it all with wax.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Axes are great for chopping down trees.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tree surgeons tend not to use anaesthetic before operating.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Era, tin: go to Cornwall to find the remains of many a mine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Yam, in error, still worked in the curry.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ryvita is a tasty form of crisp bread.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Admission fees are often reduced for those of us of a certain age.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
In age-related news I am nowhere near as old as the Queen.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Entertainment during long, cold, dark nights is really important.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ant colonies of the artificial type are often called Formiaries.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
For Mia, Riesling was the only wine that existed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Is Ted really as stupid as he acts?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Tsunami is the only word I could think of!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Kofi Annan used to be Secretary General of the UN.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
He understood the difficult position he had put her in and regretted it.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
"Regret" Ted iterated as a lament, "How I regret my stupidity!"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Pi, di, ty! The circumference of a circle cannot be calculated exactly.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ted! Exactly what do you think you are doing?!" exclaimed his wife, on seeing her husband put the dirty washing into the tumble dryer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
"Dry ermine carefully" explained the duchess to her new laundress.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Dressed to the nines, the Duchess was nonetheless horrified to find her furs had been shrunk two sizes.
[ 22. June 2016, 02:25: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Zestfully she took the unexpected opportunity to suspend the unfortunate servitor by her thumbs.
[ 22. June 2016, 10:37: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Um, B.S.!" the servant sputtered in distress, which did nothing to relieve the duchess' fury.
[ 22. June 2016, 15:13: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Chess fury is getting completely out of hand at these tournaments", said the tournament official to his colleague, as the chess player threw the entire board of chess pieces all over the place.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lace the bodice very carefully so the bride doesn't feel pinched.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Pin cheddar to the cheese board to stop it from sliding off.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Goffs Oak near Broxbourne is in the heart of London's commuter belt.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Elton John loves Marmite.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Mites seem to particularly like feasting on me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Metamorphosed into mite-food would be a hard fate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A teaspoon should be more than enough.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ugh, I don't want even a teaspoonful of marmite!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Marm, it elevates the spirits and calms the tum!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He tumbled, seized by the spirit, right down the stairs.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Airs and graces don't butter no parsnips!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Snip sausages slowly.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Low lying fog can cause accidents.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dent seems a lovely little village.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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A gelatinous substance gives when touched.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Ouch', Edward screamed when he hit his thumb with the hammer.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Mermaids are fictitious fishy females.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Males were the practice run for which females were the upgrade.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Graders help build smooth roads.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Thro ads and articles she very carefully sifted for photos of her idol.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He rid olofactory assaults of their nuisance value by using deodorant.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do rant again, it makes me giggle so!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Giggles Oscar, "she keeps tickling me, sir!"
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KY stands for the state of Kentucky just as MO stands for the state of Montana.
Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on
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[snort]
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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(leaving snort out, as it isn't a sentence, though snort did give me the idea of a moose sentence)
Tan a moose hide by scraping off the hair and fat, soaking it in a lake for week, smearing it with with the moose's brains, then smoking it with spruce smoke.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Smokey the Bear rolled himself another spliff.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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If fools go too close to the edge, they may come a purler.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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URL errors can lead to unfortunate consequences!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sequences of shots in Psycho's shower scene were knitted brilliantly by the editor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Toreador, don't spit upon the floor!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Flo, or Florence, as she was christened, was the originator of professional nursing.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Singing is very good for the brain I believe.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I, ever the optimist, left the house without my raincoat.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At what point did you realise that might have been foolish?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I shall say about the time the heavens opened and dumped a bucket on my head.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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He advised me to sue.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Suet on the head might have cushioned the impact of the bucket.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ketchup covering the head might have been more effective.
[ 28. June 2016, 14:12: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've never fancied being a redhead.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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He advertised his old car in the local paper.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lo-cal pap -er- unsweetened yogurt is not my go-to grub.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rubbish food has little nourishing value.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Extraordinary situations require extraordinary solutions.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Onset of old age can be very disheartening.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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In general, I would say that it's the deterioration in old age which is the downer.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The down Ermintrude naturally produced on her legs was apparent as she stood in the sunshine.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Inexorable hirsuteness can be more depressing than the aging process.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cess pools require emptying occasionally.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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On all year planners you are allowed to enter appointments.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Point men t' silly comics if you want to distract them from your antics.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tics, facial or body, can be quite embarrassing.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As sin goes, picking your nose is below the radar.
[ 03. July 2016, 17:59: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A daring escape from prison last night as the toddler learnt to climb from her cradle!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Adler looked at the personality in a different way from Freud.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Udders should make it easy to tell a cow from a bull.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ma bullied all our neighbors.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Borstals are not the best locations to use for an illegal rave.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ave Maria, by Schubert, is often over-played.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lay Ed's equipment on the work bench.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Benchmarks are rarely physically apparent.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A rented house works out more expensive in the long run than a mortgage.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A generally accepted principle is to avoid paying interest.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Rest assured, the less interest you pay, the more you will prosper financially.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I ally myself with children in parks and the squirrels in the trees in those parks because I am both childlike and like nuts.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Liken Utsalv Fashion to Bengali Schiaparelli and you've probably hit the nail on the head.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lon, the headmaster of the local secondary school, was known for his taste in fashion, best described as unorthodox.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Doxologies often round off hymns.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Hymn sandwiches are still a mainstay of church service liturgy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hymn singing is a good way to warm up the voice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ice rarely warms anything up!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Guppies are often known as rainbow fish.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Ishmael, you shall call me" said Yoda, during his ill-fated Moby Dick audition.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I, on reflection, regretted my reaction, and wiped the custard pie remains off of his face.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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His facetious remark resulted in a sharp rap on his knuckles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Les Miserables is often referred to as The Glums.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ums, used in profusion, are very annoying when listening to a speech.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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As pee chafes the legs, it is a good idea to use whatever facilities are available.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Able Seamen are senior to Ordinary Seamen but junior to Leading Seamen, or were in my days as a Sea Cadet.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A detective called and asked Mrs. Leonard to come to the station to discuss the alarming events that happened the night before.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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For example, whatever was that banshee wailing?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Wail in gowns of black, or cheer in bright red gear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gears in windmills were traditionally made of wood.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Woodwind parts floated in and out of the concerto.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Concert of Flatulence has sometimes been used to describe some of the weirder parts of modern classical music.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sic transit gloria mundi translates as so passes the glory of the world.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Worldliness and Godliness are not necessarily that far apart.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Part with a smile, to give someone a pleasant image to remember.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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RE members' rights, they only apply if subs have been paid.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aides-memoire are invaluable when your memory is as bad as mine.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I never assume I've got things right unless they're in the diary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do you still have a paper diary?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Di, ar'ya cummin' ta the fish'n chip shop, or ain't yer?" asked Len, impatiently.
[ 12. July 2016, 11:46: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Patient lying without undue excitement will often convince the otherwise sceptical.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Do you still have a paper diary?
Of course.
![[Snore]](graemlins/snore.gif)
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Calorific value is the energy contained in a fuel or food, determined by measuring the heat produced by the complete combustion of a specified quantity.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ed, quant I typed for when working in the business sector, has gone on to make CEO.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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ECE, or Electronics and Communications Engineering, is now the subject of various university degrees.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rees-Mogg was, I think, once editor of The Times.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Oft he timeshares only to find that he is the last to stay in a flat where the previous occupants had children and pets, all suffering from incontinence.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tin encephalopathy can be contracted if exposed to organic tin.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tingles in my feet alerted me to possible type two diabetes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Testosterone has caused a fair percentage of the woes of the world.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Worldliness is sometimes viewed as a sin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Singles bars are an attempt to eradicate singularity.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tyburn was not a place you'd want to visit when accompanied by an executioner.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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One reaction to acute fear can be to vomit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mittens are useful in the high hills.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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High Hillsong - evangelical praise music with incense?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Seriously, don't rub that pussy cat's underside when he rolls on his back!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ack-ack was the sound of defensive gunfire during the blitz.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Blitzen means Lightning in German.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Manage on your own.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rowney used to, and may still, manufacture artists' materials.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Mater, I also believe it is important to add the milk before the tea.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He teased his sister mercilessly by holding her favorite toy just out of reach.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A challenging task requires energy and imagination if it is to be successfully completed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Let editors edit!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ditto for that cheese on toast order.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Derick, what on earth are you doing!
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Doone:
Derick, what on earth are you doing!
In goes the good air and out goes the bad, unless you are a fish.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Area fishmongers can be found online.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Line fishing is sometimes seen as a sport.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Asp or tarantula- keep them far, far from me!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rommel was one of the German WW2 generals who commanded universal respect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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ECT is barbaric.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Barbar, I can't seem to pronounce your name without adding an extra 'a'.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rick Wakeman was a famous prog-rock musician back in the day.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Aye aye, we've had a cross post.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Postulants don't always progress to orders.
[ 17. July 2016, 17:57: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ersatz furs usually satisfy the animal rights folks.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KS is a skin cancer all too familiar sexual health personnel.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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'er son, Nelson, made the local papers when 'e was arrested protesting a Trump rally.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Rall, you know, is short for rallentando, which is Italian for getting slower.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Lower the main sail, ye scurvy knaves!', yelled the captain, as the storm hit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hither and yon they searched for the Holy Grail.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rail travel is often relaxing and pleasant.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As ants march across the landscape humans are forced to work together to counter the menace.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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The men aced the spatial reasoning section of the test.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Estimates vary too much for the test to have any workable validity.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'it yearns to be accepted', said the robot designer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nerds say things like that.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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At least some may, but probably not Dr. Spock.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pocket books are called handbags in the UK.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kleptomania seems to be the Government's prerogative.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I've often thought that most governments are full of egomaniacs.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Go, man!" I, a CSCS* trainer, urged the candidate.
*Construction Skills Certification Scheme. Just to show I'm not cheating.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"And I date trees" joked the unmarried dendrochronologist.
[ 20. July 2016, 14:43: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I stumbled upon the secret cult when doing research on the collection of butterflies.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Flies in the jam are the bane of a summer cream tea.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Am teased constantly," texted Myrtle.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Let my people go!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Legoland is for kids of all ages.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A gestational period of 22 - 24 months is peculiar to elephants.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Hants is the abbreviated form of Hampshire.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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PS. Hire a car for our Italian trip, please.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ant ripple: a seemingly unappetising new icecream flavour is proving surprisingly popular this summer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Merseyside is still basking in the glories of the music age in the latter half of last century.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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"Centur," - yet another mis-spelling of this mythological character.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"A/C!" tersely demanded the sweltering crowd, so we turned on the cooling system.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Stem your anger" he said in a patronising way, making her even more angry.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Gryphons don't like being told to calm down.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Own up to your own mistakes - or blame someone else!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Eels escape with ease and elegance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ancestors of mine were Huguenot.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Not a chance', said Peregrine, when asked out by Chardonnay.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Char Don Naylor's steak, he likes it well done!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Well, Don, every sentence included a swear word, and so you failed your interview.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Viewings by appointment only.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Ointment on lycanthropes can help prevent them from shapeshifting.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If tingling in your fingers remove fingers from power socket.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Kettle is on-what kind of tea would you like?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ketchup is something I absolutely abhor.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Horrible looks will greet you if you put ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Go to London, there everyone puts lashings of ketchup on their hot dogs.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Og seems to be the general way of describing someone as young, in Ireland.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"E´lan" describes a sense of zestfulness.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Nessie is apocryphal, isn't she?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Here we have an assumption that Nessie is female, based no doubt on the girlie name humans have inexplicably saddled her with.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Addled!!" Her withering look following my gaffe made me feel even smaller.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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"All 'er smalls 'ave been nicked off the washin' line', shouted Fred in anguish.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ishtar had the misfortune of being one of the worst films of 1987.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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7-Up™ used to be a populareal, clear fizzy drink in the US, but it has long been eclipsed by Sprite™ or Mountain Dew™, which is godawful.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Awfully popular is gin, but for my money, something charred slowly and then fermented in the rain will get the angels dancing on your tongue and later, make your head pleasingly ache.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A cheetah can actually be a decent companion animal given an expert training program.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rama is one of the avatars of Vishnu in Hindu mythology.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tho' Logy gymns seem quite popular, I wonder if they will be superseded by some other organisation.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I, on a sudden inspiration, stopped going to the gym.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Gymnastics can tie one in knots.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ink, not specifically for printing, has lots of other uses, such as letter writing and tattoos.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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At too steep an angle, stairs can be dangerous.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anger ousts common sense!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ensemble playing must be done well by orchestras.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rasputin, the Russian monk, proved very difficult to murder.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dermatologists deal with skin complaints.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ain't she sweet was a very popular song of yesteryear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Earwax is not a subject for polite conversation at a formal dinner party.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Art yearns to express itself.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Press its elfin leaves and the Venus fly catcher will retract them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Theme music can become immensely popular.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Large cream cakes are very naughty but nice!
[ 27. July 2016, 09:55: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Nicene is one of the forms taken by the Apostles'Creed, and which derives its name from the Council of 325 held in Nicaea.
[ 27. July 2016, 11:13: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Caeathro, in Wales, is not a bad base for a holiday (if you're a car driver) if you want to visit Snowdonia.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Now Don, Ian and Linda make up a decidedly unholy trinity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
"Nit yearns for infamy!" said the juvenile court magistrate in an aside.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"As I deny even being there, there is nothing I can tell you about the situation which wouldn't be just gossip," the suspect calmly told the detective.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"I've already started my lunch" he said as he raised the GIN bottle to his lips.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Islip sucks.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Suck sweets to alleviate ear popping in flight.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Lighthearted responses are a key feature in The Circus.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Custardy foods like quiche and flan are favorites.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I test food often for flavour before serving it.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Reserving it for the Boss!', the cook shouted, as she snatched the last piece of pie.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Piety can hide many a failing.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Lingfield is home to a racecourse.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ourselves are often our worst enemies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I espy all sorts of strange goings on.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
"Sons of batchelors" was a friend's favourite expletive.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
"I've told you a thousand times, whinging won't make me change my mind and buy you a packet of sweets!" the exasperated mother at the check-out exclaimed.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Aimed carefully, many unlikely objects can be thrown quite a distance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stance of feet shoulder width apart aids balance.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Lances were of huge importance at medieval jousts.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Oust Sean from the team since he is acting like such a dick.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Ick", say some, but if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen for the rest of your day.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Our daybed is continually occupied.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Pied birds are generally of more than one colour.
