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- "In a nutshell" - Tony Wilborn 21/December/05
- I'm no jug handle - Liz 21/December/05
- Money Talks, Nobody Walks! - MM 21/December/05
- Shelorums - MaryLee 20/December/05
- D-mob happy - Jenny 20/December/05
- D-mob happy - Victoria S Dennis 20/December/05
- TDVFC - legalong 20/December/05
- Tied between 2 horses - mike 20/December/05
- tied between 2 horses - ESC 20/December/05
- He was made to ride the «wooden horse - Mathieu 20/December/05
- The Big Easy - gail ross 19/December/05
- 'minding mice at the crossroads - Leanne 19/December/05
- Hurrah's nest - Rachel 19/December/05
- Out of your gourd - Beth 19/December/05
- Out of your gourd - Bruce Kahl 19/December/05
- Hoist from his own petard - Word Camel 19/December/05
- Shot in the arm - Mike 18/December/05
- Pairing the hairy worm - Phil 18/December/05
- As clear to see as your moustache - Ally 18/December/05
- "Bite the billet" - Philip Stokes 17/December/05
- "Bite the billet" - Gary Martin 18/December/05
- "Bite the billet" - Bob 17/December/05
- Upset his applecart - leanne 17/December/05
- Upset his applecart - R. Berg 18/December/05
- Lake names - Dan Wilnai 17/December/05
- Draw the long straw - ShihuaCao 17/December/05
- A rock and a stone - Hong WK 17/December/05
- "Oil and water don't mix" - AMAN SINGH 17/December/05
- "Oil and water don't mix" - Brian from Shawnee 17/December/05
- "Oil and water don't mix" - Bruce Kahl 17/December/05
- COME AGAIN? - Aman Singh 17/December/05
- "On the/his/her last ropes" - Denis 16/December/05
- "You push all my buttons" - Jo 16/December/05
- "Secret kisses of luxury" - Brent Smaldon 16/December/05
- "Another in the same box" - Radka 15/December/05
- "Another in the same box" - ESC 16/December/05
- "Honey, they shrunk the car!" - nasta 15/December/05
- Ditloids - Nikki 15/December/05
- The sticks - elgin 15/December/05
- Put up, or shut up - James Briggs 15/December/05
- That's my story and I'm sticking to it. - TMP 14/December/05
- That's my story and I'm sticking to it. - ESC 14/December/05
- "Thump your chest" - Laoloup 14/December/05
- "thump your chest" - Brian from Shawnee 14/December/05
- Slick as a whistle - Lee 14/December/05
- "Each other" and "one another" - Hong WK 14/December/05
- In broad daylight - David McNamara 14/December/05
- Debit/Credit WITH or FOR? - Jo 14/December/05
- If your mother tells you she loves you... - ESC 14/December/05
- "Protect against" and "protect from" - Grace 13/December/05
- Now I lay me down to sleep - Marky Mark 13/December/05
- Fork out - withnail 13/December/05
- The pics are more equal - anurag kumar 13/December/05
- To notebook - Joanne 13/December/05
- Colder than a witches tit. - chuck 13/December/05
- Here on planet Earth? - Bob 13/December/05
- Boxing around - Leanne 13/December/05
- Sarcasm doesn't become you - Ana 12/December/05
- Empty vessels make more noise - Riya 12/December/05
- Monkey off my back - Judy Weaver 12/December/05
- Flip side - Erika 11/December/05
- Flip side - Bob 11/December/05
- Wild hair - Karli 11/December/05
- Proverbs and idioms - Dee 11/December/05
- The American version - Mary Hawker 11/December/05
- The American version - ESC 11/December/05
- Hee Haw - Beth Blake 11/December/05
- Hee Haw - ESC 11/December/05
- Home James and don't spare the horses! - Paul 10/December/05
- Cutting edge - Sharon M. 09/December/05
- Egg on your face: - Kirsten Hunter 09/December/05
- Egg on your face: - RRC 09/December/05
- May your ladder be greater - Mona 09/December/05
- Giddy up go - j.kottink 09/December/05
- Giddy up go - David FG 09/December/05
- Giddy up go - Smokey Stover 09/December/05
- Giddy up go - Bob 09/December/05
- Giddy up go - David FG 09/December/05
- "It is better to will the good than to know the truth" - Meredith 09/December/05
- Your colour - Sharon M 09/December/05
- I'll leave it your hands - Sharon M. 09/December/05
- Bananas - Withnail 09/December/05
- GIVE IT A WHIRL - Thom 09/December/05
- Take this lying down - Melissa 09/December/05
