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HUMOUR IS THE RUMOUR

Warning - some viewers may find the following content distressing, disturbing and likely to offend, coming 

as it does from a more robust time.  (Well, you have to laugh, don't you?)

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Definition of a shotgun wedding:  a case of wife or death.

A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Dancing cheek to cheek is really a form of floor-play.

Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

And finally -..

A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 17th Jul 2020 13:33

Don - you're absolutely within your eagle-eyed right to call me to
grammatical account. This aberration was the result of declining
eyesight and a sticky/temperamental keyboard on my not-too reliable PC. I have now corrected it in chastened remorse. ?

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Fri 17th Jul 2020 07:20

During lockdown my friend, a carpet fitter, had an underlaying wealth issue.

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Don Matthews

Fri 17th Jul 2020 00:20

I was highly shocked and offended.

The nerve to mess with the humble little it's and degrade it into it;s....shame on you

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