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This Is What We Find

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This Is What We Find

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Morning Reg, meat and two veg?

He done him with a ten pound sledge he done himself a favour crash

Forty year old housewife, Mrs. Elizabeth Walk of Lambeth Walk

Had a husband who was jubblified with only half a stalk

So she had a milk of magnesia and curry powder sandwich, half a pound of uncut pork

Took an overdose of Omo, this made the neighbours talk

Could have been watching Frankie Vaughan on the telly and giving herself a scratch

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A sense of humour is required

Amongst the bacon rind

Hello, Brian, wash and iron?

Try it on, it's only nylon

Single bachelor with little dog, Tony Green of Turnham Green

Said, "Who's a clever boy, then, girl, yes you know whom I mean"

'Cos the mongrel laid a cable in the sandpit of the playground of the park where they had been

And with a bit of tissue, he wiped its bum-hole clean

A bit of claggy on the waggy

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They must have had a funny time

On the Golden Hind

O vanitas vanitatum

Which of us is happy in this life?

Which of us has our desire, or having it, is gratified?

Hello, Mrs. Wood this boy looks familiar, they used to call him Robin Hood

Now he's robbin' fuckin' shit cunt

Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill

Of do-it-yourself dexterity and double-glazing skill

Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill

So sanded off his winkle with his Black and Decker drill

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The hope that springs eternal

Springs right up your behind

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