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Too late the mayor cried - Sue F 15/October/08
"Go for Broke" Attribution Correct? - Cliff Bowman 10/October/08
Tthe sun was splitting the rocks - Ciara 10/October/08
Down to the short strokes - ESC 09/October/08
- Down to the short strokes - RRC 10/October/08
Lead pipe cinch - Josh Drexler 09/October/08
Put your money under the mattress - Roy 09/October/08
The man, the myth, the legend - Ryan McClay 09/October/08
Great coats off - Jeff Hanley 06/October/08
- Great coats off - RRC 06/October/08
  - Great coats off - Brian from Shawnee 07/October/08
Tincture of adulation - Kate 04/October/08
- Tincture of adulation - RRC 04/October/08
  - Tincture of adulation - Smokey Stover 05/October/08
  - Tincture of adulation - Smokey Stover 05/October/08
Go with the flow - Delphine 04/October/08
Life's a peach - Jane Streather 04/October/08
Fitch buzzy wuzz - George WH 04/October/08
Tommy Rock ate nuts - Marian 03/October/08
Dance, monke - Bill Varney 03/October/08
If it looks like a duck... - Cliff Bowman 01/October/08
You are on to plums - Ian Hillier 30/September/08
Shade tree mechanic - Jody Dunville 30/September/08
Bat Outta Hell - Rose 29/September/08
Fresh out of chocolate watches - JK 28/September/08
Love makes the world go round - Delphine Sutherland 26/September/08
Who is Betsy? - Pam Steele 26/September/08
Knitting clouds - Kyle 25/September/08
This ain't my first rodeo - Adam 24/September/08
- This ain't my first rodeo - ESC 24/September/08
  - This ain't my first rodeo - James Briggs 25/September/08
In the Bag - Giles Opie 23/September/08
- In the Bag - ESC 24/September/08
How now brown cow - Orrin Hamblin 22/September/08
It's a poor musician who blames his instrument - Benjamin M. Strozykowski 20/September/08
Two ram heads cannot be cooked in one pot - Topistar 20/September/08
Same old 76 - John 19/September/08
Period - Pratik 18/September/08
- Period - RRC 19/September/08
  - Period - ESC 19/September/08
Sonny Buck - Chuck 18/September/08
Bite of sugar - Susie 16/September/08
Have the wood on - Mike Ball 16/September/08
Fanny Entwhistle - Simon Plumpton 15/September/08
Never speak ill of the dead - Bekka 11/September/08
Beat the blues - Makinotti 10/September/08
Jimmy the dunce - Nancy 06/September/08
Monkey Butt - Kevin 06/September/08
Time imagery - ESC 06/September/08
- Time imagery - R. Berg 07/September/08
  - Time imagery - Smokey Stover 07/September/08
The right string but the wrong yoyo - Don 05/September/08
You lucky jotter - Matthew H. 03/September/08
Spiral out of control - Mark 03/September/08
- Spiral out of control - RRC 04/September/08
Siding up - Graham o'Brien 02/September/08
Feu feu - Sue 02/September/08
Jack the Bear - Betty Heiman 02/September/08
First rattle out of the box - Dallas Edge 31/August/08
You're a daisy if you do - Laura Garrett 30/August/08
Fall of soot - Chris Cox 29/August/08
Get off my land - John 28/August/08
Skunk at the garden party - Ben Vitale 28/August/08
- Skunk at the garden party - David FG 28/August/08
  - Skunk at the garden party - Smokey Stover 29/August/08
Hunt/haunt your own hole - Jillian 27/August/08
From the foundation of the world - Gary Mitchem 27/August/08
- From the foundation of the world - David FG 27/August/08
Running like a dog - Jacqueline 27/August/08
Shock Horror Probe - Alan 26/August/08
- Shock Horror Probe - Steve Hodder 15/September/08
- Shock Horror Probe - DavidFG 26/August/08
Silence speaks... - Emad 26/August/08
Little Audrey laughed and laughed - Randy L. Johnson Sr. 26/August/08
The voice of eternity - Roxanne Muir 26/August/08
Be all my sins remembered - Les H 26/August/08
Ground rushing up at him - Ainhi 25/August/08
And the band played believe it if you like - Don Brown 25/August/08
Cooperation needed - Marina 21/August/08
Trouble in the henhouse - Jeff 20/August/08
There you go - Lucy London 20/August/08
Don't bring a ham sandwich to a banquet - Mary 19/August/08
Living out loud - Sebrena Kimberly 18/August/08
Write in water - Staffan Wahlgren 16/August/08
Month phrases - Vivienne 15/August/08
- Month phrases - DavidFG 17/August/08
- Month phrases - ESC 15/August/08
