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Old 25th October 2022, 10:18
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He, at least, is not yet minded to resign….
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Old 25th October 2022, 12:59
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If the Conservative Party membership had been on the Titanic.......
They would have voted for another iceberg.
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Old 25th October 2022, 14:07
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But not one with any form of fixed penalty record or with a charge of misleading the House of Commons hanging over it.

Why is it that something this bunch of no-longer selfless greasy-pole-climbers consider this such a great sin when, come election time, they all practise grander deception on an industrial scale?

Rather like the 'No more oil' lobby, in their confectionary influenced targeting their friend and ally, Guido would have garnered wider electoral support had he published his manifesto in the cellars of the lower house.

(Friends, Romans, Seafarers, I come ........... - That does not mean I think the back stabbers were honest in the way Boris was sidinged)
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Old 26th October 2022, 09:22
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A thought for the day. Solar power is the way forward. However, it won't happen overnight.
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Old 26th October 2022, 19:14
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A thought for the day. Solar power is the way forward. However, it won't happen overnight.
Then the inverters blow up and burn the cabin out...........No power!
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Old 29th October 2022, 10:58
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Old 29th October 2022, 16:35
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Am I the only reader that has to use sunglasses when reading Malcolm G and his wee hen.
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Old 29th October 2022, 18:50
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How can you sex it just by the avatar view? Usually with birds, the brighter and more decorative the plumage the more likely it is a to be a male. I suppose it could be a wee free hen, they don't go in for gay anything.
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Old 29th October 2022, 18:59
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Hen? As in domestic fowl? No, wrong species.
The choice was, as Avatars should be, an oblique indication of the actual person.
In this case, completely Kwackers.
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Old 29th October 2022, 20:21
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Old 30th October 2022, 09:54
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Ahhh doncha just luv homespun philosophy ... watching the sunset from the rocking chair on the porch with a jar of moonshine in one hand, and a Remington 12 gauge pump in the other ....
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Old 11th December 2022, 23:36
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Old 12th December 2022, 07:18
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Ahhh doncha just luv homespun philosophy ... watching the sunset from the rocking chair on the porch with a jar of moonshine in one hand, and a Remington 12 gauge pump in the other ....
Who's picking yo cotton and collard greens? Mr string vest.
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Old 12th December 2022, 07:20
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Who wrote this crap?
Send him on gardening leave until 02 Jan 2023.

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Old 9th February 2023, 11:36
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Stop the ‘bot’ ?
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Old 1st April 2023, 19:00
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points to ponder...

Now that the Scottish First Minister is a second generation from Pakistani heritage.
And the UK Prime Minister is a second generation from Indian Heritage.

So maybe one of the first things on the joint agenda is the 'partition' of the UK.
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Old 1st April 2023, 21:10
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Now that the Scottish First Minister is a second generation from Pakistani heritage.
And the UK Prime Minister is a second generation from Indian Heritage.

So maybe one of the first things on the joint agenda is the 'partition' of the UK.
I`d get a pound on a Welsh Bangladeshi if i were you.
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Old 20th July 2023, 21:24
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The musically inclined will ‘get it’
Clue; It ain’t Mozart!
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Old 25th September 2023, 21:47
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Found these pretty roots while digging in the front garden.
Anyone know what tree it is?
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Old 25th September 2023, 21:53
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Found these pretty roots while digging in the front garden.
Anyone know what tree it is?
I have one, Malcolm, but its not a tree - It is a telephone plant! They will even grow in just water! I have one in the corner of my greenhouse.
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Old 25th September 2023, 22:07
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Yes Dave but what about the big yellow root and the nearby blue root ?
Do you think it will hurt if I just put an axe through them?
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Old 26th September 2023, 00:23
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Something might go "Booooom". Remember Richard Harris in the film "Juggernaut?"
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I only remember Richard Harris as Lawrence of Arabia and for being married to Elizabeth Taylor.
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Old 26th September 2023, 12:15
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He starred in four of my favourites: The Wreck of the Mary Deare, Gladiator, Patriot Games and Harry Potter.
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Old 26th September 2023, 12:57
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Peter O`Toole played Lawrence of Arabia & as far as I can see he was never married to Liz Taylor, so sorry some crossed thoughts gents.
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