you gotta hand it to her
Quote of the week, from Dot Branning: "Just think - people didn't used to have inside lavvies, and now we got aromatherapy! Ain't progress amazing."
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- you gotta hand it to her
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3 comments:
haha! I spotted that too... classic Dot!
Hi Paul and welcome! (Any friend of Dot...) Love your blog, btw, I checked it out.
Watch this space, I have a load of predictions for the Christmas episode. Maybe I should do a little survey.
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