some right-hand men have lousy right hands...

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I played the devil's
advocate yesterday. At
darts. He was rubbish...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)

and now for something completely different...

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nothing says "sorry,
I don't get it" more than a
broken thermos flask...

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"Sorry, I don't get it"...













"Bingo!"...









(also said to work with 'hot water bottle' and 'intravenous drip': 17 Syllables)

castles in the air...

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"a 'dream' home, you say? -
don't waste our time, we only
deal in real estate"...

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('Get Real' Estate: 17 Syllables)

it's cheese 'n' onion that turns the Mrs on...

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I was burnt to a
crisp on holiday. Bugger -
salt and vinegar...

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('17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

V for Victory! (or, ahem, viagra)

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Footballers rejoice
when they've a semi under
their belt. Me? I blush...

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(Chelsea beat Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final last night)












('Onwards and upwards - or downwards, in my case': 17 Syllables)

"I've never had to face the music, either"...

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I never look at
my wife when I make love - we
wait till she's gone out...

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('My Lover Fair': 17 Syllables)

hard to swallow (a bit like the food)

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"You are what you don't
eat, loser. It's been on the
shelf for years - like you"...

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(17 Syllables)

a singleton's larder...

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we are what we
eat - most of my grub spends far too
long on the shelf, too...

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('A Lot in Common': 17 Syllables)

"a verse to the London Marathon" (and yes, I am averse to it)

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As for last year's race,
I was all but gone after
about 7 miles...

---------------o----------------

...so I switched over
to BBC 2 and caught
most of Scooby-Doo.

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(ok, make that 2 verses)











('Never mind the final killer-metres, the first few are pretty draining, too': a doubled-up 17 Syllables)

love 3-liners, hate liners...

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of course the cruise was
rubbish - what do you expect
from a bin liner?...

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('And Not Even a Pedal Bin?': 17 Syllables)

may we? - "mais oui!"...

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French kissing's just the
start! "Amour the merrier!"
- bring on the orgy!...

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(17 Syllables)

love bites...

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if you are fond of cheese fondue,
and cheese fondue is fond of you,
does it eat you
or you eat it...
or each just eat a little bit?

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when melted cheese and melting heart just cannot bear to be apart: the love goes on...

The Original Brown Ale...

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Mann's best friend? Any
punter who downs a dozen
of their very best...

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('John Smith's Bitter - And Who Wouldn't Be?': 17 Syllables)





-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

the perfect accompaniment to an after-dinner speech...

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Whilst on the subject of drink, here's one for talkSPORT listeners: do you think well-known imbiber and current breakfast presenter Alan Brazil initially applied to work there because he thought the station was called talksPORT? Just a thought...

a slang term (er, better make that a 'slag' one)

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  'aye candy'? what's 'aye 

candy'? - try 'a pretty girl 

who never says no'... 

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(17 Sillybilly'bles)

any chance of a stitch in time and a half, boss?...

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"What's it like, working
in that sweatshop?" I asked Lu.
"Sew-sew. Just sew-sew"...
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(17 Syllables)

me? deep in thought? - in your dreams, pal...

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I'm not scared of heights,
me. Just depths. As a result,
I'm dead shallow, like...

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(17 Syllables)

replied - or just lied?...

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You must have been quite
sexy once," she teased. "Far more
than once," I replied...

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('Sex and the Settee': 17 Syllables)

are troops addressed before they're posted?...

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 the class divide was very evident amongst 

the post war generation - or 'the 1st & 2nd 

class post war generation', as it became known... 

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--- forget mail order, think 'social order' ---

putting the 'less' into 'ruthless'...

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I'm a risk taker,
me. I took five last week - and
most weren't even mine...

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('Ruth by Nature - Not By Name': 17 Syllables)

the ancient mariner, marinated...

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I'll drink anything,
laddie. Any port in a
storm: sweet, dry, vintage...

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("out of a schooner, preferably - mine": 17 Syllables)

one certainly hopes so...

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Harlequins v Wasps:
(18). Contains violence and
partial nudity...

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(15 Players - 17 Syllables - 1 iPlayer)

seems I'm in hot water - again...

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she calls me her 3
minute egghead - dead clever,
but lousy in bed...

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(And No, She Didn't Mean 'Not Quite Hard Enough': 17 Syllables)

midweek at the knees...

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"spontaneous sex? -
love it!" (we've got some pencilled
in for next Wednesday)

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('The Diary Maid [sic - with anticipation]': 17 Syllables)

"oh, right, Easter"...

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"that moveable feast? -
I thought you meant sushi - on
a conveyor belt"...

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(going round at such a snail's pace, it's not exactly fast food, is it?)












("How Do You Like Your Eggs?" - "Er, Covered in Chocolate, Please": 17 Syllables)

neighbourhood watch & the hosepipe ban...

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if there's grass on your
neighour's lawn, but no grass on
yours - then grass on him...

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- poetic justice, right?...











('Looking Forlorn? - There's One Next Door': 17 Syllables)

are you into clean living?...

*****************************************************

Try James & Sons, a Unique Estate Agency
--------Long Renowned for its Exclusive
---------------------Anti-Bacterial
-----------------------Properties

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(not to mention the odd Germolene-to)











(For properties that really are as safe as, er, houses)

in fact, I'd go to any widths to avoid them...

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I've never been scared
of heights - if anything, I'm
more wary of lengths...

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(17 Sillybles)

Peak travel...

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"Yes!" The guard blew his
whistle. "Climber bored," he yelled.
I was. So I did...

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('The One-Day Mountain Pass': 17 Syllables)

the give'em-all-the-bootiful game...

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role models, my arse:
form is temporary, (lack
of) class permanent...

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('Spitting Image(s)': 17 Syllables)

(P)raise the Lord! (enough to make any hot bun cross)

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"Shove in the oven 

for an hour - gas mark 5 - and 

yo, Christ is risen!"... 

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  it's all about following the recipe - religiously...

(Spread the Word - and then the butter': 17 Syllables)