the town bike...

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"it's my time of the
month, pet - so don't forget your
menstrual cycle clips"...

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('Sleazy rider': 17 Syllables)

well-bred, but not buttered...

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"I've gone from redhead
to breadhead" - "How come?" - "I've put
my hair in a bun"...

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(17 Syllables)

a year after year after yearning...

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"To hell with waiting
for 'Miss Right' - what I really
need's a 'Miss Right Now!'...

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- frustration: as yet, there is no 'us'...









("Now! Now!" I yelled. - "Now, now," they sighed: 17 Syllables)

damn u,topia!...

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woe is me! - lactose
intolerant in a land
of milk and honey...

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(17 Syllables)

ha! two squares like us! - (and so does she, apparently)

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is "the centre of
a tension" a woman in
a love triangle?...

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(Two squares, one triangle, gotta laugh! ("he he! (and her)": 17 Sillybillybles)

football v. haiku: 4-4-2 meets 5-7-5...

- raise your glasses: "to his goals and his passes" -

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George Best: we lament
his passing. But not his, er,
heading or dribbling...

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- a game of two halves & a pint -

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For Gazza, passing
balls was a doddle. Passing
pubs? - that was tougher...

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(17 Syllables x 2)

Mrs in, misses out (down at the Rose & Crown)

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whilst drinking rye, his
eyes would roam (for his wife was
shy and staid at home)

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(17 Cillables (no names, no pack drill)

what a load of rubbish...

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Litter louts? They're born
that way - they don't pick it up
as they go along...

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(told you it was rubbish)









('No-one can pick up trash like a trash can': 17 Syllables)

a game (woman) of two halves - hic!...

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when magicians want
to saw you in two, it helps
to be half-cut first...

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('I saw you': 17 Syllables)

blood: thicker than water (but not ice, apparently)

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"It's dad! He's ringing
from Antarctica!" - "Tell him
I hate cold callers"...

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('Ringing wet cold': 17 Syllables)

sold as (not?) seen...

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Can I see myself
wearing camouflage clothing?
No. That's the whole point...

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- if you can't see what you want in the window, then it's working...








(17 Syllables)

more tee-hee time than teatime...

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"prick with a fork," read
the bag - "click" -  this selfie I've
taken shows the same...

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('Prick or dick? Take your pic.': 17 Syllables)

weightlifting: the snatch...

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World's strongest man holds
up bank. Two white lights, one red!
Gold! The crowd go mad...

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- lb for £, the best around!...









('Valid lift': 17 Syllables)

To let (when i needed to p)

T O i L E T...............(engaged - i couldn't wait)
-----------------------------------------------------------
T O   L E T...............(vacant - i had left by now)



















                                             from "The Tales of i"
(an educated eejit, with the letters after his name to prove it: j,k,l,m,n,o,p...)

and the winner is...Miss Nuneaton, still unbeaten...

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     - Miss Anorexic - 
(Winner to receive a cash
    prize. And atrophy.)

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the advantage of giving up pies is
the winning of sh*tloads of prizes...









('Like mother, like not so father': 17 Syllables)

synchronised swimming: knee-high to a grasshopper...

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My sister and I
swam in sync for years. Now it's
time to swim in pool...

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(17 Very Sillybles)

the 'i' in 'wimp' is me...

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My wife's a masseuse,
she kneads muscles. We're well matched -
I need a few, too...

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('Muscles Muscless': 17 Syllables)

blithe spirits (a meeting of...)

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dad's so laid-back, if
he spied a ghost, he'd just stroll
away in terror...

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(calmness doesn't run in our family - it walks)









('When 'heedless' meets 'headless': 17 Syllables)

today's post (delivered by hand)

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letters getting lost
in the post are just problems
that need addressing...

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(17 Syllables)

B & Be warned...

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bedlam & breakfast:
you don't have to be mad to
stay here, but it helps...

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- you can't beat a bit of r&r in a B&B...








(17 Sillybles)

when your number's up (even if it is ex-directory)

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How in God's name I'm
going to survive without my
phone, it's hard to tel:

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- from 'mobile' to 'nobile'...









(17 Syllables)

at least the male won't live to regret it - well, not for long...

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the Black Widow school
of lovemaking: turn him on -
and then turn on him...

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(A spider spied a mate, the mate is now 'the late': 17 Syllables)

positivity course working, then?...

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There's nothing worse than
enforced jollity. Except
perhaps syphilis...

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(17 Syllables)

chains? - try the chain store...

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'a relationship
based on trussed' - not just any
sex: S & M sex...

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- with apologies to Marks & Spencer...










('The bonds of friendship': 17 Syllables)

putting the 'us' into rendezvous...

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cozy tete-a-tetes
in smart pieds-a-terre - now that's
what I call frenchship!...

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('Ami-ability': 17 Syllables)

the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away...

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"you're great for your age,"
shrugged my doc, "you've got the brains
of a ten-year-old"...

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('Your cholesterol levels are sh*t, mind': 17 Syllables)

17 Sillyble Asperger's...

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"You sure took your time,
didn't you?" - "I couldn't think
who else's to take"...

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(17 Syllables)

exchange and martyr...

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I've just got some golf
clubs for the Mrs. Not a
bad swap, that, really...

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(17 Sillybles)

RIP: from coughin' to coffin...

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dust to dust, ashes
to ashes: life is precious,
far more than cash is...

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('The aftermath of a wrong die-agnosis': 17 Syllables)

I was a solicitor: the (not very good) tall, dark, italic type...

                   
                      


                                
                              "OBJECTOiN,
                               
                             YOUR HONOUR!"









- but it was i who was nearly always out of order...