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Nearly Sane

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Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
« on: January 23, 2021, 01:02:58 PM »
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Re: Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2021, 02:46:19 PM »
Back in the days when it was common to ask the landlord in pubs for a mixture of beers, one popular mixture was "Mother-in-law" - old and bitter.
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Re: Karen - the return of the mother-in-law joke?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2021, 10:45:38 PM »
I hate the Karen business which has drifted over here from the States where it is rife. It's so unfair, imagine if your name was Karen? I haven't heard it much and am glad of that.
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