Even a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut - Jedediah 14/August/08
...and found - Ken Manley 10/August/08
Won't get the baby a new bonnet - Bryan 10/August/08
A face like a chewed caramel - Ciaran 04/August/08
I can't take my eyes off of you - John 04/August/08
Let George do it - J. T. Stocks 03/August/08
- Let George do it - RRC 04/August/08
  - Let George do it - Gary Martin 04/August/08
Fair to midland - Jim 01/August/08
The cow ate the cabbage - Mike 01/August/08
Painted with the same brush - Sheila 01/August/08
A pair that'll beat a full house - Nate Wolfson 29/July/08
Take it to the bridge - Birgitte Roelsgaard 27/July/08
- Take it to the bridge - RRC 27/July/08
  - Take it to the bridge - lewis 28/July/08
You never know your luck... - Fiona MacKay 25/July/08
Stinking Rich - Lilyanne Clark 25/July/08
Haul ass - Tammy Ashmor 25/July/08
Enough to frighten the French - Frances 24/July/08
Putting your feet to the fire - Helen Morton 24/July/08
As big as Yackham - Neil Gorman 24/July/08
The sky opened up - Wanda Sabean 23/July/08
Living close to the ground - Done 23/July/08
In the pound seats - Ryno 23/July/08
The lad that married Anna - Geoff Willis 23/July/08
Shout to the rafters - J Thompson 23/July/08
Dance with the one that brought you - Charlie 22/July/08
Roll up the sidewalks - Vair 22/July/08
Let's hash it out - Richard 21/July/08
6, 2 and even - Darren 18/July/08
Monkey on a wire - Kris Williams 18/July/08
Wake ye! - Jon Scott Bradfield 18/July/08
Higher than a kite - Bob Kay 17/July/08
- Higher than a kite - Smokey Stover 18/July/08
- Higher than a kite - pamela 18/July/08
Cute little duffer - Sherry 17/July/08
- Cute little duffer - Victoria S Dennis 17/July/08
  - Cute little duffer - Smokey Stover 18/July/08
  - Cute little duffer - pamela 18/July/08
You take and... - George Sterling Good 17/July/08
- You take and... - Victoria S Dennis 17/July/08
  - You take and... - ESC 17/July/08
Beat a dead horse... - Aram 17/July/08
Get off your duff - E.K. 15/July/08
- Get off your duff - Smokey Stover 15/July/08
- Get off your duff - Smokey Stover 15/July/08
Walking the Dog - Grizvet 15/July/08
Smashing - Wayne R. McKinney 14/July/08
To stiff someone - John 14/July/08
I am too poor to afford cheap **** - Carl Waddington 12/July/08
Space Cadet - Joe Vavruska 11/July/08
- Space Cadet - ESC 12/July/08
Speak rhetorically... - Ben 11/July/08
- Speak rhetorically... - Smokey Stover 12/July/08
  - Speak rhetorically... - Smokey Stover 13/July/08
  - Speak rhetorically... - Smokey Stover 13/July/08
Go to the bog - Alan Munn 09/July/08
roll the geopolitical dice - Kashima 08/July/08
- roll the geopolitical dice - Smokey Stover 09/July/08
- roll the geopolitical dice - Smokey Stover 09/July/08
Come clean - JoanOfArc 06/July/08
- Come clean - ESC 06/July/08
Keep a stiff upper lip - Maryann King 02/July/08
- Keep a stiff upper lip - Victoria S Dennis 02/July/08
Clean your plow - Dave 02/July/08
Turn in - Kent 01/July/08
Straight up the middle - Carol 30/June/08
Down to the wire - Lewis 30/June/08
Trouble water - Marhaposan Purba 30/June/08
They all went to heaven in a little row boat - Casey 30/June/08
Too much sugar for a dime - Cindy 29/June/08
Hand over fist - Jasson 29/June/08
Toys in the Attic - Howard 28/June/08
Square the tables - Mona 28/June/08
Won by a landslide - Becca 26/June/08
Inquiring minds need to know - Laura Henry 26/June/08
Up to London - Pat Lees 23/June/08
- Up to London - David FG 24/June/08
- Up to London - Gary Martin 23/June/08
Fauvel/favela - Simon 23/June/08
Put a high price on one's feelings - Fronge 20/June/08
Wide boy - Julian Marchant 20/June/08
- Wide boy - Gary Martin 20/June/08
Caught in the crosshairs - NK 20/June/08
Take it in the shorts - MJ 20/June/08
Not so dusty... - L Fallon 19/June/08
First against the wall when the revolution comes - CRG 19/June/08
Dumb end of the tape measure - ESC 16/June/08
Face-plant - Nasta 16/June/08
Light at the end of the tunnel - Delphine 16/June/08
A man who is his own lawyer... - Emna 16/June/08
- A man who is his own lawyer... - pamela 16/June/08
  - A man who is his own lawyer... - ESC 17/June/08
23/80 - Paul 14/June/08
Hotter than the hubs of Hades - Steve 13/June/08
