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LEGGY LENGTHS

I was dusting in my room one day and my four-year-old grandson Tyson was watching. I saw a daddy long-legs spider and my grandson said to me, “Nana, spider!” I replied with, “Nana loves Daddy long-leg spiders.” To which, my grandson asked me, “Do you love Mummy’s legs too?” Nana, via email

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LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Four of us had been discussing love and marriage, when one piped up with, “Well, I’ve only ever been out with three men friends and I married them all.” As the shouts of laughter died down, the speaker assured her hearers it was true. She’d been happily married to boyfriend number one for 13 years, when she was widowed. Some time later, she met and married boyfriend number two. On his death 10 years later, boyfriend number three came along and, after six months of courtship, they married. At the age of 68 and 86, the two are still married. I know – I am one of them! Three Musketeers, Hamilton, November 2, 1970

ILLUMINATING

I was gardening one day when my daughter asked what I was planting. “Bulbs,” I told her. “Oh… and will they have their lights on?” she asked. J.D., June 26, 1967

I MEAN...

Said the TV announcer, when urging people to drive carefully: “Ninety per cent of people are caused by accidents.” Moonlight, November 2, 1970