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Jem;in this particular context, to 'wax lyrical' actually harks back to 'ancient times in sunnier climes' [boom,boom] when to 'wax' meant to grow, and the Lyre was a common instrument of the day...so the phrase 'wax lyrical' actually meant 'to grow musically in one's speech'....meaning,to become more enthusiastic & eloquent regarding a particular subject under discussion.

umm...I'll just nip off now Jem,before the effluence interfaces with the air conditioning.

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Ah Pug me lad, where would I be if you weren't around to explain these things, thank you kindly.

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I am sorry, mate.

I know I seem a know-it-all...and I apologise,Jem.
...but growing up in state homes, with reference books in place of friends = having no chance at making friends in later life due to not having the grounding...and being shunned for knowing too many things.

Sorry,bro.

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Lookalikes, everyone had a lookalike in a crazy workplace, we had "Shot" because the geezer looked like lee van clef, and jack palance, I was tez.




Who were you.

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Because of my dark haunting looks they called me Boris Karloff, I was lucky, my brother got Edward G. Robinson.

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I honestly don’t know why your sorry Pug, I put out these questions in the hope somebody will post an answer to them, if you don’t know ask I say, I have learned a lot of stuff from yourself and others here over the years, and everyday is a schooldays as they say. Keep up the good work matey.

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Blimey Errr
Spitty I don't know.
Maybe ------

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I just stole this from Mr Fraggle.

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Oh Pug, have gotten to know you and you are such an interesting man. You have nothing to be sorry about....
What are State homes Pug? I think you told me, but I can't grasp it yet.....

Blue x

Jem this is such an interesting thread. I have only started reading bits of it here and there.