Five-word thread

[Ivan]

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Who will start us off?

[oftenwrong]

depressingly diminished in the Winter

[astra]

but she huggles up warm

[oftenwrong]

on braw, bricht moonlit nichts

[astra]

with Nessie and the Kelpie


Kelpies

[oftenwrong]

waiting for a photo opportunity

[astra]

with Camilla Duchess of Cornwall

[oftenwrong]

carrying a tin of biscuits

[Phil Hornby]

and a copy of Wisden

[Guest]

she shivers through the night

[Phil Hornby]

knowing who won The Ashes

[Guest]

but caring not at all

[Phil Hornby]

what were the bowling figures

[oftenwrong]

when THE Game is Chess

[astra]

Would it not be Polo?

[Phil Hornby]

the mint with the hole?

[astra]

whose centre is a diet

[oftenwrong]

not involving underwater horses

[astra]

or a new olympic challenge

[oftenwrong]

to the world's pharmaceutical companies

[Phil Hornby]

to ensure Usain Bolt's defeat

[oftenwrong]

by fair means or foul

[Phil Hornby]

although fair means are doomed

[oftenwrong]

like unduly apparent lunch boxes

[Phil Hornby]

which should encourage baggier shorts

[astra]

AND hooded shirts which are

[Guest]

called "hoodies" in the 'hood

[astra]

no good for running though

[astra]

can't see round the corners

[Guest]

where "Bubba" awaits with malice

[astra]

to perfom some pedicure, manicure,

[oftenwrong]

miracle-cure, smoke cure and homecure

[astra]

so he be well kippered

[Guest]

at Frank's Fish and Chips

[Phil Hornby]

all the batter for it

[Guest]

was shipped in from Mongolia

[oftenwrong]

made from best Yak's milk

[astra]

under auspices of regional hygiene

[Charlatan]

came a humble child aquitted

[oftenwrong]

from stealing an English dictionary

[astra]

from under a table leg

[Phil Hornby]

- yet another unwanted Christmas present

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