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An ANIMAL idiom today…

Birds of a feather flock together…

… which means people who have similar characters or similar interests will often choose to spend time together
I saw the boy who stole my bag with that gang of trouble makers last night – well, birds of a feather flock together, they say.

Attention with the S-C

ADVISE verb /ədˈvaɪs/
[I or T] to give someone advice
His doctor advised him against smoking.

ADVICE noun /ədˈvaɪs/
[U] an opinion which someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation
Steven gave me some good advice.

A joke

An English professor wrote the words, “a woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.

The men wrote: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”

The women wrote: “A woman: without her, man is nothing.”

Perspective is everything!

Some tongue twisters

One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.

When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. You can write good and copyright but copyright doesn’t mean copy good – it might not be right good copy, right?

Some Christmas jokes

Knock Knock
– Who’s there ?
Holly
– Holly who ?
Holly-days are here again !

What did Adam say on the day before Christmas ?
It’s Christmas, Eve!

How can a snowman lose weight?
He waits until it gets warmer

What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Snowflakes!