1/4 gill...1/4 gill...1/4 gill...

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"Him? Drink like a fish?
Breathed like one, more like. Never
saw so many gills"...

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('Measure for Measure' (and oh, what a pleasure!): 17 Syllables)

low IQ count...

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as blood is thicker
than water, it's probably
got no idea why...

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('Denser than Mensa' (as thick as two plankton): 17 Syllables)

Press (1) for 'A Verse to Aversion', Press (2) for 'Averse to a Version'...

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is Susan Boyle sick
of folk judging a book by
its cover version?...

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(if beauty does lie in the eye of the beholder, it's a white lie, right?)










(Talking of singers: 17 Cillablackables - remember her?)

once a diva, always a diva...

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"when the Venetian
blinds ring, tell them I only
take curtain calls, James"...

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(17 Syllables)

the height of stupidity? - 6' 1" in my case...

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there are some nutters
who'll go to any widths to
stand out from the crowd...

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(17 Syllables)

when vowels & consonants meet bowels & incontinence...

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'TIOLET', read the sign.
"Bugger! Just when you find one,
it's out of order"...

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(17 Syllables)

Pop Corn (some corn about pop). Sure beats cop porn...

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Adele? She can't sing
for toffee. I've just checked with
her team. Cash only...

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(I was hoping she'd give in to her rather obvious sweet tooth)











('Deep Top C Diva': 17 Rather Sillybles)

a job(less) lot...

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our charity shop's
always full of pensioners -
half-price, most of 'em...

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(17 Syllables)

motormouth...

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torque is cheap - but not
when it's generated by
a Mercedes Benz...

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(17 Syllables)

I, too, metamorphosis once - 'twas on a Tuesday morn...

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that ant's in love, the
enamoured dope (what else would
make an antelope?)

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('Anthropomorphism rules, OK?': 17 Syllables)

the efficacy of a (chat-up) line - of coke...

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Jane smiled - "you had me
at 'hello'," she sighed. (I had
her at midnight, too.)

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(17 Syllables)

From BEING hip to replacement hip...

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Gran was a dancer
once. (When I say 'once', I mean
ages ago-go)

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...she still loves to 'get down with the kids', mind (though getting up again's a problem)











('Go-go granny': 17 Syllables)

all post and no coital...

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if I am God's gift
to girls, why am I always
returned unopened?...

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(First-class mail (contents: second-class male): 17 Syllables)

bugger! now my fat's 100% saturated - that can't be healthy, either...

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'Black grapes. Wash before
use'. Not wanting to take risks,
I had a quick shower...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)

maid to measure...

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"abracadabra!" -
but spell it 'LOVE'...she is the
hand, and I'm the glove...

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(shades of 'Swan' & 'Vesta' - the original 'match' made in heaven)










('Val & Tyne: two hearts beating as one': 17 Syllables)

the Academy Awards...

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Shirley Temple got
an Oscar at six. She was
in bed by seven...

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- in memory of the former Hollywood child star whose death was announced yesterday.










(17 Syllables)

a fulfilling retirement...

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"what do you do all
day, dad?"..."nowt, son - but it takes
longer than you'd think"...

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('The Best Worst Part of Quite a Long Time': 17 Syllables)

all you need is love 15...

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when tennis players
marry, they find they only
need the one service...

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- and the faster the better, in my case (it was a shotgun marriage)










(' A (tennis) match made in heaven - not': 17 Syllables)

there's a fruit & nutcase at the ATM...

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tell him, someone: you
can't 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)

a match maid in heven....

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"You're dyslexic, you
say? Don't worry yourself, luv -
I can't spell eyether"...

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- not to mention 'chiwowah', 'dyerear' or 'leeaison'. Though I'm definately definitely improving...











(17 Cillables Sillybles Syllables )

Beauty and the Beast...

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I wanted to buy
a Greek salad today - but
she didn't have time...

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"I'll call you," she said (though she didn't say what she'd call me)










('When a Geek Met a Greek': 17 Sillybles)

from price conscious to unconscious...

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it costs you nothing
to be polite - but you'll pay
the price if you're not...

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(17 Syllables)

marriage proposals - the appropriate response...

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Torn between a rock
and a hard place? - "Depends on
the size of the rock"...

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('Dangling a few carats': 17 Syllables)

roadkill: when rodents become 'middle-of-the-road'ents...

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"so," I asked the wife,
"just how much meat is there in
this 'rat-or-two-ee'"?...

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- putting the 'quiz' into cuisine...











('Crash-bang-rat-a-tat-ouille': 17 syllables)

as daft as a hatter, as mad as a brush...

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Simile, and the
world'll simile with you.
Like a Cheshire cat...

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(17 Similarbles)

no money, no honey (just hives)

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my girlfriend? - she's 'la
creme de la creme'...double creme,
in fact: rich and thick...

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- 'saccharine material,' as my boss calls his secretary (as in "I'd saccharine a flash")










('Girdled & Curdled': 17 Syllables)

feeding time: making a meal of it...

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accidents occur
mostly in the kitchen - served
with chips, in our case...

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('A & E and a cup of tea': 17 Syllables)

pretty as a picture - not...

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Gemma doesn't wear
clothes, she wears (quote) "art". With luck, 
it'll hide that frame...

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(the only thing she'd look good in is a kitchen)











('More 'man' than mannequin': 17 Syllables)