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Old 4th December 2023, 19:40
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I wonder whether the Sub-Editor did it on purpose to see if his boss was paying attention - In which case obviously not.

Maybe the Subby is on his last week before starting with a new firm and had been sharing the odd hauf and hauf with his current colleagues.
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Old 31st December 2023, 21:21
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Has anyone else noticed that time feels like gravity - The further you go the faster it gets.

If I have said it before then I obviously missed it because it was going so fast then it was all a blur.
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Old 11th February 2024, 23:03
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Old 21st June 2024, 21:46
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Yep, seemed a good idea at the time.
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Old 26th June 2024, 08:32
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Old 26th June 2024, 22:29
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Old 20th December 2024, 12:30
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In Fort William now that the midges have stopped flying they can enjoy the pleasures of an open top bus.
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Old 23rd December 2024, 20:15
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Apple or raspberry?
Clever.
My response was too short for posting rules, consider this sentence irrelevant.
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Old 4th January 2025, 16:15
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You decide to fire up some 'heritage' audio kit; You find an old vinyl record.
You realise that you are not actually listening to the music when you spot:

33+45=78.

Rather like saying that you know something like the back of your hand and then noticing some little white spots...
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Rather like saying that you know something like the back of your hand and then noticing some little white spots...
Could be beri-beri?
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Old 5th January 2025, 15:12
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Could be beri-beri?
Nah, that’s a red rash.
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Old 2nd February 2025, 22:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQm90mikhs

They will have to change the lyrics after all these years.

Thanks Trumpy McTrumpface.
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Old 14th February 2025, 20:21
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There I was sat in the cafe at Asda drinking a cup of coffee and eating a jam doughnut.
Another customer leans across and says "You always seem to be eating jam doughnuts, that could be bad for you. At your age you need to mind your blood sugar..."
I said "Well my Grandmother lived until she was 97"
He said "So did she eat a jam doughnut every day?"
I said "No, she used to just mind her own business"
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Old 20th February 2025, 21:14
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Here is a weird thought:
'I' always goes before 'E'.
Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty cafeinated weightlifters.
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Old 21st February 2025, 08:14
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Indeed.
Believe me.
Beleive me.
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Old 22nd February 2025, 00:46
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I thought it was Adge Cutler who said " I always goes before Ee."
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Old 23rd February 2025, 16:16
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As an idle thought, check out the history of silent letters in the English language........ All invented to "conform"! One quarter of the way through 1st year (Comprehensive, year 3), Miss Bolger announced that we would not have to parse sentences any more as English would no be taught as a "latin" language any more. Thank the Lord!

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Old 23rd February 2025, 16:54
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Ah yes. Latin, the origin of the 'must not split infinitives'. Mainly because such a thing is impossible in Latin anyway.
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