- take this lying down - Victoria S Dennis 09/December/05
- Had the radish - John 09/December/05
- Caseys court - coral finch 08/December/05
- "The pics are more equal" - anurag kumar 08/December/05
- Once a once - Cristina Garat 08/December/05
- One monkey don't stop the show - af 08/December/05
- Taking the apple - Bob McCabe 08/December/05
- Taking the apple - Brian from Shawnee 09/December/05
- Calling the shots - Altec L. 07/December/05
- Calling the shots - Bruce Kahl 08/December/05
- Calling the shots - Bruce Kahl 08/December/05
- Odd duck - Ligia 07/December/05
- Level playing field - Word Camel 07/December/05
- Level playing field - Smokey Stover 08/December/05
- Carry on Like a Pork Chop - Annie 07/December/05
- The moment of truth - Marky Mark 07/December/05
- "Ass" as suffix and synecdoche - Anders 07/December/05
- Don't split the pole - Michael S. Becker 06/December/05
- "...a man with a drop taken." - george tony 06/December/05
- Shoot the bull - steve 06/December/05
- Shoot the bull - Lewis 06/December/05
- "Catch a bus" and "take a bus" - Alessandra Milani 06/December/05
- "Catch a bus" and "take a bus" - Bruce Kahl 06/December/05
- Cross my fingers - Mina 06/December/05
- Cross my fingers - RRC 06/December/05
- Hells bells and little fishes - Judi van der Kaay 06/December/05
- Hells bells and little fishes - ESC 06/December/05
- 'get with the times' - miau 05/December/05
- 'get with the times' - Brian from Shawnee 05/December/05
- 'take a moment" - kiau 05/December/05
- Wake up and die right - Rachel 05/December/05
- "Not on my watch" - John Lee 05/December/05
- Black as the arse of a goat - Jack 05/December/05
- **** Fire and Save matches - Melodie Deal 04/December/05
- Stinking Rich - poemsgalore 04/December/05
- Stinking Rich - Victoria S Dennis 04/December/05
- Cut a Check - Susy 04/December/05
- Choose to cruise - Jack 04/December/05
- Tea and slippers - Kathy Carroll 04/December/05
- Chinless Wonder - malcolm hirst 03/December/05
- 'knock into tomorrow' - cicek 03/December/05
- 'knock into tomorrow' - Bob 04/December/05
- It comes from the bible - David Chapman 03/December/05
- It comes from the bible - R. Berg 03/December/05
- To go pump or auto - Sharon M. 03/December/05
- Top of the morning to you - Joseph de los Reyes 03/December/05
- That's for me to know and you to find out - Paola 03/December/05
- "Cut from the same cloth" - Sue Gilligan 02/December/05
- Why don't you put some ice on it - Kenneth 02/December/05
- The In Crowd - Emma 02/December/05
- The In Crowd - Smokey Stover 02/December/05
- The In Crowd - Smokey Stover 02/December/05
- Misery loves company - bluebatman 02/December/05
- Leaf out of the book - Jyoti Agarwal 02/December/05
- Chip off the old block. - mshettrpsgt@aol.com 02/December/05
- Green Winter - Full Cemetery - Susan Bowden 02/December/05
- Tell me about it - K 01/December/05
- Lucky at love - Sunder 01/December/05
- "Lettin[g] the rough side drag." - Sam Lanham 01/December/05
- Clean as a whistle - John 01/December/05
- Queer Street - Peter Holman 30/November/05
- Queer Street - ESC 01/December/05
- Queer Street - ESC 01/December/05
- The devil's own truth - Micah J 30/November/05
- Put the big pot in the little one. - Monty Matthews 30/November/05
- Dog with two dicks - Dave 30/November/05
- Dog with two dicks - Bruce Kahl 30/November/05
- Dog with two dicks - ESC 30/November/05
- Dog with two dicks - Bruce Kahl 30/November/05
- Honesty is the best policy - Ahmed 30/November/05
- "To sleep the sleep of the righteous" - Shiphrah 30/November/05
- The best part is six feet under - Cathy 29/November/05
- "I only came about my cough." - Rolf 29/November/05
- We shoot the man who carries the flag - me 29/November/05
- Show you the ropes - Brian 29/November/05
- Carriage trade - t 29/November/05
- Miss the boat - Rachel 29/November/05
- Go butt a rubber stump - Rob 28/November/05
- "With bells on your toes" - Cindy Leach 28/November/05
- "Built like a brick ****house" - Brandon 28/November/05
- "built like a brick ****house" - Bob 28/November/05
- "built like a brick ****house" - David FG 29/November/05
