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Sioni Sais
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(I've brought my own lunch and a flask. To accomplish the following task)
I'll watch the day's cricket.
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Golden Key
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Take my golden ticket,
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Raptor Eye
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To top it off with a win's a big ask.
The walk in the park started well
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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ArachnidinElmet
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of the secret I've kept
-------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
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Stetson
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and the nights I have wept
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Porridge
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Over Graces from which I once fell.
You wouldn't have guessed, from his manner,
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Golden Key
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Godzilla needed a day-planner
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Piglet
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His diary was filled
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Raptor Eye
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His dinner was killed
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Piglet
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by the untimely swing of a spanner.
When walking one day in the woods
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Golden Key
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I jumped in a puddle
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Raptor Eye
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Lit a fire, and cooked me some spuds.
A big belly dancer called Bertha
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Charges beaucoup big bucks, but she's worth 'er!
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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and pouts with her lips
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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She's joined by her BIG sister Gerta.
The temperature's down near to zero
-------------------- Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Raptor Eye
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"But I don't need thermals" said Ice Hero
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Stetson
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For my scorchin' hot buns
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Raptor Eye
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The very best Sally Nunns
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Stetson
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Have me fiddlin' in flames a la Nero.
There was a young man with the mumps
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Whose limbs were reduced to mere stumps.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Raptor Eye
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But he was laid back
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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pimple
Ship's Irruption
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and would not say "Alack!"
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Raptor Eye
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But amused himself watching the Flumps.
A butcher with red cheeks and nose
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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L'organist
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Was blessed with extremely long toes
-------------------- Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Piglet
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His boots were size twenty
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Raptor Eye
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Which meant he had plenty
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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ArachnidinElmet
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Of tales of shoe shopping woes.
One day, whilst chopping a chilli
-------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I thought of my old flame Tillie.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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With her flaming red hair
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Oscar the Grouch
Adopted Cascadian
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And peculiar stare
-------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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and, of course, her big brother Billy.
[extra mark for me for omitting the other possible rhyme, this is a family bawd, y'know.]
* * * *
The Bishop when donning his cope
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Golden Key
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Looked at it with his microscope
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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And exclaimed, "Well I'll be!"
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pimple
Ship's Irruption
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(He was looking, you see
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Raptor Eye
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to be more well turned out than the Pope).
A small child, while playing 'I Spy'
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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L'organist
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Jabbed his Great Aunt Claudette in the eye
-------------------- Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Stetson
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She bellowed: "You imp!"
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ArachnidinElmet
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"you misbegotten shrimp"
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pimple
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I will spare you his gimlet reply.
There are preachers who claim that they love
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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To be entered behind from above.
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Oscar the Grouch
Adopted Cascadian
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But as for myself
-------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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Stetson
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There's a toy on my shelf...
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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that's the truth - I swear it is, Gov!
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When riding to hounds with the Abbess
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Raptor Eye
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When the wind blew a gale
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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jrw
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he saw John Inverdale
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