tonyXIII

If she had said 'thrusting' instead of 'throwing', would it have been literally acceptable?

Was taught rugby league by his granny

Seconded.

Go on! Try this. A young Yorkshire woman called Fan-ny

What? With three holes? Even a total ###### like bojo won't have three, will he?

To pick a four-leaf clover

It won't be a problem. They'll all be dead.

I can't remember my first pay packet, it was over 50 years ago. I can remember my first annual salary when I started teaching in 1977. It was £3333pa.

But 'curds' is much more sanitary

There wasn't a great colour range

But wouldn't get up off his ass

Her husband was partial to bitter

My favourite limerick requires a bit of thought: The sermon our pastor rt. rev. Began, might have had a rt. clev. But his talk, though consistent Kept the end so far distant That we left since we thought he mt. nev.

And polished it off with some glee.

Once you start wearing glasses, you're stuck with them (or contacts) for life, barring laser eye treatment. If you can cope with just reading glasses, then cope with just reading glasses, imo. Opticians, like everyone else, want to sell you something and, preferably, something expensive that you have to change every year. (Cynic, me? Yes!) For reference, Carol tried varifocals some years back and could not get used to them at all. She now uses contact lenses for everyday viewing and reading glasses for close up. I just use the cheapest possible, off-the-shelf reading glasses for reading. My distance vision is pretty good so far. (My hearing is not great, though)