Wednesday, April 7, 2021

(Brain) cell-by date: 13/4/24...

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Marmite boosts brainpower:
the thicker you spread it, the
less thick you become!...

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('Middle-age, er, 'spread': 17 Syllables)
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ANTONYM - Cleopatram's lover...
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Dogs are more likely to be southpaws than
we are, apparently (news item). Especially 
the boxers, I imagine...
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Clots are still an issue when it comes to the
AstraZeneca vaccine, it seems. Probably the
same clots who think the earth's flat and Bill
Gates is out to get us...
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Shouldn't Waitrose start selling 'virtual shoe 
polish' to clean Gucci's 'virtual trainers'?...
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(Politics: a game of two halves - and a chaser)
From Downing Street to Downing Pints - yippee,
not long to wait now, Boris!...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

A drop of the hard stuff...

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Fancy having a
liquid lunch this Sunday? Try
'Leg of Lamb'rusco!...

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(17 Syllables)
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CORVID-19 - bird flu variant?...
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BACK OFF THE NET! - "you're online far too
often, kids!"...
(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, April 6)
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Dear 'laundry guru' Patric Richardson. If Rose's 
are red and Violet's are blue, can I put them in 
the same wash as Daisy's? I'm not sure if they're 
all late bloomers...
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"I feel like a million bucks," said the doe. 
Well, bugger me - a nympho deer!...
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Monday, April 5, 2021

It's a bit slow. Obviously...

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Dr Who's bright - he's
got a Tardis. Me? I'm dumb.
Mine's a Retardis...

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(17 Rather Sillybles)
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Many politicians leave their mark on society - it
turns out what President Trump left was a stain. I 
was disappointed 'laundry guru' Patric Richardson 
gave us no indication as to how to get rid of it...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

A comedian's only as good as his material...

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I can't stand nylon,
satin or or denim. But wool's
by far the worsted!...

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(as opposed to mohair, which can't be, er, bested?)



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More restrictions than we've had hot dinners!...
Remembering the crucifixion: how appropriate that
so many of us are a little cross ✟ this Easter...
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CLOTHES HOARSE - her outfits were so loud, she
almost completely lost her voice...
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"I wonder why the papers are suggesting people make
shyness their superpower?" wondered Wonder Woman.
"I'll stick to 'wondering', thank you very much"...
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Saturday, April 3, 2021

The cops and the 'litterati'...

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No point throwing the book
at litter louts, you know they'll
just leave it lying there...

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Justin Bieber on Radio 3? Methinks the BBC's sense of
direction's gone Kanye West! (Or do I mean Fleur East?)
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Elizabeth Hurley says street food is not exactly, ahem, 
'up her street'. Definitely more of a mews-bouche type!
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Turning gardens into wild meadows: how do MY poor 
old dogs react when I never cut the grass? They look 
for-lawn. (But hey, a few  doggie chews soon cheers 
'em up!)
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Friday, April 2, 2021

"Hi!" - "Yes, I think I probably was"...

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Unforgettable 
nights are probably the ones
you can't remember!...

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(17 Syllables)
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LITTERBOX - the opening in a front door for junk mail...
(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, August 2)
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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Is that a Pica$$000,000?...

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Abstract art: the more
strangely drawn it is, the more
strangely drawn I am...

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(17 Syllables)
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What did you think of the recent exhibition of 
abstract expressionism? "Disappointing. Nothing 
but a load of Pollocks"...
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The more I read about the 'Boris & Jennifer' affair,
the Arcuriouser and Arcuriouser it gets...
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Consider the 'Big O' as pudding? Makes giving my
wife her just deserts sound like a punishment!...
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If Boris & Jennifer Arcuri regarded Macbeth as
foreplay, thank God she didn't end up up the Macduff!
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