[6] Sequined all over. His mum had made it for him.
[7] Which had arrived through our letter box by mistake, it being meant for Captain Blood, the retired freebooter who lived next door.
[8] So, some things never change.
[9] Traditional.
[10] This, it is to be believed, was the first time this joke was ever used.
[11] And this was never used.
[12] And they do.
[13] As opposed to one that is only occasional.
[14] Positively the last time.
[15] This is not entirely true. In fact, it is not true at all.
[16] The organist was Richie Havens. (Ed.)
[17] Should the reader yearn to know the full story of Courage Croydon, the best reference book would be Sir John Rimmer’s Croydon’s Croydon: The Man, the Myth and the Sacred Geomancy of the Roundabout system.
[18] Third wedding Anniversaries are ‘cheese’. And are not easy to get anniversary cards for. As opposed to those silver, gold and diamond. But strange, at times, are the ways of Man.
[19] Still reckoned to be the most comfortable recliner of all time.
[20] Which rather impressed me at the time because dogging had yet to become an English national pastime.
[21] That’s probably enough Cons, now, thank you. (Ed.) Hey, buddy, don’t footnote Woodbine – I ain’t a footnoted kind of guy.
[22] Allegedly. But hey, come on!
[23] Elvis was in fact a natural blond, although not a lot of people know that.
[24] Everything makes sense when you give it sufficient thought. Doesn’t it?
