Posts by Tom Beard
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I wonder whether anyone's done a mashup of Lily Allen's "Fuck You" and Holy Fuck's "Lovely Allen".
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"Meet my first wife". Always brings a smile.
Reminds me of the old line "You look just like my next husband".
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There's always POSSLQ.
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I love "manfriend". It's either that or the Steve Gray-ism "current root".
I once went out with a woman who referred to her lovers as "bits". As in "and this is my bit".
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Yes, Zivil-Gewerkschaft doesn't sound better.
Sounds like a track on an early Kraftwerk album.
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Plus which, when you have a status change that you haven't told many people about, suddenly you seem to be flooded with excited/alarmed posts
Not least from the person involved.
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Personally, I am most excited about getting Facebook statused.
I gave up on the Facebook relationship status some time ago. It got tiresome updating it every couple of weeks.
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Quite. 'Lover' is much worse.
Not as bad as "ladyfriend": a term usually used by wives.
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Single is sad. Celibate is worse.
I sympathise with you to the extent that involuntary celibacy is awful. But "Single is sad" doesn't always apply. A lot of people are happily single, and not in a rush to get partnered up for the sake of it. Some would love to have a compagn(a|o), but in the absence thereof are happy to enjoy their freedom and friendships.
Also, single =/= celibate. A while ago when I was "single" and people occasionally expressed their commiserations, I used to say that "I'm a bachelor, not a monk".
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"and this is my lover,"
Even better: say "this is one of my lovers".