“I really think you take my thighs for granted.”
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When I lived on Western Road (in east London), the next parallel road westwards from me was called Eastern Road.
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The characters are discussing how to travel from Delhi to Tehran in summer 1941.
“We’ll take my private railway coach.”
“That would be an excellent idea if there was a railway.”
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“It’s not looting: we’re British.”
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“Sorry, I failed my initiative roll for today.”
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“Did you hear mama talkin?”
“Yeah. Grand Mama Tarkin.”
“…”
My genius is lost on my 2 year old.
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Have they seen Star Wars? If not, they obviously won’t get it. Also, you are failing as a parent! 
Not really. My kids haven’t seen it either, but more due to lack of attention spans than any lack of effort on my part.
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Currently they scream whenever Darth Vader appears on screen. We got as far as the Sand People one time. I may just have to push them through.
We’ve been through 5-minute Star Wars stories many times. The two older girls claimed Leia and Rey so the youngest has to be BB-8. There’s worse things to be.
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Old Expanded Universe. Mara Jade. Best option 
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Really, don’t do that.
None of my business, obviously.
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“He’s the man responsible for Cheesegate.”
“He was responsible for cheesecake?”
“Cheesegate.”
“Pardon?”
“There used to be office cheese, but he got rid of it because times were tough.”
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The Royal Navy still commemorates Black Tot Day (31 July 1970) when the rum issue was ended.
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Maybe the MPs at Westminster might have to do the same! 
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Unusually, I got to have a pour of the black tot ten years ago this July thanks to a local bar
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Was it any good?
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It was unusually smoky for a rum
If you’ve had the 15 year old Pusser’s it was in a space between that and an Islay scotch whisky
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Shift in tone:
“We all have something the world needs.”
This is emblazoned in my daughter’s kindergarten classroom.
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I hope it’s not my wallet… or my kidneys 
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My first thought was blood plasma.
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