Thursday, September 25, 2025

                                           -------------------------------------------
                                           What is a banquet without a jus?
                                           (Quite a light gravy, to me and you).
                                           When serving up nosh
                                           It's got to sound posh...
                                           So calling it 'jus' is just tickety-boo! 
                                                        (Or: So make it a jus with a measure of rue!)
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                                                Sounds trivial, but it's pretty telling, I think. I believe 
                                                Donald Trump is the first president since Andrew 
                                                Johnson (1865-1869) not to have had a pet of some 
                                                description at the White House. (Why am I not surprised? 
                                                Words such as affection, compassion and empathy are 
                                                words he may well have heard of, but of which I doubt 
                                                he has any personal experience.)
                                                (Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, September 24, Irish Daily Mail, Sept 25) 
                                                (Bracketed part wasn't published)

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