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Dafyd
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Some of you may be familiar with this series of books for small children. In the series a mouse searching for his pets rejects a number of animals before finally coming across the right one.

I'm sure all of us here on the Circus could propose new subjects for the series. The format is the first person announces a subject using the formula:

That's not my A - his/her/its B is too C.

The next four people repeat the formula and then the sixth poster concludes the book by discovering the right thing: That's my A! - his/her/its B is so C.

For example, if the subject is bishops, they might finish

6. That's my bishop! - his public pronouncements are so thoughtless.

So:

1. That's not my bishop - his tat is too lacy.

[ 21. July 2012, 09:13: Message edited by: Dafyd ]

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2. That's not my church, it smells funny

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Dafyd
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Sorry: I didn't make the rules clear.

Items 1 to 5 will all start:
'That's not my bishop - his ... is too ...'
Item 6 will start:
That's my bishop - his ... is so ...'
And then we go back to 1 with

That's not my church - its smell is too funny.'
And so on for churches. Clear as mud?

[ 21. July 2012, 09:48: Message edited by: Dafyd ]

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OK, sorry -

2. That's not my bishop - he's wearing the wrong purple

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3. That's not my bishop, his crook is too crooked.

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4. That's not my bishop - his pectoral cross isn't ostentatious enough

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5. That's not my bishop, his mitre is too mighty!

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6. That's my bishop - on a plane to another country!
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Dafyd
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1. That's not my church - the heating is too warm.

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2. That's not my church, the hymns are too jolly.

[ 21. July 2012, 16:58: Message edited by: Amos ]

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3. That's not my church - strangers are being greeted!

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That's not my church - there's too many young families

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5. That's not my church- all the women are wearing fancy hats.

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6. That's my church. It's closed.

[ 21. July 2012, 19:16: Message edited by: justlooking ]

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1. That's not my vicar, his cotta is too lacy.

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2. That's not my vicar - she is getting her hands dirty

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3. That's not my vicar - his language is far too modern. [Devil]

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4. That's not my vicar- she's chanting on key.

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5-Not my vicar—those aren't 4-inch heels.

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6. That's my vicar - his money's in my bank account [Razz]

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1. That's not my hymn book - it is a paperback and too floppy

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2. That's not my hymnbook - its pages are too waxy.

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3. That's not my hymnal- it has hymns -erm, praise songs- written after 1982.

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4) That's not my hymnal, there's nothing in it by Fred Kaan OR Fred Pratt Green. [Snigger]

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5) Not my hymnal either, it's got nothing in Swahili.

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6. Thats my hymnbook, part of a job lot of 300 off Ebay for 50p and has someone else's church name on!

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Amos

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1. That's not my Bible, its cover is stainless steel.

[ 22. July 2012, 17:30: Message edited by: Amos ]

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2 That's not my Bible, it uses American spelling

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3. That'ʃ not my bible: itʃ font hath too modern an aʃpect.

[ 22. July 2012, 17:41: Message edited by: Pulsator Organorum Ineptus ]

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4. That's not my Bible: its pictures are too cartoony.

[ 22. July 2012, 18:25: Message edited by: Jane R ]

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5. That's not my Bible - it has only 66 books

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6. That's my Bible. Its weight is so thumpy.

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1. That's not my choir - they are singing on tune.

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2. That's not my choir, they are wearing mufti.

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3. Thats not my choir - they're too young

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3. That's not my choir - they know how to process!

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Amos

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5. That's not my choir, there's more than two tenors.

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6. That's my choir - they never talk to anyone else in the congregation.

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1. That's not my post-church coffee - there aren't any home-made wee buns.

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2. That's not my post-church coffee - it's still warm enough to drink.

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3. That's not my post-church coffee -- there are actually people staying around talking to one another!

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4. That's not my post-church coffee... It's not the cheapest brand in the shop.

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5 That's not my post-church coffee, it's in styrofoam cups.

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6. That's my post-church coffee - the children have already eaten all the biscuits

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1. That's not my organist - the hymns are too fast

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2. That's not my organist - he's moved his foot off the CC pedal.

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3. That's not my organist - he's too successful at keeping the choir boys under control.
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4. That's not my organist - his wife isn't taking all the solos

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5. That's not my organist - he's refusing to play Bach

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6. That's my organist- everyone is staying to listen to her postlude. The coffee can wait.

[ 23. July 2012, 14:06: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]

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