7 D in a W       7 days in a week
12 M in a Y   12 months in a year
52 W in a Y   52 weeks…..
365 D in a Y   365 days……..(normally)


13 IA BD   13 is a bakers dozen
12 SOTZ   12 signs of the zodiac
7 WOTW 7 wonders of the world
52 CIAD   52 cards in a deck/pack (without jokers)
11 IACS
7 DISN
60 MIAH    60 minutes in an hour
3 BM    3 Blind mice
4 A 20 PTTTD    4 and twenty ponies, trotting through the dark (I may be wrong with this one, as the Kipling quote is five and twenty ponies!)
12 DOC   12 days of Christmas

An H a D keeps the D a W.

16 OIAP        16 ounces in a pound
SASO 6 P "sing a song of sixpence"
14 PIAS        14 pounds in a stone
3 WOMW        "Three wheels on my wagon (and I'm still rolling along)"

M R Dux        (th)'Em are ducks
M R Nott        'Em are not!
M R 2   Cedar wings?        'Em are too, see the wings
Whale oil beef hooked! M R Dux. Well, I'll be ****** 'Em are ducks

SMR Dux.         Yes, 'em are ducks

M8nt dux. NE1 can CMR Bs! CDEDBD1s? MRBs    'Em Ain't ducks, anyone can see, 'em are bees! See their (DED) beady eyes? 'em are bees.


Now follows a sketch from "The Two Ronnies"

FUNEM? Have you any ham?
SIFM Yes, I have ham
FUNEX? Have you any eggs?
This was then interrupted (see later) or it would have continued…
SIFX Yes, I have eggs
OKMNX o.k. Ham & Eggs

Bodlerdraf? (interruption) Bottle, or draught?
OICURMT (Oh, I see you are empty)- ode to a beer bottle

YYUR too wise you are,
YYUB too wise you be,
ICUR I see you are
YY4ME too wise for me


ABCDGOLDFISH   Abe (name) see de goldfish
MNOGOLDFISH (th)em N(aint) no goldfish
SDRGOLDFISH Yes Dey are Goldfish
RDLGOLDFISH are they hell goldfish


Nigel