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- Date is exactly "1910-1940"
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"How do you like that for a swanky wedding photograph?" "Quite a good photo, but I don't like the pose!" "Don't be silly, man… those are flower pots!"
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My breakfast lies over the ocean, my dinner lies over the sea; My tummy's in such a commotion, please don't mention supper to me!
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"Why do you want sixpence for your manure this time? You only charged me threepence for the last!" "I know, Sir, but I've lost me shovel, and this is all hand-picked!"
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Dear Mother - I aint exactly fallen, but I'm slipping - send me some good advice!
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"Do you catch many with worms?" "Just as many as Johnny summers, and he's never had worms!"
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We plough the fields and scatter!
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"I'd like to speak to the captain where is he?" "Oh, he's forward, miss." "How nice! I love 'em that way!"
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Dirty work at the crossroad
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"If you do, Jim, I'll scream."
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Will someone please give me a penny for my thoughts
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Actions speak louder than words
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Go on Dad! Give her one, I won't tell mother
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"Ah, Miss Flyty! Spring draws on!" "Oh! You naughty boy! How do you know?"
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"Me heart's in dear old Ireland, doctor!" "is that so? Well, get your bowels in the "free state" and you'll be alright!"
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The maiden's prayer. Please send as quickly as you can what every woman wants - a man! I want a good un, as game as can be, one like the Sheik of Araby.
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The bachelor's prayer. Send me a girl, for it's lonely I be. Fat, lean, or forty; I don't care a d'. I'd like a saucy one, one with some nerve, who I could cherish & faithfully serve.
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"Is it scotch, Mac?" "Aye, mon, but it's… Scotch terrier!"
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Sometimes you'd rather have a penny than a pound note
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"Porter, will you put my bags up for me, please?"
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"George dear, don't tickle me so low down!"
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"All change!" "I've changed everything but my chemise, guard. Have I to change that an' all?"
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"What are you going to do with that?" "Put it on the rhubarb!" "Oh! We have custard with ours!"
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It's right up to the mark here!
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Anyhow, it's better to be a good old "has been" than a "never was'er!"
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Everything in our garden's lovely! Ma sits among the cabbages and peas, while pa potters round the onions and leeks!
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The king of the talkies and the queen of the movies
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I've finished with council houses… I lived in one once, and every time they pulled the chain next door it emptied our bath!
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Now Charlie, none of your monkey tricks
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"Where did you pick ''em up, old man?" "Cowes." "I know-but where did you pick 'em up?"
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If you want to be happy for one day, get tight. If you want to be happy for a week, get married. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, stay single!
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"You haven't walked through the streets with that in your hand?" "No, you fool, I came on the tram!"
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If you don't have it like a good child I'll give it to the gentleman over the other side!
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Auntie, does that policeman want to leave the room?
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"Is the wind troubling you, lady?" "I'm afraid it is, Verger, but I'll be alright when the organ starts!"
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"Have you been confirmed?" "Only once, Sir, but it died!"
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"I'm afraid you'll be troubled with wind outside, lady?" "Well, you be thankful you're not troubled with it inside. That's all!"
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"What's my stance like, caddie?" "Better ask the gents, lady, they've a better view than I have!"
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"Chocolates Cigarettes -- Matches Balloons."
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"I'm afraid you'll have to be vaccinated in the basement, Madam!" "Not me! On my arm or nowhere!"
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"Have any big men been born here, at any time?" "No, never… only babies, Sir!"
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You might lose your looks, your money, or your means, but it's a heck of a business losing weight, simple as it seems!
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I will in a minute, Maggie… This book's got to be in today!
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Ya Coward!
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"Oh, painter, I want you to touch up the place where my husband put his hand last night!
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"I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound, to do it both ways!"
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"You know all about stuffing birds, Mister?" "I certainly do, Son!" "Well then, you know where you can stuff this one!!"
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"Look at his tentacles hanging down!" "Aint they a funny shape - an' eight of 'em too!"
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Mummy, did you find baby under the gooseberry bush? Yes dear. Well, he's got a thorn sticking in him
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"What on earth do I pay you £10 a week for?" "I can't conceive!"
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I don't know whether my ass is on me, or if I'm on my ass
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