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‘Have we tried turning it off and then on again?’

Gas

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘Hey — is that your wife in the hotel opposite this hotel?’

Wife

12 April 2014 9:00 am

Pub

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘There’s a brilliant new section on London’s food banks.’

Food

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘Why do you say “we’ve got to talk” when what you mean is I’ve got to listen?’

Talk

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘A spreadsheet on a memory stick would have been fine.’

Spreadsheet

12 April 2014 9:00 am

Spgti

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘That Shard is a monstrosity, don’t you think?’

Shard

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘Enough of the jewels, potatoes and tobacco, Sir Walter. Tell me more about e-cigarettes.’

Ecigs

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘So, where are we off to today?’

Dummies

12 April 2014 9:00 am

‘As we all know, Jeffrey was an alcoholic… erm… sorry… workaholic’

Husband

12 April 2014 9:00 am

French lessons

5 April 2014 9:00 am

François Hollande and Ed Miliband could be political blood brothers. Neither has held down a job outside politics for any…

Portrait of the week

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made ‘a commitment to fight for full employment in Britain’ and for…

‘St Casilda’, c.1630, by Francisco de Zubarán

Books and Arts

5 April 2014 9:00 am

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‘Cannabis, actually.’

Farmers

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘We must do lunch some day.’

Cooks

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘The A stands for appeasement.’

Captain

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘There’s a copy of Crime and Punishment in the cake.’

Prisoners

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Costa

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘We were always an odd couple. I’m a man, she’s a woman — it was never going to work.’‘We were always an odd couple. I’m a man, she’s a woman — it was never going to work.’

Bar

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘Stop calling us ugly and we’ll stop inflicting emotional child abuse.’

Cinderella

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Warning

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘My job title doesn’t really reflect what I do.’

Title

5 April 2014 9:00 am

‘What’s wrong? You’ve hardly touched your phone.’

Phone

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Psychologist

5 April 2014 9:00 am