Botox...

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Beauty lies. And I
don't mean in the eye of the
beholder. Beauty lies.

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('It's not just liposuction that sucks': 17 Syllables)

making headlines (my head, my lines)

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"why don't I agree
with botox?" - I guess it just
gets under my skin...

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('So many lines to learn (to live with) sighed the actress': 17 Syllables)

"sin"? - it's no more than Spanish for "without"...

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The world is full of
sinners. The rest of us just
haven't been caught yet...

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He who is without sin, let him cast the first...Ouch! Nice one, Jesus lad:  (also 17 Syllables)









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                                - an L of a surface -
Wow, so many players slipping and sliding (and retiring) this year at Wimbledon!
                                    Must be the glass court season...

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seems I write that way, too...

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I've got no business
sense - I never think about
the bottom line. Hat.

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(17 Syllables)

Posh Spice...

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"How long is a piece
of string?" - Hang on, I'll ask her:
"Posh, how long are you?"...

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('The Thinking Man's Crumpet': 17 Syllables)

not so much an idiot abroad as a broad abroad...

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The Prague waitress came
over. "Cheque?" she enquired. "No,
British," I replied...

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(true story, obviously - who'd want to make up something that daft?)










('You'll Pay For That': 17 Syllables)

I guess it's an offshore tax haven now...

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the current in my
current account's so strong, it's
now reached the Caymans...

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('Liquid Assets': 17 Syllables)

never said a word...

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I'm not saying my wife's
dress sense is the worst in the
world - I'm writing it...

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('Writing One's Own Death Sentence Senryu':17 Syllables)

cookie nookie...

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old age: cakes go hard,
biscuits go soft - and tarts go
with anybody...

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('The Table's Laid. And I Soon Will Be': 17 Syllables)

17 syllables? - no problem...

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life's tough for st...st...
stutterers - but haikus are
a d...d...doddle!...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)

say hello to the new "me and youtility"...

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said the electricity
board to the gas board "let's form
a coalition!"...

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(Putting the 'Solid' into 'Consolidation': 17 Syllables)

it's my round (and round...and round...and...

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Guest Ales - Constantly
Rotating!  - "Christ, no wonder 
my head's in a spin"...

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- a case of "if you can't beat'em, join'em" - (followed by
a case of ...red, probably)









('Lights, CAMRA, Action!': 17 Syllables)

isn't that a little rash?....

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fancy changing the
baby, darling? - not really,
let's stick with this one...

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(17 Syllables)

"Take that!" she screamed. "What about them," I asked...

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"What do you like best
in a woman?" she asked. "My
dick?" I replied. Thwack!.....

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("Ad Lib 0 - Women's Lib 1 - You Loser, You" : 17 Syllables)

the boy who became a mantra...

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

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Harry Harry

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

Harry Potta Harry Potta
Potter Potter Harry Harry

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

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Yes, I've read the books....









Religiously...

mind that hot water you've just got yourself into...

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if you think she's built
like a tank, you should take a
look at her cistern...

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('That's her in the attic, by Dorian Gray's picture': 17 Syllables)

singing my praises (but not quite in tune)

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I'm a singer of
note, all right - but sadly not
always the right one... 

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(More 'oh, dear mi' than 'do re mi': 17 Syllables)

'absentee-heeism' - you're having a laugh, right?...

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"I can't come to work,
I've got this cold"...("a-tishoo!"
of lies, I admit)

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('Cold Calling Man Flu Calling': 17 Syllables)

a lifetime of serial philandering...

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relationships have
never been my strength, more  of
a one-a-weekness...

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('I'll Love You Forever Till Tuesday': 17 Syllables)

one-armed...banned it

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Masturbation? - I've
stopped! At long last! (It took months
to pull it off, mind)

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- which reminds me: might you find the location of London's, ahem, 'massage parlours' on a 'relief' map? Just a thought...









('A Single-Handed Singular Achievement': 17 Syllables)

honour among thieves...

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"I like to take risks,"
said the thief, "but I always
return them later"...

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(17 Syllables)

it's a square meal, all right - but where's the meat?...

aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus
aubergine.artichoke.asparagus











- an ode (or 'oh, dear'?) to my three favourite vegetables...

today he's Ed (tomorrow Ed boy?)

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"our son was put down
at birth" - "I'm so sorry" - "why?
he'll just love Eton"...

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('Just Another (Well-)Bred and Butter Public School': 17 Syllables)

"anything you hold may be downed in evidence"...

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coppers can't drink on
duty, right? (but at least they
can charge their glasses)

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('The Pint that's Drunk in Charge Haste': 17 Syllables)

they're a trio now - that's Pete, beside himself with Joy...

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Great drummer! Blows his
own trumpet, too. More of a
one-man band, really...

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(17 Syllables)

blatant discrimination...

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Saxophonist seeks
relationship with fellow
musician. No strings...

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(17 Syllables)

higher education breeds higher chievers...

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it's what ambitious
teachers dream of: being able
to quit when a Head...

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(17 Syllables)

Talent Shows (as does the lack of it)

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I know talent when
I see it, and that's just what
I see: no talent...

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('What's got 2 i's and sucks? Britain's Got Talent (a prostitute's only got one)': 17 Syllables)