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Hen lit - ESC 29/October/09
A dab hand - Gerald 26/October/09
Sun and moon - j.a.berridge 24/October/09
Fourteen men in the boat and the oars leaked - Tom 23/October/09
Not a hill worth dying for - Laura 22/October/09
- Not a hill worth dying for - Smokey Stover 22/October/09
  - Not a hill worth dying for - Joe 23/October/09
Naked to the human eye - Paul 18/October/09
- Naked to the human eye - David FG 18/October/09
  - Naked to the human eye - Paul 22/October/09
  - Naked to the human eye - Victoria S Dennis 18/October/09
Mensa definitions - James Briggs 17/October/09
Town hall meeting - Scott Stock Gissendanner 17/October/09
A Trick of the Tail - John 17/October/09
The halt and the lame - Moo 16/October/09
- The halt and the lame - Victoria S Dennis 17/October/09
  - The halt and the lame - Smokey Stover 17/October/09
You don't know from where you speak - Brian 14/October/09
The Gypsy's Warning - Bill Brown 12/October/09
If stands stiff... - Glyn Carroway 10/October/09
As broad as it is long - S Barker 07/October/09
Big enough to look after himself - Bon 07/October/09
Liverpool kiss - Burke 05/October/09
A good Englishman... - Lynn Chamberlain 03/October/09
- A good Englishman... - Baceseras 03/October/09
When stones sweat - Maya 02/October/09
Swingeing cuts - Chewter 30/September/09
- Swingeing cuts - Baceseras 02/October/09
Within an ace - Silvia Serafini 30/September/09
Bare time - Luke 29/September/09
Doesn't have a pot - Janet 29/September/09
Man o'live - Geoff 28/September/09
Tow-rag - Ron HMS 27/September/09
- Tow-rag - David FG 27/September/09
  - Tow-rag - Victoria S Dennis 27/September/09
Join the circus - Patty 27/September/09
Ready, aim, fire - Paul 23/September/09
- Ready, aim, fire - David FG 23/September/09
Corinthian spirit - George Burrows 22/September/09
- Corinthian spirit - David FG 22/September/09
Between a rock and a hard place - Warren Howard 19/September/09
- Between a rock and a hard place - Victoria S Dennis 19/September/09
  - Between a rock and a hard place - Smokey Stover 19/September/09
Bear with me - Laura Parker 18/September/09
Take exception to - Brian 17/September/09
The moon is still over her shoulder - Ron 15/September/09
Dress cute - ESC 13/September/09
- Dress cute - Smokey Stover 13/September/09
Throne-sniffers - Moleitou 13/September/09
Boo Boo the fool - Hugh 10/September/09
As happy as a sissy in a cc camp - Cassie 09/September/09
Heebie jeebies - Angela Clark 06/September/09
Beastly careless - Diana Burgess 02/September/09
I'll tell you a story of Jack and his glory - Bill Anderson 01/September/09
shane - nick doughty 31/August/09
Since Grant took Richmond - Jay 30/August/09
Origin of bread = money - ESC 27/August/09
Pull a moue - George 24/August/09
- Pull a moue - ESC 24/August/09
  - Pull a moue - Victoria S Dennis 25/August/09
Superhero by night - Sandy 23/August/09
- Superhero by night - Smokey Stover 24/August/09
- Superhero by night - ESC 23/August/09
Lunch money - JB 22/August/09
Getting wee-weed up - ESC 21/August/09
God hates a coward - j. blasé 21/August/09
For the love of mud - JK 21/August/09
As soon as I get out the hoover - Antoinette Vawter 20/August/09
- As soon as I get out the hoover - ESC 20/August/09
Jildy jildy - Gordon 19/August/09
Live, horse and half-hay - wilsob r 19/August/09
Going tats - Pat 18/August/09
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - Patti 17/August/09
- You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - ESC 17/August/09
- You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - ESC 17/August/09
Lose one's marbles - Myer Green 17/August/09
- Lose one's marbles - Victoria S Dennis 17/August/09
The big coon walks late - Joseph Sweat 17/August/09
Flipping heck - Paul 10/August/09
- Flipping heck - R. Berg 11/August/09
In a new jacket - Roland 05/August/09
What to my surprise - Glenn Golden 04/August/09
- What to my surprise - Smokey Stover 04/August/09
- What to my surprise - R. Berg 04/August/09
Spend money to make money - Liz 03/August/09
Go peddle your papers - Roger 30/July/09
Take it easy, Greasy - Stephen 29/July/09
Bibs and bows - Stephen 27/July/09
Chips waiting for vinegar - Paul 21/July/09
Dead game - Rae Marshall 20/July/09
A cat in hell's chance - Murciabling 19/July/09
And THAT'S the way it is - ESC 18/July/09
Hogs staring at a wristwatch - ESC 17/July/09
The wife - h.geater 15/July/09
- The wife - Smokey Stover 16/July/09
- The wife - ESC 16/July/09
Half-cut - Odie Champs 14/July/09
Three wells make a river - Bill Folk 14/July/09
Happily ever after - ESC 14/July/09
Too cute for school - Nan 14/July/09
Good Lord and butter - Farah 12/July/09