- Brick house - ESC 29/November/05
- "built like a brick ****house" - Bob 28/November/05
- Cat on a hot tin roof - grant - alfie 28/November/05
- Cat on a hot tin roof - Victoria S Dennis 28/November/05
- "To take your pleasure where you find it" - amax 28/November/05
- "To take your pleasure where you find it" - Bruce Kahl 29/November/05
- "To take your pleasure where you find it"-Edit-too late to do computer stuff - Bruce Kahl 29/November/05
- "To take your pleasure where you find it" - Bruce Kahl 29/November/05
- Toodle-oo, - Uncle Mort 28/November/05
- The monkey and a/the football - m4free 28/November/05
- Scene hog - Zevk 28/November/05
- Sayings coined from geometric terms - stacy 27/November/05
- Public domain - Zevk 27/November/05
- Permanent record - Zevk 27/November/05
- Bounce a quarter off - Zevk 27/November/05
- Two outs, bottom of the ninth - KP 27/November/05
- Red dawn - Greg Haley 27/November/05
- Red sky at night... - ESC 27/November/05
- "Mind the time" - Rob Rodgers 27/November/05
- "mind the time" - Bob 27/November/05
- "mind the time" - ESC 27/November/05
- "mind the time" - Bob 27/November/05
- Strike me if I lie! - maggie 26/November/05
- Belive you... - grant 26/November/05
- Belive you... - Victoria S Dennis 26/November/05
- Believe you me - Smokey Stover 26/November/05
- "Dying on the vine" - Nadine 25/November/05
- "Dying on the vine" - Bruce Kahl 25/November/05
- COTTON PICKING HANDS - Patrick 25/November/05
- COTTON PICKING HANDS - ESC 25/November/05
- COTTON PICKING HANDS - Douglas 29/November/05
- COTTON PICKING HANDS - Douglas 29/November/05
- COTTON PICKING HANDS - ESC 25/November/05
- Long way to the back door - Fran 25/November/05
- "For aye" - C.K. Garabed 25/November/05
- Three sheets in the wind - Streabo 25/November/05
- A-up - kAM 25/November/05
- "In the soup" - Leanne 24/November/05
- "In the soup" - Bruce Kahl 25/November/05
- Whipped dog - Amitabh Kumar 24/November/05
- Off the radar - Alessandra Milani 24/November/05
- Runneth over - daniel 24/November/05
- There is a destiny that makes us brothers - Sue 24/November/05
- Unchained from a madman - keith harris 24/November/05
- The great and the good - David 24/November/05
- Quantum leap - ML 24/November/05
- Quantum leap - Smokey Stover 24/November/05
- Thanksgiving Day quotes - ESC 24/November/05
- You have the right to remain silent - Marky Mark 24/November/05
- You have the right to remain silent - James Briggs 24/November/05
- You have the right to remain silent - Bruce Kahl 24/November/05
- You have the right to remain silent - James Briggs 24/November/05
- "Turned up on his face". - Rachel 24/November/05
- "Standing against the wall..." - Ann 24/November/05
- Whale of a time, brass, old tom - Richard 23/November/05
- Out of this world - Rachel 23/November/05
- Out of this world - Smokey Stover 25/November/05
- Out of this world - Smokey Stover 25/November/05
- Out of this world - Smokey Stover 25/November/05
- Pick-a-peck - danabahn 23/November/05
- Pick-a-peck - Bruce Kahl 23/November/05
- Pick-a-peck - James Briggs 23/November/05
- Pick-a-peck - Smokey Stover 23/November/05
- Pick-a-peck - Bruce Kahl 23/November/05
- Save thee and me ... - Catherine 23/November/05
- Elvis' catch phraises! - gregg 23/November/05
- Turning over a new leaf - Matt 23/November/05
- Turning over a new leaf - James Briggs 23/November/05
- Pitch Black - Brian from Shawnee 23/November/05
- Pitch Black - Brian from Shawnee 23/November/05
- As cold as charity - Richard Wiegold 22/November/05
- Flying by wire - Martin Christie 22/November/05
- The truth,the whole truth and nothing but the truth - Dana Edgar 22/November/05
- "Down the chest" - audrey 22/November/05
- There was no "there" there - Meg 22/November/05
- When the dolls hit the shelves - mm 22/November/05
- This snerks... big time - cicek 21/November/05
- Irish as Patty's pig - Michael 21/November/05
- Play the odds - Cicek 21/November/05
- Look the Part - MM 21/November/05
- Cat's game - LuckyNinja 21/November/05
- "Wheez keys are theez" - The chep 20/November/05
