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tandem skydivers:
why is it they always fall
out with each other?...
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('The Fall-Out': 17 Syllables)
Who doesn't like a 3-liner? (Quite a few of you don't, apparently.) Well, I'll have you know that many a critic has said of my work "at least it's in English" - and as for the great Stephen Fry, he once said of me "Vincent who?" Let's just say I supply the litter to the litterati [sic - but only at times] - ie: I write rubbish. But rubbish mostly inspired by the HAIKU, the 17th Century Japanese verse form consisting of 3 lines and 17 (5-7-5) syllables. (WARNING: flash photography and limericks)
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
the route of all evil?...
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if its true 'all roads
lead to Rome', do psychopaths
lead to funny farms?
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(17 Syllables)
if its true 'all roads
lead to Rome', do psychopaths
lead to funny farms?
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(17 Syllables)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
when 'vainglorious' leads to 'veinglorious'...
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in the sporting world,
resorting to drugs is just
for mugs who seek cups...
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(17 Syllables)
in the sporting world,
resorting to drugs is just
for mugs who seek cups...
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(17 Syllables)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
try this for sighs...
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there are two types of
people: fools, sages and bad
mathematicians...
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('A Quick Four-Liner': 17 Syllables)
there are two types of
people: fools, sages and bad
mathematicians...
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('A Quick Four-Liner': 17 Syllables)
Monday, May 27, 2013
English as a foreign language (at times)...
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verbosity sure
is discombobulating -
damned gobbledygook!...
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('You Lost Me at 'Disco': 17 Syllables
verbosity sure
is discombobulating -
damned gobbledygook!...
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('You Lost Me at 'Disco': 17 Syllables
Sunday, May 26, 2013
if music be the food of love...
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the others had stopped,
but on they swayed - for in their
hearts, the band still played...
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('Love Story': 17 Syllables)
the others had stopped,
but on they swayed - for in their
hearts, the band still played...
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('Love Story': 17 Syllables)
Saturday, May 25, 2013
the verb that longed to be a noun...
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"The Inquisitive
Mind". The uninquisitive? -
they don't mind at all...
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(17 Syllables)
"The Inquisitive
Mind". The uninquisitive? -
they don't mind at all...
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(17 Syllables)
Friday, May 24, 2013
can't remember when you last had a date (and walnut?)
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dieting? - it's a
piece of cake (me, I tend to
go for Battenberg)
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(17 Syllables)
dieting? - it's a
piece of cake (me, I tend to
go for Battenberg)
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(17 Syllables)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
the pussy chaser...
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"Herpes! Here, boy!" (Damned
dog - always disappearing.
Keeps coming back, though)
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('Putting the 'Cur' into Recurring': 17 Syllables)
"Herpes! Here, boy!" (Damned
dog - always disappearing.
Keeps coming back, though)
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('Putting the 'Cur' into Recurring': 17 Syllables)
Monday, May 20, 2013
not got much on tonight, I see...
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"One swallow doesn't
make an Ann Summers party." -
"Come again?" - "That would!"...
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(the 'no c*ck and all tail' cocktail parties)
(17 Syllables)
"One swallow doesn't
make an Ann Summers party." -
"Come again?" - "That would!"...
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(the 'no c*ck and all tail' cocktail parties)
(17 Syllables)
Sunday, May 19, 2013
the learning curve...
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what am I doing right
now? - things I never managed
to do right before...
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('The Voice of Experience': 17 Syllables)
what am I doing right
now? - things I never managed
to do right before...
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('The Voice of Experience': 17 Syllables)
Saturday, May 18, 2013
the rebellious stage (the one they keep jumping off)
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'rock 'n' role models'? -
call them 'oxymorons', and
then see what happens...
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('Not the Sharpest Tools in the Box Office': 17 Syllables)
'rock 'n' role models'? -
call them 'oxymorons', and
then see what happens...
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('Not the Sharpest Tools in the Box Office': 17 Syllables)
Friday, May 17, 2013
heads for the chippy...
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a tosser's night out -
heads: a doner kebab and
10 pints - tails: see heads...
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('Once a Tosser, Always aTosser Doner':17 Syllables)
a tosser's night out -
heads: a doner kebab and
10 pints - tails: see heads...
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('Once a Tosser, Always a
Thursday, May 16, 2013
itelloni take a minute...
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craving some pasta
but don't have much time? - open
a cannelloni...
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('Heads: Square Meal - Tails: Pizza (Round)': 17 Syllables)
craving some pasta
but don't have much time? - open
a cannelloni...
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('Heads: Square Meal - Tails: Pizza (Round)': 17 Syllables)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
pre-owned doggies...