RE: Onward Through the Fog! - Tim 13/June/08
Drive the porcelain bus - Mitchell T Gillen 13/June/08
Paint your bum black - Sam Beaton 13/June/08
Stone the crows - Markku 13/June/08
- Stone the crows - Victoria S Dennis 16/June/08
Save her from the fever... - Sinny Snoop 12/June/08
Cute as a button - Kg 12/June/08
So to speak - Carmen 12/June/08
Bastardo carbarundum - Beth 12/June/08
Butt boy - ESC 11/June/08
Bucket list - ESC 08/June/08
I want to be your boo - ESC 06/June/08
- I want to be your boo - Smokey Stover 06/June/08
Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb? - Chris 05/June/08
Dutch courage - Colin 04/June/08
Up Mike's and down Jake's... - Kevin 04/June/08
To begin with - Adam 04/June/08
If life gives you lemons - Beeba 04/June/08
Living Daylights - Nate 03/June/08
Load of bull - Mary 03/June/08
Old Dan Tucker - Jessica 03/June/08
Protect against/from - Shweta 02/June/08
Put two and two together - Kimberley 01/June/08
Raining Stair-rods - Jeff Watson 31/May/08
Dead Marine - Geoff Cooper 30/May/08
Bat, Bat, come under my hat - Eileen Tragert 30/May/08
...and little fishes - Kathleen 30/May/08
Pulling weeds - Jennifer 29/May/08
The future is now - Botha 28/May/08
Toe jams - Ellen Brooks 28/May/08
- Toe jams - Smokey Stover 28/May/08
Fast, cheap, or good - Jake 27/May/08
Look Ma, no hands - JA 26/May/08
- Look Ma, no hands - ESC 26/May/08
Running the gauntlet - John Grant 26/May/08
- Running the gauntlet - ESC 26/May/08
Lost for good - Jimmy Walter 26/May/08
Even steven(s) - Dianne Boddy 26/May/08
Sod off - Don Pacifico 26/May/08
Slack hammocks - S.A.Mallal 26/May/08
Swing a cot - Tom Anderson 24/May/08
Run the traps/trap line - ESC 24/May/08
Upper crust - Sir Peter Laurence-Keen 24/May/08
Money makes the mare go - Anu 24/May/08
- Money makes the mare go - Victoria S Dennis 24/May/08
It's all herbs - Richard Perkins 24/May/08
Twisting my melon - Sam 23/May/08
Way out in left field - Rus Little 23/May/08
Getting my jones on - Katie 23/May/08
Let the wind go free - Jackie West 21/May/08
Wet week/wig - Madonna Day 21/May/08
Monkey stomp - ESC 20/May/08
It's all over bar the shouting - Vanessa Alexander 20/May/08
Beyond the shadow of a doubt - Alex Skylark 20/May/08
- Beyond the shadow of a doubt - RRC 20/May/08
- Beyond the shadow of a doubt - Gary Martin 20/May/08
Devil's advocate - Haylee Zollar 20/May/08
When the cross rolls over - Edwin 20/May/08
Whale the tar out of you - Marilyn 20/May/08
On the bubble - Bill Emery 20/May/08
Full potential - Vicki 19/May/08
Red rover - Frozzo 18/May/08
Don't jive me - Andrew J Morris 17/May/08
To go to water - Matthew F 17/May/08
Still waters run deep... - Elizabeth Moore 17/May/08
Raid Kills Bugs Dead - ESC 16/May/08
Shooting fish in a barrel - Brendan 16/May/08
Even as - Pierre Garon 16/May/08
For the birds - Butterfly 16/May/08
Proud as punch - Patrick Briody 16/May/08
Cut to the chase - Edward Manges 15/May/08
Get some perspective - Adam 15/May/08
Go to water - Matthew F 15/May/08
David cooks the rules - Sandra 15/May/08
Crap on the British - Linda Whitley 14/May/08
Grounded - Lisa 14/May/08
Strike me Roan - Jono 14/May/08
Can't hack it - Larryh 14/May/08
Err on the side of caution - Joy Ames 13/May/08
Puncture my vitals - JD 13/May/08
Keep your left hand high going through the swinging door - Lou Royal 12/May/08
Pulling the devil by the tail - Derek 12/May/08
Onery, twoery, sickery, sin... - Nellie Wilson 12/May/08
Get over it - Sandhya 12/May/08
Going like one-o - Ray Marsden 11/May/08
Feign lights - Bev 11/May/08
We know where the bodies are buried - Anthony 10/May/08
- We know where the bodies are buried - ESC 10/May/08
  - We know where the bodies are buried - Smokey Stover 10/May/08
  - We know where the bodies are buried - Smokey Stover 10/May/08
Mathematically Impossible - Muthusamy 09/May/08
Two budgies don't make a snowstorm - Daniel 08/May/08
- Two budgies don't make a snowstorm - Brian from Shawnee 08/May/08
Pick your brain - Julianne 07/May/08
If it sounds too good... - Dirk Cummins 06/May/08
Land of milk and honey - Katy 06/May/08
Shoe-in - David Mcdowell 06/May/08
Hitting their straps - Colhaze 06/May/08
If you dont eat your okra... - Manu 06/May/08