- I am on your back - karthik sankar 20/November/05
- I am on your back - ESC 20/November/05
- I am on your back - ESC 20/November/05
- I am on your back - ESC 20/November/05
- Old geographic names - CJ 20/November/05
- Old geographic names - ESC 20/November/05
- "Smear-in" - Leanne 20/November/05
- Shooting gun - Redeer 20/November/05
- I wouldn't know you from a bar of soap - Lynne 19/November/05
- Piece of work - Matt 19/November/05
- Piece of work - R. Berg 20/November/05
- Dill-weeds - janes 19/November/05
- Dill-weeds - ESC 19/November/05
- Dill-weeds - Smokey Stover 19/November/05
- Dill-weeds - ESC 19/November/05
- Heavens to murgatriod - Blake 19/November/05
- "Have ones arse handed to them" - Mark 18/November/05
- Letting a baby choose its own name? - leanne 18/November/05
- Blinged-out - Janes 18/November/05
- The cats whiskers - SarahLamb 18/November/05
- Bees knees - SarahLamb 18/November/05
- If a little knowledge ... - robin johnson 18/November/05
- Blue chip - Sarah High 18/November/05
- Piss in ones pockets - Iain 18/November/05
- Under control - rick 18/November/05
- Under control - Bob 18/November/05
- Steal ice - adriana 18/November/05
- Steal ice - Bob 18/November/05
- Dont go swimming with Bow legged women - epike 17/November/05
- Dont go swimming with Bow legged women - Bob 17/November/05
- Iroquois expression - Michael 17/November/05
- My mouth tastes like a chicken yard - Lynn 17/November/05
- Bold brazen article - Jim 17/November/05
- Bold brazen article - Bob 17/November/05
- Tinker's dam - charles laws 17/November/05
- "And the something got it" - Laura Davis 17/November/05
- You've lost your rabbit a** mind - Deanita 17/November/05
- HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST - Aman Tesfazghi 17/November/05
- HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST - Smokey Stover 17/November/05
- HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST - Victoria S Dennis 17/November/05
- HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST - ESC 17/November/05
- HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST - Smokey Stover 17/November/05
- Horse play - nig 16/November/05
- Dancers are the athletes of God - Peggy Mackenzie 16/November/05
- Ding A Derry - Nanette Strunk 16/November/05
- Could care less = couldn't care less - Anders 16/November/05
- Could care less = couldn't care less - Brian from Shawnee 16/November/05
- Woof woof - flish 16/November/05
- Goody two shoes - Stan 16/November/05
- West Wing - Buyana 16/November/05
- Riding the back of his neck - Leanne 16/November/05
- Tied to someone's apron strings - Lucy 16/November/05
- LET'S GET A BIGGER TURKEY NEXT YEAR - Vu 16/November/05
- All get out - Angela 15/November/05
- All get out - ESC 16/November/05
- "Ask no questions and hear no lies"? - Amber 15/November/05
- "In the doghouse" - Hilary Blower 15/November/05
- "I'll be back" - archie 15/November/05
- Mighty white of you - Terry 14/November/05
- Clean someones clock - Stan 14/November/05
- A journey of a thousand miles,,, - Rachael Jerrison 14/November/05
- Between the sticks - Jess 14/November/05
- Choo choo Thomas - Jessica 14/November/05
- Pie plates - Rachel 14/November/05
- Pie plates - Brian from Shawnee 14/November/05
- Strike while the iron is hot - queenie 14/November/05
- Ask no questions and hear no lies - Jaycee 13/November/05
- To kill a mocking bird - Bunny 13/November/05
- GET LOST IN A BOOK - PEGGY 13/November/05
- GET LOST IN A BOOK - Victoria S Dennis 14/November/05
- Consarnit - Tina Conroy 13/November/05
- Testing the waters - Julian Hebbrecht 13/November/05
- Testing the waters - Bruce Kahl 13/November/05
- Away with the fairies - sinead 13/November/05
- To set one's cap - Tim Nolan 13/November/05
- Grab a root and growl - rudy 13/November/05
- Colder than a witch's tit - Sheri Summers 13/November/05
- Than I can poke a stick at - Peta 13/November/05
- Woof on the hoof - Roger 13/November/05
- As the worm turns - Dave Rankin 12/November/05
- Scale back - Waleed 12/November/05
