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1991-01-04
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EXEL is skiving this month, but heres some less serious
material from Gavin's Christmas Cracker (okay so its a bit
late, but they aren't actually Xmasy anyway):
Signs of maturity
Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work. The
gleam in your eye is from the sun hitting your spectacles.
You get winded playing chess. Your children begin to look
middle-aged. A dripping tap causes an uncontrollable
bladder urge. You know all the answers but nobody asks
you the questions. You turn the lights out for economic
rather than romantic reasons. Your knees buckle but your
belt won't. Your back goes out more than you do. The
little grey-haired lady you help across the street is your
wife. You sink your teeth into a steak and they stay
there.
Metriculation
As I 2.54centimetred my way along the ledge, I could feel
my heart 0.454kilogramming with the fear that I might
fall like a 6.35kilogrammes to the 0.914metres below. I
paused a 12.7kilogrammes of the way along with one
30.5centimetres 5.03metred precariously on a short