[ 30. July 2016, 03:28: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On eco Lourdes pilgrimages, the holy water is filtered and re-used.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Seditious talk can carry heavy penalties.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Ties are not so popular as they once were.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ewe remains the generally accepted term for a female sheep.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Epidurals provide effective pain relief during childbirth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Birthing practices vary somewhat between cultures.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Residential homes vary considerably in quality.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It yearns to be free!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Reef knots are very importance in scouting circles.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Circle, square, triangle or rectangle?" asked the assistant as the young child chose the shape of his biscuit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
It seems to me that there may be other options available.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
'Able Seaman Broderick reporting for duty, sir!', he said, dressed in a very fetching uniform.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Format fitting clothes are either elegant or a disaster.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Is a sternum more attractive than a midriff?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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If faulty, please return by courier in the original manufacturer's packaging.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ginger snaps are great to have about you when you travel.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Travelling on a road less travelled can lead to you getting completely lost.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Ostentatiousness should be avoided by those wanting to stay out of the limelight.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Lightening CAN strike twice.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
Ice is less dense than liquid water due to the presence of hydrogen bonds.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Bondsmen are little more than slaves.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vestries are often no bigger than broom cupboards.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Board sections make great cladding for inner and outer walls.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Allsorts, the licorice ones, are a fond memory of my childhood.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Hoodie" (hooded sweatshirt) in Saskatchewan English is a "bunnyhug".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hugging of bunnies is banned in much of the world on the grounds that, if done at all, it is best done in private.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I've a tenuous relationship to the world of theatre.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At recent events it has become quite usual to find actors keeping their clothes on!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'The son of a preacher man' is a well known trope in country music.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi does not mean that my Ford van always has problems after the weekend!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The wee Ken disgraced himself at the dinner table.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Inner tab lets you know which is the back of the sweater.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A terrible thing happened on the way to the Senate.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A tension-filled meeting led to the resignation of the entire committee.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tee shots should make the green.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Greenfly are pests, best tackled by encouraging ladybirds into the garden.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Denizens of overgrown wasteland may include foxes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oxes are more correctly referred to as oxen.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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So xenophobia, you would have us believe, Mr. Trump, is compatible with universal love?
[ 05. August 2016, 10:55: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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All ovens can be temperamental.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mental capacity, although diminishing with age, can be regenerated to some extent by constant learning and use of imagination.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nationalism can be a great evil.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Villages can be beautiful to live in, but can also feel isolated.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Late departures can be a right pain!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Pa ingests alcohol as though by osmosis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sister Susie sews socks for sailors.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sail or swim, a beach holiday is always a pleasure.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sure I like to watch the people on the beach.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Each signed baseball in his collection was vetted for authenticity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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City life can be stultifying.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Yin goes with yang and yet they are opposites.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posit especially difficult theories just after lunch on a Friday afternoon.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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No, on second thoughts better wait till after the weekend.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ken Dodd was a comedian from Liverpool.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Poo, Larry's done it again', shouted Polly to her mother.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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There is a green hill far away without a city wall.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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All things have their uses.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ruses are very useful for fooling people, at least for some of the time.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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He timed himself every day, but he could never exceed his six minute record.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cordless phones, such an innovation just short decades ago, now seem old hat.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Hatched chickens look very cute, especially to birds of prey.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eye care is especially important for diabetics.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Tics are irritating whether suffering from them, or trying to avert our eyes from them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Theme tunes from Bond movies are all of a type.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Typewriters have been made obsolete by computer software and printers, which are far more creative and versatile.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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A tile fell off the roof right on to his head; luckily only bruising ensued.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sue danced all night, and then slept for the whole day on Sunday.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Yon sun, daystar of creation, proclaims the glory of the Lord.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Oft he lords it over us, or tries to.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stop doing that!
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Datum has been estimated to around 2058 AD, quite nice specimen of a paradox.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Oxen may be used in harness to plough fields, before tractors.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Retract or suffer death!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Atherosclerosis is a serious medical condition.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'I, on the other hand' she said, 'look absolutely fabulous!'.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'Lousy luck!' growled the punter as his horse was pipped at the post.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Dat the post?", asked Paddy. "No, you're dreaming", replied his wife, "We've been on this desert island for nearly two weeks now".
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Eek! Snow! It's still mid-summer!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mermaids have it good in this clime.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I'm ecstatic even if you are not.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Are notaries licenced by the state or the national government?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Mention my name if you see him, will you?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Ill you're not, you're just a lazy good for nothing!'.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Ornothingamabob is not the correct name of a prehistoric bird.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Birdlike is a sometime description of my appetite.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Pet items can be bought in most supermarkets.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Supermarket shelf stocking is boring in the extreme.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Emery boards help mend torn nails.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ailsa Craig is a small island off the coast of Ayrshire.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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As to fayrs, hire stallholders who can spell the word correctly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lying down for a nap after lunch is one of my great indulgences.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cess pits are meant not to be smelly, but that is not always true.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ay, s'true," he declared, defending his point of view.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Vie with vigor and you, too, may bring home the gold.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Olden days are magical, sometimes, in memory but not necessarily at the time.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Timelessness is something most people find mind-boggling.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ingot is a word which I first encountered in a Famous Five book by Enid Blyton.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tonbridge and Tunbridge are places often confused.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Used furniture for sale is often described as "pre-loved."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Love democracy, with all its faults.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Tsimmis, a traditional stew served at Passover, contains sweet potatoes, carrots, and dried fruits.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Fruit salad is delicious with cream.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Reams of paper are wasted in the printing process.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Processing up and down the aisle, the children pretended that they were princes and princesses getting married.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I edited the club's quarterly until I could not take the fussy contributors any longer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Long erotic massages can be mind-blowing!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lo! Winging over the tree tops was a magnificent golden eagle!
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Glee clubs are a phenomenon found mostly - but not exclusively - in the United States of America.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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So fame, Ricardo, brings many others with the same moniker.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Memo: Nike, reduce the cost of your sportswear!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ear-trumpets are currently out of fashion.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I, on a mission of mercy, safely delivered the single malt.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Alternative methods of delivery are not allowed.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Low educational standards handicapped the students' future prospects.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tsetse fly bites can cause sleeping sickness.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ick, Nessie left sea monster drool all over the beach.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Each of us is equally to blame.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Tobla means a type of drum or drumming more often performed in India.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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In diaphanous veils, Salome danced for Herod.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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He rode roughshod over her request.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Questions will now be taken.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Beta, Kentucky is a city that does not exist.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I stand by what I've always said, reading is the best pastime ever.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Very true, Doone, very true!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Rue the day when there are no bookstores or libraries.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Libr ... Aries, I mean, is a highly desirable astrological sign.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ignoring all that others had predicted Caesar strode up the steps to the Senate.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Aten was the Sun god in Ancient Egypt, worshipped by the Pharoah Akhenaten.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Hen at entrance to the coop was ready to peck any intruder.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rude repartee can be quite offensive.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Fens, I've discovered, are not a good place to pitch a tent.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Chat (entirely devoid of intelligent content) flew through the Twittersphere.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Re the above statement, could we amend the verb to flows?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Lows, in meteorological terms, indicate a lot of rain I believe.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Evening showers can be delightful.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Light-full sunsets can include shades of yellow, red, and purple.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Please note that other colours are also available.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Blending the right colors can produce a pleasing effect.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Effectual meetings are ones that actually achieve something - most don't!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Don't you love me any more?', he whined.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Hi Ned," he shouted as he passed Mr Flanders in his garden.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Dennis was not always the menace he was made out to be.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Beam me up, Scotty.
[ 30. August 2016, 15:46: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Scot tye-dyed the fabric and made a splendid poncho, in a retro sort of fashion.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I only suggested but didn't mandate a short road trip to Brice Canyon.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yonder castle is where the Holy Grail is kept.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Skep, today, is an increasingly are form of bee-housing, as it can be simpler to keep the bees in boxes or frames.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mesmerising people to buy what you have to sell isn't very honest.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Nesting birds in hedges interferes with the clipping process.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cess charges on taxes are really just extra taxes.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tax essentially lowers your income but it's not going anywhere soon.
[ 31. August 2016, 14:47: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So on Sunday we plan to go hill climbing near Aberdaron.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On Monday we will need to rest our legs.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Leg, shin, thigh, toes, we'll be completely exhausted from the hike!
(comma!)
[ 01. September 2016, 02:37: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ike, Dwight D Eisenhower, was a memorable POTUS.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tuscany is a beautiful place and the climate is just right in September.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Berries ripening on the roadside bushes near Sedbergh used to delight my mother.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Her fingers would no doubt be reddened by the juice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ice cream laced with fresh fruit is a delight.
Posted by cornflower (# 13349) on
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Lighthouse keepers often lead a lonely life
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ife is a city in Nigeria.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Inni?" Geri asked, pointing at her navel, "or outi?"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Out!" I ordered the dog after it had destroyed the last remaining throw pillow.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Low blow, that.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Owthat!" cried the lisping bowler, after dislodging the batsman's middle stump.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Umpires conferred then sent it upstairs for a ruling.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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A ruling resulted in it being judged to be two feet nine inches.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Chester, in the short time I lived there, I found to be a delightful city.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Tedious is the task that does not end.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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No tendency towards autocratic behaviour detected.
[Zogwarg, the idea is to take the last few letters of the previous comment and build a new sentence starting from that.]
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Teddy boys were a sight to see in the nineteen fifties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
If ties were comfortable what would they invent to make men miserable?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Is 'er able to come with 'ee?', she asked anxiously.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Slithering away, the snake was bitter over it's missed prey.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Eye-surgery can be a bit frightening.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Inglenook corner seats are very warm and comfy in winter.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Interminable discussions have been held over brexit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Exit stage right!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Righteousness is Ok, self-righteousness an abomination.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nationalism is possibly one of the greatest of evils.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Evil seems to be found around every corner.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Corn," Ernest insisted, "is not exactly the same thing as maize."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Zee is the American version of zed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Education should be a preparation for life.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I feel disheartened after watching this evening's presidential forum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rum is the traditional based for Punch.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Unchurched people find liturgy difficult sometimes.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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I'm estimating a take-up of around thirty.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tying a knot in his handkerchief was my father's way of trying to remind himself to do something he may well have forgotten.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Got ten? I got eleven, you lose!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Semantics is a difficult and complex area.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Are any of you ready yet?', yelled mother, who was already half way out the door.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Doors open and doors close: the trick is to step through them at the right time, either way.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Her way was opened by the grant she received in March.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Archbishop Makarios was more politician than priest.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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I estimated the time it would take to reach the bus stop incorrectly, as I watched the bus disappear around the corner.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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He cornered the market in making everyone cringe whenever he opened his mouth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Don't politicians specialise in that?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Mouthing that some people get their threads mixed up, the following poster tried to correct the situation by combining the last words of the previous two posts.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Post-September 11th politics differs from what came before.
Posted by Zogwarg (# 13040) on
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Aim before you shoot. Look before you aim.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I'm alternately entertained, amused, and challenged by this thread.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Reading between the lines I can appreciate why that might be.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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That might be me as well.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Well-dressing was once popular in Derbyshire.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I recall cross-dressing was as well.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ellesmere Port, in Cheshire, is at one end of the Manchester Ship Canal.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Hip' can also apply to someone who tries to be 'on trend'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rending of garments is a bit out of fashion these days.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Dayspring is a rather popular publication of daily bible notes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Note: some may need vetting.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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May, nee Dvet, tingled at the prospect of taking her husband's surname in marriage.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Aged ladies and gentlemen with walking sticks, seen at a residential home, triggered a new game for the children.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Child renovations rarely succeed.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"...cee, dee, ee, eff, gee. aich..." proudly recited the pre-schooler.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
School errors include teaching and learning by rote.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Rot explains the rubbish that is spoken by a lot of politicians.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ian said he was busy this weekend.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Wee Ken decided to jazz up his porridge with cream, and some whisky purloined from his father's secret cache.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
A cheerful smile, if genuine, can lift our spirits on a miserable day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Dayglo orange jackets are useful safety aids in many situations.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Ions are charged atoms or molecules.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Les Miserables is, as I've said before, sometimes referred to as The Glums.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
'Glumshoe' is a good name for a miserable detective.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I've come to the conclusion that generally the misery is optional.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
I, on a lark, decided to leave misery behind.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hindsight is often perceptive.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Tiverton is a pretty little town in Devon.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Devon Avenue in Chicago (we pronounce it DeVON - sorry!), a formerly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, has become a multi-cultural business district where you can buy a sari or visit Halal or Kosher butchers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Butch ersatz leather bondage gear made from PU is all the rage in certain circles.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Less brilliant hues work better on the houses in our neighborhood.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hoodies have been part of monastic garb for centuries.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I especially love the Cistercian garb.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Arboriculturists manage trees and hedgerows.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Edge rows of mixed nasturtiums with marigolds for a hot colourful summer garden.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Dentist, in Cumbria, is a pretty little place.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Aces can be high or low, but not around the corner," was one of the rules for a family game of Gin Rummy.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
"Rum," Mycroft informed Sherlock, "is the sailor's narcotic of choice."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ice cream can be addictive at times.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Time slipped away, as it only does when enjoying ourselves: too soon we were on our way home.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Homeward Bound was written and performed by Simon & Garfunkel.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Kelham College was the theological alma mater of Richard Holloway, the Scottish Episcopalian.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Pal Ian has been a friend of mine for 30 years!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Ye arseholes, who match pink and purple, get ye gone to the nether regions!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ions are desperately important in so much of life.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Lifetime guarantees sound good, but they are usually impossible to claim on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Montgomeryshire was one of the historic counties of Wales.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ales are popular, although I prefer a nice Pilsner.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Nervous tension can both make and mar exam performance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ancestry I have from all over the UK plus France, Prussia, and Luxembourg!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Urgent action is required.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Red, red and Amber, green, amber, red is the sequence of the traffic lights.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Light showers are expected this afternoon.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
No, on second thoughts, I'll have the fish.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I shut the door on my fingers and it hurt like crazy.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
A zygote is a eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes.
