the silver lining...

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Andy Murray's crashed
out of the Open! - can I
get in Scot-free now?...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)

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If Southern Rail's timetable is a work of fiction (Mail), it's pretty
badly edited. Far too many lines that just don't work that well...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 27)

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Turns out cockney rhyming slang's not so random after all: 'eat too
much burnt toast and you could end up brown bread'. Who knew?...

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(news item: the dangers of acrylamide)






(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 26)

stupid knits...

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bat wing jumpers tend
to fly off the shelves - which makes
them quite hard to sell...

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(17 Syllables)

"peace and love, we're doves, man"...

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my neighbour's birds have

taken over my dovecote -

'twas a bloodless coo...

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(17 Syllables)

besom buddies...

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damn it! - whenever
I try for broom cupboard sex,
I get the brush-off...

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(17 Syllables)

keep it clean...

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broom cupboard sex: no
better place, surely, to sweep
someone off their feet?...

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(17 Syllables)

no can do...

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Can't even do what
one pelican? Then how to
do what toucan do?...

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('Animal magic': 17 Syllables)

sucker...

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parting is such sweet
sorrow - if it involves a
fool and his money...

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(17 Syllables)

putting your stamp on the tournament...

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why is it the ball
you address when it's a good
score you want to post?...

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(who knows, but make sure  the word 'bunker's not part of the address)







(17 Syllables)

the fruits of your labour...

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If what you've bought from
the Apple store doesn't work,
you've bought a lemon...

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(17 Syllables)

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No jokes today. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
has advised against all non-essential laughter...

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(Back in the UK from a crisis-torn Gambia)

what a tart...

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my wife makes a mean
quiche - so mean, in fact, she won't
bother with the cheese...

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(17 Sillybles)

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'Cookies disabled': of all the stupid phrases,
this one takes the biscuit...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 18)

waiting for a 36C...

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"Where do you stand when
it comes to boob enhancement?" -
"In the bust op queue"...

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('Plenty of room up top': 17 Syllables)

to those whose family tree is an elder...

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trees are brought up well -
all the beech and birch I
know respect their elders...

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(17 Syllables)

the family tree oil shampoo...

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My wife has never
forgotten her roots. Gets them
seen to every month...

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(17 Syllables)

what, no oil?...

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cider vinegar
helps cut strokes ( a problem that
needed a dressing!)

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(17 Syllables)

I only wanted to know what my star sign's gemstone was...

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"a tall, dark stranger
will kill me?!" - no wonder it's
called a horrorscope...

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(17 Syllables)

you owe me one...

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I never forget
a favour. Well, not if it
was one done by me...

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(17 Syllables)

it's child's play, really...

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'Breaking up is hard
to do'? Balls! Paul's just smashed his
Lego to pieces...

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('Toy story': 17 Syllables)

I'm a past(a) master of portion control...

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if you look after

the penne, the lbs will look

after themselves, right?...

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(17 Syllables)

fast food shopping...

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I tend to speed-shop
in supermarkets. My best?
30 aisles an hour...

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(17 Syllables)

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Most people want to leave their mark
on the world. Sometimes it turns out
to be a stain...

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7 letters, but...

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My wife made me laugh
at scrabble. But I wouldn't
allow it. Two words...

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(17 Syllables)

whisper it not abroad...

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I wouldn't say my
wife's daft. But there's nothing to
stop me writing it...

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(17 Syllables)

a hair of the...dog?

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my cat licks me, I
hug it: who says cat owners
can't hold their licker?...

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(17 Syllables)

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How do I know Eton mess is
such a popular dessert? Because
I've never yet seen one left un-

Eton, that's why...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 4)

sleeping on the ground rice...

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how do you sleep on

a bed of rice? - lay down your

head on the pilau...

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('Pilau talk': 17 Syllables)

or you could always shove an olive branch up her arse...

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Never go to bed
on an argument. Sleep on
the sofa, instead...

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(17 Syllables)

'er indoors, she's no one-offspring...

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"My wife has a twin" -
"Can you tell them apart?" - "Yes,
her brother's quite bald"...

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(Start the year as you mean to go on: 17 Very Sillybles)