{"id":8112,"date":"2020-08-14T23:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2020-08-14T23:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T22:39:01","slug":"bring-back-tommy-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8112","title":{"rendered":"Bring Back Tommy Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">BRING BACK TOMMY COOPER<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8114\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=8114\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cooper.jpg?fit=150%2C158\" data-orig-size=\"150,158\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cooper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cooper.jpg?fit=150%2C158\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cooper.jpg?fit=150%2C158\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cooper.jpg?resize=150%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"158\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Phone answering machine message \u2013 \u2018If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026.. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn&#8217;t reach the meat. off the top shelf. He said, &#8216;No, the steaks are too high.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a muscle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can&#8217;t have your kayak and heat it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our icecream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man goes to the doctor, with a strawberry growing out of his head. Doctor says \u2018I&#8217;ll give you some cream to put on it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My dog is cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well\u2019, said the vet, \u2018let&#8217;s have a look at him\u2019. So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then he checks his teeth. Finally, he says, \u2018I&#8217;m going to have to put him down.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why &#8211; because he\u2019s cross-eyed?\u2019 \u2018No, because he&#8217;s really heavy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 2826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRING BACK TOMMY COOPER Phone answering machine message \u2013 \u2018If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key\u2019. \u2026\u2026.. I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn&#8217;t reach the meat. off the top shelf. 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