Or so says Wikipedia!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Game testing applies to both video games and to preparing wild food for cooking.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Coo! King Henry VIII was a dead, nasty husband!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Bandages are useful for dressing wounds.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Wound somewhat loosely about her neck was a nubby scarf.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Nubby's car floated away as the tide came in and flooded the car park.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Parking tickets are the curse of today's motorist.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Is that something you really believe?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Everywhere I go I take myself with me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Metatarsal comfort is essential to walking of any kind.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Kindles™ seem quite popular these days.
[ 27. September 2016, 16:46: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Day seven of the ten day zuchinni challenge had me thoroughly tired of these things, which are called marrow or courgette across the pond.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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He pondered as he gazed at his navel, wondering whether to get out of the bath before or after he had become wrinkled all over.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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All overt violence rates a demerit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rite thinking sounds a bit Anglo-Catholic to me.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Tomes dealing with pre-history tend to remain unread.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ready or not, here I come!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Comely is a word rarely used nowadays.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A day spent doing absolutely nothing can be wonderful!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Wonder fully, and you will find the world a fascinating place.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Lacemaking is a craft I've never tried.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ed listened carefully, and then ignored all the advice he had been given.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I vent to my bestie, then I feel better.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Bette recorded many hits including "Wind Beneath My Wings."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wing struts hold the wings of a bi-plane apart.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A partial appendectomy makes no sense whatsoever.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ever since I was quite young I have enjoyed spinach.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Ed's Pina C. helped him overcome his tendency to flatulence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encephalitis is no fun.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Fundamentalists may think they're fun, but to others they just come across as mental.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mentality can be a sensitive issue.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Is Sue always short for Susan?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another use might be as a legal term.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Another use might be as a legal term.
Alter my plans?, are you nuts?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Nuts" can be a rude anatomical reference, but I'm too polite to bring that up.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tup is an expression used in parts of northern England to denote a (male?) sheep.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A tupperware party is perhaps not the most opportune moment to tell your children that they're adopted.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sheepskin Ted cried into his tea when he cross-posted with another fool on the ship.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hip-Hop is, in my opinion, a bit over-rated.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tedious sermons can try the patience of a saint.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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In time, everyone is alive and then dead.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Deadlines are variable on that.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Hatching chickens can be a fun thing to try.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rye whisky is often Canadian Club.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Canadian Clubs may well address a Haggis on Burn's Night.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Nightie is such a childlike word, much like jammies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I especially despise kiddie-speak.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Peak time programming often seems to consist of gardening, cookery, crime or reality shows.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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How she made it to the airport on time is beyond me.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Beyond Memphis lies the Mississippi.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sipping water when dehydrated and thirsty is recommended.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Commend Edward on his outstanding first novel!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Velocipide is how my brother refers to his fairly standard bicycle.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Cy cleans up after himself in the kitchen, but Ed leaves it looking like a pigsty.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Pig-style, Fred ate his dinner noisily.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"No, I si," Lynn said, stumbling over her first Spanish lesson.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Less on the sides," he told his barber.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Barbera was always very sad that her Dad was drunk when registering her birth and spelt her name wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ongoing problems with her sister Hanna didn't help.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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El Paso, Texas is located on Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.
(WW: )
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I cooked a magnificent repast in my dreams.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Reams of long unused, yellowing paper cluttered up the little office closet.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ice Closet", read the sign on the old sawdust-filled proto-refrigerator.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A torrential storm washed out the proceedings at the village fete.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Feted by all, the young actor completely lost his commonsense.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sense and Sensibility was written by Jane Austen.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Stentorian voices make a person long for earplugs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Plugs are one of the many things about Muggles that fascinate Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter books.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Kshowonline lets you see films you may have missed the first time round.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Roundabouts may lose all your gains from the swings.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Wings are invariably found attached to doves which wish to fly away and build a nest in the wilderness.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Nessie is rumoured to be a beast that can walk, and actually lives in the hills above the loch.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"El ocho," replied the vendor to Janelle's query about the ceramics.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mic seems to be a well accepted abbreviation of microphone.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Crop honey with extreme care if you don't want to get stung.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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St Ungulant is good person to cite in order to test how well someone knows the knows the various saints of Orthodoxy.
[ 13. October 2016, 13:25: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oxygen can be highly dangerous.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rousing music can often cheer ones spirits.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Spirit seeking at a seance seems, these days, not to be in vogue.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Guessing games can be fun and help mental dexterity.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It yearned to be free of its chains.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ha! Inside the safety deposit box was a stack of poker chips from a failed Trump casino.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Oxford there are many colleges.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Gestation periods can vary a lot in mammals.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Mamma, LS Lowry was the inventor of the matchstick figurine, wasn't he?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The provider of all energy on this planet is, ultimately, the sun.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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He sundered the knot with a mighty blow of his sword.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hiss, word to imitate the sound snakes make, is only very approximately appropriate.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I ate everything that was put before me; which was unfortunate, as my friend's daughter wanted to show me her pet hamster.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Amsterdam, I believe, is where little mice wear clogs on the stairs of windmills.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ill speaking of others can have unfortunate consequences.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Cess pits can be upspeakablŷ malodorous places.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Laces on shoes can often come undone.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Undo neither of the clips until the glue has entirely dried.
[ 19. October 2016, 15:39: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Editorial comment in newspapers is often political propaganda.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'And another thing', he shouted,'where have you hidden my bottle of brandy?'.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Randy is often used as a shortened form of the name Randolph.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dolphins are a lot more brutal than their smiling faces suggest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gestation is otherwise known as pregnancy.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Nancy Dell'Ollio was an item with Sven-Goren Eriksson.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Sons and daughters can be a joy and a trial at the same time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Met 'im 'ere and there as I were trolling."
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Linguistics is occasionally a topic for discussion in Kerygmania, although you don't need to know Greek or Hebrew to play along.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Longshanks was a nickname of King Edward the First.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Firsthand experience beats watching any day.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Daydreams can be more satisfying than those during sleep.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ring "slee" promptly if all you want to do is cuddle.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Cuddleton British shorthair cats have adorably chubby faces.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Hubby faces "Where were you? Dinner's now burnt!" conversation with wife.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Feral cats don't like being picked up, say the scratches on my face and hands.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Handstands are one of those activities best not tried at my age.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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A general principle for making good tea is to use tea and to avoid the paper packets of dust and floor sweepings known as teabags.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A bag sitting by itself in a public place may mean trouble.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ouble de ouble da, or something like it, are lyrics in a Beatles song.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Less on givens and more on proofs would be much appreciated in your argument.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Men tend not to like this sort of argument.
Posted by Humble Servant (# 18391) on
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Gum entertains children, but I can't stand constant chewing.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Wings was Paul McCartney's post-Beatles musical venture.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Remind me to turn my clock back this evening, or I'll arrive for the service at the wrong time tomorrow.
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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Rowan trees are beautiful. Arguments over how to spell them are not.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Mare, not stallion, is the one you ought to take out for a quiet ride.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Trident missiles are launched from submarines.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Inês de Castro has been a frequent subject of art, music, and drama.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dr. A. March was Gina's gynecologist.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Colog" is the wrong way to spell "college."
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Leg extensions are guaranteed in some religious gatherings.
Posted by Humble Servant (# 18391) on
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The rings are exchanged to symbolise your commitment to the marriage.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I age even when I try to keep healthy.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Health, you might know, extends to mind and spirit as well as the physical body.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Body dismorphic disorder can be a very distressing condition.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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I only wanted to have a go at playing 'Everlasting'
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A sting from a scorpion is extremely painful.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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In Fulham, there's a bizarre statue of Michael Jackson.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Jack, son, calm down, one strike-out isn't the end of the world.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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The worldwide web has transformed the way we learn and enhanced communication.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Cations are the opposite of anions.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Onset of dementia is extremely worrying and often swept under the carpet.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Er, the car pet had an "accident" on the front seat.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Eating "healthy" veggies can be a no-no for people with kidney stones.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stones win over Beatles any day in my reckoning.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Inglenook fireplaces make for a cosy pub atmosphere.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Here you have the model completely equipped with the latest features," said the salesman pointing to the dealer's pride and joy.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Joyce decided to throw caution to the wind and buy the latest model.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Modelling on the cat walk with extremely high heels, her foot slipped and she toppled off of the platform.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Lat formation can be achieved by working out with weights.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Eight shirts gives you one a day, for a week, plus a spare.
[ 08. November 2016, 12:59: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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As parers worked away on the mounds of potatoes, the rest of the kitchen worked on tearing bread for stuffing and cutting up green beans for the traditional Thanksgiving veggie casserole.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Ero legs number eight, just like most spiders.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Der Spiegel is a German publication.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Cat, I only have to move from my comfy chair and you steal my place.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Lace curtains gather monumental amounts of dust.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Dusters are yellow, for some unknown reason.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Reasoning often goes out of the window in politics.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tic syndrome may include blinking, twitching, jerking, or shrugging.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Gingham used to be quite popular for children's wear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Earmuffs are generally unnecessary in this climate.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Mate, are you up for a pint at the Dog and Duck?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Uckington is a village near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Shire horses are really big and so cute.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Ute Indians lived in what is now Utah.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Tahini is an ingredient that I only know of going into hummus.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Hum music if you need to cheer yourself up.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Upside down pudding is simply delicious when well cooked.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Kedgeree is something I have never tried.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Education's value rather depends on where it takes place.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Lace curtains hide many a story.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Storytelling is a true art form.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
T formations are sometimes used in American football.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Can footballers really walk and chew gum?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gumbo seems to have orginated in New Orleans.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Lean steak isn't the most flavorful.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Fulcrum: the point upon which a lever rotates.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tate St. Ives is an art gallery in Cornwall.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Wallflowers smell divine.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Vines grow and bear fruit in poor soil.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Oilskin table cloths are still available in retro catalogs.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Logs on fires almost make it OK to be cold outside.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"Tore additional newsprint up to make sure I had plenty for the papier-mache project," the teacher explained.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Plain editing makes complex scholarly literature easier to comprehend.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Eh, end the third paragraph after the word "plaintiff", directed the lawyer.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ye Rustic Inn is a tavern in Los Angeles.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Les Dawson was a much loved comedian, now sadly deceased.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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A sedulous attention to detail ensures success.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Cess-pits are not the most fragrant of places.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Laces on shoes cam come undone at the most inopportune moments.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Ents are shown on their final march in "Lord of the Rings".
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Ring Susie, tell her the sailors need shirts.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Shirts are the devil to iron properly.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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On proper lysolled sanitary ware, germs are less likely to flourish.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ischaemic heart disease is a condition in which the blood vessels are narrowed or blocked due to the deposition of cholesterol on their walls.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Wall Street is as much a state of mind as a physical location on a map.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Apps seems to be the new trendy name for what we used to call software.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Warehouses are used for storing all sorts of products.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ducts, in eyelids, are important for drainage.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Drain a geyser into the tub for a nice hot bath.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Bathos is an unfortunate characteristic of much romantic tripe.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Ripe fruit tastes better than green fruit.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fruitless guilt is just a waste.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
a steam train, to an enthusiast, is a thing of great beauty.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
Auty is a name of Scandinavian origin, chiefly found in Yorkshire.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Yorks. hire firms can charge a canny rate for the hire of their goods.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Heir, good stash of silver salvers in with your inheritance.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Inherit ancestral weapons and flog them on ebay.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
One bay was filled with visiting sea lions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Saturdays the markets can be packed out.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch Frisian model and actress.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Tresses of shoulder-length are something I've not had in decades.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A descant is sung above the line.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Lined paper is less elegant than unlined.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
:
In education, one should never underestimate the power of the lesson that is given with the utmost gentleness.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Essentially, good manners, though costing nothing, are very valuable in oiling the wheels of good communication.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
I only said that I had some time to spare this week, not that I wanted to take on a lot more admin work.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
In working order means that something is functioning properly.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
'Properly drunk 'e was, didn't know whether 'e was coming or going', said Kath, giggling away.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
In Ga'way, the bay still mirrors the setting sun.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Understanding the rules is paramount to successfully playing any game.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Games are not always fun, when people take them too seriously.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Slytherin is one of the four Houses at Hogwarts -- but not the one where I live.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Nuts in the bird feeders are stolen by the squirrels.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
El Señor Fidel Castro finally kicked the bucket.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Kettle calling the pot black.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
"Ack! Ack! Ack!" was a recurring bit of dialog in "Mars Attacks!", not a high-quality film.
[ 03. December 2016, 02:22: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Filming using hidden cameras, people are caught unawares, sometimes with hilarious results.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Result: some people who supported him are going to be seriously surprised by Pres. Donald Trump.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Rumpelstiltskin is a nasty little character who throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Ants are amusing to watch, they rarely run in a straight line.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Line dancing is supposed to be really good exercise for the body and the brain.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Rain, by W. S. Maugham, has been dramatised several times.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
I'm establishing a scholarship fund at my dog's obedience school.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
"CHOO!" Lester sneezed, startling the whole room.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Ominously, sneezes can herald a flu epidemic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Mice breed like rabbits.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
♫ It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all... ♫
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Rally everyone together, we're going out carol singing tonight.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
♫ O night divine! O night when Christ was born! ♫
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
:
"Asbo!?", R. Normans shouted at the magistrate, "We were only carol singing! Who are you; f---ing Scrooge or something!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Things got far worse after that outburst.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
U R stationary and blocking my exit!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Ex-IT people sometimes break the mold and move on to less techy jobs.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Obstinate people can be very annoying.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Ying drops the g when matched with yang.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Thy angst becometh thee not.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Notaries public both here and in the UK tend to work in cash.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Workin' cash-in-hand, he paid little tax as he declared less than he made.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
:
"Hemadept" would be a good name for a compsany which specialises in taking up or letting down dresses and trousers.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Users take advantage of their friends and acquaintances.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Ancestors are interesting to discover, especially if they were kings or queens.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
:
Queen sized beds are better than a double, but not as good as king sized for those of more ample proportions.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Portions which are too large leave us bloated if we consume them, or embarrassed if we don't.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Don took the Christmas presents and ran off with them.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
:
Hemlines have shrunk scandalously.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
:
"Lyres are not necessarily played by lazy liars, despite the alliteration!" cried the priestess.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles was written by Thomas Hardy (who was not one of the Hardy Boys).
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
:
Oy! Sid! What do you think you're doing?
