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Making buttons - Patricia Talley 09/August/10
Sold your piano? - Tyler 06/August/10
The bigger they are the harder they fall - Ruth Maddison 03/August/10
- The bigger they are the harder they fall - ESC 03/August/10
There is more than one way to skin a cat - Sharon 31/July/10
- There is more than one way to skin a cat - ESC 31/July/10
Roll over in his grave - Gloria 30/July/10
- Roll over in his grave - Victoria S Dennis 30/July/10
  - Roll over in his grave - Aka Darrell 30/July/10
  - Roll over in his grave - Aka Darrell 30/July/10
Hell or high water - Cynthia Logan 30/July/10
Wig hole - Emily 28/July/10
- Wig hole - James Briggs 28/July/10
Good copy - John 20/July/10
Chicken talk - ESC 19/July/10
Skeleton key - Hanale 18/July/10
Sew buttons on your underwear etc. - KathyP 09/July/10
Throw a sausage - John 05/July/10
The ... from hell - Marcus Bruté 04/July/10
That was then, this is now - ESC 03/July/10
When the cat's away... - Montgomery 02/July/10
was born ready - Dave 01/July/10
A fat lot of good - Adrian 30/June/10
Like the back of my hand - Denny 28/June/10
Do you zummish? - John Banghart 24/June/10
Seeking the Great White Biscuit - Jim Johnstone 23/June/10
Beat the tar out of you - Dave LaBounty 20/June/10
Playing the fool - TB 19/June/10
Don't have a bar of - Julia Miller 17/June/10
- Don't have a bar of - ESC 17/June/10
Land with your bum in the butter - Leizl Mowbray 17/June/10
A wigwam for a mustard po - Alan 16/June/10
The pits - Gabrielle 16/June/10
- The pits - ESC 16/June/10
Chlorine in the gene pool - ESC 14/June/10
Dodged the column - Kmccary 13/June/10
Drive your CHEVROLET to the levy - ESC 10/June/10
That will do the trick - Alex 07/June/10
My cup of tea - Karen 07/June/10
A burr under your saddle - Ken 03/June/10
Looks can be deceiving - Ken Ciehnbaum 02/June/10
Cabbage onto - Beth 30/May/10
Lands a mercy! - Katherine 29/May/10
It ain't funny Magee - Donna L. 22/May/10
Best of British luck - Mark Sevier 14/May/10
Roses in December - Sandra 13/May/10
Life is not measured by the amount of breaths... - Paula Erasmus 11/May/10
It's all over bar the shouting - James Briggs 09/May/10
It aint over till the fat lady sings - Tiamat 07/May/10
- It aint over till the fat lady sings - Brian from Shawnee 07/May/10
Hold the rin - Ericonabike 06/May/10
Charlies dead - Ross 06/May/10
Time for all good men to come to the aid of their country - Chris Strange 05/May/10
- Time for all good men to come to the aid of their country - john 05/May/10
- Time for all good men to come to the aid of their country - David FG 05/May/10
With bells on - Nicole 04/May/10
- With bells on - Smokey Stover 04/May/10
  - With bells on - Victoria S Dennis 04/May/10
w h o r e's dream - Laurie Russell 03/May/10
Ring a ring a roses - Ruth White 03/May/10
Cockled over - M. Leverettt 27/April/10
Bloody Nora - Joy 25/April/10
My dogs are killing me - Tatjana 23/April/10
The King's English - Patsy 22/April/10
- The King's English - Gary Martin 22/April/10
  - The King's English - David FG 22/April/10
Monkey Wards - Latimer.23 22/April/10
Bugger Lugs - JC Caldwell 22/April/10
If nobody likes it... - Doug 21/April/10
Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted - Gordon Emery 20/April/10
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do - Marcus Webb 20/April/10
Take it away Rosedale - Rose 19/April/10
Not all who wander are lost - Matt C 19/April/10
Healed up and haired over - Barbara 19/April/10
Like a blue arsed fly - Karen 17/April/10
Same spot on the dial - Angela Butler 14/April/10
As easy as pie - Brian Dennis 14/April/10
Do a John Travolta - Thomas McCann 14/April/10
Yanking my chain - Mary 09/April/10
Screwed like a house cat (revisited) - Brian from Shawnee 09/April/10
