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Tag Archives: no.135

Belgium vs USA (Last 16)

Posted on July 1, 2014 by carltellstales
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Cornwall. 1st July 2014. 21.30pm – 30 minutes after kick off.

Hazel, 94, and Barbara, 96, are watching the Belgium vs USA game. It’s 30 minutes in, the score is 0-0.

HAZEL: Nil-nil, eh?

BARBARA: mmm…

© Carl Burkitt 2014

Posted in #2014tales, Barbara and Hazel: Brazil 2014 | Tagged no.135 | Leave a reply

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  • Host Number 50
  • The enthusiast
  • Happy Birthday
  • To be good at small talk
  • The owner of my Post Office
  • Half day working from home
  • Rabbitfish
  • Secret
  • For years
  • A poem about the sea
  • An autumn poem
  • The seal and the hot chocolate
  • The depths
  • The day
  • The right thing
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  • My friend Lewis says poetry should be entertaining
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  • Listening in on a long-term marriage in the pub
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  • Today I miss everyone who has made me feel
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  • A home I imagined watching TV
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  • I just waved
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  • All of this is yours
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  • His thoughts
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  • Fine
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  • Like riding a bike
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