last will and testament...

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"Leave them wanting more,"
the comic was told. So he
left his wife £1...

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(17 Syllables)

prick with a fork...

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"Oops! Now it's just me,"
said the Naked Chef when he
saw the French dressing...

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(17 Syllables)

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My wife and I are always falling out
on long car journeys. Must get those doors
put back on...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 26, Gambia)

the table's reserved, the waiter far less so...

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"I've booked a table
for two".  "Then you're fours late,
mate - it's just gone six"...

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(17 Sillybles)

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If cross drivers are more likely to
have crashes (news item), are crossroads most
likely to cause them?...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 25)




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We check our phones 253 times a day, apparently (news item).
Not me, I don't have one. I've just checked - for the 253rd time...
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Near-naked woman woman gatecrashes the Brits with a
star over each breast. That Ant & Dec, they get everywhere...
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French without tears...

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When Jane tried to kiss
me, I soon gave her the rough
edge of my tongue. Twice...

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(17 Syllables)
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Who better to be 'sworn' in as President of the Professional Cricketers'
Association (news item) than Freddie F****off!
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the 'I don't want to die'chotomy...

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everyone wants to
live a long time - but who the
hell wants to grow old?...

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(17 Syllables)
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Bernie Ecclestone: "Formula 1 is the worst it's ever been" (news item). I reckon
he probably wouldn't even find lap dancing exciting. "What? Just the one lap?"...
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"My sun's over the moon," said Venus...

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"Why on earth did Jack
become an astronaut?" -  "Where
else could he be one?"...

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"Mars dead proud," added dad...









(17 Rather Sillybles)

God knows why...

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if Muslims pray on
prayer mats, why do Catholic
priests prey on young boys?...

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(17 Syllables)
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Time to join the "Inn" campaign. A quick 4 months of downing pints beats
4 long months of Downing Street any day of the week. Roll on, June 23...
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Does the Institute of Advanced Motorists encourage wreckless driving?
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5-bed dorm - or Benidorm?...

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Backpacking's great! (But
Spanish 'all-inclusives' are
more Costa-fective.)

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Anyway, that's where mama's gone - 'cos it's "chirpy chirpy cheap cheap," she says...









('Robert Dinero'? - is that 'Johnny Cash' in Spanish?: 17 Syllables)

a bent cop - artistically bent...

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The cop drew his gun.
I was quite surprised at how
good the likeness was...

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(17 Syllables)




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I never mince my words, which makes it tough
when I have to eat them later...
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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 19)

(not true, not my type - joke purposes only)

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OK, so I once had designs on Fearne Cotton.
But they weren't a patch on the ones she now has on herself...
(we're talking recently-revealed 'body art' here)

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 18)





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Lothario Leo, Laura and Roxy: I wonder what Mr DiCaprio enjoyed more -
winning a Bafta? Or the morning afta?...
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For Sale: Spelt Bread, £2:50. Misspelt Bred, £1:85.

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 17)





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Now I've had my fill of coconut water, baobab juice and birch tree sap,
it's time to go down to the beech...(the list of super-drinks grows)
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The UK welcomes Muslims who pray on prayer mats, but reserves the right
to deport those who prey on young girls...(following news item today).
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is that a bookworm at the bottom of the bottle?...

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a page or two of
Tequila Mockingbird and
I'm anybody's...

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(17 Syllables)
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I've just joined the National Affront. Or Twitter, as I believe it's called. (Given
half a chance, is there nothing its users don't get their knickers in a twist about?)
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Level 42 (jazz-funk, dance-rock, sophisti-pop, new wave)

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Level 41?
They were crap. Then they took it
to the next level...

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('One-upmanship': 17 Syllables)
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Stephen Fry calls the Best Costume Design winner at the Baftas a bag lady.
Given the price of a Louis Vuitton these days, wasn't he just saying she looked
a million dollars? (Other bags are available)
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Here's an idea: instead of no junk food ads during
shows like The X Factor (as proposed), how about no
junk programmes between the food ads?...

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(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, Feb 14)

Valentine's Day - (female)

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The one thing a man thinks he knows is:
A woman just loves to get roses.
(As a matter of fact I
Much prefer cacti...
But sadly they don't come in posies)

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(17 Syllables)

health cheques...

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Dad's just off to the
bank to check his balance. He
keeps falling over...

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(did his doctor advise him to lose a few £££'s?)