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That bloody dogs' home -
I've just had to return mine.
The bugger was chipped...
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('You're Barking, Mate - it's a Microchip': 17 Syllables)
That bloody dogs' home -
I've just had to return mine.
The bugger was chipped...
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('You're Barking, Mate - it's a Microchip': 17 Syllables)
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
well-rounded ones, mind...
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although I've got a
wide circle of friends, nearly
all of them are squares...
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(17 Rather Sillybles)
Monday, May 13, 2013
a nervous squirrel collects his nuts and bolts...
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what sort of nut tries
to withdraw cashews from a
hole-in-the-walnut?...
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('When you're down to your last 2 or 3p. nuts: 17 Syllables)
what sort of nut tries
to withdraw cashews from a
hole-in-the-walnut?...
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('When you're down to your last 2 or 3p. nuts: 17 Syllables)
Sunday, May 12, 2013
take it or leave it...
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when it comes to booze,
those who can't leave it often
can't take it, either...
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('Duncan Disorderly': 17 Syllables)
when it comes to booze,
those who can't leave it often
can't take it, either...
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('Duncan Disorderly': 17 Syllables)
Saturday, May 11, 2013
when a tool got its kit off...
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I was on a hot
date, but didn't get screwed - so
got hammered instead....
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- and the tool shed tears...
('The Toolshed: Putting the 'Awl' into Awl or Nothing': 17 Syllables)
I was on a hot
date, but didn't get screwed - so
got hammered instead....
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- and the tool shed tears...
('The Toolshed: Putting the 'Awl' into Awl or Nothing': 17 Syllables)
Friday, May 10, 2013
ready...take aim...chat...
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of course guns can't talk...
(well, except for air rifles -
they shoot the breeze, right?)
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(17 Syllables)
of course guns can't talk...
(well, except for air rifles -
they shoot the breeze, right?)
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(17 Syllables)
Thursday, May 9, 2013
What's that, Lassie? You're hungry?...
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if 'chinwagging's the
telling of tales, is 'wagging'
what tails are telling?...
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("Tell-Tail": 17 Syllables)
if 'chinwagging's the
telling of tales, is 'wagging'
what tails are telling?...
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("Tell-Tail": 17 Syllables)
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
grocer shop - even grosser customers...
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"three pounds of cheese and
a bag of spuds, please" - "to eat
in or to go, sir?"...
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('The Obesity Epidemic Gathers Speed': 17 Syllables)
"three pounds of cheese and
a bag of spuds, please" - "to eat
in or to go, sir?"...
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('The Obesity Epidemic Gathers Speed': 17 Syllables)
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
a crack swordsman...
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that tattoo of a
sword entering your backside -
I can't see the point...
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('Count Yourself Lucky': 17 Syllables)
that tattoo of a
sword entering your backside -
I can't see the point...
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('Count Yourself Lucky': 17 Syllables)
Monday, May 6, 2013
classical requests...
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I'll never hear the
end of it if I don't play
Schubert's Unfinished...
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- nor if I do...
('Friday Night is Music Night': 17 Syllables)
I'll never hear the
end of it if I don't play
Schubert's Unfinished...
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- nor if I do...
('Friday Night is Music Night': 17 Syllables)
Sunday, May 5, 2013
word of month...
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Wow! Not one month of
the year starts with the letter
'S'. (Exceptember)
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(17 Syllables)
Saturday, May 4, 2013
"he's not very good yet, is he, mummy?"...
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"Bless you, my child," said
the new Archbishop. "But I
didn't sneeze!" cried Meg...
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(17 Syllables)
"Bless you, my child," said
the new Archbishop. "But I
didn't sneeze!" cried Meg...
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(17 Syllables)
Friday, May 3, 2013
disabling the able semen...
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vasectomy? - it's
fair to say it completely
changed my lay of wife...
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('Dry Humour (so to speak)': 17 Syllables)
vasectomy? - it's
fair to say it completely
changed my lay of wife...
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('Dry Humour (so to speak)': 17 Syllables)
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A fitted one, presumably...
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Her? A clotheshorse? - the
only thing my wife looks good
in is - a kitchen!...
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(17 Syllables)
Her? A clotheshorse? - the
only thing my wife looks good
in is - a kitchen!...
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(17 Syllables)
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
comes with nails and screws, bless her...
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I'm a self-made man -
but my wife claims I didn't
read the instructions...
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('Flat(Pack) Mates':17 Syllables)
I'm a self-made man -
but my wife claims I didn't
read the instructions...
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('Flat(Pack) Mates':17 Syllables)
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