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SDC-replacement therapy

Ingenious readers may be interested in this URL, for BBC Radio 4's weekly Puzzle Panel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/puzzlepanel.shtml

Note that it comes under "comedy" in Auntie's mind! Stretching the term a bit, I'd say.
Mike.
  

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shtml [/nq] I liked the symmetrical-solid one took me a while. [nq:1]Note that it comes under "comedy" in Auntie's mind! [/nq] Well, the tone is rather facetious, and the punctuation is certainly comical.

  • shtml [/nq] I liked the symmetrical-solid one took me a while.
  • [nq:1]Note that it comes under "comedy" in Auntie's mind!
  • [/nq] Well, the tone is rather facetious, and the punctuation is certainly comical.
  • " I think "DCI" is a title and the comma goes after "Burke".
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[nq:1]Ingenious readers may be interested in this URL, for BBC Radio 4's weekly Puzzle Panel: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/puzzlepanel.shtml[/nq]
I liked the symmetrical-solid one took me a while.
[nq:1]Note that it comes under "comedy" in Auntie's mind! Stretch
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[nq:1]the punctuation is certainly comical. "As a result of a bet with DCI Burke Poireau finds himself in jail." I think "DCI" is a title and the comma goes after "Burke".[/nq]
I agree: DCI usually stands for "Detective Chief Inspector".

Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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[nq:2]the punctuation is certainly comical. "As a result of a ... "DCI" is a title and the comma goes after "Burke".[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree: DCI usually stands for "Detective Chief Inspector".[/nq]
I notice that a sidebar links to a discussion on strategy for Mornington Crescent. I feel that The People's Game has been unjustly neglected in AUE, and I believe Mrs Trellis of North Wales agrees w
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[nq:2]I agree: DCI usually stands for "Detective Chief Inspector".[/nq]
[nq:1]I notice that a sidebar links to a discussion on strategy for Mornington Crescent. I feel that The People's Game has been unjustly neglected in AUE, and I believe Mrs Trellis of North Wales agrees with me.[/nq]
It is only neglected by a small group of misfits who insist that anyone attempting a Hunter's Heart Gam
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[nq:1]If somebody else was thrown out of a pub or club, I would love to hear about it!![/nq]
Naah, not me. Being banned from playing pinball machines for money in several establishments is the best I can do.

Skitt (in SF Bay Area) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:2]I agree: DCI usually stands for "Detective Chief Inspector".[/nq]
Thanks!
[nq:1]I notice that a sidebar links to a discussion on strategy for Mornington Crescent.[/nq]
It's like AUE without the commas.
[nq:1]I feel that The People's Game has been unjustly neglected in AUE, and I believe Mrs Trellis of North Wales agrees with me.[/nq]
Come now. Compared to her, there reall
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[nq:2]If somebody else was thrown out of a pub or club, I would love to hear about it!![/nq]
[nq:1]Naah, not me. Being banned from playing pinball machines for money in several establishments is the best I can do.[/nq]
The best I can do: I once attended a talk given by a professor where said professor kicked me and another attendee out because we were dozing off during the talk. "Ge
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[nq:1]If somebody else was thrown out of a pub or club, I would love to hear about it!![/nq]
In 1969, I was thrown out of Cologne cathedral for wearing shorts, and in 1973, I was thrown out of a strip club in Soho for laughing too much. Since then I've led a blameless life.
Fran
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[nq:1]If somebody else was thrown out of a pub or club, I would love to hear about it!![/nq]
Being thrown out (not literally, I'm afraid) of a B&B is the best I can manage. We'd gone off to the pub and returned at about 3 o'clock. The landlady had been lying awake since about eleven thirty wondering what might have happened to us. The next morning we were given our marching orders, forc
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[nq:2]If somebody else was thrown out of a pub or club, I would love to hear about it!![/nq]
[nq:1]In 1969, I was thrown out of Cologne cathedral for wearing shorts, and in 1973, I was thrown out of a strip club in Soho for laughing too much. Since then I've led a blameless life.[/nq]
About 15 years ago I was asked either to leave Harrods or put a shirt on. It was a very hot day, an

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