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Banning a lesbian from parenting would be as cruel as banning someone because they had an interest in golf or had ginger hair
Referees are a very strange bunch of people that no one ever sees outside the confines of a footballing ground
It’s no good putting Peter Mandelson in a prison. I’m afraid he will have to be tied to the front of a van and driven round the country...
We’re told that an area of rainforest the size of Wales, or the Albert Hall, is cut down every day, and that may be true
Monty Python is apparently not funny because they delight in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse
It turns out there has been a nuclear bomb in one of my kitchen cupboards, between the tomato ketchup and the Rice Krispies
People here assume I’m going to turn my farm into a racetrack. They couldn't be more wrong
Women with frizzy hair and disappointing breasts would say all inevitably could be solved if violent video games were banned
Not one of Britain's secret agents has ever successfully fought a shark or garrotted Robert Shaw on a speeding train
Have you ever tried to move a donkey when it wants to remain stationary? It’d be easier to move France
Britain’s health service might be a monster we can barely afford, but it pales against what I saw in Quebec
You lavish all your care and cash on a parent and all that happens is they get worse and worse
City dwellers argue that village shows are popular because country folk lead dreary lives. But I am a city boy and I love it
As the population grows and farmland is built on, there will come a time when we all have somewhere to live. But bugger all to eat
Anyone who says there is light at the end of the endless laborious tunnel is leading you up the garden path
An unfortunate photograph confirms my belief that I should keep this particular type of attire tucked up in the wardrobe for good
Although most passengers would be too paralysed with fear in a real emergency to put a parachute on, it would give them hope
Johnny Pope’s merry bachelors are far more likely to be involved in crime than some druid bird with flowers in her hair
The dress code for life has become more casual in recent years - and that makes perfect fashion sense to me
Every mountain has already been climbed, which is why, nowadays, you need to reach the top of Everest in the nude to make waves
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