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)