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That's a funny looking typewriter Mr Waller is using to write about legailzed storking and your ducking, during the A Habby hour. You should have gone to the Aswan Dam instead. My Dad did !! And his Dad was a canal boat man. Peace, Maurice.

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Aug 2, 2023Liked by Terry Freedman

Two thumbs up for Fats Waller.! He played like Gene Kelly danced - light as air. Sort of like that adorable levitating duck you drew. "After we’d rowed around in a circle on the spot in the middle of the lake for about half an hour we finally managed to get back to the wharf ..." I can see you out there circling, like a duck with one leg. Had I seen it, I would have called HM Coastguard SAR.

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Thanks, Sharron. I love Fats Waller's playing, and his interjections on some records, one of which will feature in the next Start the Week. Chortle. Nobody threw a lifebelt or called the coastguard. Still, it was only waist deep. LOL

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Aug 2, 2023Liked by Terry Freedman

Waist deep! Ha ha ha

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Thanks for your empathy, Sharron

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I'VE GOT IT!

'Fahrenheit 1'... because you've had a COLD since 1966.

Did I win? 🏆

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Don't be daft!

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Come on, that's pretty good, Terry! 🤣🤣🤣

Don't I even get a point for lateral thinking?

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Yeah, OK,, it made me larf so I'll give you credit for that!

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I should think so, too! 🤣

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🤣 Keep yer wig on

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🤣

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Hahaha!

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I love the duck drawing. Such detail captured from memory.

Have you verified the authenticity of the Billy Wagglestaff quill? Would you be interested in trading for a flip-phone once used by Abe Lincoln?

Moby Duck. For once you've given me a puzzle that I can solve!

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Aug 2, 2023·edited Aug 2, 2023Author

Thanks re duck drawing. Yes, it's always been a gift with me, drawing from memory.

Re: quill. What are you implying? That I was ripped off? 😨

I think Abe Lincoln's phone would be too archaic for me, but thanks anyway!

Well done re Moby Duck.

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Duck? I saw a frightened rabbit!

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🤣

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My wife saw a pelican. I saw a platypus or something. Oh well, drawing was never my strong point.

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The grape of wrath made me laugh out loud!

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Chortle!

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‘Moby Duck’ dear Lord Freeman? Yes, very pertinent. Grin. And Yorrick’s skulls! Hahaha. Short and amusing. And thanks for the video. I thought for a bit that there weren’t going to BE any words! But they finally kicked in: ‘I’m gonna write myself a letter and make believe it came from you...’. Or something along those lines. Cute. A fun read. Thanks so much.

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Thanks, Beth. Indeed. Moby Duck as originally written featured someone called A. Hab who relentlessly hunted for a particular duck. It was the sequel to Moby Dick.

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"legalised stalking" Love it! 😁👍Thanks, Mitchell, I think you will enjoy our correspondence.

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