Meaner than second skimmings - Sandy 09/April/10
In country - CRo 06/April/10
- In country - Smokey Stover 06/April/10
Going round the bend - Felix Windham 06/April/10
Walk the cat back - Laurie Miller 05/April/10
- Walk the cat back - Baceseras 05/April/10
Cultural Mecca - JJS 03/April/10
Postman's Oath - David B. Magee, Jr. 01/April/10
Press you for an answer - Jo Seaman 31/March/10
Hot damn! - Jefferson Adams 31/March/10
God stiffen the crow - Margaret Ritchie 30/March/10
My dog ate my homework - Steven 28/March/10
Aim low, they're riding shetlands - Jessica 24/March/10
Three jumps and a bite of the latch - William O'Donohoe 22/March/10
Name rings a bell - Ben Bowles 21/March/10
Who put the pig on the wall... - David Cropper 20/March/10
Hendiadys - Anders 20/March/10
- Hendiadys - Smokey Stover 21/March/10
On the lamb - Rod Tvrdy 20/March/10
Your father wasn't a glass blower - Julie 19/March/10
He's got big stones... - Mike Gorton 19/March/10
A long tall cool drink of water - Shirley Thompson 18/March/10
- A long tall cool drink of water - john 19/March/10
  - A long tall cool drink of water - Victoria S Dennis 19/March/10
Greasing the cogs - Amster 12/March/10
Confirmed bachelor - Ky 12/March/10
- Confirmed bachelor - Smokey Stover 13/March/10
Would not touch it with a ten foot pole - RCP 12/March/10
- Would not touch it with a ten foot pole - James Briggs 12/March/10
Shop till you drop - Ian 10/March/10
Nosey parker - GeorgeM 09/March/10
Pan Crack - Bernie Onn 08/March/10
Bob's your uncle - Victor Bennett 07/March/10
Caddy-corner - Mark Perry 06/March/10
Rding on the sheep's back - Eric Hayman 04/March/10
Hit the kip - Carol Cook 04/March/10
The riscj get richer... - Mary 01/March/10
Out of the ditch and on the bus - jlsnyder 28/February/10
Raise sand - GC 28/February/10
If ifs and buts were apples and nuts - Derek Illingworth 27/February/10
Putting a stake in the ground - Michael Thompson, Sr. 24/February/10
- Putting a stake in the ground - Smokey Stover 06/March/10
- Putting a stake in the ground - Smokey Stover 06/March/10
What is a girl to do? - Henry Steward 23/February/10
Chicken Eye - Rob 22/February/10
Rat's ass - Shawn 20/February/10
Close but no wee-oh - Randy 19/February/10
Drinking whiskey before dinner... - Patti Cruz 19/February/10
You can take the boy out of the country... - M Robson 18/February/10
Beaten to the punch - N.Meaux 14/February/10
Took off like Snyder's hound - Nancy 14/February/10
Sucking and blowing - Bill 07/February/10
- Sucking and blowing - Smokey Stover 08/February/10
All get out - Edward Putnam 07/February/10
- All get out - Smokey Stover 08/February/10
- All get out - Gary Martin 07/February/10
Blue devils - ESC 06/February/10
Cutting corner - R Black 06/February/10
- Cutting corner - David FG 06/February/10
  - Cutting corner - Victoria S Dennis 06/February/10
You do the math - Carol 06/February/10
Watch under - Johnny O 05/February/10
It's cold enough for a walking stick - Peter Rogers 04/February/10
In the house - Scott Ellis 04/February/10
Yank my marley - Susan Herrick 03/February/10
Golden fiddles - Annie 30/January/10
Seven points of departure - Tassy Smith 28/January/10
Reach for the stars - Ngawai 28/January/10
Two, Six Heave - Kelvin Tonks 27/January/10
- Two, Six Heave - Victoria S Dennis 28/January/10
Too funny by half - Tom 25/January/10
- Too funny by half - Gary Martin 25/January/10
  - Too funny by half - Brian from Shawnee 26/January/10
Yuck - Mike 22/January/10
'We may mock the pretension... - Steve 21/January/10
Sucks mud - David 21/January/10
What up - Kim 19/January/10
Smarter than a beekeeper - Richard Webb 18/January/10
Passing strange - David EM 18/January/10
Punching holes in the darkness - Stephen 18/January/10
Feather the blade - Vicky Parry 17/January/10
