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January Swear Box

The Queen (The Crown); Prince Philip (The Crown); Lord Mountbatten (The Crown); Australia's prime minister; the Soviet secret police arresting people at night (The Death of Stalin); Stalin dying of a heart attack (The Death of Stalin); Trump spokeswoman being rude to Channel 4 intervewer; Sky Soccer Saturday's Geoff Stelling; Piers Morgan; Arsenal's second equaliser against Chelsea; Boris Johnson (EU withdrawal act); The Establishment (Christine Keeler);  Ernest Marples (Christine Keeler, plus branch line closures); uniformed youth organisations (Scouts and CCF); Mrs Thatcher (£2) (footage surrounding her resignation); Nigel Farage; Pep Guardiola; The Great British Public.     

◄ The black beach

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Becky Who

Thu 30th Jan 2020 12:36

Love it.

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Greg Freeman

Tue 28th Jan 2020 14:50

Sound advice indeed, Graham ...

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 28th Jan 2020 14:41

Chuffing heck Greg, harsh measures indeed. Cheaper to turn the TV off and play dominoes with your granddaughter like I do! (my granddaughter of course, not yours I mean).

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Greg Freeman

Tue 28th Jan 2020 13:05

It isn't clever or funny to swear at the TV, I know. And with that in mind we have instigated this month in our household a £1 swear box for each time I transgress. The above is a list of the times that I have. I call this a found prose-poem. I hang my head in shame. There may be more to add to the list before the end of the month ...

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