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MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1961
Every parent has a favourite child.
It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- “I'm here for the right reasons.” The reasons are a teeth-whitening deal and a…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- The sun will eventually swallow the Earth. Until then, the bins still go out…
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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