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Genuine replies from 1880s and 1890s problem pages. Captions encouraged on Sunday only #GirlsOwnCC and comment (sarcastic or sweet) the rest of the week

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Girls' Own advice @GirlsOwn
9 Nov 2024
So it’s a wee bit of a leap over to the 🦋 place, where I’ve got 70 followers rather than 33,000, but some of the nicest people are already there and I hope more friends give it a try. See you there for the Sunday caption contest, my name there is also @GirlsOwn
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Girls' Own advice @GirlsOwn
9 Nov 2024
So it’s a wee bit of a leap over to the 🦋 place, where I’ve got 70 followers rather than 33,000, but some of the nicest people are already there and I hope more friends give it a try. See you there for the Sunday caption contest, my name there is also @GirlsOwn
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Well done to the witty winners of last Sunday’s caption contest. 🥇@HorribleSanity 🥈 @ErburyOldBoy 🥉@Daily_Mustard 4th @GrahamBrack This Sunday hope to see you at the 🦋 place where I have the same @GirlsOwn name.
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"Anxious reader" cannot better occupy her time than by knitting for the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.
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The rhymes are imperfect in the verse you send, but they have some poetical feeling. We are sure you had pleasure in writing them, so by all means continue, but please do not send them to us for publication.
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Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Be generous with your ❤️s and retweets, and don’t forget #GirlsOwnCC
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We regret to hear you have had a "worriting mind" for seven years. It must be very uncomfortable.
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Congratulations to the witty winners of last Sunday’s caption competition. 🥇@celiaparker65 with an unconvincing explanation 🥈@ErburyOldBoy with a understandable mix-up 🥉@MouthyOldBat with a reasonable point 4th @JaneVsw on the excitement of babysitting and ……
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…..highly commended to @fionaricha48902 who has hit on an absolute truth of childbirth. See the other clever entries at #GirlsOwnCC P.S. I think the baby is supposed to be in an elaborate wooden cradle rather than on a gravestone, but with @GirlsOwn gloomy attitude, who knows.
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Malty, but nice 😻🐧 @artbookreviews
1 Nov 2024
Er, yes.
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A novel is merely a story designed for grown people.
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Serviettes are needed at every meal.
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The unpleasant flushing of which you complain after exertion in hot weather is quite natural, especially to persons of fair complexion and inclined to be stout.
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As we continually tell you all, be guided by your mother’s wishes.
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Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Be generous with your ❤️s and retweets, and don’t forget #GirlsOwnCC
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Certainly high heeled boots and shoes are very injurious. They distort the shape of the foot, make the nails grow in, strain some of the tendons more than others, produce cramp, and make the wearer walk just like a turkey.
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Well done to the witty winners of last Sunday’s caption contest. =🥇@ErburyOldBoy @David_Jarvis_ 🥉@GbhvfRon 4th @JaneVsw and…..
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….. highly commended to @Paulineagain and @banksger1 with more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
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‘Rose’ enquiries if it be “proper for a gentleman to speak to a lady at the seaside without an introduction.” Does she really feel doubtful as to the license which the proximity of saltwater and sand may concede? Is a man to forget his honour in the breezes of a watering-place?
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We have read your poems with great attention, and see by your close imitation of them how you appreciate Tennyson and Christina Rossetti. [Implying plagiarism? I rather like the thought of a reader testing @GirlsOwn to see if she’d lambast even their poetic works.]
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