football - and a life or death decision...

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pity the striker
who doesn't know whether to
pass or shoot himself...

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(17 Syllables)

bread and a red...

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"can you toast baguettes?" -
"of course, but you have to toast
the bride and groom first"...

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(17 Syllables)

girl, interrupted...

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the sex worker puts
down her book - hours later, she
picks up a disease...

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('Belle, Book and Candelabra': 17 Syllables)

my next desti-Nation......

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Gambi - Gambia -
Gambiest - clearly, a Land
still developing...

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Dear Reader - the time has come to 'up sticks' for a few weeks and head for foreign climes again...a repeat visit to the aforementioned 'Land still developing', to be precise. I shall, of course, be posting the odd blog - well, no odder than usual - but not on quite such a regular basis, you'll be glad to hear.

May the force be with you...













('A Developing Country': 17 Syllables)

"I SHALL go clubbing!"...

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mum and dad said "NO!"...
but a double negative's
a 'yes', right? - "see ya!"...

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('Where There's a Will There's a Way': 17 Syllables)

strangers in the night...

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bloody bed bugs!...I
hate it when I hit the sack -
and the sack hits back...

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(beds are for sleep 'n' sex...not "no sleep 'n' insex")











(A Parasite for Sore Eyes? Nope - just Sore Bodies': 17 Syllables)

Yu Tel Mi...

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how come Chairman Mao's
little-read book had quite so
much influence, then?...

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('Mao's Little Red Book': 17 Syllables)

my blood's IQ? 82 (that's thicker than water)

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my dream? - to be an
idiot savant...and I'm
told I'm halfway there...

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(not, alas, a news
exclusive: the 'savant' bit
remains elusive)












('One Step at a Time': 17 Syllables)

sustainable fishing...

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does fish in a great 
sauce mean more than fish from a
responsible one?...

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(to some fishermen, it's all about net profit: 'the bigger the net, the greater the profit')













('Oops, I've just eaten my words - delicious!': 17 Syllables)

Channel 4: laughter, the best medicine...

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They've made a film of
my mastectomy. It's a
one-off. The left one...

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- "that's all very deadpan - now fetch me a bedpan"...











('The Documentary': 17 Syllables)

beaten only by the whip...

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Frankel never had
a mare on the racecourse - he'll
have a fair few now!...

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...and, with stud fees at £125,000 a pop, he'd better perform (news item today)












('The Greatest Ever?': 17 Syllables)

you just can't beat a hoover...

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You just can't beat a
good carpet. Well, you can, but
no-one does these days...

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('The Hoover:  it beats as it sweeps as it cleans': 17 Syllables)

come the fall...

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can't get to sleep? - lie
right on the edge of your bed,
mate - you'll soon drop off...

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(17 Syllables)

loose change, even looser tongue...

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"Money talks," they say.
Mine just nitpicks - it's very
petty cash, sadly...

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(17 Syllables)

USA's future: WITH or WITHOUT Romney?

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"Mit or mit'out?" as
the Germans say - "Mitt out!" came
the cry from the States...

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- close, but no cigar, Mr Romney...











('Mitt Romney Fails to Unseat Obama': 17 Syllables)

then wait - till he's out of the woods?...

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a criminal on
the run could do far worse than
go straight to the copse...

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('Stay clear of the beeches, mind - the copper beeches': 17 Syllables)

Bonfire Night: take care, for Fawkes' sake!...

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Don't forget to douse
those fires! - "Ember, Ember, the
Fifth of November"...

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...just a recommendation - but a glowing one. At least, I think it's still glowing...












('The Embers, November 5th': 17 Sillybillybles)

the ones that arose between two thorns?...

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"Roses? - who needs 'em? -
as a matter of fact I
much prefer cacti"...

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- 'twasn't the rose that gave me a prick, 'twas the prick who gave me a rose...












('Who Said Romance Is Dead? - er, Me': 17 Syllables)

me? - I can't even turn on the Mrs...

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a car that can turn
on a sixpence must have one
hell of a sex drive...

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(to coin a phrase - an obsolete coin, admittedly)












("No, Only 4-Wheel Drive Comes As Standard": 17 Syllables)

canine canoodles...

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hey, who's counting? - "if
your labradores poodles, you'll
get labradoodles"...

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QED!...(quite enthusiastic doggies)












("Bow-Wow-WOOW!" Slobbers The Labrador: 17 Syllables)