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<HTML>But comedy relies on the element of surprise. I suspect this might have been lost by now, unless one of them happens to be a member of the Spanish Inquisition.</HTML>
<HTML>I have no idea what she meant - I just copied her spelling... And you shouldn't confuse either type with Vespa Virgins - those are the ones who just can't find the right match...</HTML>
<HTML>Spellchecks are obviously what you pay for magic lessons with. And a vestigial virgin is one the station monitor claims is only running three minutes late when you've already been standing on the platform at New Street for half a sodding hour .....
(Note to overseas visitors. Virgin (yes, that Virgin, beardie Branson) run trains. Very badly.)</HTML>
<HTML>erm... they still do. They seem to have worked so far. What's great is these days you can buy 'em in Tesco as part of your weekly shop .... none of that embarrassed-going-to-the-chemist bit, or the 'something for the weekend' routine. The checkout girl gives you a look that says 'yeah right, you're never going to need these, you old fart,' but I can live with that. I'm a respectable married man.</HTML>
<HTML>you know, I've never understood the embarrassment of buying condoms...or a man buying feminine hygiene products...it means you're getting some.
I laughed at my husband the first time I sent him to the store for feminine products...fully expecting a fit of whining. I asked him about it and he said it didn't embarrass him in the least. It just meant that whoever saw him would probably think he would be having sex within the next week. LOL Totally cracked me up!</HTML>
<HTML>agh .... do you know I never thought of that .... well, they aren't branded 'Virgin', see, they're branded 'Mates' ..... and you can quite see why. For one thing, given the lateness of their trains, it wouldn't inspire confidence in the female partners of users, would it?</HTML>