paulsharples.bsky.social
Old. Paunchy. Ex-pat Wiganer
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“Safe”, used as a verb
[SHUDDERS]
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I’d second that! My wife took my photo on her mobile, I uploaded it online and paid the fee. I then received notifications by email and text about the progress of my application. New passport in less than a fortnight
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You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like an Arab man
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The musical equivalent of Lisa Simpson’s tween magazine, “Non-threatening Boys”
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Love that photo
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Fun fact: our pedigree dog’s breeder named all her puppies after alcoholic beverages. Ours had the Kennel Club name “Jetsway Frosty Jack”
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Mine coincide with Wigan beating St Helens
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Giuseppe Verdi = Joe Green
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I dabble too. Discovered by comparing dates that my dad was the result of a Friday-night knee-trembler
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Took my Chevy to the lavvy, but the lavvy was dry
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Qualified agreement, but letters not characters
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Wigan has been in Greater Manchester since 1974, but most people of my generation still pretend it’s in Lancashire
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FYI, the late Reggie Alton, palaeographer and English tutor at my alma mater, was consulted on the authenticity of Kurt Cobain’s suicide note www.theguardian.com/news/2003/de...
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I don’t mind it when there’s a bath, but it does my nut in when there’s a crapper in the room
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Er … Matt Bowen?
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Hi Max. Please can we have a definitive ruling on whether it’s pronounced “Lie-doh” or “Lee-doh”?
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Might as well have called ’em “R.U. Player”!
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S.O. Else comes a close second
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Elbow at Hampton Court. Waaaaaay over-amplified for the small courtyard venue
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We used to shout "Take your time, Colin!"
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Congratulations. You’ve been given your mantra
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The try-athlon, where you get credit for effort
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NORM: Women. Can’t live with ’em …
[PAUSE]
… Pass the beer nuts.
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Surely that would put you in Nid 🤔
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Gave myself a third-degree burn while incompetently performing that trick with the amaretti biscuit wrapper
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“I ain’t jokin’ sarf of the river”
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Was given a booklet titled “Boys Growing Up”, by a Daily Mail agony aunt. IIRC, it recommended stripping down a car engine, or similar displacement activity, when certain urges arose
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Shame – the gluten’s the best bit
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Where’s the pappy toast and industrial margarine?!
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“Easy, son. Who d’you think you are? Stirling Moss?”
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Looks like he’s supped some stuff tuhneet!
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Was watching Amy at Cineworld Cheltenham. The lights came up *IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FUNERAL*
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Thanks, Tom. The stick-collecting never fails to gladden my heart
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Lady at my gran’s funeral was telling everyone about her recent trip to Italy, where a “tycoon” had “ravished” the campsite
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Me neither. Saw it recently on YouTube. Very upsetting
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I was there, aged 7. My first Wembley final. Hepworth broke Tyrer’s jaw. Colin Clarke was unable to play because suspended. We lost. I cried – pretended I had earache. A Cas fan gave me his rosette. That only made matters worse
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She’ll be smuggled into the Vatican disguised as a castrato minstrel, thereby setting in motion a chain of hilarious events that take three Acts to resolve
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I spent 10 years playing rugby before a coach suggested I run at the gaps between the defenders, rather than at the defenders themselves
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Confirms my impression that Big G is just making it up as (s)he goes along
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Fun fact: in the pre-Radox days, my family used to put Fairy Liquid in the bath
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Interesting balance this Conclave between Traitors and Faithful
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Mission Impost-able