Category: Real Life
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Sigh. Talk about one of those days. I’ll run through the morning with you: A telephone call come in for me, regarding something or other. I forget what, exactly, as the person calling was announced as David Attenborough, famed natural history and wildlife TV presenter, amongst other things. It turned out that it wasn’t David…
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Valentine’s Day set to move
Talks are taking place with the board of the International Allocation and Reallocation of Important and Strategic Dates Consortium (IRIS, previously known as ROSE: the Reallocation Of Some Events group, and before that HYACINTH: Ha! Yet Another Card Initiative Now Thought Historic) for the date of St Valentine’s Day to be moved. St Valentine of…
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Sticky Fingers
Valnetine’s, by Fnigers Valnetine’s is a snigleton’s curseLove dup couplesSome on ostyers, worseSharing glanecs arc oss a crowsed roomCandlelihgt banshing away the gloomTable for one with prics for twoAnd they only serve copules tir a meesooHerat shaped steaksAnd fanyc cakesWith showoof couplesOn expnesive datesFeeding each other ices cramWithout a sponThen left with sticky fnigersGroan. Too…
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The Planets Align
Look out into the morning sky this January, and cloud cover permitting, you may get a chance to see – through your own eyes – Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter dotted along the sky. Depending upon the angle at which you manage to see this fabulous array of planets, Saturn should appear in or…