Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Knock it on the head, lads...

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My brother and I
were always out clubbing. Till
PETA objected...

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(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)



(The Blubber Clubber: 17 Syllables)
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If you slap your bother on the bottom and he 
takes it on the chin, just slap him on the chin 
and maybe he'll take it on the bottom...
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Monday, January 30, 2023

You only live twice...

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I was young once. Twice,
if you count last Saturday.
What a day that was!...

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(17 Syllables)


Sunday, January 29, 2023

You shouldn't have. No, really, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE!

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If your children are
gifted, is it morally
wrong to re-gift them?...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, March 2: 17 Syllables)

Friday, January 27, 2023

Why, oh why, did they christen him Dai?...

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BRINGING UP THE RHEA -
what the newborn's mother will
be doing for a while...

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(17 Syllables)

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Convenience food...

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PLASTIC BAGuettes may
lack taste, but they're certainly
easy to carry...

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(17 Syllables)

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Nadhim Zahawi's dodgy tax dealings...

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MPs should ALL should be
whiter than white, right? - "Hey, don't 
bring race into this!"...

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Monday, January 23, 2023

Rosie's are red - not sure what colour Violet's are...

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Pills may well have got
Rosie Green through HER divorce -
Pils got me through mine...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 25: 17 Syllables)

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Apple bobbing...

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Carole O'Farrell
Dipped her head in a barrel
And proceeded to give it some head.
(But none of us cared
As we just stood and stared
At her GLORIOUS BOSOM instead)

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Put it this way: she ain't no Granny Smith!...

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

The poetry's rubbish, mind...

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Yes, I'm an award-
winning poet: "Best Garden in
the Village". Again!...

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(17 Syllables)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Nominative determinism?...

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If lapdogs sit on
your lap, does a pussycat
sit on your pussy?...

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(17 Syllables)

Monday, January 16, 2023

Non-binaries, get to the back!...

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Women and children
first, you say? Then why the hell
shout 'man' the lifeboats?...

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(17 Syllables)

Saturday, January 14, 2023

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Nuts, crackers, bananas: an unimaginative vegan
diet - or many a person's opinion of Prince Harry?...

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Spare, by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex...

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If I were King Charles,
I'd strip Harry's book of its
title. Serve him right...

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(17 Syllables)

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Standing Charges...

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The only place a standing charge is acceptable 
is at Shakespeare's Globe - for us modern-day 
groundlings who can't afford seats...

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(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, January 8)

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Petite and en-suite...

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That fly cleaning its
wings on a pear drop sure loves
its on sweet bathroom...

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(17 Syllables)

Sunday, January 1, 2023

If, on the 1st, you don't succeed, give up...

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Bugger! I Knew Year's 
resolutions to give up
on puns wouldn't work!...

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(My Annual 17 Syllables)