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I came across a couple of things that amused me this morning.
First a Land Rover with a sign on the side:
Kidney and Gall Stone Wallers.

Then I played golf with a very nice chap who I hadn't met before. He was called Phil Crooks, and used to be a probation officer...



(Thanks, Norah!)

From the pen of Rob Jacques (Knut). Rather amusing if you’ve been following the machinations of London mayoral voting over the last couple of days…

Susan Hall's opponent: "Bounce, in fact, failed" (5,7)

Chrise & Jono

Phil Potholes ( Chris Whitwood ) received 328 votes in the Bolton Castle Ward Local Election this week!
Reminds me of H`Angus the Monkey who was elected Mayor of Hartlepool - we take Politics seriously up North!

I remember H'Angus, tyke. Wasn't there a story about the people of Hartlepool hanging a monkey because they thought it was a Frenchman in disguise, spying?

Chrise
It is a true tale - a French Ship sank off the Hartlepool coast, a monkey survived only to be tried and hung as a French Spy. The local Football Club are known as `The Monkey Hangers`!

Crossword Twitter/X has been having fun with anagrams today. These two are quite good…

Conservative manifesto = A fiasco over investment
Tory manifesto = I’m often a story

And for political balance, this was my contribution…

Deceptively spin a formula to betray (6,5,9)

Jono,
While looking up phrases with “Labour” in, this unexpectedly popped up:
“ Gato con guantes non caza ratones”.
Check the translation- brilliant, and quite out of the blue.
No idea how it happened - AI Bot maybe.
Anyway, excellent anagram and no subbies!

Ss,
That’s a nice find, I shall keep it for future use!
J.