Make a scale break - Eunice Lawson 08/July/09
Roger, Over and Out - Thomas Flaherty 07/July/09
Bought the farm - Cheryl 07/July/09
Bless Pat - Kathleen 05/July/09
Noisy Arabs - Tony 05/July/09
Same old same old - Ted Rosenthal 05/July/09
- Same old same old - David FG 05/July/09
As the twig bends so bends the tree - Steven Robles 04/July/09
- As the twig bends so bends the tree - Victoria S Dennis 04/July/09
  - As the twig is bent so grows the tree. - Smokey Stover 07/July/09
  - As the twig bends so bends the tree - As the twig is bent, so bends the tree. 07/July/09
More than ton can tell - Ben 04/July/09
Spanner in the works - Giles Wynne 01/July/09
- Spanner in the works - David FG 01/July/09
- Spanner in the works - ESC 01/July/09
Candy opinion/candied opinion - ESC 30/June/09
Once a man, twice a child - M Runels 29/June/09
"Extras" quote - ESC 28/June/09
- "Extras" quote - Smokey Stover 30/June/09
New euphemism for adultery. - James Briggs 28/June/09
To have the blues - James Briggs 24/June/09
With knobs on - Daniel Driscoll 22/June/09
Had the biscuit - Daniel Driscoll 21/June/09
- Had the biscuit - David FG 21/June/09
  - Had the biscuit - RRC 22/June/09
Turn in for the night - Alan McBride 19/June/09
Dropping like flies - Jeremy 17/June/09
As lucky as Jack Risby - Dick Parsons 17/June/09
Hunter S. Thompson - Shamsterdam 16/June/09
The Irish and the Dutch - T. Blair 16/June/09
Following Seas - Tony Segura 15/June/09
- Following Seas - Smokey Stover 15/June/09
Oh dear - Mark Smith 13/June/09
Play hob with - Scott Stock Gissendanner 13/June/09
Strike me Rone/Roan - Kerry 12/June/09
Whoever kills - ESC 05/June/09
Seven bells of hell - Vic Allen 03/June/09
Feed a cold and starve a fever - David King 02/June/09
- Feed a cold and starve a fever - ESC 02/June/09
  - Feed a cold and starve a fever - RRC 02/June/09
Mad as a spoon - ESC 29/May/09
Leaning towards Fishers - Jennifer W 27/May/09
Pinch a loaf - Mark Miller 27/May/09
A-blowin and a'goin - Penelope 27/May/09
Forty gatis - Dallas Owen 20/May/09
- Forty gatis - ESC 20/May/09
Beard the dragon - Ross Forbes 19/May/09
Don't you judge me. - ESC 19/May/09
- Don't you judge me. - Smokey Stover 19/May/09
Penny candle - Mike Coughlin 18/May/09
Watch your ass - Lessly 16/May/09
- Watch your ass - David FG 16/May/09
  - Watch your ass - Smokey Stover 16/May/09
Pays like Roscoe - Lucy 15/May/09
Happy horse**** - Christine 14/May/09
Over-egging the pudding - Yan Torsen 11/May/09
Living daylight - Di Feldtmann 10/May/09
- Living daylight - ESC 10/May/09
- Living daylight - ESC 10/May/09
In the hizzy - ESC 10/May/09
As drunk as a sack - Mark Severn 10/May/09
Hearts and minds - Asa Wages 09/May/09
Teeth in your mouth - Steve Adam 08/May/09
- Teeth in your mouth - Joe 09/May/09
- Teeth in your mouth - ESC 08/May/09
Pissed off - William Landau 08/May/09
Butt's in butter - Kate 07/May/09
Screw with the bull - Jim B 07/May/09
He thinks he's Archie - Ewan Bennett 07/May/09
Spanish news - G. Ward 07/May/09
Sew buttons on ice cream - Molly Holly 06/May/09
If I tell you I will have to shoot you - Chuck Lane 06/May/09
Chewing the scenery - Judy 05/May/09
Wading through treacle - John Hill 04/May/09
Ass backwards - Javier Crosby 28/April/09
Egery - ESC 28/April/09
- Egery - David FG 29/April/09
  - Egery - ESC 29/April/09
La-di-da - Jeff Duncan 24/April/09
Punch up the bracket - Bloggs 22/April/09
As long as Pat stayed in the army - Joan MCoy Weatherford 20/April/09
I don't want a bar of it - Natalie Smith 19/April/09
Go and eat coke - Bill Somes 17/April/09
The fox with the red rose - Jan 17/April/09
Three jumps and a bite of the latch - William O'Donohoe 14/April/09
Nut it - Trent 13/April/09
Throw the rattle out of the pram - Paul Burns 10/April/09
- Throw the rattle out of the pram - Gary Martin 10/April/09
  - Throw the rattle out of the pram - Joe Kralich 11/April/09
Men of fine parts - Adrien 10/April/09
- Men of fine parts - Joe Kralich 11/April/09
"go pound sand!" - robert bryson 09/April/09
A government big enough to give you everything you want - marylily 08/April/09
Doing a Cunningham - Elliott 08/April/09
Fugs - ESC 07/April/09
God's own country - R.Murugesan 07/April/09
- God's own country - ESC 07/April/09
  - God's own country - Joe 12/April/09
  - God's own country - Gary Martin 08/April/09
Trying for a bishop - ESC 07/April/09
The art of the deal - Michael Koppy 07/April/09
He's a going Jesse - James 07/April/09
Out with the tide - Katos 07/April/09
Retrotalk - ESC 06/April/09
Poor as a church mouse - Jo Wood 06/April/09
- Poor as a church mouse - Smokey Stover 06/April/09
A whale of a chance - Ali Kahrobaie 05/April/09
- A whale of a chance - Victoria S Dennis 05/April/09
A lash-up - Jo Jones 03/April/09