[ 14. December 2016, 18:58: Message edited by: Raptor Eye ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Inga wanted desperately to be cast as Brünnhilde, but alas, she was not a soprano.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
An opera singer should be happy to be offered any role in Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
:
Generally true, but the director wanted her to play Wotan.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Tannhäuser might have been more to her liking, perhaps?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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King Perhap showed her his castle, living in hope that she would look favourably upon him.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm looking over a four-leafed clover.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Over-cooked turkey is a sad waste.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A stegosaurus was dumber than the average dinosaur.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Uranus is quite a long way away.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ya, way!"* replied the believer to the doubter who said there was no way that God could exist.
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* Pun intended.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Existentialism is a philosophy that was thought up in the twentieth century.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Rye whiskey can warm you up on a cold winter night.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nightingales used to sing in Berkeley Square.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Are you planning to listen to them?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do they still sing there in December?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Embers in the fireplace gave the room a warm, comfortable glow.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Low Sunday is the Sunday after Easter.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Sterling currency will not be replaced by Euros.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rose-colored glasses are hard to come by in this day and age.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ageism is another of those spelt differently in UK and the USA.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He, us, and y'all are pronouns in the third, first, and second persons, respectively.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Elysium is where Schiller (and later Beethoven) seemed to find a joyful daughter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terrorists and politicians both thrive on the creation of fear.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"Off, ear!" shouted Simon Peter, as he struck the high priest’s servant with his sword.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Word has it that the servant was called Malchus.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Husband of my cousin Rose, the one who retired from IBM," I reminded them.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Hemlock can be used medicinally, but it wasn't very healthy for Socrates.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Crate several sizes of men's work shirts to send to the mission church in El Salvador.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Adoration is one of the phases of prayer, purportedly.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Ted, lying on the ground, said that he was star watching.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Chin guards can protect your jaw while playing some sports.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ports were changed for ever by the container revolution.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ol' UTI* only hurts when I piddle.
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* Urinary tract infection
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lead soldiers have mainly been replaced with plastic ones.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Cone sugar can be used to make Mexican hot chocolate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cola Tea sounds revolting!
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Ting, a drink that is a knock-off of Tang, ain't no great shakes, neither!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Either it will rain or it won't.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ontario, California sometimes gets confused with Ontario, Canada by search engines provided with sketchy details.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tails are meant to be wagged, according to my dog.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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My "Dogma" dvd, one my favorites, is starting to show signs of wear.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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We are big fans of "Dogma" in this house.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Use care when driving in snow and ice.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Dice and old motion picture film made from cellulose over fifty years ago are subject to deteriorating badly.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Lyda*Rose has over 20,000 posts!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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tsetse flies - do they buzz?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Uzziah, despite leprosy, enjoyed a long reign.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Mag, Ma, you remember her- the lady who raised chickens at the old Honeker farm."
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Armament sales are a huge business internationally.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ally Sheedy has been in a number of movies.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I especially enjoyed "The Breakfast Club."
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Lubrication is important for a smooth-running automobile.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mobiles used to be things you hung from the ceiling.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Lingonberries are similar to cranberries.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I escape a bad mood by hunkering down with a favorite book.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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E-books will never replace good old-fashioned paper books.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Book sales may slump and recover but people keep on writing them.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Hemming a skirt to the correct length makes all the difference in how becoming it looks.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"OK, so you think you're being clever?", she said.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Vershes ...," Aidan slurred, "thatsh wha' the can- can- cantor should shing," his speech badly affected by the amount of left over communion wine he had helped reverently consume.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia.
(And for the post above!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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O pot, a miasma you create in my mind.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Mind-bending, WW, as we used to say back in the sixties.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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The six ties were hanging neatly on a closet rack.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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At Lyon a close trackside experience with the Paris train put him off railways.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wayside pulpits, or their equivalent, exist for all three major religions here.
[Good one Curiosity!]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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She realized her disco roller skates were emitting sparks!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ark sails; bad weather predicted" read the headline in the Ararat Journal-Gazette.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ourn, Al. Gaze t'temple o'er yonder - all t'land from thence to hence is ourn," the elder said as he gestured widely across the terrain ahead.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A head of a dead man impaled on a stake on the ramparts of the castle implied no good will existed between the townsfolk and their rulers.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Erstwhile is a word I learned in Everlasting Sentences for moments such as this.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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History teaches us many things, most of them unfathomable.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Om" able bodied Buddhists frequently chant.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Han took out his weapon and fired first.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Red firs tend to grown in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Estragon is a character in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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God, other than in the incarnate Jesus Christ, is unknowable.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Now able to afford a car, she can drive wherever she desires.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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He, Desi, rested while she, Lucy, did all the work.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Working women rarely really retire.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I regret my sins and misdeeds O God, but may I present to you O my Lord, some alternative facts?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Acts of the Apostles is generally the fifth book in the New Testament.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A mentally unstable person should never be elected to high office.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I celebrated when the wicked witch was dead, along with all the other munchkins.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Kinship and family ties have been the subject of much of Margaret Mead's writing.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ingratitude among family and friends can have a chilling effect.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Effect' and 'affect' are words that can often be muddled in common usage.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sage wisdom spoken there.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Her ethereal mannerisms started getting on his nerves.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Vesicles are small fluid filled sacs in the body.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"AC's in the B.O. dysfunction club," she said, wrinkling her nose and spraying air freshener.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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She nervously stood up to give her speech.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Peechi Dam is situated less than 100 kms from where I live.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nuts I never liked as a child but my tastes have matured with time.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tim expressed his desire to tiptoe through the tulips.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lips are sort of muscular bits attached to the front of faces.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Aces, depending on the card game, can have the highest or lowest value.
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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'Luebeck' is how one types 'Lübeck' if one cannot use an umlaut.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Utter nonsense!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sensei taught me everything I knew about dodging rat traps and about karate.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A rate that low makes me wonder what the catch is.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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History has taught us that he who forgets the past is condemned to repeat it.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Eat it now!" the young Eucharistic lay minister barked at the sheepish communicant.
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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Canting arms are a sort of heraldic pun.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Unusual comment that one.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Atonement is often the subject of sermons during Lent.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ring Len to find out if he's available to do a guest appearance on Pointless.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Lesser mortals might be better off choosing bingo.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ingots of steel weigh many tons.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Many tonsillectomies performed in the 1950s were probably not necessary.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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A rye bread popular among many New York Jews is pumpernickel.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nickel has the atomic number twenty-eight.
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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Went ye, Ightfield's stout burghers, to the battle, and, O ye men of Calverhall, went ye to the war?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He warbled on as a one does when accustomed to the cadences of Shakespeare, but the difference in authorship was evident by the clear lack of wit.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Comeuppance, that's what he needs, his comeuppance!
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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Pancetta is not kosher.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Sherry is a drink that I've only read about in books.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bookshelves made with reinforced concrete slabs, as mine are, tend not to warp with the weight.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ightham Mote is a particularly attractive medieval manor house in Kent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Entertaining though that house may be don't they have a problem with damp?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Amphibians probably enjoy the moat.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Hem! Oatmeal is a great breakfast food.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oodles of noodles are not generally acceptable for breakfast except in Eastern Asia.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A Siamese king had a conflicted relationship with a British schoolteacher.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Teach ersatz news reporting at university to produce graduates on the leading edge of contemporary journalism.
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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"'Journal' is" (many people told him) "legitimately used as a verb!" - but he remained unconvinced.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In ceding all your powers to others you deny your responsibilities.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I tie shoes so that I don't trip over the laces.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lace slips and undies are possibly not as fashionable as they once were.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Werewolves seldom wear lacy undergarments.
Posted by Tobias (# 18613) on
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Ents attacked the fortress of Saruman at Isengard.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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"En garde!" said the fencer to his opponent.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One NT version is very like another.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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There could be arguments against that suggestion.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I once made the mistake of reading 'clove' and interpreted it as 'head' when cooking with garlic.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Licorice and garlic should never be confused.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fused electrodes render a switch inoperable.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Opera blends singing, orchestral music, acting, costumes, and scenery.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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'Enery the Eigf had many wives.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I've seen the light!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lightning can often strike twice.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ice with snow on top is really slippery, causing people to slip and fall, breaking their hips and wrists.
(irrelevant note: falling on out stretched hands is called FOOSH, we're seeing a lot of these injuries this year)
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Is "T" silent in the word "mortgage"?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Age related dementia is no more prevalent than ever but greater understanding of the conditions and a longer lifespan make it appear to be so.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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To be south, during the winter, is something to be desired.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Beso, according to The Urban Dictionary, is a party girl who is out of control.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Red, do I see red? I was pipped at the post by two minutes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ute seems to be a useful word to describe a utility vehicle such as a jeep.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Jeepneys are rolling folk art in the Philippines.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pine scented household products are usually intended for the bathroom, toilet and kitchen.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"DK? itch!" Enya grumped, refusing to put on her hand-knitted outfit.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Fitted carpets were only seen in rich peoples' houses when I was a boy.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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IWA's a boycottable organisation - that is surprising!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I sing when I'm happy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"App yours!" shouted the man who hated Smartphones.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Art P. hones his skills by practicing for hours.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Our solar system consists of the Sun, the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (maybe) Pluto.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Plutonium is extremely toxic.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Icy conditions can result in more breaks and fractures of bones due to falls.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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All's well that ends well, according to the Bard.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arduous toil is not for the comfortably retired.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ably retired cars can travel great distances.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ancestors of mine were French Huguenots who took refuge in East Anglia.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Liam Neeson is still as hot as can be and a talented actor to boot.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Oot! Oot!" shouted the felinophobic* Scotsman, as the cat came in through the door.
*Yes, I am aware that this is a terrible home-brewed mixture of Greek- and Latin-based words.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Or you could have said "ailurophobic" for extra points.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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In Tsarist Russia, there were no legal or constitutional methods by which Tsarist power could be challenged.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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All Enge did was complain every time her name was misspelled.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Ern - a mew," as Miss Pell edited work, she tutted at the brevity of answers from some students.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Stud Ents are sometimes necessary for breeding, so that Middle Earth's forests remain populated.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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"Late dinners have to be booked in advance".
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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D. Vance Hickenshack was renowned for failing to make advance bookings.
[ 21. February 2017, 20:35: Message edited by: Leorning Cniht ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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King Stephen spent most of his reign just getting the nobility to recognize his kingship.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ings' hip problem unfortunately prevented him playing many matches for Liverpool AFC.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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A FC needs a certain number of fans to give it credence.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Encepalopathy must be quite uncomfortable.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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For tables of six or more, reservations are recommended.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Commend Edward for his valour.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Our team is the best', shouted Tom, just as the opposing team put the winning shot in the back of the net.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Then Etna started spewing lava everywhere.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Her eyes are lode-stars; and her tongue's sweet air more tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear,
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sear the meat briefly before putting it in to roast.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Asters are a lovely garden flower, particularly in cottage gardens.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Dense people need to get a clue.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Clues in detective stories can sometimes be very obscure.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Ure, Midge that is, was a member of the band Ultravox, famous for the song Vienna.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"V, i, e, enn, a" articulated the customer, wanting to make sure the shop gave her the correct brand of sausage.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Age related conditions, in my case, don't seem to include wisdom.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Domestic Goddess is not a term that could ever have been applied to me.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tomes are extremely large books that can be used to bop someone over the head if necessary.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aryan peoples originated in Central Asia.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Alas, I am turning into a couch potato.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A touchdown in rugby can then be converted by kicking the ball above the bar and between the uprights.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Upright slats are very useful for building fences.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Cess on tax is still tax!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Axes should always be kept sharp as a safety precaution.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Cautionary tales are frequently used to spread awareness of moral issues.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sue sailors that mistreat your socks.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Our sock season only lasts a few months.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ew, mon, th' socks smell bad!" exclaimed the laundress.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Undressing can lead to hanky-panky.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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KY can sometimes be needed in such circumstances.
[Apologies if that is close to the line.]
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Cesar Chavez was an American labour and civil rights leader.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Leaders in newspapers sometimes annoy.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Noyes wrote a very long poem, The Highwayman.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mankind is often unkind!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Kindergarten was a fun time for me.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'For medicinal purposes only', she muttered, on drinking her third glass of brandy.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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SOF brandywine would make a wonderful addition to the Ship online shop.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Hops are used in the production of beer.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Be ergonomically correct and you will never get carpal tunnel syndrome.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Dr! O Me! I am ill!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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A millrace churned its way beside the old path.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pathogens are usually micro-organisms.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Is MSNBC becoming a more conservative news outlet?" asked Mamacita apprehensively.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've Lysol all over the floor since I dropped that bottle without screwing the cap on tight.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Tight waistbands are a pernicious result of gaining weight.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Eight days from today is the Idea of March -- beware!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A reason for Preview Post has just appeared before us!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Before using my coffee cup is not a good time to post.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Osteoporosis is, sadly, very common in the elderly, especially women.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Omens are believed to foretell the future.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ur, excavated in the 19th century, was once the home of Abraham.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A ham and cheese sandwich is a popular lunch item.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I temporise about things far too much.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a very popular comedy radio programme back in the day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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E-day? Is that the day after D-day?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Daylight Saving Time in most of the United States begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday March 12, 2017 -- spring ahead!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ring a headmaster to find out the latest school gossip.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sip-Up is one term used in India to describe a place that sells soft drinks.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Rinks set aside special times for all-species ice skating.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tingling of ears and toes is quite common in winter sports.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ports are sweet red wines, often served as dessert wines.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Twine snaps if too great a tension is put on it.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Doone:
Twine snaps if too great a tension is put on it.
Toni tried to tap-dance but tripped and tumbled onto her tuchas.
[ 11. March 2017, 21:43: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Er, tu chasuble est parvus multo,* said the bishop to the priest in hideously broken Latin.
_____________________________
Your chasuble is very small.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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O, Ken -- Latin is such a difficult language!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Age shall not weary - but it can get pretty tiresome at times!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
:
"So, meat, Tim?" Esther asked.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Skeds were, if I recall correctly, a brand of young men's underpants a long time ago.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Go ye therefore, and teach all nations...
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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On strict instructions not to cause alarm or a fuss.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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RAF? Us servicemen? No, we are only part-time fliers.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ersatz food has less flavor and less nutrition than the real thing.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Althing, in Iceland, is one of the oldest parliaments in the world
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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L (Death Note) Lawliet was a character in the Manga series, 'Death Note'.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Not enough play (and too much work) makes Jack a dull boy.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Oysters are a food I detest; probably why I'm not particularly amorous.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Roustabouts have difficult jobs.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Cult?" Job sneered. "Au contraire -- a meditation on suffering."
