And he wasn't so dashed far wrong!

Happiness is a perfect garlic.

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Onni on täydellinen valkosipuli.

By Bean & Crumpet

Like an eel going into mud

In our bed, in the morning he squishes me tightly and calls me by my nickname that he's given me:

"Spud"

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Aamulla sängyssä hän rutistaa minua tiukasti ja kutsuu minua lempinimelläni, jonka hän on minulle antanut:

"Pottu"

By Crumpet

He nipped out, locking the door behind him

View outside my office, yesterday morning. The autumn has caught up with us..

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Näkymä työpaikkani ulkopuolelta, eilen aamulla. Syksy on hiipinyt tänne jälleen..

By Crumpet

Put them in a paper bag

We feel for you..

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Ymmärrämme tilanteesi..

By Bean & Crumpet

Among other notable observations, too numerous to mention here

A day in the life of a woman starts promisingly, when a complete stranger compliments on her shoes.

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Naisen päivä alkaa lupaavasti, kun ventovieras kehuu hänen kenkiään.

By Crumpet

He lowered the beer bottle from his lips in some surprise

Lavender Briggs: "There is just one thing," she said. "No more fuddling yourself with alcoholic liquor. This is very delicate operation which you will be undertaking, and we can not risk failure. I want you to be bright and alert. So no more drinking."

George Cyril Wellbeloved: " Except beer, of course."

Lavender Briggs: "No beer."

If George Cyril had not been sitting on an upturned wheelbarrow, he would have reeled.

George Cyril Wellbeloved: "No beer?"

Lavender Briggs: "No beer."

George Cyril Wellbeloved: "When you say no beer, do you mean no beer?" 

In P.G. Wodehouse's Service with a Smile (1961)

By Crumpet

I've come to take you home

It's two and half years, since the last time we had to spent nights apart from each other, and also then it was due to work. But soon you will back with me again..

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Siitä on kaksi ja puoli vuotta, kun viimeksi vietimme yötä erillään toisistamme, silloinkin työn takia. Onneksi olet taas pian vierelläni..

By Crumpet

I was trying to think where to begin

If you are a piece of rubbish, is it the high point or the low point of your existence, when you get cleaned?

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Jos olet roska, onko olemassaolosi kohokohta vai pohjanoteeraus se, että sinut siivotaan?

By Bean & Crumpet

As he stood on the gravel drive

On my way to work, walking, looking at people.

In so many faces

carved

the hardships of life

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Matkalla töihin, kävellen, katselen vastaantulevia.

Niin monen kasvoille
kaiverrettuna

elämän ankaruus

By Crumpet

There was table beside the chair, on it an ash trey and matches

But who would release these victims of forced labour?

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Mutta kuka vapauttaisi nämä pakkotyön uhrit?

By Bean & Crumpet