the couch potato: ready, get settee, go!...

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the first part of a
marathon's OK - it's those
last killermetres...

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- talking of marathons, it's time now to take a break as, at long last, London's very own televisual marathon - the 2012 Olympiad - takes centre stage. Normal, dull, routine service will be resumed as soon as we've all calmed down again. Enjoy!...











(Better a Couch Potato than "Ouch!" Potato (otherwise known as 'the 26.2 mile scenic root vegetable'): '17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

TripAdvisor's (dented) bumper year...

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(that's what comes of hitting milestones)


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"We've hit a milestone - thanks to you," read their e-mail to me...


"Hey, it's not my fault," I replied, "you should drive more carefully".


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True story (dull, but true)...


I just thought it quite funny (if I say so myself). I think the milestone 
they were referring to was their 75,000,000th review or opinion. 


Just one of which - the crucial one, no doubt - was mine.


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start as you mean to go on...

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when paparazzo
met his mamarazzo - well, 
what else: they just clicked...

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('Snap!': '17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

a narrow (and rather high-pitched) squeak...

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"a cat flap! - it's a
kitty catastrophe! - that's
it, I'm outta here!"...

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(Anonymouse)




















('Getting into a (Cat) Flap': 17 Rather Sillybles)

putting the size into sizemology...

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me, I'm a massive
animal lover - though I
lost four lbs last week...

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- can't say I love massive animals, though...













(Sizemology - that's the study of fat people, right?: 17 Syllables)

it's the voices in me 'ead, m'lud - I'd miss 'em...

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plead insanity,
mate - with luck you'll end up in
a padded cellphone...

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('Prison -It's a Pretty Hard Sell': 17 Syllables)

it was either that or a conservatory...

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"penis extensions
aren't that cheap - but my semi
looks so much better"...

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('One Up, One Downmanship': 17 Syllables)

"can I tuck in before you tuck me in?"...

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"It's After Eight, mum...
that's not chocolate - that's still
choco quite early"...

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('After Eight Mints': 17 Syllables)

that superheroes first eleven, it's one short...

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what use are X-Men? - 

don't you need X1-Men

for a football team?...

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('The First X1': 17 Syllables)

impossible is nothing...

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"Can you run a mile
in 4 minutes?" - "Sure can. Or
now, if you prefer"...

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(17 Syllables)

when the kneader rises, he checks the stove...

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if half a loaf
is better than naan,
is a bit a bread
better than pita bread?...

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(wit - like bread - is best when it's wry)

No 10 (but not in the charts)

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Liberty X were
poor  - as were their previous
1X incarnations...

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('UnRomantic Numerals': 17 Syllables)

2012 Olympics: The Four Site Saga...

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well, at least we're safe -
missiles have been placed at four
sites around London...

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- with apologies to John Galworthy (bugger, I've just hear it may be six sites - but hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good title)











('The Forsyte Saga': 17 Sillybillybles)

Dr Dolittle - or Dr Doolally?...

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I've snogged elephants....
hippos....and rhinos - I just
love heavy petting!...

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(almost as much as I hate insex)












('Zoo Magazine - A Magazine For Not So Gentlemen': 17 Syllables)

the beautiful game?...

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"f*** off, you black c***,
(swearword) black (expletive) - you're
f*****, c*** (expletive)"...

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(To quote John Terry/Anton Ferdinand from yesterday's headline  news)











- whoever said 'beauty lies in the eye of the beholder' sure wasn't lying. (John Terry has been found not guilty of being a racist. Perhaps he, too, had lied in the eye to the face of the chief magistrate?) At least we now know what the 'FC' of Chelsea FC stands for...









('Premiership - Or English Defence League?': 17 Syllables)

a dosa reality - masala style...

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chap and chapati?...
what's that, then - an Indian
Mr and Mrs?...

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- er, I think you'll find that's Papadom and Mamadom...











(17 Rather Sillybles)

scared? me? - I was sh*tting brix...

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"I just love Brixton!"
I lied. (A white lie - does that
make me a racist?)

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('Not So Much a Suburb, More an ethniCity Centre': 17 syllables)

if a little won't do, then a lot'll...

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how d'you fancy a
ménage Artois? - just you, me,
and a Stella á trois...

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- when 'giving it large' means giving it lager...












(17 Syllables)

"BRAKING" NEWS! (for real)

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Today's a rest day
in the Tour de France. 'Arrest
day,' more like. - Drugs! Again!...

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Talk about wheeler dealing!  Too much dealing, not enough wheeling - seems it's a certain Remy di Gregorio who's been nabbed this time...










(17 Syllables)

un-'pack my sandwich!'...

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I hate butties that
are jam-packed with flavour - I
much prefer marmite...

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('I'm The Jammie Dodger, Me': 17 Syllables)

'highly strung' (by, er, Alfred, Lord Tennison)

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it's Wimbledon, and
Murray's racquet's pretty tense:
60 lbs, I'm told...

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Murray feels his racquet's tension...the crowd feel his...the umpire calls "play"...and well, no wonder they call his opponent The International Tennis Federeration (aka: the governing 'body' that never breaks sweat).













('Roger And Out, Andy': 17 Syllables)

"NE1 4 10 S?" - is that a code violation?...

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"Nadal's never lost

a final to Murray? - So 

what, neither have I"...

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('Never Eaten A Sheep's Heart, Either': 17 Syllables)

moving furniture? - well, it moved me...

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"you wrote an essay
on Art Deco furniture? -
that's graffiti, right?"...

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(cutting out paper, not cutting down trees)












('Note The Well-Crafted Geometric Lines': 17 Syllables)

'third-world' wars - a children's plague-round...

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a plague on rogue states -
arming young kids to form their
'third-world infantries'...

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(17 Syllables)

the big questions...

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If HAND stands for Have
A Nice Day, who stands for the
National Anthem?...

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('Acronyms? - I Wouldn't Stand For Them': '17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

2 liners, 3-liners, whatever...

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are the QE11
and the Queen Mary what you
call 'relationships'?...

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(17 Syllables)

when a noise annoys (it shouldn't be allowed aloud)

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"it's decibel hell!" -
does snoring have to be the
sound of sound asleep?...

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(17 Syllables)

"hey, give us a break"down truck...

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when someone needs a
hand, why charge them an arm and
a leg for a tow toe?...

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('Footing The Bill': '17 Syllables plus' re-mix)

man flu - it's the new monia...

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"you've had a week off!" -
"it was more than a wee cough,
boss - I nearly died"...

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(17 Syllables)