goes to show: they really don't know me...

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To many, I'm a
perfect stranger. But they're wrong:
I have a few faults...

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(17 Syllables)

The Page 3 Beauty Page3ant...

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The competition
was pretty stiff. And so were
half the men watching...

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('The prettier, the stiffer, in fact': 17 Syllables)

no woman should be tastier than her food...

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"there's no point dressing
to kill, honey, if you cook
the same way," I sighed...

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(17 Syllables)

patience is a virtue...

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Our daughter didn't
learn to crawl until two. Or
was it two-thirty?...

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('Early learning': 17 Syllables)

100% commitment to the energy crisis...

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I've done nothing to
conserve energy. And you
can't do more than that...

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(or do I mean 'less'?)









('Conserving energy? I've conserved loads': 17 Syllables)

"that's cleared that up, then," said the doctor...

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"Is that true, Anne? Or
do people just think it's true?" -
"I think it's true, Joan"...

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(snatch of conversation heard on the bus the other day)  









('Putting your money where your mouth brain's never been': 17 Syllables)

only contortionists look good out of shape...

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my wife bends over
backwards to make me happy -
but not every night...

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(letting yourself go - it's the best way of keeping fit)









('Flexitime': 17 Syllables)

there's no smoke without ire...

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I started smoking
at twelve. Mum went berserk. So
I stopped at half-past...

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(17 Syllables)

surreal ale drinker...

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"New here?"..."Yes, sir"..."Me,
too, mate"..."Right, sir, what'll it
be?"..."Usual, please"...

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putting the 'guess' into 'Guinness'...









('Just another inn joke': 17 Syllables)

alas and alack, for the lack of a lass (no more Page 3 girls in The Sun?)

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no, having a broad
on page 3 doesn't make the
paper a broad sheet...

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From 'Red Topless' to 'Red Top' (yesterday's news: The Sun is said to be about to consign Page 3 girls to history)









('Page 3 girls: less of a turn-on, more of a turn over': 17 Syllables)

embarking on a relation-ship...

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if you want to get
off with someone on cruise ships,
get on with no-one...

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('I didn't get on with her, but I do now': 17 Syllables)

stiff as a - bored?...

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I went to bed with
a dumb blonde last night and was
bored. Stiff. Four times...

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(I'd wanted to f***k make love her brains out, but someone had obviously beaten me to it)









('Dumb and, er, dummer': 17 Syllables)

Frankenstein's monster...

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when mad scientists
make friends, they tend to make them
from odd bits of scrap...

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(I'm a self-made man myself (and they said it couldn't be done): 17 Syllables)

getting into the spirit of the game...

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you have to finish
on a double in darts - mine's
a rum & coke, thanks...

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('The Four Tops: tank tops, lager tops, double tops, bus tops': 17 Syllables)

great reception guaranteed...

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is it true only
a TV chef can create
satellite dishes?...

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- maybe, but certainly when 'set meals' means 'TV Set meals'...










('Is jelly a set meal? Discuss': 17 Syllables)

homonymphomaniacs do it aurally...

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NOTHING annoys more
than a noise - so nothing should
be allowed aloud...

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Breach of the peace: "come quietly," said the policemen to the lovers on the park bench. "We just have," they smiled...










('Seeing red: how I hate TANNOYS!': 17 Syllables)

less of a quote, more of a rough estimate...

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"£2K or not £2
K?" shrugged my builder when I
asked him for a quote...

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('That's what comes of living in a Hamlet': 17 Syllables)

confectionery: fectionery for cons...

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does jailhouse rock have
'Her Majesty's Government'

written right through it?...

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('Criminal record? No, a bloody good one': 17 Syllables)

going down: Ali Baa Baa - the black sheep of the family..

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"Him? As good as gold?"
spluttered the judge, "balderdash!
He's covered in gilt!"...

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(17 Syllables)

food for thought (non-vegetarian)

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freezing cows sit down,
warm cows stand in the shade, hot
cows taste delicious...

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(17 Sillybillybles)

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JE SUIS CHARLIE

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R.I.P-roaring contest ends in dead heat...

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neither fighter beat
the other to death - they died
completely in sync...

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('A match made ending in heaven': 17 Syllables)

poor old dad - he's bought three...

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if marriage is a
lottery, then the tickets
are damned expensive...

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(17 Syllables)