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Job suffered a great deal.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Deal or no deal is a popular UK quiz starring Noel Edmonds.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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N, D, and S were the first letters to bubble up in the alphabet soup pot.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Potions were a key part of an apothecary 's trade.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Aces high," said the saloon card dealer to Bret Maverick.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rickety stairs can, literally, be a killer.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Kill Ernie" wouldn't have been as good a movie title as "Kill Bill".
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Billy goats are gruff, and don't like trolls who hassle them from under bridges.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I'd gesture and Carl would bring in another pitcher of sangria.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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'Hero F sang Rialto's "Monday Morning 5:19"' she read in her novel notes.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Novel, not especially interesting though', was the opinion of the reviewer.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Rev, I - ew! - er..." she stammered, when she realized she had spilled coffee all over the pastor's shirt.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Shirty attitudes abound in the middle school lunch room.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Lunch, Roo!" Mary the zookeeper called, as she tossed a basketful of grasses to the marsupial.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I always feed the wallabies first.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fir stands are lush at a moderate altitude in the range.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Angela Merkel does not seem to be favorable impressed with Donald Trump.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Don, aldt Rump" she may very well call him.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"All him," Melania shrugged when asked who in the marriage decided the family's long term plans.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Answers to the question,'Is he doing a good job?', on a postcard, please, to the White House.
[ 29. March 2017, 19:38: Message edited by: Doone ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Use postage if you want your postcard to reach its addressee.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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See-through dresses are not recommended for wearing on bright, sunny days.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Right, Sun, NY Day "shine here to us", "thy duties be to warm the world" as per Donne.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Don never expected to enjoy the performance of Swan Lake, set in an English villages duck pond, but he found it strangely moving.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Angel-y moving around in glittery robes while singing "Gloooooooooria in excesses" is what you see at our Christmas Pageant.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Page, Antelope Canyon, and other sights of Northern Arizona are certainly worth the trip, especially if you're planning to visit the Grad Canyon.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Can yon island be visited, or is it one of those billionaire's hideaways?
[ 03. April 2017, 04:39: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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A wayside pub on the island is a popular tourist spot.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Potpourri is a mixture of dried flower petals and spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ancestors kept potpourri around the house before the invention of deodorant and room fresheners.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Erstwhile celebrity bffs become fierce rivals after a bit of romantic musical chairs.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Hair shirts are a form of penance.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Ance" is not an archaic form of "ounce", silly!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Lychees are from a Chinese tropical fruit tree.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Reeds are often used to make thatched roofs.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Oof, sir! Please remove your golf club bag from my foot!"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Footsie games under the table are at once erotic and infantile.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Tiles on ceiling and floor are fun to count in a boring class.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Assuming we get there first, we can bag the best place to sit.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Situations change like the wind!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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The Wind in the Willows tells us about fictional badgers, moles, and an automobile-driving toad.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Advertising is not sufficiently tightly controlled.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Troll Ed Miliband by sending him pictures of Jeremy Corbyn eating a bacon sandwich in a refined, elegant and alluring manner.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Anne regularly wore a warm flannelette nightdress to bed, even in the height of summer.
[ 21. April 2017, 05:18: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Merchants never wear nighties, at least not to the shop, but sometimes in the the narthex.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ex-communication: is that writing to your previous partner?
[ 21. April 2017, 06:39: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Part nerd, part socialite, part steampunk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Punk music, for those that remember 1976 and beyond, was a new generation of street music that got commercialised to death.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Eat healthier foods if you want to feel better and live longer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Long erotic episodes can be remarkably tiring, as I seem to remember.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ember days were dates I saw on liturgical calendars and had no idea what they were.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Werewolves of London! Aaoooooo!
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Aaoooooooouuuuuuuuuuuurgh!!!!!" Roared the wolf-like, bearded, long-haired, heavy metal-loving record shop owner to the One Direction fan.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fandango is a lively Spanish dance or a company that sells movie tickets in the USA, who knew?
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Newts dancing a fandango is a truly rare sight.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Sightings of Newt Gingrich dancing a fandango are even more rare, for which we can all be grateful.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Fulsome in his praise of Newt Gingrich's fandango was Mitch McConnell.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nell Gwynne had a doubtful reputation.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Tat" I only know as a word from reading Ecclesiantics.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Antics like that can only lead to trouble!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Blessed are the cheese makers.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Kershaw's pitching style is consistently deceptive.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts - in my garden!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Dennis the Menace was in the comic, oh, was it the Dandy or the Beano?
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Anon shall I attend the fandangoing newts with my accordion.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I only hope you don't play fandangos on your accordion within my hearing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ringworm is a fungal infection.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ionised salts will not address that unpleasantness.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Nessun dorma is one of the most beautiful tenor arias in opera.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Per agreement previously made all your assets are now forfeit to me!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tome, tome, tome... where have all the volumes gone?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Onegin [Eugene] is a character in a Tchaikowski opera who doesn't drink very much.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Muchacho, that lowrider shouldn't be in this 'hood!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hoodwinking me won't work, I'm far too stupid!
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Up I'd rather be, than lying abed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A bed, a good book and a cup of warm Almond Milk [and no bl**dy visitors!] - bliss!
[ 25. April 2017, 16:33: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Blissfully unaware of the watchful eyes of the mountain lion, Sarah set out on the trail.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Railroad travel can avoid some of the horrors of flying.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ingots of silver could pay for the ticket.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Kettle meet pot.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Potable water is safe to drink or to use for food preparation without risk of health problems.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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LEMs are lay Eucharistic ministers in our little corner of the Anglicanosphere.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here and there as you pass through life you meet the most wonderful people.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Please forgive me -- I didn't mean it.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Nitpicking is an annoying trait in others.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Herstory" is an unacceptable political neologism based on an erroneous etymology.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Log yourself on to Facebook and read all sorts of things you didn't want to know about people you're not interested in!
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Rest Edinho from the starting line up, as he might be needed for the championship decider.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Derisive comments should be confined to Hell postings.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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"Sting!" shouted the naughty boy when he saw the bee land on his neighbour's arm.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sarmas are delicious, especially stuffed with lamb.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ambleside is a lovely town in the Lake District.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Strict rules were a total failure for reining in her teenage son.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Age so narrowly defines beauty.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tybalt was the cousin of Juliet, killed by Romeo.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Beau tye is a snappy fashion accessory, misspelled.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Leda had an intimate knowledge of ornithology.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Log yourself on to any social media site and you get the same result!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Sultans of Swing, the album by Dire Straits, was one of their best.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Establishment figures are often the butt of jokes.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Ok, establish your reasons for this.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Smelts are delicious fried, served with roasted sparrows.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Rows of clean and bright new uniforms were laid out for the softball team's spring season.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Ring seasonal bells, that's what they did for Easter.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sterlets are even tastier than smelts.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Melt some butter in a pan along with about a kilo of lard.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Lards are fat, mono-ocular Scottish worthies.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I especially liked the reference to the evils of drink.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Rink: team or surface to a Canadian.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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"Can, Adi, another b..... tin can!" was the comment to his friend from the metal detectorist.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"From them, et al ... detect ... or is there something happening?" stuttered the newcomer into the conversation.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on a major shopping trip, generally manage to forget something or other that we need.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Needles and Pins was a big hit single, back in the day, for The Searchers.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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These Archers fans are complaining, disappointed by the return to traditional scripts after the departure of Sean O'Connor.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On Norse mythology I am woefully ill-informed.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Mediatised states fell under the control of Prussia.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Russia seems to have a mysterious connection to Trump.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Rump roast can be prepared in a slow cooker.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Kerensky was successful neither as Prime Minister nor as a professor.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"'Fess, or I'll donate your favorite clothes to the Salvation Army!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
My! What big teeth you have Grandma!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Marinskii Teatr... What the Kirov was to my young babushka.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Kate was a shrew, "tamed" by Petruchio.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Chionodoxa is a plant also known as glory-in-the-snow.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
The snowball hit Gina's best winter coat with spectacular accuracy.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Curacy positions vary in different parishes and dioceses.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Sessions is a dickhead.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Headed off at the pass I returned to the headship of my school.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Oleander plants are extremely toxic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Toxicity can be both objective and subjective.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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I've a mind to eat some oleander, toxicity be damned!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Ned Flanders used to be popular on the Ship, even inspiring a Shipmeet.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Etiquette is, sadly, regarded in some circles as quaint.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Ain't nobody's business but my own" was a 1920s-era blues song describing many situations that were questionable at best.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Estival festivals in Estonia take place on St John's Day.
[ 03. May 2017, 23:27: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Days of festival like that can be raucous fun.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Fundamental they are to the cultures baltiques.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I question whether a $50,000 wedding will create as sound a marriage as a $5000 event.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Truly, I've never understood why anyone would spend so much for a wedding, when (if they have extra money) they could put it toward a house.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Send it to me and I'll spend it for them!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"End it for the minions!" is the Republicans' hue and cry.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Cryogenics may not yield the desired results.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Lyda*Rose: I question
Well done!
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tsetse flies beset the Tsar, who suffered not, for he was cryogenically preserved.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Serve dessert after the meal, not before, so that diners don't ruin their appetites.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It especially galls me when good food goes to waste, my food automatically goes to waist!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Istanbul is an amazing city and the home of the Hagia Sophia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ian, my friend in Winchester, has been there, I think.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Phials of laudanum are concealed behind my volumes of Pepys.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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The Reith-in-Kitzbuehl destination provides both winter skiing and summer alpine holidays.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Dammit!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Mittens are not much needed here in the tropics.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[Dammit was because I thought with Pepys I'd properly screw the crew, and then lost out by seconds. Itwasn't meant to be a lead in.]
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Pics or it didn't happen!"
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Penguins look as if they're wearing tuxedos.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Do's and don't's of formal wear vary hugely from culture to culture.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
:
Tureens hold soup courses elegantly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Elegant lying is the sort that gets you elected to High Office without any supporting credentials!
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Alsatian dogs occasionally accompany on their outings some politicians.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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I answered very tartly when asked a question about my religious tendencies.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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'Escape from New York' was an American dystopian science fiction action film.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Filming a movie can take a lot of time and money.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
One yard of beer will not get me drunk.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Drunkenness is the scourge of society.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Typewriters have gone the way of the dinosaurs.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
:
Ursidae, or their stuffed small replicas, are well-belovéd by many members of the Ship's crew.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Screw you, Trump!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Umpires are to baseball what referees are to most other sports.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Hers? Port. Sangria for him, if you don't mind.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Independent-minded folks prefer Madeira.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Made, I ran away from the sirens in the distance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Tan ceilings do not improve prison cells.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
On cell states I couldn't give a single response.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
ESP on sensitive inmates does not always work.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Orkney vacations are delight, as are the people, if occasionally wonky.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
KY is used to denote Kentucky, one of the states of the USA.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
:
He, Usain Bolt, is a very fast pedestrian.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
I answered the telephone, but it was just a robocall.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Allotting time for The Circus is becoming increasingly problematic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A tick can really upset a dog.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Ogham practice is eating up a lot of time because it's so arduous.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
:
Ousted following an impeachment hearing, Donald Trump spent the rest of his days playing solitaire in Trump Tower.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Wererepublicans are indistinguishable from the ones who haven't been turned.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Neddy Seagoon reckoned he would make an admirable president!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Enteric distress follows every trumpian tweet.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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We etiquette police can be an annoying lot.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Glottal stops are not easy for everyone to pronounce.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ounces -- whether liquid measures or weights -- are not used in the metric system.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Stem cell research might help the survivial of the ounce, the snow leopard, also called uncia uncia.
[ 10. May 2017, 21:01: Message edited by: Wesley J ]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Ciao, bello!" she waved without looking back, as she sped away with his fortune, and convertible Ferrari (with the top down, nach).
[ 10. May 2017, 21:59: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Nachos and brandy!" he shouted to the barkeep, "I just lost my girl AND my Ferrari; which is worse, I don't know, dude".
[ 11. May 2017, 04:59: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Deducing he wouldn't be safe on the road the bartender deftly pocketed the guy's keys.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Keys won't make any difference, dude; my girlfriend took my car when she left, and those are just for my house and locker," mumbled the man, with a mouthful of nachos.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Chosen nachos are better than unchosen ones, we may assume.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Me not feelin' gud," moaned the bereft guy as he stumbled away to deposit his over-consumption of alcohol and cheesy appetizers into a planter by the door.
[ 11. May 2017, 15:41: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Orders like nachos and brandy serve only to compound the humiliation and ache of being taken for a ride, he learned to his regret.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[BTW, thanks for taking up the narrative thread, guys! Let's see how far we can take it.]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Regret *nothing*, I do!" shouted his grifting, erstwhile girlfriend to the wind, while driving the Ferrari convertible down Route 66.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sixtus IV had many "nephews", one unsavoury example of whom was a forebear of Giovanna, she of the vermillion Ferrari.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A riot ensued when she tried to drive the car on the wrong side of the road.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"O! A deer!" She screamed as she crashed into a tree.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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A shed into a tree, she thought. It should be the other way round. Maybe the accident caused me to enter a parallel universe where everything happens in reverse.
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Verses aplenty have been spoken, praising of fast cars, and of women, their beauty.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tyres rolling like hearts, motor racing like desire...
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Sir, everyone is suggesting you might like to call a taxi considering how much you've imbibed.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Ed, the "sir" in question, replied, "Good thought; would you call them for me, and ask them to take me to the Hotel California in town?"
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Ownwer of said taxi company, Joe is not amused about Uber.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Bert, the barkeep, asked Joe to send someone to pick up Ed (who was three sheets to the wind); and Bert promised Joe that he'd never called Uber to the bar, and wouldn't unless the cabs were all busy and the patron was in a hurry--or in an emergency.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Cynicism has blighted Bert's personality on many fronts, owing, perhaps, to his still secret genetic heritage being shared with Joe and Giovanna, dating back to a fifteenth century papal "nephew" in Italy.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Init? A lying genealogy notwithstanding.
