pasta jokes - they're ten a penne...

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"MEAT FREE Spaghetti
Bolognese!" (Great! So much meat -
and all of it free!)

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(17 Syllables)

going down a storm - inside and out...

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rounds of applause on
the concert hall roof - and the
clapping...of thunder...

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('Rain, rain go away, come again another day': 17 Syllables)

if it's going for a song, then grab it...

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a tenner doesn't
go far these days, though Jonas
Kaufmann's doing quite well...

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('Russell Watson, there's another - that's 20 quid, already!': 17 Syllables)

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There's nothing wrong with being a mug.
At least you can fly off your own handle!...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 4)

it goes without saying...

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"Utter silence!" she
pleaded. I tried. But it's hard
to utter silence...

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(17 Syllables)

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an illustrator with no paper should draw
on his experience and call it an abstract...

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(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, December 27 - though they
left out the 'and call it an abstract' bit. Such is life.)

a fear of commitment...

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My bed sure has some
stories to tell! Trouble is,
they're all short stories...

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(17 Syllables)