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I can remember a lot of detail about the inner workings of my first
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Frankly, I think such intimate relationships at work are usually a
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I've been wondering, actually - would the smell of En and his pigs be
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I think he might have been handed a bum steer
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Unlike Deeavud at New Year, who was handed a steer's bum.
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And they use a barbirella if it's
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But no umbrella? I wonder how she manages to keep the
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[a round of late-comers to the Policeman's ball]
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Mr and Mrs Sitters-Fees and their son Solly?
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>You'll like this article then: someone sent me an article yesterday
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>signals from government have been confused, probably deliberately.
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.....and there is evidence that it leads onto harder things like Misleading
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We should insist that a Spin Czar is appointed to....er....do whatever it is that these
Czars do.
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>"70% (or 85% or whatever) of communication is non-verbal" |
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>Agreed. Even if they started out using organic fruit flavoured condoms |
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Cumquat, presumably?
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>Hells Bells I remember Paul Simon at the Manchester Sports Guild way
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> (snip stuff in which I kept saying "2 baht")
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Never mind, David. You're in distinguished musical company. I hear The
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>>(there's another, but I always forget it -- ah, yes, über)
Alles.
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Alles in Wunderland?
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>Why do so many English composers start with B - Bantock, Bax,
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Byrd......Bliss.... Interesting point.
Although Bowland, Bayrfax, Ballis, Burcell, Belgar, Belius, Bolst,
Baughan-Billiams and Bavener are rather less well known. :o)
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>whunk (hwAnk)
>A dull hollow sound, as of a bullet striking something. Also as v.
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Confirms what I've always thought - that Hemingway was a total
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>>Are you an elderly butler, by any chance?
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>I know little of mortgages but ours must have been a low fixed rate one,
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>husband. The subsequent battle with the mortgage protection policy people
>who kept writing to his first wife and asking why the premium was not being
>paid was cathartic.
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Credo in unum Protectorum mortgagem omnipotentem......eh?
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