[ 13. May 2017, 16:44: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
:
Dinged fender notwithstanding, the car was still in running order, and when Giovanna regained consciousness, she pulled away from the tree, and sped gleefully down the road, knowing that Ed's Amex (also purloined) would pay for the repairs.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Pairs of sins, do they come at a discount off time in Purgatory?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Gat or Yumi (longbow)?" pondered Ed, wondering which would solve his problem with Giovanna more effectively.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Yoda appeared, in mid-air, by Ed's side, and crooned "Wise, you are not; revenge take you to the Dark Side, it will; remember what happened to Anakin; and don't be an idiot".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Idiotic as it may seem, Ed didn't listen to a word Yoda said.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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A wordy ODAS aide buttonholed Ed to ask him about the archaeology of the area, totally oblivious to Ed's disinterest and distress.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Stress was something Ed had never borne well, evinced in his goring of the ODAS twerp as he exited the bar, bellowing into the desert night in a confusion of rage and lust, "Giovanna!!!"
[ 14. May 2017, 17:18: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Anna, actually," said the just-arrived cabbie, getting out of the cab, gently calming Ed, and carefully depositing him in the backseat; then, settling into her straw-mat covered seat, she adjusted the rear-view mirror, looked in it (past the prayer beads), saw the sorry state of her passenger, then brightly said, "Ok, boss, where're we going?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Ingleton; it's oop north somewhere," replied the rather inebriated passenger.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Germane to the situation, and location, Anna, who had an unusual grasp of Yorkshire geography and history, particularly of Ingleton and environs, softly corrected Ed, "Hey, Sherlock, you're in Arizona."
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Zonally they were close to the Arctic but the weather was quite mild for a week that close to autumn.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tumnussian beard caked with remnants of nachos, and holding the strench of cheap brandy, Ed picked at it absentmindedly as he started ominously humming My Delilah.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ah, that reminds me of when I had Tom Jones in the back of my cab", said Anna. "He said "what's new, Pussycat?". I said "well, this cab for a start, so get your feet off the top of the seats.""
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Eat something," said Giovanna to herself, waiting in the reception lobby of Ferraris Fixed Fast; so she put down the reception copy of "Real Simple" she'd found (who wanted a simple life, anyway???) and wandered over to the vending machines, near the side door...and found she had no quarters.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Terse Imprecations issued from Giovanna's lips, like she was spitting pebbles.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bless me she did have a mouthful of little stones, does she think she is a duck?
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Sad Uckfield residents are upset at plans to build more affordable homes on the edge of town.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Own this sweet little thing, Sweet Little Thing?" asked hunkily oil besplattered mechanic Jake of Giovanna, trying to be smooth.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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O the daring of the man!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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He-man, he thought himself, but with man-eater Giovanna, Jake was out of his depth.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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EP - That would be worth something, thought Giovanna, after Jake had told her about his antique vinyl collection of 78s.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"78 skidoo" is not a valid variant of the expression "23 skidoo."
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Do only as much as necessary," Giovanna said to Jake as she carefully fixed her lipstick, looking in the mirror of her compact, "I'm on the move."
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"Over my dead body!" replied Jake, angrily.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Lying man-killer that she was, Giovanna had no trouble looking deeply into Jake's eyes, and said, breathily, "You're right - come with me - I need your protection - your manliness!"
[ 19. May 2017, 00:46: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ness Creek is in northern Saskatchewan, near Big River, and home of the Ness Creek Music Festival.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Val flew in from Saskatchewan and told Giovanna to keep her mitts off Jake, who was Val’s long-lost husband, suffering from amnesia.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sialogogic effects of the brandy- and jalapeno-induced fever were making Ed even less appealing to his driver, who, unable to tune out Ed's braying of My Delilah, started wonder what ever had possessed her to drive for Uber.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Bert, the young, inexperienced police officer, threw up when he saw the dead, mutilated bodies of Val and Jake at the garage - the handiwork of Giovanna, who was now miles away.
"Oh nice one, Bert", said Ray, Bert's more worldly partner, putting a pasty to one side. "You've put me off my supper".
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Uppermost in my thinking is whether or not Bananaman would have been a Brexiteer.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ermine really is my fur, thought Giovanna as she sped done the interstate, shame about the blood splatter.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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At Terminal 4 one finds only fly-by-night airlines.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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“Lines are for the little people,” yelled Giovanna, as she pushed her way to the counter to buy a one-way ticket to Aruba.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Back in Arizona, as Bert started sobering up in the back of the Uber, he decided to take advantage of his friend's place in Willemstad - "Wanna go, Anna?"
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Goannas live neither in Aruba nor Arizona...
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Nary a thought of various Varani clouded Ed's mind as he emerged from his brandy-fog, for he was bound not for Caribbean repose, but for Willemstad, and for revenge.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Vengeful and seething he headed to check his stock of ammunition.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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I, on a last ditch mission, approached Ed to rethink his goal.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Look," I said, "why not use a Nerf bazooka; you can pelt her with soft Nerf balls; and it's probably legal, at least much more legal than killing her; do you really want to spend the rest of your life in prison because of her; hasn't she taken enough?"
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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"Oughtn't I to just forgive and forget?", mused Ed wistfully.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"You absolutely can," I said; "I was trying to keep you from using that ammunition; you could also report her to the police!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Cement your will, Ed," whispered the demon on his shoulder, "Giovanna's got it coming.... and you're the man to do it!"
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Do I take the devil's advice", Ed thought, while carelessly swigging gin and caressing the nerf gun, "or do I try to resist my violent impulses and the urging of this multifariously evil beast perched on my shoulder?"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Er, Anna, perhaps we can help Ed to make up his mind", said the demon, "Why don't you drive us to the airport. Perhaps we could all have a little holiday in the Caribbean".
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Anna took the bait, thoughts of balmy Willemstad being too much to resist.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Tore sister's letter up!" the bitter sibling blurted.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Teddy (Giovanna's sister, Theodora) was in a rage at her sister's gloating missive.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Sive is a bold choice for the first performance by a new drama collective and should score its director brownie points.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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In tsarist Russia, Ed's dilemma would have been resolved by a train, a duel, or someone's suicide, or perhaps all three.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Reef-dwelling morays might also resolve the situation when they get to the Caribbean and go snorkeling.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ling, thought Ray as he sniffed at Jake's mouth, attempting to discern Jake's last supper.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"S'up? Perhaps you'd like to join me in Aruba?" said Ray gleefully, hoping he and Jake could thicken the plot.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ken! The plot! You,ve lost it!", shouted Satan angrily at the demon, who was inside a photo booth, "You were supposed to get your passport sorted three days ago!"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ed, ay, 's a go!" exclaimed the captain to Sir Edward in rather familiar idiom.
[ 25. May 2017, 02:28: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Omniscience is something many think they possess - erroneously.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sly Giovanna booked her ticket to Aruba under her sister's name, Theodora.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Dora the Explorer was filming her television show in Aruba, following a trip to Curacao.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Raca" (obscure term of abuse) found in Matt. 5:22, is present in the King James Version but not all later translations.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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On Sunday mornings, it's nice to have a little lie in before going to church.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Change out of your pajamas before heading to Mass.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Tom assumed that he would be vesting for Mass, so he didn't bother getting dressed.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sedentary life was not for Ken the Demon, who, despite his incompetence, got his passport sorted in time to make the flight with Ed and Anna out of LAX.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Anna, out of laxatives again, really needs to consider changing her diet.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"I et too much o' that cheese," Anna groaned.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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An educational vacation might make a trip to Aruba worthwhile.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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While Ed and lacto-torsioned Anna (and, unbeknownst to them, Ken the Demon in the seat behind them), descended into Willemstad, Giovanna was descending into Aruba, with Theodora (Teddy to friends and family) hot on her trail.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ailing still, from over-indulging in cheese, Anne went in pursuit of a pharmacist as soon as the plane landed.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Nel and Ed, on the other hand, made straight for the ladies' and men's rooms, respectively.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"I've lynched me fair share of raccoons," said Huck, as he spat out some gum and slung his God given right of a 12 guage over his shoulder.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Should Ernest user that sort of language?
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Age related programming is a bit of a mine field.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Doone:
Age related programming is a bit of a mine field.
"Mine? Field of Dreams," replied Ed when asked for his favorite film about sports.
[ 31. May 2017, 15:31: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Port Salut is one of my aged aunt's favourite cheeses: she was delighted to discover it on a holiday to Budapest, where it is called Trappista.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"App is tantamount to waste of time," the cheese-loving old gal opined.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Pin Ed's note on the bulletin board.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ardently desirous of revenge for a lifetime of grief caused by her sister, Theodora arrived in Aruba.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Rub a bit of that out', said the teacher, 'and you'll have a beautiful sketch'.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ketches, yawls and smacks set out at dawn for the fishing grounds.
[ 07. June 2017, 12:39: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Round songs were sung around the fire after a delicious dinner of fresh-caught fish.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Shall we pay Charlie a visit?" said Ray, "He usually knows all the dodgy people. I bet he could give us some information about the murderer. He might need some, er, encouragement mind".
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Er ... I don't think you've got the idea of this game? You have to start your random contribution by overlapping it with what game before. So my post ended with "... fishing grounds" while the next one started "Round songs ...".
[ 08. June 2017, 06:11: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Mind your manners' was a constant refrain, back when I was a lass.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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As soon as I empty the eels from my hovercraft, we can do something completely different.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rent or buy, it all takes oodles of cash.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Ash Wednesday always brings the dilemma of whether to go to work, coffee, or dinner with a smudge on your forehead.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Heading out with a Smudgie on your forehead might be more alarming.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Mo, real arm in gabardine," said the actor playing Zaphod Beeblebrox to his dresser.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Served the incorrect fish for approval, Giovanna slapped the waiter with it until he cried for mercy.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Former cyclist Lance Armstrong is mainly known for his spectacular drugging scandal.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Can Dali's paintings ever make sense?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sensei trained both Giovanna and Lance.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Ancestral homes may be thought of as sexually transmitted diseases.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Seas, especially along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, are rising due to global warming.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Arming herself with a particularly large lobster from a display tray, Giovanna continued her relentless assault.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ultimately the lobster won because it had larger claws.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Laws should be brought in making it an offence to use innocent lobsters as weapons.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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On second thoughts, let's broaden that to include other crustaceans.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ace Answering Service will be happy to handle calls for the crustaceans' campaign.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Paignton, in Devon, is a delightful place to go and visit, particularly if sealife is your passion.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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I only have one skeleton, unlike the crustacean family.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Lying bastard," Giovanna screamed in rage at waiter, crumpled at her feet, angry lobster lodged in his trousers, "I ordered a dentex!"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Den! Tex! Help me!", called the waiter to two big security men, "I'm being attacked with seafood!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Oddly enough, at that very moment, Ed and Anna with a hankering for crustaceans were off to Willemstad's foremost seafood bistro.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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'Trout! We want trout!' they cried. 'Why don't they serve trout in the West Indies?'
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Dies quickly, he does," the waiter assured a sobbing Giovanna when she saw the lobster tossed into the pot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Potash added to the cooking water does little to enhance the flavour.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Our thoughts should definitely be with the lobsters, who should start a petition.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pet, it I once said, if you don't want to cook it and eat it!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Itching for revenge, Anna now Aruba stalked.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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'Talk, Ed!' cried Anna. 'You've said nothing to me all day.'
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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"Aye, but let me get ma boots off first."
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Fir stood for the balsam of her childhood in the mural on her accent wall.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[Ooops. I meant to have Theodora on Aruba.]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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'Walleyed' Giovanna had called Teddy, but Teddy didn't mind - she could hunt Giovanna in two directions.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ions can be negative or positive," retorted Teddy, "but you, Giovanna, are as negative as an old photograph!"
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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To graph complex equations is much easier nowadays thanks to calculators and apps.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Psychologists found analysis of Giovanna's behaviour remarkably confusing.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Sing, Giovanna,' called Teddy, 'sing to me of love and freedom'!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Domestic violence ensued.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Sue didn't care, though -- she and Teddy were an "item" long before Giovanna entered upon the scene.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Enemas are always bracing.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Racing along the beach, Giovanna and Teddy felt the powdery white sand beneath their toes.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Heir to esoteric realms I may not be," confessed Teddy to his sweet Giovanna, "but I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night."
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Nat Night!!!", shouted Satan at Ken the demon, "This was supposed to be a magnificent bloodbath and instead we end up with some kind of psychedelic love- in where nobody seems to have any idea who they are any more - and all because you put your love of Nat King Cole before duty!!!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tying himself in knots (for he is not very bright) Ken tried to keep the cast of characters straight - Teddy was Theodora, sister to Giovanna, not to be confused with Anna, who was with Ed in Willemstad, she having driven Ed from the bar in Arizona - but then Ken had too much of this and ordered a sixth mojito, Satan the Boss be damned.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Edam," Ned retorted, "is the only cheese that any of us should eat under these circumstances."
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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"Stan, cesspools are cleaner than your apartment," grumbled Giovanna, clearly unimpressed with her date.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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"Herd ate its way all through the carrot fields and half way through the turnips," grunted the farmer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Mere seconds later Giovanna started to demand mashed rutabaga for lunch.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Checking out what that is, with Giovanni, Stan set to work.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Ow! Orkney, it would seem, is the only vacation spot that could accommodate Teddy, Giovanna, Stan, Ned and Ken in separate rooms.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Oms en Serie was one of Ken's favourite novels, and he was delighted to find it in his room on his arrival to Aruba, hot on Giovanna's trail.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Railing against the way she had been vilified for only stealing a car Giovanna decided she would spend the next few days lying doggo.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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'Lying dog, go away from me', Giovanni screeched petulantly.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ant, lying down, prone, in the Aruban heat, wondered why the wrathful Giovanna had gone out of her way to tread upon him, for he had done nothing to her, aside from his glancing acquaintance with Jake, the deceased mechanic.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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/Oh, fine, I'll punt/
Nicotine stained Ray handed his boarding pass over, not realising that he was seated beside Ken the Demon.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Monkey nuts and a small paper cupful of lemonade", said Ray in disgust as the inflight 'meal' was served.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Erv, edified, elected to join Ken and Ray in the Admirals Club as soon as they all deboarded.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dedication to the cause, as shown here, is admirable.
