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One Liner
Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018, 20:02
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Dangerous Statistic
Monday, 29 Oct 2018, 21:29
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The Moving Cursor
Sunday, 28 Oct 2018, 20:31
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The moving cursor | writes and having wrote,
Goes off to find another thing to quote.
Playground Joke
Sunday, 28 Oct 2018, 20:21
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Question What do you call a person who watches over soup?
Answer A Soup-erviser!
A Proverb
Sunday, 28 Oct 2018, 19:52
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Dogs look up to you. Cats look down on you. Pigs is equal.
I found this jewel in the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Ed. Jennifer Speake, online version 2015. Attributed to Winston Churchill (but lots of 'quotable quotes' are, so who can be sure?)
Ye Who Enter Here
Saturday, 27 Oct 2018, 23:45
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday, 27 Oct 2018, 23:55
Yesterday I was in hospital, following an unlucky stumble when leaving the Highland and Islands whisky tasting. The hospital insisted on keeping me in overnight for observation, and wheeled me to its strictly-no-drinking wing. Over the entrance I read these words:
“Ward off evil spirits.”
Old Latin proverb
Saturday, 27 Oct 2018, 23:34
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Nisi quod bonum est in proverbium num et Lectores.
A proverb is only as good as its readers.
Alla Barnen
Friday, 26 Oct 2018, 20:14
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 26 Oct 2018, 20:15
All the kids loved the party. Except Nelly.
She said the jelly was smelly.
Terms and Conditions Apply
Thursday, 25 Oct 2018, 23:11
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Dangerous Geometry
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018, 20:22
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Science Lecture
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018, 14:31
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Edited by Richard Walker, Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018, 18:09
I discovered this fascinating poster in a car boot sale some years ago now. It's hard to compare the ticket price 3s with present day money, but in terms of RPI it would come out at about £10. If we consider it relative to average income however it represents a bigger sum. In 1810 annual incomes ranged from around £40 for a labourer up to aboout 10 times that for a lawyer.
According to Wikipedia, the Royal Institution resolved "that Humphry Davy [i.e. 'Mr Professor Davy'] be engaged in the service of the Royal Institution in
the capacity of assistant lecturer in chemistry, director of the
chemical laboratory, and assistant editor of the journals of the
institution, and that he be allowed to occupy a room in the house, and
be furnished with coals and candles, and that he be paid a salary of
100l. per annum.'
Fur, fur better
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018, 21:29
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The moving finger writes, but having written,
It goes away and strokes a kitten.
Daily News
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018, 21:13
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The Moving Finger writes. Then, wreath'd in Glory,
Moves on: to pen Tomorrow's Story.
Dylan Thomas' Metamorphosis
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018, 20:53
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Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018, 20:54
It's little known that at the time of his death Dylan Thomas was working on a verse version of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Towards the end, however, his muse began to falter; also Thomas, as an avid student of different verse forms, and himself a considerable humorist, had unfortunately been reading some clerihews.
The effect of all this can be seen in the ending of the Kafka-Thomas verse novel, an extract never before published.
When the bug burst, it was all icky ichor, it was all Gregor,Time held him green and dying like a flea.
But afterwards Grete,
Felt better.
It was so quiet
Monday, 22 Oct 2018, 00:09
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One
Autumn
Silently I lay
Listening to the
Rustling of space where
No-one can
hear you
dream.
Empathy
Sunday, 21 Oct 2018, 21:40
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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday, 21 Oct 2018, 22:14
As she explained,
“Do not expect too much of short-lived beings
Most of whom count their trips around the local star
On less than the square of their forward tentacles.”
What it Says on the Label
Sunday, 21 Oct 2018, 19:40
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As Grandpa would say, "Labels can't make up their mind. Sell, buy. So which?"
What a Shower!
Saturday, 20 Oct 2018, 22:30
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday, 20 Oct 2018, 22:42
Playground Joke
Saturday, 20 Oct 2018, 01:17
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Q. What comes after belfry?
A. Bell four!
Clerihew
Friday, 19 Oct 2018, 22:41
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The Brothers Grimm
Never learned how to swim.
This is not the reason why fame to them clings,
But because they published a book of fairy tales, as well as many other things.
One Liner
Friday, 19 Oct 2018, 20:56
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I just started football training but it's more difficult than expected. The balls are very disobedient.
Bill's your uncle
Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018, 21:51
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Uncle Bill could beat anyone at agreeing. In fact he never disagreed with anyone in his entire life. We used to call him “William the concurrer.”
Another Startup Failure
Tuesday, 16 Oct 2018, 23:08
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My latest startup was selling aquariums. But it tanked. Of course.
Epitaph For A Landlord
Sunday, 14 Oct 2018, 21:51
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