cell-phones – A S H Smyth http://www.ashsmyth.com Will write for money Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:35:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 NEWS AT A GLANCE http://www.ashsmyth.com/news-at-a-glance-52/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/news-at-a-glance-52/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:03:17 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=2789 .
The Paris Louvre is in future to be guarded by watch-dogs.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, July 13 1908
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The human population has almost doubled since we landed on the Moon.

Genital preferences are transphobic.

The third umpire will have the final say on the snatch.

It is against the rules to take a lamb to school.

The market for Argentinian chewing-gum manufacture is very hard to break into.

Greek philosophers were not always as wise as they claimed.

Josef Stalin trusted only one man: Adolf Hitler.

An average sentence in a German newspaper is a sublime and impressive curiosity.

Florence and Bertha aren’t among the top 10,000 girls’ names now.

There is no phone reception in West Sussex.

As many histories as possible should be written.

The going rate for one song at a funeral is approx. £150.

The thing that’s best if you’re feeling glum is coconut water with a little rum.
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For the Sunday Times (SL)

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Though Russia is fast developing her oil lands, the United States produces more petroleum than all the rest of the world.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, June 22 1912

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In English maritime law a ship is not ‘wrecked’ if the cat survives.

Ezra Pound heard many performances of the Bellringers’ Guild.

Kale is a winter vegetable.

Napoleon’s troops shot the nose off the Egyptian sphinx for target practice.

If you put a chameleon on tartan it will explode.

You are twice as likely to crash while texting than drink-driving. (So if you need to send an urgent text, put an inebriated friend behind the wheel, instead.)

1% of marmalade sales are to people under 28.

Beauty and the Beast isn’t the first Disney movie for LGBT audiences.

The Welsh character is an interesting study.

John Travolta is 63 years old.

Turtles find it very difficult to look happy.

You never know with clowns.

Canadian passports have images of ice hockey in them.

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]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/love-letter-hihihey-there/feed/ 0 1736 to Hampton Court – or; The Surrey mafia http://www.ashsmyth.com/1736-to-hampton-court-or-the-surrey-mafia/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/1736-to-hampton-court-or-the-surrey-mafia/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:26:03 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=1400 But are you happy to vote for Jason?

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Are you happy to vote for Jason?

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Are. you. going. to. put. your. hand. up. when. they. call. his. name!?

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