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I think he is in the top-left, Dostaf. I didn't know who Paulie was so I missed Xrh's joke yesterday.

Were you burning the midnight oil (and the early hours oil too) to read War and Peace or did you decide not to battle your way through it?

I'll need some Nytol tonight. There's a good treason, too. My naughty quip on the Chip Pon thread - I did edit, but was it in time?

I will be worrying my head about it, and about my head.
I worry there are no nits about my head, too. Might I still use nit-oil with my usual shampoo to make my hair unsqueaky clean?

I'll rest a little easier if it does. .

Recently, near the Pier, I felt like Victoria Meldrew (but not quite so old, mind you.)

A WLCT spokesperson said: "Police have stepped up patrols in the area of the thefts and are continuing to offer their support and help.

"However, everybody has a responsibility to stop vandalism and make Wigan a nicer borough to live in.

"This is a community project and as such everybody has a vested interest in ensuring these statues remain a source of pride for the benefit of people across the borough."

Accordingly, I have stepped up my patrols on foot, with my dog on paw, along the canal. But can you bank on us to step in if we see anything untoward happening to the heritage sculptures?



Out on 'a patrol' we came across three chaps, who came across as well-dressed, decent, congenial middle-aged gentlemen, enjoying a stroll along the canal path, possibly in their dinner hour. They were near the mill-worker and exuberantly talking about her; as my dog and I drew closer we heard their banter. Such words as *c*ap were uttered ... (*the unasterisked version is in my official report). It was too late to cover my two year old dog's ears, or protect the mill-worker from such mockery.
One of the 'gentle'men went further and firmly grasped the mill-worker by her head and knee and rocked her to show how light-weight and ill-secured she was on her seat.

And your vandalism vigilantes? We six-legged it away, briskly.

What an absurd farce the whole heritage sculptures' episode has become - I don't believe it!