(17 Syllables)
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Yes, I've booked a table for two for Valentine's Day. It's got 6 pockets. I love you, snooker...
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Valentine's Day - (male)

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These strangest of lines I suppose'll
Make do as a sort of proposal...
(If these words that I've made you
Aren't enough to persuade you,
Then maybe this simple red rose'll)...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail (as opposed to Romantic Male?), Feb 12)








(I submitted two, surely the other's better? - see Feb 14)

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Do you need an air rifle to shoot the breeze?

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 11)

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"I told you it was flipping dangerous," writes Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards on Shrove
Tuesday (about ski jumping). Pretty much what my wife says to me when I make a
complete mess of tossing a pancake: "I told you it was dangerous flipping"...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 11 - heavily edited!)

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"Say it with flowers," they say. But a monthly £1,200 blooms bill? (news item). Proof
positive, surely, that the House of Lords has more than its fair share of windbags?
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an ever-expanding waist of time...

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I was working out in the gym
yesterday. It cost me 10p per minute.
That's what I was working out.

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 10)










('Beer belly? - gym'll fix it. Not': 26 Syllables) (26? - bugger! the writing's expanding, too)
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Would a possible cut in the drink-drive limit stop my wife driving me up the wall? - I doubt it. She's teetotal.
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the scenic route...

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if failure is just
success in progress, then yes,
I'm on the right track...

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(17 Syllables)
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For the hapless contestants on 'The Jump', 2016 is turning out to be not so
much a leap year, more a 'not much of a leap' year...
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remembering old flames...

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you know you're getting
old when a 'hot date' means a
night by the fireside...

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('Affairs of the heart(h)': 17 Syllables)
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Actress Tina Hobley dislocates her elbow on 'The Jump' (news item). "Great cast," she
says, looking at her arm. Bet she never said that at Holby City...
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Embrace the little things in life, we're told (news item). I do, indeed. The more carats
the better...
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Doggy IQ tests? (news item). Carried out by barking scientists, if you ask me...
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Beth Tweddle fractures two vertebrae on 'The Jump' (news item). Where do they film
that show? Brokeback Mountain?...
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Apparently, the 'Shy Di' look is fashion's hottest trend (news item). Any relation to most
of my shirts? ('Tie Di').
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Tuppence Middleton stars in 'Phwoar and Peace'...

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"A penny for your thoughts," asked my wife as we
watched the BBC's sexed-up version of 'War and Peace' -
"Could you make it Tuppence?" came the reply...

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(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, Feb 7)









(considerably more than 17 Syllables)

in-flight meals - Cordon Bleu or plain cooking?...

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If you're telling a
food joke, tell it with relish.
Home-made, ideally...

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- especially if the joke lacks taste (as most in-flight meals do)...









(17 Syllables)
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Newspaper articles about savings have been of increasingly little interest to me.
And it's getting worse: some of the more recent ones have been of negative interest.
Time to stop reading. Or do I mean saving?
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missing the nail on the head...

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why are folk so scared
of missiles?- it's the hitiles
that cause the damage...

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(''Missed again!" They'll probably get a rocket themselves now': 17 Syllables)
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MacDonald's Happy Meals will now come with books (news item).
But as it's still fast food, will kids be expected to speed read?...
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what's the opposite of 'hands-on'?...

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I love my baby.
I wouldn't change him for the
world. That's his mum's job...

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(she doesn't mind the smell)









(17 Syllables)
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North Korea is given a rocket by the Pentagon after their latest satellite launch
over Japan. I imagine Pyongyang considers this to be a peace offering...
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A student who went on 'The Chase'
(Whose performance was quite a disgrace)
Ended up winning
And couldn't stop grinning,
Whilst the scholars went red in the face.

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 3)








(17 Syllables)
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If a 45 to 59-year-old adult is at his most miserable (news item), a 65 to 79-
year-old should come with the warning: 'beware, adult content'. I certainly am...
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I went to an easyFoodstore today. Or was it an easyJetstore? Everything was
flying off the shelves...
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Like mother, like daughter. Hate son...

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The bell rang. "Show him
up, son," asked mum. So I mocked
his lack of breeding...

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(17 Syllables)
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Now British scientists are being allowed to genetically modify human embryos, how long
before we see fertility clinics with 'Petri dish of the day' offers? It's a slippery slope...
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David Cameron will today trumpet a 'draft agreement' to keep us in the EU. I'm
assuming that'll turn out to be a typo. I await details of said 'daft agreement'...
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Apparently, Tesco 'behaved like the Mafia' (Mail).
I'd always wondered about those 'special
offers you can't refuse'...(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Feb 1)

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Sarah Ferguson's writing a book about tea,
apparently (news item). Is she hoping a lot of mugs
will buy it?...(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, Jan 31)

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