glossy, of course - to gloss over the reality?...

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You know it's true: there are lies,
damned lies - and holiday brochures...

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everyone knows it's
true: there are lies, damned lies - and
holiday brochures...
(17 Syllables)


(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, February 20)
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Franz Beckenbauer would have been great at curling.
Has there ever been a better sweeper?...
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Eat more leeks and you'll sleep better, apparently (news
item). As opposed to what this ageing reader does, sadly:
takes more leaks and sleeps worse!...
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(this is just the first draught, haha...)

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"Gales suck!" (At least, that's
what my wife thinks.) Myself, I'm
pretty sure they blow...

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(17 Syllables)
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"My new carpet cleaner sucks!" (Isn't it meant to?)
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If you want to be a success, get some qualifications -
if you want to be an unqualified success, don't
bother with the qualifications...
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the non-swimmers, right?...

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in our local pool,
some girls go to any widths
to attract a boy...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)
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Competent deep-sea divers rarely come up to scratch...
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partying is such sweet sorrow...

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Jane had a drink from
a man's shoe last night. I think
it might have been laced...

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("Suede?" - "She sure did!": 17 Syllables)
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In China, if you go down to the woods today,
you really are sure of a big surprise. "BamBOO!"...
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the balcony scene from...

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Talking of balcony scenes, hear about the match
made in heaven?: Rome 0 - Juliet 1, haha...
(an away match, I believe)

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("The 'aving it Away Match", a little-known Shakespearean play. On words...)

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Ironic, or what? In Venezuela, the local artisans
eke out a living by making bags of money (Mail)...

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(bags and baskets made out of their devalued currency notes)



(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, February 15)
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Compewter: a rare antique, haha...
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If nothing else, the Trump/Morgan TV
interview certainly revealed one thing:
a President who is truly loved by his Piers...

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(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, February)
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To the innumerate, all nouns are uncountable...
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