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Golden Key
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. No more toasters as gifts*
*US banks have been known to give toasters and other gifts to new customers.
-------------------- 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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The5thMary
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Their advertisements were foul,
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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The5thMary
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Oops, I messed up! Sorry!
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Right, then, let's rescue it.
The marketing folk at my bank were buoyed up, but then their hearts sank No more toasters as gifts, Henceforth only facelifts
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Raptor Eye
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Or a free draw for driving a tank.
I found when I opened my wallet
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Porridge
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I'd spent all my funds at the mall; it
-------------------- Spiggott: Everything I've ever told you is a lie, including that. Moon: Including what? Spiggott: That everything I've ever told you is a lie. Moon: That's not true!
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Welease Woderwick
 Sister Incubus Nightmare
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but now I must pay
-------------------- 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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pimple
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If you bluff with the Devil, he'll call it!
It's Lent, but the wine list's so pretty
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Oscar the Grouch
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The Shiraz is the best in the city!
-------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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ArachnidinElmet
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I oughta drink water
-------------------- '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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Kiss only my daughter
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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And sing an appropriate ditty.
Ash Wednesday -- it's come and it's gone.
-------------------- "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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And I'm already craving a scone
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Piglet
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But yield not to temptation
-------------------- 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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Pearl B4 Swine
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Eat only vegetation
-------------------- 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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Golden Key
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Then "scone out" when Lent is all done.
An old sailing ship in the bay
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Was painted a hideous gray.
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Welease Woderwick
 Sister Incubus Nightmare
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With bilious green
-------------------- 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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pimple
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on the quarter-deck, seen
-------------------- 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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at its worst when the sun shines at midday.
A chef, while preparing his lunch,
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Stetson
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Put some valium into the punch.
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Porridge
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He slacked preparations
-------------------- Spiggott: Everything I've ever told you is a lie, including that. Moon: Including what? Spiggott: That everything I've ever told you is a lie. Moon: That's not true!
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jrw
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which proves right a widely held hunch
We arrived at the 50 screen multiplex
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Raptor Eye
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But we were lost in the dark
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Golden Key
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Until a dog-eared card's bark
-------------------- 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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turned us all into quivering wrecks.
An annoying little pipsqueak called Sam
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Cameron PM
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quote: Originally posted by Raptor Eye: turned us all into quivering wrecks.
An annoying little pipsqueak called Sam
Sat down to enjoy a nice ham
-------------------- Your call.
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pimple
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But a weasel called Horace
-------------------- 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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Who sang in a chorus
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The5thMary
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was hell-bent on being damned!
While stuck on the toilet for a week,
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Golden Key
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Constant contests for the "throne"
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pimple
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were resolved when a moan
-------------------- 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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'Scaped Their Graces while taking a leak.
The organ is meant to be played
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Raptor Eye
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Not to only be buffed up and displayed
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Porridge
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Though when overly polished
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The5thMary
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and wrong notes are abolished
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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pimple
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You can definitely hear how far the sheep have strayed.
There once was a lady from Leeds
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Porridge
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Who was prone to abusing her steeds
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Welease Woderwick
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by feeding them chillies
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jrw
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and Bolander's lillies
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Porridge
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And using barbed wire for leads.
A botanist, using a trowel,
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Cut his finger, and let out a howl!
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Raptor Eye
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It became so infected
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Wet Kipper
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that the doctors detected
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Sipech
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a bug that's as big an owl.
It seems that this spring may have sprung
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Porridge
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Though nary a robin has sung
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