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Shifted

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‘This Tory leadership election has been all over the telly.’
‘I know, I’m sick of it Sandra.’
‘Has any of it shifted your opinion on the candidates Tom?’
‘I’m not a member so it makes no difference.’
‘I’ll take that as a no then.’
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#130story It took him all day but he shifted the huge pile of bricks from the front garden to the back, surprising the owner, who had only wanted him to move a stack of old pea sticks.

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Prospector Dirty Dan McGrew
Shifted the muddy water side to side
It's gold, gold, gold
He cried and cried and cried
Dancing next to his mule
Who kicked him in the head
The tale of Dirty Dan McGrew
Who promptly got lucky and rich
Then promptly got kicked and died