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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"Able Seaman Parsons, at your service", he said to Ray and Ken, in the expectation of a large tip.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Get Iphigenia in here!" commanded Giovanna, fearing that she would soon be outnumbered by the male contingency of her strange little party.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Arty types hung out at the Cedar Tavern in New York during expressionism's heyday.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"Dayo! Dayo!" sang Giovanna when she returned from the West Indies, driving her co-workers crazy.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Crazy Golf", said Satan calmly to Ken, "Did you realise that Giovanna went home yesterday?" With that, he picked up Ken's golf club and began chasing him around the island.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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He is landing on the taxiway; clear the airport!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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“Port of Spain was nice,” commented Ed as he deplaned in Miami, “but I liked Willemstad better.”
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tertiary syphilis, I wonder, thought Satan as he beat Ken with a nine iron, contemplating replacing Ken in his organisation with Giovanna, considering that she displayed greater inventiveness and initiative.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I've a rumbling tummy, so the sooner you tell me what time Giovanna left, the happier we'll both be", said Ray, as he hung Giovanna's date Stan upside down from the apartment window.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"Ow! Ow!" screamed Stan. "Stop doing that! I"m not Archie Leach, and you're not Otto!"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"And you, Reno, to -- tto -- hhhell wwith you!" stuttered Stan as he contemplated his gambling losses.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sessions with Giovanna - romantic and otherwise - burbled up in Ed's mind, causing him to consider a reconciliation, theft of the Ferrari notwithstanding.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Standing in the pouring rain, Ed fantasized about holding Giovanna or, preferably, an umbrella.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Llandudno, in the rain, on early-closing day, may not be everyone's idea of Heaven.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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He a ventilator sorely craved as Giovanna's ample bosom pressed against his diaphragm.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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"A GM car?" yelled Ed, "I specifically requested a Ford!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ordnance is what Giovanna craved, her mood turning murderous.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Rousing tunes like Land of Hope and Glory may often be heard on the Last Night of Proms.
[ 11. July 2017, 18:04: Message edited by: Sipech ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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So Giovanna's guardian angel stopped by with a Nerf Bazooka, and showed her how to fire the harmless, squishy, foam balls.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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All sorts of places sell them, buy yours at your local toyshop!
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Oy! Shopping -- that's all you ever seem to do!" the chorus of Giovanna's men friends wailed in unison as she made a beeline for the nearest emporium.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I, um, I'd like to make a deal with you", said Satan to Giovanna, "You work for me and I'll get you all the weapons you could ever wish for. Guns, knives, you name it. I'll even throw in a company car. That's more than my old employee, Ken, ever got. Mind you, he never actually did any work."
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Kook," Giovanna said, "I'M taking over; if you're very, very smart, *you'll* ask to work for *me*; meantime, who the HELL was your decorator???"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Rat! Or something worse!" Satan screamed.
[ 13. July 2017, 12:15: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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A medical examination may be necessary from time to time, but it is not always desirable.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, Giovanna came to save the day.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Days passed before Ed saw Giovanna again,and he longed for her embrace.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Brace yourselves, folks, Giovanna has come to "help"!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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El Paso, Texas, was where Giovanna decided to hide out, as she thought that it would never occur to her vengeful sister Theodora - "Teddy" to friend and enemy alike - to seek her in such climes.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Limes?", said Ray to Ed, "Is that what Giovanna told you her business was? On the Mexican border. That's a good one."
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"One way to Heaven, straight up," said a passing seraph to Satan, who was retching at the thought of working for Giovanna; "would you like a lift, Lucifer--I know it's been a long time; but surely that adjustment would be easier than working for Giovanna; oh, good, just grab my hand...ok, here we are; hi, Pete, this one's a straight to the Boss special; be kind to each other, ok?" and she sped off to the Andromeda galaxy.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Xylographer of considerable talent, Teddy bided her time carving an image of Giovanna in a Ferrari - in El Paso!
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pangolin Guerre:
Xylographer of considerable talent, Teddy bided her time carving an image of Giovanna in a Ferrari - in El Paso!
"'elp!" a soldier cried, as wood chips flew out of Teddy's car.
[edited for page break]
[ 21. July 2017, 21:53: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango with Giovanna?
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Nah, said Scaramouche (a new arrival into the scene), for he knew that Giovanna was fatale - for, knowing her past in Argentina, Scaramouche was acquainted with a particular tango homicide.
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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Dennis Wheatley novels?", said God, as Satan began unpacking his luggage on arrival in Heaven, "If you're hoping I'll give you another chance and let you stay here, you're going the wrong way about it".
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"Tit for tat, thought Teddy as she caught Giovanna in the sights of her sniper's rifle.
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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Flee, Giovanna, lest you bite the dust!
[ 24. July 2017, 17:11: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Stunned and hurt by God's cold welcome, Satan repacked his books, and decided that the action would be in El Paso, so summoned his minion Ken the Demon, reluctantly.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Ken the demon reluctantly accepted his old job back, his attempts at finding any other employment having failed due to the fact that all the available jobs involved work.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ed worked his magic and managed to buy a battered Mini from a used car dealership, and he and Anna were off to El Paso, vengeance and passsionate love in his wounded heart.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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He artfully dodged the police as he sped off to Texas.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Tot, exasperated, screamed for a nice warm bottle.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Let us know, whose tot that?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Hat trick, of course, for Giovanna and -- oh, whichever of her many men friends you care to pick -- she certainly wouldn't have a clue!
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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A Clue game marathon was the order of the day when the assorted angels, demons, ex-beloveds, etc., of all the afore named grew so sick of all the main characters that they pitched in together and locked them all in an adobe house in a quiet neighborhood in Austin, Texas.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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As expected, though late to the party, seasoned cop Ray (investigating the guesome murders of the mechanic Jake and his girlfriend Val) and his squeamish-at-the sight-of-blood deputy Bert descended into El Paso.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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So they rented a dented, old, tan van from Rent-My=Wreck, stocked up on Gatorade, fast food and Depends, and headed off to Austin, home of artists, filmmakers, and really good music.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sickened by the motion of the van, Bert vomited repeatedly - blood was not his only bete noir.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Oi, Ray and Bert!", exclaimed Ronald McDonald, as Ray and Bert sat eating at McDonalds in Austin, "My friend Scaramouche and the others are all locked in an adobe house! Help them!" He gave them the address of the house and then went off to have something to eat at Burger King.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Kingston is a lovely place, thought Bert as he contemplated a change of career.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Are, er, we talking about Kingston, Jamaica; Kingston, Ontario; or Kingston, New York? wondered Bert's friends -- if Kingston, New York, at least it isn't Poughkeepsie.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Siesta time, thought Giovanna, oblivious to being in the cross hairs of vengeful Teddy.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[punting]
Dying for a beer, Ray and Bert walked into an El Paso dive for a Corona (limes supplied by Giovanna), only to see at the bar Ken the demon, now on his eighth tequila.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Quila, Quila, is there anywhere here for me to hide!?", asked Ken panic-strickenly to the barmaid, "I've just seen my boss come in here and I'm supposed to be working!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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In gross inebriation, Ken experienced a prescient hallucination of the boss's arrival, having eaten the worm and chatted with a nonexistent coyote.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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yo ! tell that crazy lady I ain't playing no fool
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Oolite is a word I found in my dictionary after I had a few minutes of head-scratching following the last post by Wet Kipper.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Per Ken's tequila-induced precognitive vision, Satan arrived, not in search of Ken, but of drinks after a bad series of days.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Day Six", Ken wrote in his diary, "I've been hiding inside Satan's head now for six days, the one place he's least likely to suspect and he's become really lazy due to 'The Ken Effect'. He's going to start suspecting something soon though and then he'll get an exorcist in. That should be a laugh!".
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Ghostly visions started to disturb Satan's sight as he knocked backed a succession of Bourbons, not leaving his bar stool for six days, causing him to wonder hypochondriacally, Is it the booze, or a tumour?
[ 04. August 2017, 15:56: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"At, um, our customary hour," mused Satan, "we will make an appearance that will leave their tails spinning."
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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In gall bladders, sometimes there are very painful stones.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Estimating that he had now been drinking for eight days uninterrupted, Satan forgot about his head (booze? tumour?), and turned his thoughts to the shooting pain in his abdomen, wondering whether it might be gall stones, or the bad nachos.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Ach! Ostensibly appendicitis," opined the good Doctor Schadenfreude, whom Satan regularly consulted in crises such as the present.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Resentment and bitterness only get worse if they are allowed to fester.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Terminal resentment and bitterness, in the case of Theodora.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Dora the Explorer never ran into Ken or Giovanna on her adventures.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Reservations made at El Paso's swankiest Argentine restaurant, Scaramouche hoped there to lull Giovanna (who unwittingly had escaped Teddy's shot) into a false sense of security, and his revenge for the tango death of his porteno comrade upon her to wreak.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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A knowing nod from Satan, followed by a wink, reminded Scaramouche, however, that this was the very restaurant where Satan had acquired a nasty case of appendicitis.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Scaramouche had found that it was difficult to dance a fandango with a ruptured appendix.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Dixon, watch what you're doing with those castanets...aaaaaaargh...f*** f*** f***...aaaarghohhhhh!!!", yelled Dave Roberts the guitarist, in agony, to his musical partner Steve Dixon, both of them from Barnsley in England.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Glandular fever, the diagnosis of which had apparently escaped our good Doctor Schadenfreude, had, you see, infected all of the heroes and heroines of our ragged little fable.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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A bleak and terrible lingering illness, featuring festering boils in armpits, pus oozing from bodily crevices, and gangrenous snot from orifices I shall not name, were Satan's disgusting, yet deserved gifts, bestowed on vile and despicable toadies such as Scaramouche and his ilk.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Silken hair fetchingly gathered back, elegant Giovanna took her seat across from Scaramouche, and wondered at his oozing of effluent.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"Fluent in medical jargon I am not," offered Giovanna, "but let me simply ask you, Moochie: Are you sick?"
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Yo, us Icknield Way walkers are not usually so fluent in gangsta.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Angst? Actually, I'm not anxious but livid!
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I'd like a burger, fries and a large coke, please", said Ronald McDonald to the waiter at the posh restaurant, "Oh hi, Moochie. Are you going to introduce me to your lady friend? No Mr Waiter, please don't throw me out! I went to a lot of trouble to buy this dinner jacket!" Giovanna was unimpressed by Scaramouche's friend and Scaramouche sat embarrassed and devastated, the whole evening's effect ruined.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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In Ed's breast pocket was a Lonely Planet guide to demonology - he, thinking to use it on Giovanna, unaware that he might have to use it to exorcise Satan of Ken.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Kentish ragstone was used in the construction of many churches in the south-east.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Sou, the astronomically small bronze coin of French origin, can be used in terms to denigrate.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Grateful for the arrival of his eighth martini, Satan sat at the bar, hoping to quell the raging case of Ken that he had, wondering only what had possessed him to come to El Gaucho.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Gaucho pants really aren't YOU, dude," said the Tiki god statue, perched at the end of the bar.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Barnacle-like creatures were now emerging as Moochie's pustules receded, so horrifying that the customers thought this was Satan's work, but he didn't notice as he was too deeply in conversation with the Tiki.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Kick 'em!!!", yelled Dave the musician to his musical partner Steve (who had both been having a drink in the bar), as the creatures made their way towards them, "Aaaaaaaargh...f*** f*** f***...aaaarghohhhhh!!! I meant the creatures!!!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Resplendent in his calfskin Gaucho pants, Satan broke off his Tiki conversation to besplatter his suede shoes with vomitus.
Posted by Urfshyne (# 17834) on
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Omit us? How dare you omit us from your conversation!
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Sat I on the stool beside Satan (I, now postmodernly inserted into the narrative), noticing not only the gin-reeking pool about his suede-clad hooves, but also from his ear a strange, viscous, yellow effluent.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Lu 'ent turned up yet", said Ken's friend Bernard, who he had invited by phone, along with their other friend Luis, for a game of golf.
"We'll just have to start without him", said Ken, relieving himself in Satan's ear canal.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Algae, to the silent, stunned horror of the room, began to drip from Satan's other ear, Ken's presence having so upset his internal ecology.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[Punting]
Gyved now to the table leg by Gionanna, having been distracted by Satan beset by a bad case of Ken, Mouchie in great alarm pulled at the table, sending in flight both Giovanna and dinner.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Dinner's been ruined for everyone", said Ken as he looked out from inside Satan's head (where they had set up a golf course) into the restaurant, "The owner of the restaurant is ringing an exorcist. He's calling Ed, the cheapskate.
"Well, good luck with that", said Bernard as they both began sniggering.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Ingots, I promise you, Senor Eduardo," pleaded Gustavo, owner of El Gaucho (and cousin to Giovanna's tango victim), "just remember, he is not just a drunk, he is Satan , and I think that either he had a bad oyster, or he is possessed. "
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Ed has no idea what he's doing, Father Guiseppe", said Anna the taxi driver, who had driven many miles to get help from the aforementioned priest, an experienced exorcist who was an Italian clergical version of Ray the policeman, "We need your help. Finish your Cornetto first though. I don't want ice-cream on my seats".
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Eats!" Satan slurred aggressively, "gimme the wors oysters ya got!" oblivious to the convergence with which he was about to deal.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"All cleaning supplies on deck," cried the bartender, spurring staff and patrons to enact an emergency plan, putting plastic drop cloths, trash bags, air freshener, cases of paper towels, 6 bottles of spray cleaner, a bottle of Pepto Bismol, a crystal rosary, and some clean, used clothes all around Satan.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tantamount to pandemonium, the atmosphere of satano-centric frenzy afforded Giovanna (sensing danger) the opportunity to make for the exit, only to be blocked by seasoned cop Ray and his delicate sidekick Bert, causing Giovanna to think, Yoda-like, "Up is the jig?"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"The jig is up-a, you demons!" said Father Giuseppe, holding a crucifix in one hand and eating a Cornetto with the other, "I command-a you (Chomp chomp) in the name of Jesus (Chomp chomp chomp) to come out of him-a!" (Chomp).
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Omphalically positioned in El Gaucho, Mouchie started to question the wisdom of his fifth absinth as he tried to assess the scene: he, shackled to the table leg, a team of staff and customers attending to the nauseated Dark One as an exorcism was commenced by someone who looked like Guido Sarducci, Giovanna in conversation with two undercover cops(?), one of whom looking callow and nauseated, and who is that woman wearing dark glasses and trench coat who just entered from the kitchen, holding in her left hand a Biretta?
