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Agony Aunt

For lack of a ..

June 3, 2020January 21, 2008 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV …

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Private Dick

June 5, 2020November 13, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Well Mrs or is it Ms Dayee,

I have seen it all now…

You on your soap box telling all those poor souls looking for guidance about high morals and standards…  what is the matter with you?  Is it one rule for you and one for them?

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She leaned over!

June 5, 2020September 2, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes

I need your advice on a very delicate subject.

Behind my husband’s back I have been seeing a man …..

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Blown Gasket

June 5, 2020July 9, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Idle pipe dreams ! As per usual!

Dear Agnes,

I trust you will treat my problem sensitively – the reason why I write.

For some time I have strongly suspected my wife of having an affair.

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Give THEM a urine test!

June 6, 2020April 19, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

I have a job.  I work.  They pay me.  I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit.

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He has it all!

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

I am single, still in my mid-20s, dashingly handsome – though I say so myself – and I’m a highly successful professional man.

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Sneezing etiquette

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

You are a lady who always knows the correct etiquette in any circumstances.

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Tent-sized knickers

June 6, 2020March 12, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes

Why is it that as a woman’s age increases chronologically, her girth swells geometrically and her knickers size exponentially?

 

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Pathetic courting couple

June 7, 2020March 8, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes

Don’t you agree with me that there is no more loathsome a sight than ….

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