economic slooooow-down...

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my expenses don't
run to swank hotels now...they
crawl - to B & B's...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

when every day's a "when?"sday...

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our priest's become so
confused, he doesn't even
know what deities...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

the 'old boot' sale - (un)sold as seen...

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I raised 197 pounds at our church's
bring & buy sale yesterday...twice.
(Lifting the Mrs out of the car -
and then back in again...unsold.)

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- bless her, that's just over 14 stone: she's more of a backbreaker than a heartbreaker, really...










"Sexism - alive and well, and just back from China"...

good save...

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I've always been a
fan of Kylie, me - what a
great body. Of work...

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(17 Syllables)

from yummy mummy to, er, yummy money...

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it could be good news
if your wife leaves you (depends
how much she leaves you)

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"no, son, it's not romance that's dead - it's your mother"...








('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

do unto others...

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he who has the world
at his feet should be careful
not to tread on it...

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(17 Syllables)

when 'flat mate' means 'horizontal husband'...

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lazy husbands try
to get out of everything
(except bed, of course)

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

the prophylactic...

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if you're wanting safe
sex and feel you can't put it
off - then put it on...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

the, er, "no!" of volcano...

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Bugger! - I tried to
Mount Etna yesterday, but
She wouldn't let me...

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- damn near blew her top, in fact...







('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

the divorce settlement...

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Bloody wife! Nothing
but a damned housekeeper. (She's
sure as hell kept mine)

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me? - all I got was the dog...







(17 Syllables)

Jack the Lad, codebreaker extraordinaire...

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of course I've got a
moral code - trouble is, it's
dead easy to crack...

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(17 Syllables)

warning: male nudity (may contain nuts)

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'adult content,' warned
the sign...too right! - it sure made
this adult content!...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

army surplus? - barmy surplus, more like...

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if it costs you a
hundred pounds to fill your tank,
change it for a car...

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It's War!: Hit by Shell! - and, er, Esso...









('5-Star General Motors': 17 Syllables)

"Houston, we have a problem"...

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if 'a breadwinner'
brings home the bacon, who the
heck brings home the bread?...

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(17 Syllables)

welcome to the drug-riddled 21st Century...

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bugger me, if "the
fabric of society"
these days isn't hemp!...

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('Immaterial Possessions': 17 Syllables)

asking for her hand (but not in marriage, exactly)

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my girlfriend stood me
up again last night - I need
some help when I'm pissed...

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(she never lets me down - I tend to do that myself)







('The Fall Guy': '17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

'if it's not on, it's just not on' - yeah, right...

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"Safe sex? I wish!" - could
I pull it off? (Or would she
make me keep it on?)

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

enjoy yourself yesterday? - No, I enjoyed someone else...

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Did I entertain
a girl in my room last night?
No. We just had sex...

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(17 Syllables)

the London riots: what price education?...

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never mind teaching
your kids right from wrong, 'right from
left' would be a start...

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('Education - it ain't just for 'Edmasters': 17 Syllables)

altruistic recidivism...

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sure, I know that crime
doesn't pay - but I can still
be a volunteer...

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the wages of sin? what wages? - there are no bloody wages...








(17 Syllables)

there's a 1,209th time for everything...

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I've never told a
lie in my life, me - this is
my first one ever...

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(everyone tells lies - I know I haven't)







('Putting the ill into illogical':17 Syllables)

lies, damned lies - and love...

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behind all great men
lies a great woman - through her
teeth: "that was fab, hun!"...

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(it's different at night, mind - at night they'll lie beneath them)





(17 Syllables)

out of the frying pan...

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"Damn! I've just been kicked
out of the Kennel Club. Now
I'm in the doghouse"...

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(17 Syllables)

Classic FM: the sound of sound asleep...

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when the radio's
all you turn on at night - the
honeymoon's over...

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Hits and Misses: having listened to the Mrs all day, I stick to the hits at night...







('Turn her on? - I can't even turn her over': 17 Syllables)

a dress code? - on the Underground?...

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"Earl's Court, change here for
the Northern Line - that jacket
can go for starters"...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

global warning...

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Deforestation? -
slow death. A mass-acre...by
acre - and acre...

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(17 Syllables plus)

the senryu: a road less travelled...

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a logical path
for a pathological
punster: 3-liners...

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(17 Sillybillybles)

sex a peel...

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"cellulite, you say? -
then you'd best stay clear of the
heavy-duty stuff"...

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('Orange Peel Syndrome': 17 Syllables)

the floodgates open, the coffin disappears...

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"I move people - to
tears...and beyond," said the hearse,
"but very slowly"...

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(17 Syllables)

Jacques-of-all-trades...

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Jack's a sheet metal
worker - in fact, he's sheet at
most things, I'm afraid...

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- and now it's back to Hong Kong for a couple of days' R&R. And 'an iced vanilla coffee jelly caffe latte' (it takes almost as long to say it as to drink it). I must be getting old - I can remember when a coffee was, well, pretty much a coffee...





(17 Syllables)

ploughing a lonely furrow...

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"sure, I'm a people
person - I've simply not met
the right people yet"...

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(17 Syllables)