second childhood...

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from week-old babies
to weak old grandparents - it's
the circle of life...

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('An (almost) Perfect Symmetry': 17 Syllables)

the economy: the Land of the Free that's all at sea...

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adrift on the ship
of state, clinging to a raft
of new policies...

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('Reflections of a Floating Voter': 17 Not-So-Sillybles)

dumb and dumber, numb and number (in anyone's language)

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"Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq,
six, sept, ----, neuf, dix." Seems I've got
a huit allergy...

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('Nothing a fruity vingt blanc won't solve': 17 Syllables)

Capital chap...

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if no man is an
island, then who's that fellow
on the Isle of Man?...

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- "bugger," sighed Douglas, "I've been rumbled"...









('Men? Insular. Writers? Pen.insular': 17 Syllables)

just a joke - but only just (an embarrassing extra little offering today)

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what sort of person
likes to bath alone? - someone
from Barthelona...

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not just any loner - a Spanish loner (17 Verysillybles)

floppy discos? - they're so old-hat...

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do IT workers
like to switch off from work with
laptopless dancers?...

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('InFormation Dancing Technology': 17 Syllables)

you don't have to be mad to live here - but it helps...

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Never Mind The Dog,
Beware Of The Homeowner's
Mrs - She's Barking...

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- her name is Glad, and she's barking mad (forget poetic licence, think dog licence)








('My Wife has a Strange Gait': 17 Syllables)

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                       COMMONWEALTH GAMES SHOCKER

I'm told Fran Halsall faced a hard semi in the pool tonight. Surely it's one or the other?