just how far IS 'all the way'?...

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Jane slipped her dress off
and said "go to town". When I
got back, she was gone...

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('If she gives you the slip, don't try it on': 17 Syllables)

for 'binoculars' read 'rose-tinted glasses'...

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"I'm dead close to my
kids, me." - "God, dad, put those damned
binoculars down"...

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- where there's a will there's a (far, far?) a way...











("The Father the Better, Dad": 17 Syllables)

snooze control - looze control...

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a mag1st.rate is
never court napping (for that's
a mag2nd.rate)

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('Court' Napping: 17 Syllables)

you've seen 'The Bible' - now check out 'The Prequel' (PG)...

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"In the beginning,
was the Word, right?...Now, even
before the Word, folks..."

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- hey, it's Hollywood...











("Missed the film - read the book, though": 17 Syllables)

the speed of sound...

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well, at least with a
sonic boomerang you won't
get caught unawares...

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('That's One Hell of an Arm You've Got There, Mate': 17 Syllables)

I think we both had kittens...

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"the cat burglar's set
the alarm off!" - damn! I missed
him by a whisker...

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(17 Syllables)

I hate Big Max [sic - often violently]

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"fancy a Big Mac?"
asked my doctor, "I'll treat you." -
"you may well have to"...

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(17 Syllables)

PS: one of my all-time favourite jokes (sung to the tune of 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm')...'Old MacDonald Had Dyslexia, E,I,E,J,Q'...

"mind the windfall!" - oops...

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just a thought, but I
wonder what shape pears go when
everything goes wrong....

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('Disappear-shaped?': 17 Syllables)

self-fulfilling prophecy...

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I wanted to make
love so badly last night. And
I did. So badly...

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('Careful What You Wish For': 17 Syllables)

patience is a virtue...

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"what you see is what
you get, luv" she said - "great! but
when will I get it?"...

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('On a Promise': 17 Syllables)

(in)conceivably so...

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if billets-doux were
French letters, would they be the
post of post-coital?...

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('Amour the Merrier': 17 Syllables)

yeah - not sure which stream, though...

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if they're common dab,
are you sure their school of fish
is a grammar school?...

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('The Common Dab (Limanda limanda)': 17 Syllables)

on the seabed...

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a plaice that knows it's
a flatfish is a flatfish
that knows it's plaice, right?...

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('Eyes Right!' (both of them): 17 Syllables)

an 'air'loom to (not) die for?...

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only a living
artist can draw breath - though who
would want to  buy it?...

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(17 Syllables)

Marriage: 25 Years - Silver; 30 Years - Pearl...

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"I'll give romance the 
kiss of life!" - so he downed ten
pints and kissed the wife...

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...35 Years - Jade(d)











('Valentine's Day': 17 Syllables)

the plot I hope never to lose...

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there's no better place
to mind your peas and cues than
on the allotment...

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('Peas and Cucumbers Quiet': 17 Syllables)



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First, the Horsemeat Scandal (Tomorrow, the Trots?)

From farm to fork, is
it beef, lamb or pork? Pass the
sauce - I hear it's horse...


(so "horses for courses" presumably means 
the mane course and the horse d'oeuvres?...)

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an out-of-order on the border order...

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live on the edge: walk
into a singles bar and
ask for a double...

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(17 Syllables)

three score years and tentative...

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if life's a jigsaw,
well, then I'm thrilled to (perhaps
half of its) pieces...

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- it's all about knowing where you fit in...










('The Yin and the Yang of a Very Long Span': 17 Syllables)

"we're all-in" (the same boat)

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yes, life is tough - but
galley slaves endured many
more hard ships than you...

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(17 Syllables)

that'll teach'yer, Mr Education Secretary...

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Dear Mr Gove, if

you want to back a loser,

baccalaureate...

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(the gamble that failed: Michael Gove abandons plans to replace GCSEs with an English Baccalaureate certificate)

(17 Syllableus)

InDelhible, preferably...

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A play on words is
best written in Indian ink.
Make that Pun-jabi...

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(17 Syllables)

Molotov Cocktail, anyone?...

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throw a party - or
bring a bottle - but don't throw
the bottle you bring...

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('The Party Animal's Rules of Engagement': 17 Syllables)

Latin, History, Geography - and me (I'm the loyal one)

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The name's Vincent. I
was named after The Queen...quite
a few years after.

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- I always felt I could have been her favourite subject. Turns out it's maths...











('She passed them all at school once...then me along The Mall. Twice.': 17 Syllables)

wry humour...

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laughing at corn is,
well, impossible for those
whose humour is rye...

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('It's all about the corn': 17 Syllables)

taking the fizz out of fizzical...

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my sex drive's so low
now, the wife's started to call
herself Mrs Out...

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('The Sinking of a Relationship': 17 Syllables)

you're Bill, sir - I'm John...

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"no, you can't ever
tip a waiter too much - but
you can a canoe"...

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(17 Syllables)

more bright red than well-red - that's me to a 't'...a double 't'...

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"only them what writes
rubbish" can be members of
the litterati...

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('A little a-litter-ation': 17 Syllables)

the resemblance is striking - on the hour, every hour...

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my late brother was
a campanologist - a
dead ringer for you...

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(17 Syllables)