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Mike Lockley

Mike Lockley

Lockley: I cried when the barman called last-orders

My mate returned from a spot of sea fishing to find his wife waiting in a skimpy negligé and primed for a night of passion. “Not now, Maureen,” he snapped, spilling his slippery catch onto the kitchen table. “I’ve got a haddock.” Read

Lockley: Curse the salesman

WHEN I was a child the only people who flogged things on your doorstep were gypsies with bunches of lucky heather. Read

Lorne Jackson

Lorne Jackson

Jackson: Only Robert Preston can save us!

MY MUM knows a lot of stuff about cooking, gossiping and moaning about the way her kids look after her grandchildren. Read

Jackson: University education - the facts!

There’s lots to be learned from a uni education - but little of it in the classroom Read

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