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(Hour 12) 9.30-10.30am — #10 “[PM]’s Den/Downing Street”

Limericks are (supposedly) not limericks unless they are obscene, ergo, not one for the contemplated collection of children’s verse. I like limericks (at least today) cos this one has earned me a 40 minute break! #10 There once was a man from Number 10 Downing…

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