Don’t mind Sharon
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‘Don’t mind Sharon — she’s doing her mindfulness thing.’
Bernie
Thursday
Can we stop watching cat videos
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‘Can we stop watching cat videos and do some work, Mum?’
Thursday
Fishermans Arm’s
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‘Did I ever tell you of the time I was cast adrift on a sea of paperwork?’
Thursday
We moved to the catchment area
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‘We moved to the catchment area of an excellent private tutor...’
Return to home schooling
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‘Write an essay entitled “What I didn’t do on my holidays”.’
2021 diaries
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Thursday
Not allwed in the delivery room
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‘I’m not allowed in the delivery room.’
I want it to be a surprise
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‘They don’t know we’re coming – I want it to be a surprise!’
God rest ye merry gentlemen…
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‘God rest ye merry gentlemen and ladies, non-binary, transgender, gender neutral, pan-gender, a-gender…’
Thursday
It wasn’t until lockdown
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‘It wasn’t until lockdown that I realised how little we have in common.’
Thursday
‘I’ll have a vodka martini
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‘I’ll have a vodka martini — shaken, not stirred — and a Scotch egg.’
You can have a pint with it
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‘Go on! You can have a pint with it.’
Thursday
The long Black Friday
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The long Black Friday
Today we’d like to shout to you about Jesus
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‘Today we’d like to shout to you about Jesus.’
Thursday
He’s self-alienating
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‘He’s self-alienating.’
Thursday
Poor thing. I think he wants to go out
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Thursday
They gave their lives
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‘They gave their lives so that we could enjoy the freedom that we have today.’