- The modern period offered a great springboard for the Hebrew print - Sharon M. 12/November/05
- Loop de loop - iris wigle-cutforth 12/November/05
- Just bung it in the oven - Sharon M. 12/November/05
- With bells on - Peggy Simms 11/November/05
- Silk purse ... - kevin dugan 11/November/05
- Practice without theory... - sue 11/November/05
- Five dollar horse with a fifty dollar saddle - decker 11/November/05
- Tomorrow is another day - me 11/November/05
- There you have it - mike 11/November/05
- Furthest from the money - Matt 11/November/05
- Within and without - Grace 11/November/05
- Wouldn't that rip the fork out of your nightie - Bruce the Bard 11/November/05
- The short strokes - Barry Walner 11/November/05
- The short strokes - Bob 11/November/05
- Quick story - Chris Tse 11/November/05
- Force your enemy into a confrontation - Steve 10/November/05
- Force your enemy into a confrontation - Bob 10/November/05
- Stir like nobody else's business - Rebecca 10/November/05
- Fish or Cut Bait - Tom Phillips 10/November/05
- Dead to rights - mark 10/November/05
- Rotten spare spoil child - Jaspal 10/November/05
- On the surface - Zekerijah 10/November/05
- On the surface - James Briggs 10/November/05
- Hitting Your straps - Colleen 10/November/05
- Make like a tree and leave - Vidhya 10/November/05
- Make like a tree and leave - David FG 10/November/05
- A guy in a suit - Chris Tse 10/November/05
- Keep me on my toes - Marc 09/November/05
- When we meet old friends - ashwini 09/November/05
- I nearly **** a Miata - Mike O 09/November/05
- Stirring the pot - Laura Drinkwine 09/November/05
- Double-edged sword - Barry McMurdock 09/November/05
- Double-edged sword - Bob 09/November/05
- Back of legend - Naval 09/November/05
- Shoplifting the pootie - bpd 09/November/05
- From ballistic to organic - Chris Tse 09/November/05
- Keep your finger on the pulse - Rachel 09/November/05
- Keep your finger on the pulse - David FG 09/November/05
- Yeoman's work - Philip Fortnam 09/November/05
- See Rome and Die - Tati 09/November/05
- Old Bill - Christine 08/November/05
- They see you coming from a mile away - Bob 08/November/05
- "Keep your allens on - Sarah Turnbull 08/November/05
- Nutty as a cuckoo clock - Rachel 08/November/05
- Suck eggs - Angela 07/November/05
- Suck eggs - Smokey Stover 08/November/05
- Making the gate for - leanne 07/November/05
- Making the gate for - Brian from Shawnee 07/November/05
- Making the gate for - leanne 09/November/05
- Making the gate for - ESC 08/November/05
- Making the gate for - Brian from Shawnee 07/November/05
- Full Monty - German Explanation - Edmund Moriarty 07/November/05
- The end justifies the means - Aisha 07/November/05
- A Square Meal - Steve Drewe 06/November/05
- A Square Meal - Bob 07/November/05
- Bossy boots - Richard Wiegold 05/November/05
- Ahead of the curve - Fran 05/November/05
- Whistling for a couple of eternities - Leanne 05/November/05
- Sent to Coventry - Keith Reynolds 05/November/05
- PIGS EAR - Jade 05/November/05
- Hurrah's nest
- Shot in the arm
- Furthest from the money
- With bells on
- Whistling for a couple of eternities
- Colder than a witch's tit
- To kill a mocking bird
- Clean someones clock
- "in the doghouse"
- Riding the back of his neck
- Horse play
- Goody two shoes
- You've lost your rabbit a** mind
- If a little knowledge ...
- the cats whiskers
- Old geographic names
- Cat's game
- strike while the iron is hot
- They see you coming from a mile away
- This snerks... big time
- There was no "there" there
- Save thee and me ...
- Oops. My bad.
- flying by wire
- Elvis' catch phrases!
- Oops. My bad.
- Turning over a new leaf
- Whale of a time, brass, old tom
- three sheets in the wind
- "walk the line"
- Sayings coined from geometric terms
- The truth,the whole truth and nothing but the truth
- The monkey and a/the football
- carriage trade
- Lucky at love
- Tell me about it
- Good question
- Wake up and die right
- Stirring the pot
- To notebook
- "cut from the same cloth"
- Stinking Rich
- The pics are more equal
- Boxing around
- The sticks