[ 08. September 2017, 01:35: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Etta, who had found her way into the kitchen through the back and scoffed a load of Cornetto's while she was there, held up the biretta in her hand and shouted across the room, "Father Giuseppe, you left this at the Cornettoholics Anonymous meeting!"
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Tingling with anticipation, that her vengeance upon her sociopathic sister Giovanna was at hand, Teddy appeared from the bussing station, brandishing her pistol, screaming at all, "You call that a biretta, but this is Beretta, *********kers!" [Count the letters, figure it out.]
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"...Er, so I sent Ken and Bernard out to get some milk and we never saw them again", said God, standing by the gates of Heaven talking to St Peter, both of them unaware that Giovanna, who had been shot dead by her sister, was creeping through the gates into Heaven while they were immersed in conversation.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"On what passes for my soul, I swear I'll get Teddy for this!" Giovanna hissed as through the bars she squeezed.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Ed, more formally known as St Edward, though also nicknamed Ted and a few other things, was doing guard duty with his patrol hamster, the meanest rodent in Heaven (one of the survivors of Joshua's attack on Ai, bitter and scared for the rest of its life, so came by meanness pretty honestly, just watch the teeth).
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Ethel, a previously unnoticed character in this saga,
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Saggy Ass Ethel", her nickanme, otherwise St Ethel, patron of saint of both saggy butts and sentence fragments.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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...Tsunami, her horse and Mary, Jesus' mother, decided to help in the search for Giovanna when it was realised that she was now on the loose in Heaven. "Ethel!", shouted Mary, as Ethel rode away on Tsunami, "You're going in the wrong direction! I'm sure she went the other way!" But it was no use. There was no holding back Tsunami.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Am I in reality or is this all an absinthe-induced crazy dream", said someone, but who?
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Whomped decisively by Fr Giuseppe, Ken, defeated by his own indolence, even in his attempted possession of his boss, was vomited out across the room by Satan, distracting the others from Giovanna's corpse.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"See this here tablet", Satan said, "I put back together one that Moses broke when he got all crazy upset when the people were worshipping cow when he was up on the mountain, and there are these additional commandments you guys don't know".
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Now listen while I read out the additional commandments", said Satan, vomiting out Bernard and and two sets of golf clubs in addition to Ken,
"11 - Thou shalt not fail to give Ken a severe
beating with his own golf clubs.
12 - Thou shalt not fail to give Bernard a severe
beating with his own golf clubs.
13 - Thou shalt not fail to give Ken a severe
beating with Bernard's golf clubs.
14 - Thou shalt not fail to give Bernard a
severe beating with Ken's g.... Hey! Where do you two think you're going!"
Ken and Bernard unsurprisingly weren't planning on hanging around, but ran as fast as they could towards the railway station, got on the first train available and were never seen in El Paso again.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Gaining entrance to Heaven was not all it was cracked up to be (bit boring), so Giovanna accepted Satan's invitation to discuss a business proposition over drinks - something about revenge on demons and sisters - always a juicy proposition - and mischief in Heaven could 'til later.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Erring on the side of sinful excess, the bucket-sized (rather dirty) glasses of drink were overflowing, and there were these little floaties in them which they chewed and swallowed competitively until they were droolingly, sputteringly, outrageously and I must admit, rather fetchingly, drunk and singing together, though the harmonies were a little sharp.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Arpeggios extemporised rung from Satan's throat (he has a surprising range) accompanying Giovanna's assault on the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, earning the two a stern warning from Giacomo, the bartender, "You can drink, but do not do that to bel canto!"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Antonio's Restaurant!?", said Mary, as she and Ethel got into the lift that went from Heaven down to Earth, to hunt for Giovanna after it was reported that Giovanna had been seen in Rome with Satan, "You must be joking, woman! Have you seen their prices!? I wish we'd brought some sandwiches now."
"Mary, this lift is going up, not down", said Ethel.
"It can't be", said Mary, "You can't go any higher than Heaven. Oh Ethel, are we going mad?"
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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(A desire of this thread is to do just one sentence in each response and to use the last letter(s) of the previous sentence to start the next isn't it?)
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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(It appears that I've earned slapped wrists).
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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"Tsk, tsk", said Ethel, "of course we're going mad, so much so that the people writing our story are getting all going at each other - we're driving them bonkers I think - but let's ignore them and get back to the narrative".
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"I've been expecting you", said Insanity, as Mary and Ethel stepped out of the lift onto the supposedly non-existent floor above Heaven.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Endeavouring to tip-toe, and saying shush, well, it didn't work, and they were discovered as they fell through the floor, holding apples (where'd they come from?).
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Rome, ah, Rome... That's where my crimes began," said Giovanna to Satan, sipping her martini, "You know that one of my ancestors was a catamite of Sixtus?"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Six Tuscany tickets, for me, my dolls and my teddies - that's the deal - and throw in some sweets for us too", said a five year old Giovanna to the local Mafia crimelord, who was shaking with fear, in Giovanna's memory flashback, "or you know what will happen".
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Penned in by circumstances, Satan began to wonder what happened to Urfshyne, Golden key, Amanda, et al., that they might relieve him of this bothersome tale... wanting revenge upon Ken, taking the talented but dangerous Giovanna on board, and then a nice vacation... perhaps Oahu...
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"A human being, lacking Satan's powers, can only stick her fingers into so many pies at the same time," Amanda answered.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Reduced to thumb-twiddling as she waited for a drink refill, Giovanna remarked, "I didn't think the apocalypse would be this stupid".
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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"Piddly little thing, really," in an Alan Rickman voice Satan mused.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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"Use da force, Luke, use da force" - said Harry Enfield during his less-than-successful audition to play Obi Wan Kenobi.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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No biped, however, would stand the chance of a snowball in hell when auditioning before the Prince of Darkness.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Nessie of the Loch", the quadruped Nessie confirmed as she signed in for her audition; meanwhile, intervening as requested, Golden Key scheduled Satan for rehab at a lovely off-world spa after this last audition, on the deluxe, million-year plan.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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An acupuncture treatment was set up for Satan at the spa, followed by a massage, mudbath, seaweed wrap, and one of those ex-foliation treatments, which ran into trouble on account of his rather unusual skin.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Al Skinner, assigned to Satan's exfoliation, thought, I've had some strange client's over the years, but Jeez...
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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[punting]
"Ezines... that's what I can do," Bert thought as he considered his future after leaving policing, sipping on a triple mezcal, "real crime ezines, with a dollop of the metaphyical... write what I know."
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Now, Bert," said Ernie, the long-lost friend and platonic former roommate of Bert on a squeaky-clean and beloved children's show, so we should probably keep within those lines, "no more mezcal; bartender, a couple of Guittard hot chocolates, please, heavy on the cinnamon and whipped cream".
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Cinnamon and Whipped Cream, the country duo - I had no idea they were playing in Rome!" cried Mary, as Insanity produced concert tickets, bought using a credit card which he had absolutely no chance of ever paying off, "Oh Ethel, Insanity is really spoiling us!"
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Usually they get really drunk on gin before a concert, on specially evil gin.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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In a welter of thoughts, regrets, conflicting emotions, already misbegotten plans (which included more mescal), Bert, the soon to be ex-cop, wondered how the homoerotic muppet Ernie escaped, long buried in the cellar of his psyche.
[ 01. October 2017, 00:26: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ]
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Cheer up Bert", said Ronald McDonald, who'd just walked into the bar with Scaramouche (Ronald had recently lost his job with McDonalds), "Mouchie and I have both just started jobs at Jimmy McCracken's Circus and as luck would have it, the knife thrower needs a new assistant, so I'll put a word in for you, shall I?"
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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All interested people are rather boring as far as I'm concerned, and they can please be quiet.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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I, ethnically speaking, am a bit of a mixture, even though I appear to be Caucasian.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Analysis of Ed and Theodora's DNA revealed an unlikely connection to one particular catamite of Sixtus's employ.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Loyal though they were to the circus, Moochie and Ronnie couldn't resist taking a ride out of it during a show one evening and into Purgatory on their clownmobile, where they were angrily told by a Ship of Fools host, "This is a place for serious discussion, so get back to the circus NOW!!!", and after returning, received another rollicking from Jimmy McCracken, the circus owner.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Nervously, I'm posting on this thread as it seems to have gone idle.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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I'd let it sink to Oblivion if it were up to me.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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O! Meybe it's time for a break.
See yous on the other side.
January 2014 . . . slightly different back then
Thread CLOSED
—Ariston, Circushost
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ostensibly this thread was closed, but it seems not to have been.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Be enlightened, my dear -- closure may only be a click away.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Way out", said Moochie, smoking a joint, as he and Ronnie and Bert and some other friends from the circus took advantage of the still unlocked thread to have an end of thread party, which went on long into the night.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Nigh toward dawn, however, they all began to wonder if the hostly admonition was a figment of their overactive imaginations and nothing more.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Ore of gold is throughout this thread, and continuing to be produced, O Hosts/Admins, because we are crafting a STORY together, and have been for many pages, so please have mercy, as we are saving Lucifer's soul!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Ultimately, this thread will join the bleedin' choir invisible.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Invisible to his own mind, Lucifer finally woke up in Pete's Pearly Diner, just inside the gates of Heaven, next to the Welcome Center and the tour bus station; and, just then, Mary Magdalene plopped a laminated menu down on the table in front of Lucifer, and asked "Coffee?"
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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"C of feckin' E are we, then?" retorted Lucifer.
[ 21. October 2017, 14:20: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"Er, no," said Mary Magdalene, switching the coffee pot to her other hand; "Lutherans, through and through; and Herself has been known to wander around, singing the 'Java Jive', and to pull newbies into a production of Bach's 'Coffee Cantata'."
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Coffee cant at a diner doesn't impress me, Mag", said Lucifer, "How's about a nice cup of tea?"
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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"Ft! Each to his own I suppose" said Mary, rolling her eyes, "but I only have coffee to offer..."
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Fergus, when you said you were going to take me to the edge of Heaven, this isn't quite what I had in mind", said Liz, as the two of them sat inside Pete's Pearly Diner with their coffees, sausage rolls and Club bars (which was all the diner seemed to sell).
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Liz sipped her coffee, then exhaled with passion--"but this coffee really is to die for".
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"For f...'s sake, I'm never going to get to Oblivion at this rate", said Mr Nobody, as he sat inside the diner with his coffee and Club bar, "Oh f... - we're going up again."
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ain't that typical!
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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"California dreamin', on such a winter's dayyyyy," sang Mary Magdalene, as she wandered and refilled coffee; then someone joined in with a deep "Went into a churrrrrch I found along the wayyyy", and the someone turned out to be Satan, and Maggie smiled.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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{Note: That should be Lucifer, not Satan, in my post just above. Forgot which we're using!}
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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Maggie smiled as she and Lutan (as Satan/Lucifer now referred to himself) watched Mr Nobody from the diner window, resentfully driving the 'poxy f***ing' Heaven tour bus which was of course, a driverless vehicle.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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Even Lutan (aka Lucifer or Satan) nodded at the nativity scene that Maggie had set up in a window.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"Down we go", said Lutan, as the old Ship of Fools sank to the bottom of the sea in order to make way for the new one, "We've had a good innings - I would have been surprised if they'd carried this thread over onto the new blub blub blub blub..."
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Blubbering into his cornflakes, the shipmate watched as the water level rose toward the top of his porthole.
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on
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Oleum on sugar; you should try it!
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Yiti beach has good reviews.
Posted by Jammy Dodger (# 17872) on
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Ood re-views are common when watching repeats of Doctor Who.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Doc Tor, who is a very fine host, is, as a poster, very fine equally.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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All you need is love, sang the Beatles.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Eat less, exercise more -- at least that's what the doctors tell us.
Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on
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Stellus is not the singular of a Belgian beer, my teacher did me admonish.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Moni's harp was emerald green, decorated with transfers of small shamrocks.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Sham rocks are not very useful when building a wall -- be sure to use real rocks.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Al rocks on his rocking chair while his house crumbles.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Bless his heart, he tries so hard!
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Arduous rocking will not save his house if there's a tornado.
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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"There's a torn Ado", said Adrian's friends to each other as they watched him dither over which film to watch at the 20 screen cinema.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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In Ema Wesley's parlor is her collection of one hundred and fifty teapots.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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A pot should be useful as well as attractive.
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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"Active" , said himself "I need to be active". He twirled like a dervish, his cloak flying out like a skirt, knocking all the teapots over. Unrepentant[ well, you wouldn't expect him to repent, now would you?] he altered from the giddy whirling to an overly athletic demonstation of push ups as he was a demon. and demonstrations were alien to him. He could manage less than the required 666 he had set previously as his personal best[ or should that be worst?], before he collapsed perspiring and breathless. "Less is more", he reflected, mopping his forehead .
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Ore headed the list of resources to be explored, especially sources of copper and silver.
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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VERTIGO!
His head and brain kept whirling, none of the 6oo push-ups had worked; his mind whirled as it had when he was dervishing; and he slumped to the floor, unable to keep his balance.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Lance Ito is best known for presiding over the O.J. Simpson murder case.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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A seminal event will be happening soon: this thread and others will come to an end, so Be Prepared.
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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Red alert! This Ship is being decommissioned!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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O, M-miss Ione, do you think posting on Circus Threads is a good way of our increasing post counts to a round number?
[ 26. February 2018, 16:48: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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Be rapid or you will miss the boat, it sinks in two days' time!
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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Two Days' time?
Is the iceberg travelling so fast? I wish we needn't leave Beelzebub in the lurch.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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"Bu-Bint!" he lurched, "there're gonna be danshing guh-guhrls on zzhe new Sh-Sh-Ship," he slurred lasciviously through his beer googles.
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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"Ergo ogle skimpily dressed dancers at your peril" she forewarned as they boarded the new shiny ship.
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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" Hip baths in every cabin? What luxury", the new comers exclaimed.
"That's nothing", replied a crew member: "You should see the deluxe accommodation for us;we each have a separate cabin fitted out as if we were first class passengers.
AND you should see the captain's suite. No expense has been spared.
There are lifts on every floor at both ends of the ship. But if you are going to visit the animals in the hold, please do not feed them, or the birds in the aviary on the top deck "
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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'OP decked as the ship sinks' the headline reads as Everlasting meets its maker, probably not before time.
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