roadkill...

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There are rodents, and
there are - splat! - middle-of-the-
roadents. Damned squirrels!

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(Stay on the verge! (but not of extinction): 17 Syllables)

raspberry, blueberry, loganberry, Mary Berry...

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one swallow doesn't
make a summer pudding - well,
not like Mary does...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)

love you too, mum...

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"one swallow doesn't
make a summer," says mum, "but
to be son-kissed does"...

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(the Mrs. loves Krs.)











('a peck on the cheek, at least once a week': 17 Syllables)

kiss and tel: insert any number (of old flames)

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it's not a little
black book I've got - more of an
ex directory...

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- more exes than you can shake a stick at, bless 'em...











(17 Rather Sillybles)

when in Rome...

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Man walks into a
bar. A colour bar. So he
orders an orange...

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(Orange, without rhyme or reason...well, without rhyme, anyway:17 Sillybles)

drained of a motion...

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overcoming the
loss of two feet's easy - if
you're a toilet roll...

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('98 feet left (as opposed to 98 left feet)': 17 Syllables)

'touch and go' takes on a whole new meaning...

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why, when I do get
off with girls, is it so hard
to get on with them?...

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("it's 'touch and go', so
go away! - you can 'touch and
stay' another day")











('The Hits & Mrs. (and Mr.ies) of Physical Attraction': 17 Syllables)

a bag's for life (but is the wife?)

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"no," sighs my wife, "your
breads don't taste like cardboard - more
like plastic baguettes"...

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the joke's fine - it's the bread that's tasteless...







('Oh, well - saves on wrappers': 17 Syllables)

"Abracadaver!" (dying, twice nightly)

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The Magic Circle's
turned me down. Three times! (Damn! My
worst hat trick - ever)

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('The rabbit in the hat trick (screw the rabbit bit)': 17 Syllables)

a whole word of difference...

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reality show
singers aren't singers of note -
just singers of notes...

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('The X(cruciating) Factor': 17 Syllables)

the correct form of a dress...

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S & M dungeons
have a strict dress code: 'any old
rags - but make them strict'...

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- try the local chain store (ignore the clothes - grab the chain)










('Not just any clothes, S & M clothes'): 17 Syllables)

careful - she'll crown you, Charles (mum's the word, eh?)

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Charles yelling "when's this
damned reign going to end?" is just
the son coming out...

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- 60 years, and counting. 'Frustration,' by any other name...










(Forget 'hurri-canes'. Think 'no hurry' reigns: 17 Syllables)

going clubbing (Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea...)

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those groupies who try
it on with footballers - they're
simply goaldiggers...

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('Score last night?': 17 Syllables)

an (intravenous) injection of pace...

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all those gazelles in
the line-up - yet the race is
won by a cheetah...

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another meeting - yet more cheating...










('2013 World Championships come to an end': 17 Syllables)

curry in a hurry...

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there's fast food, and there's
very fast food (you can't beat
a Usain balti)

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('Goes well with beans. Runner beans': 17 Syllables)

cinematographic daisy chain...

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       Rose of seats
   and beds of flowers
and nudes in lovely posies.
      A lovely screen,
      I think it's thyme
to pamper all our noses...

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putting the 'ode' into Odeon...

Three MAGI - zero iMAGInation...

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"Why in a stable?"...
"Why today?"..."Why to Mary?"...
asked the 3 'Why?'s Men...

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('Why? - God Knows': 17 Syllables)

August 15, 2013 - 2020 vision...

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if nostalgia's not
what it was, clairvoyance sure
ain't what it will be...

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(Take it from me (you can bring it back later): 17 Syllables)

and the line went dead (the 3rd line, in this case)

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I can't complain, but
if I did, would you listen?
I...hello?...hello?...

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- you'll have to excuse me now, it's dinner time - tagliatelle-vision (TV Set meal for one, yummy!)










(17 Syllables)

bread and a red...

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"Who says you can't toast
a baguette?" He raised his glass:
"To baguettes," he laughed...

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(17 Sillybles)

mummy no-milk...

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I love you more than
chocolate, mummy - as long as
it's plain, like you are...

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('Putting the Cad into Cadbury': 17 Syllables)

"Herd of sheep?" - Yes, I have. But I think it's 'flock'...

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see those clots along
the main arteries? - they're the
groups off the cruise ships...

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('Ship of Fools': 17 Syllables)

be it in a handcart or a London bus...

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to hell and back's a
damned good day - it's only bad
if you're forced to stay...

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('Glass Half-Full': 17 not-so-Sillybles)

boxers rule, KO...

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'what goes around comes
around' - what doesn't go a
round comes round later...

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("It's a Knockout": 17 Syllables)

"rustlers!" - ("calm down, it's what we do," said the leaves)

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Asked a llama,
"Why the drama?"...
Sighed the farmer,
"False a llama"...

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Monty Panesar fined by police for nightclub 'incident' (yesterday's news)...

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caught urinating
on bouncers, Monty? - mistake
them for full-tosses?...

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cheese, milk, yoghurt, pistol...

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most things kept in the
fridge go off at some stage - I
just hope my gun won't...

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('Packing heat. In the fridge': 17 Syllables)

penne pinching...

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diets call for portion
control: not a penne more,
not a penne less...

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- 'a penne'?...well, at least the food's not rich, then...











('Pasta dishes? - they're ten a penne, mate': 17 Syllables)

not so much a quartermaster, more a threequartermaster...

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Long John Silver looked
down. 'Bugger,' he sighed, 'one left 
leg...and one leg left'...

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('Accidents Will Happen': 17 Syllables)

Noddy's Station(ary) Wagon...

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Noddy's car:...wooden
tyres?...wooden pedals?...wooden
chassis? Wooden work.

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('Noddy & Big No Gears': 17 Syllables)

bank of mum (and dad, sometimes)

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"a penne for your
thoughts?" asked my mum (she often
gives me food for thought)

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there's loads of dough in
my food bank's currant account -
"yippee! currant buns!"...

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(17 Syllable double)

"play," said the referee, "but not on words this time, OK?"...

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"in squash, 'hitting the
ground running' won't cut it...hit
the ball running, lad"...

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("Doh!": 17 Pretty Sillybles)