A dirty mind is a joy forever - Rod Franz 16/January/10
Smarty pants - Jason 15/January/10
Pop goes the weasel - Dave 14/January/10
In Hades - Jeff Thompson 14/January/10
Okey - Tom 12/January/10
This won't get the old woman her ninepence - John Donmall-Hicks 12/January/10
Have your cake and eat it too - Ed 08/January/10
Petrel/Petrol - Jackie 08/January/10
Ogre's choice - Rylie Hilscher 06/January/10
As a sworty duck - Linda Harrison 05/January/10
Nothing ventured, nothing gained - John Helms 04/January/10
Swallow a perkin - MB 04/January/10
Dicky dancing - June 03/January/10
Cowabunga - Kay 02/January/10
- Cowabunga - RRC 03/January/10
  - Cowabunga - Smokey Stover 03/January/10
  - Cowabunga - ESC 03/January/10
Lock and load - Malhori 02/January/10
Bogey eyes - Tom Anderson 02/January/10
Tots - ESC 02/January/10
Take it away Rosedale - Merrilee Brown 29/December/09
Like a greased pig - Tormat Selector 27/December/09
- Like a greased pig - Victoria S Dennis 27/December/09
  - Like a greased pig - Smokey Stover 29/December/09
Casting shadows in the dark - Nicole 23/December/09
The cat's meow - Reed Peterson 22/December/09
Guns before butter - Sonia S 21/December/09
- Guns before butter - Smokey Stover 22/December/09
  - Guns before butter - ESC 22/December/09
  - Guns before butter - Victoria S Dennis 22/December/09
Dracula sneeze - ESC 20/December/09
I owe everything to the spaghetti - ESC 20/December/09
My giddy aunt - Dr R.W. Dyson 17/December/09
- My giddy aunt - James Briggs 18/December/09
  - My giddy aunt - Smokey Stover 19/December/09
Shoot the devil in the eye - Saltinureye 17/December/09
I'll be your Huckleberry - Richard S. Washburn 17/December/09
We got cotton - Johnny Edenfield 15/December/09
Rocks in your head - Morgan 13/December/09
Big Bubba - Dr. Hahn 13/December/09
Lazarushian leather - Woman_in_shoe 12/December/09
- Lazarushian leather - Victoria S Dennis 12/December/09
Will wonders never cease? - Owne 11/December/09
Dead lice - Steve 10/December/09
Put you on your head... - Kat 10/December/09
Doe-popped - Rod 08/December/09
At it like knives - Jim Stuart 04/December/09
Like okra - John 03/December/09
Short end of the stick - Tom Meyer 02/December/09
- Short end of the stick - Victoria S Dennis 03/December/09
A man with a hammer - Mark Hales 01/December/09
Taken into adultery - Joana 01/December/09
- Taken into adultery - RRC 01/December/09
Hang you up by your toes - Karen 30/November/09
Whistle down the wind - Vair 28/November/09
Hot sand and ginger - Peter Munro 27/November/09
- Hot sand and ginger - Victoria S Dennis 27/November/09
  - Hot sand and ginger - Victoria S Dennis 28/November/09
A good hiding - David 25/November/09
In Meredith - Alastair Thompson 24/November/09
Jibber jabber - MichaelSean 20/November/09
- Jibber jabber - David FG 21/November/09
  - Jibber jabber - Victoria S Dennis 21/November/09
On me bill - Carol Thomson 20/November/09
Put the scuppers on - Jack 20/November/09
Off with the head... - Justine Donald 18/November/09
Barber's knock - Tony Tolley 14/November/09
Boo turkey - Debbie 13/November/09
- Boo turkey - RRC 14/November/09
- Boo turkey - ESC 14/November/09
..., will travel - Mary Lentz 11/November/09
- ..., will travel - Smokey Stover 11/November/09
  - ..., will travel - ESC 11/November/09
... no waiting - Bill 11/November/09
A blinding glimpse of the obvious - Joe 09/November/09
Generous to a tee - Liz Curry 08/November/09
All aboard for the Skylark - Eleanor 06/November/09
Tough bananas - Aaron 05/November/09
- Tough bananas - RRC 05/November/09
Ring a ring of roses - Rachel Bowen 03/November/09
- Ring a ring of roses - Gary Martin 04/November/09
- Ring a ring of roses - Victoria S Dennis 03/November/09
Keep calm and carry on - ESC 02/November/09