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Old 10th Jul 2008, 19:10
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One is never too old to learn and I picked up a real gem the other day.
Never, but never refer to your wifes' counselor as 'the shrink'.
Shrink is OK vernacular for psychiatrist, talking in the pub. Not quite the same as calling doctors quacks. Now if the kids are driving the wife mad . . . ..



Ham fisted pupil wondered why his instructor kept saying "Gently Bentley". Same instructor was wont to intone "Smoothness is next to godliness."
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