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>Gin makes you sin…..

> …but whiksy makes you friksy

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>OK. So how was I supposed to know….

> …that this Joan Miro was a bloke?

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>A charge of abashed cartage

>Classic piece of machine translation (French to English via Portuguese..?)  A charge of abashed cartage acquired the baby aircraft to lose antithesis and tip over in mid-air during an centralized flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And The abashed … Continue reading

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>Tom Petty. 60. Bugger me.

> Ed Marks was my mate Gary’s stepson. He turned up in the summer of 1977 with a Eurorail pass and disappeared for long stretches, returning with obscure albums (“I saw this album that featured Davie Bowie’s drummer’s brother in … Continue reading

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>Oh we get it — you don’t have to learn to play better…

> “We’re going to open an existing song. Now imagine a group of kids have gotten together to jam in their garage, and every recorded to a drum loop. Now I think it’s going to be clear that these guys … Continue reading

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>Absolutely…

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>Don’t the trees look like crucified thieves…..

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>"Attention travellers"

> Says the treacly voice on the PA at LAX and continues “You are not required to give money to solicitors” Trying telling that to my lawyer…..

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>Intelligentsia, Venice Beach, CA

> Exactly 56 minutes after touchdown. Immigration, collect luggage, negotiate Customs, pick up rental car, drive 7.2 miles in 14 minutes. Get a doppio on the house for my heroic feat

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>That’s unterestung….

> I’ve just realised that the standard keyboard was invented with New Zealanders in mind. Just transpose a single character to the left and it magically converts text to phonetic Kiwi. As inFush and chups Unternational (“Unternationoo” actually, but that’s … Continue reading

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