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1. 1 day ago on Fred Basset

   It was like this for me as a child. I used to live a mile from the nearest candy factory. You could smell what ever sweets they were every morning as we could smell it from even that distance away.

2. 10 days ago on Pickles

   I thought the shortest sentence in the English language was “no”.

3. 10 days ago on Peanuts

   Something tells me that Patti was going to get an F in something anyway.

4. 11 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   EXAMPLES OF CONTRONYMS ☺

   1. Apology: A statement of contrition for an action, or a defense of one

   2. Aught: All, or nothing

   3. Bill: A payment, or an invoice for payment

   4. Bolt: To secure, or to flee

   5. Bound: Heading to a destination, or restrained from movement

   6. Buckle: To connect, or to break or collapse

   7. Cleave: To adhere, or to separate

   8. Clip: To fasten, or detach

   9. Consult: To offer advice, or to obtain it

   10. Continue: To keep doing an action, or to suspend an action

   11. Custom: A common practice, or a special treatment

   12. Off: Deactivated, or activated, as an alarm

   13. Discursive: Moving in an orderly fashion among topics, or proceeding aimlessly in a discussion

   14. Dollop: A large amount (British English), or a small amount

   15. Dust: To add fine particles, or to remove them

   16. Enjoin: To impose, or to prohibit

   17. Fast: Quick, or stuck or made stable

   18. Fine: Excellent, or acceptable or good enough

   19. Finished: Completed, or ended or destroyed

   20. First degree: Most severe in the case of a murder charge, or least severe in reference to a burn

   21. Fix: To repair, or to castrate

   22. Flog: To promote persistently, or to criticize or beat

   23. Garnish: To furnish, as with food preparation, or to take away, as with wages

   24. Give out: To provide, or to stop because of a lack of supply

   25. Go: To proceed or succeed, or to weaken or fail

   26. Grade: A degree of slope, or a horizontal line or position

   27. Handicap: An advantage provided to ensure equality, or a disadvantage that prevents equal achievement

   28. Help: To assist, or to prevent or (in negative constructions) restrain

   29. Hold up: To support, or to impede

   30. Lease: To offer property for rent, or to hold such property

   31. Left: Remained, or departed

   32. Let: Allowed, or hindered

   33. Liege: A feudal lord, or a vassal

   34. Literally: Actually, or virtually

5. 11 days ago on Close to Home

   My dad, a real joker, started working in an office building a good few years back. The different floors were known by different letters of the alphabet and the different rooms were known by different numbers. The individual rooms were known by their floor letter and number so the third room on the third floor would have been room 3C. There were 7 floors and floor E had 10 rooms. There was a sign at the entrance to floor E saying "Rooms E1 – E10. My dad stuck a piece of paper just above it saying “old Mc Donald had a farm”.

6. 11 days ago on Aunty Acid

   Blue all the way.

7. 13 days ago on Reality Check

   I hear they’re big in Japan.

8. 13 days ago on Free Range

   Needs more cow bell.

9. 13 days ago on B.C.

   Ironically the Norse God of thunder is called Thor.

10. 15 days ago on Ziggy

    The only pair of trousers (pants) Ziggy owns.