enough to drive 'em barking mad?...

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a sheepdog's job is
not straightforward at all: far
too many ewe-turns...

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(17 Syllables)

the thrill of the chaste (1 & 2)

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"You'll never guess how
prim my girlfriend is!"..."Just a
touch?"..."Not even that!"...

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those who are chaste so
often aren't - I talk, of course,
of my maiden aunt...

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(17 Syllables x 2)

tee-hee...

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"I played golf with some
colleagues yesterday."..."Foursome?"...
"No, they wanted to"...

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("Force 'em?" - "No, threesome": 17 Syllables)

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The UK's first 'gender-fluid' police officer can
work as a man or a woman (Mail). How very PC.

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, May 26, and 'Quotes of the Day', Courier & Advertiser, May 27)


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(Rejected as 'a bit too edgy', apparently: "why is it
suddenly 'trendy to be bendy' (Mail)? For years now,
my wife has bent over backwards to help me. But
not every night") Point taken...
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Hot Chocolate, anyone?...

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Marmalade, Jam, Meat
Loaf, Bread: wow, music really
is the food of love!...

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(17 Syllables)

it had to be one or the other...

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I never picked my
nose as a youngster. I had
my chance, but  blew it...

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(17 Syllables)

a stone's throw from the bus stop...

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you should never miss
a bus - even moving, it's
such a large target...

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(17 Syllables)

shouldn't have been there in the first place...

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The obese rarely
have a chip on their shoulder
for long. Too tempting!......

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(17 Syllables)

size really does matter...

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They won't let me keep
large pets in my flat. So meet
Charlie. He's my newt...

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(17 Syllables)

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WORDY WISE, Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, May 17:
INNgredients: beer, wine, spirits, etc...
INNaccessible: there's a ramp to the public bar...
INNactive: opening times...
INNcentive: happy hour...
INNcident: bar brawl...
INNsider: home-made scrumpy...etc, etc, you get the idea.

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(Bloody hell, I must have submitted this well over a year ago!)

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"So now you can buy a coffeemaker that imprints
a selfie on to your cappuccino? Sorry, not my cup
of tea, I'm afraid"...

(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, May 14)

(What they should have opted for: "Knowing I like my
pint to have a good head on it, my wife can now make
my cappuccino with an even better head on it. Hers!")

No accounting for taste...
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Trump sacks FBI chief (news item)

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'firing people with
enthusiasm' takes on
a whole new meaning...

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('It's an ever-growing list': 17 Syllables)

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"How long have I had
amnesia? For as long as
I can't remember"...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, May 4)