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I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.

767 of my comments have received 813 Great Feedback votes

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This is great!

Posted on Tue, 04 Jan 2022

This is great!

When I was a working man, many of my less youthful clients worked as volunteers in charity shops. They told me some lovely stories about their colleagues and customers and how a sense of comradeship and doing some good...

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I have several cats and

Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022

I have several cats and several lamps. Now I just need to start painting.

I'm just popping off to become fabulously rich. Back soon!

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Posted in A Tribute to a Formerly Unknown Artist

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I find it quite disturbing

Posted on Sun, 02 Jan 2022

I find it quite disturbing when the person behind me in a supermarket check-out queue comments on my choice of coffee, yoghurt, toilet rolls, etc. but your story is deeply disturbing. I doubt I'll be shopping for anything ever again.

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It did indeed work. That's

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

It did indeed work. That's great news. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow.

Thank you very much for that.

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I was always under the

Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021

I was always under the impression that mistletoe was very harmful to its host trees, but it seems not. So that's a bit of good news to start a new year. I'll redirect my wrath to the ivy now ... another of nature's gems that needs to be...

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I can never resist someone

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

I can never resist someone else's playlist. This, together with a jug of coffee and the last of the festive biscuits, will keep me occupied for the afternoon.

Честита нова година!

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Your wish is my commanc, so I

Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021

Your wish is my command, so I've added masterpieces to my to do list for 2022.

And I wish you all the very best for the New Year.

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Hello Rhiannon.

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

Hello Rhiannon.

Your poem is a perfect description of what I see when I walk down the lane to our village. 

The words

jaded damp sodden

work so well together to describe the atmosphere at this time of year. ...

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Posted in Turn of the year ’scape

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Ed Crane, I really do

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

Ed Crane, I really do apologise.

That awful song has been stuck in my own head since this morning. I suppose it serves me right for mentioning it.

Chas 'n' Dave's Snooker Loopy is the only fast-working antidote but that's a...

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Posted in Earworms

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Your poem describes New Year

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

Your poem describes New Year celebrations beautifully but with caution and a lot of past tense.

reminding me of lively gatherings

Reminding me of how New Year used to be. In this sad, blighted world I think there'll be as...

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Posted in Embracing New Year

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