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Alice in Cineworld
‘Unless one of them comes up and
says hello to you in the street…’
‘If there’s global warming then how come there’s a cold war?’
‘Things have changed since I was a lad.’
‘I want you to know I’m seeing someone else.’
‘The enemy are virtue-signalling to us, sir.’
‘Well at least we always left a tip.’
‘How many shopping days are there till Brexit?’
‘I don’t care what the sales are so long as they’re healthy.’
‘I don’t think you can take the sound of
your own voice as one of the tracks.’
‘We are innocent Russian tourists on riding holiday, looking forward to a good hack…’