inspired by phyllis
diller, i had a winning
case for getting a
cleaner: housework
can't kill you, but
why take a chance?
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I lIke the eleventh commandment:
‘thou shalt not be found out.’
Good advIce for keepInG the
other ten. edwIna currIe
I got my best piece of advice from Paul
McCartney’s father, Jim. I’d been asked to
write about The Beatles’ first failure, their TV
film Magical Mystery Tour, so I rang Paul McCartney
to get a quote. His father answered and told me Paul was in bed, so I
called back later. He was still in bed. When I called back a third time, Jim
said, ‘OK, I’ll go and wake him up,’ before adding, ‘God loves a trier.’
Those words have remained with me ever since. Ray Connolly
Always assume that the person yo
to is not listening. They are invariab
the next thing they want to say to yo
Be yourself. Seek the trut
never be scared of say
don’t understand. Johnn
Never apologise and never explain, and never
someone because you feel sorry for them. D
a grizzled
called des
i was being
to attend
first child
that and i
words of a
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the delive
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If a wild dog goes to bite you, pull its tongue. If more than one dog comes
up to the biggest one, slap its haunches and call it ‘mate’ in a loud, author
friend’s dad, Barrington Spear, I am ever ready to ward off unexpected cani