Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from "Alan Gabriel"
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Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife.

Wife must have rather small hands...
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I'm not intending to be unkind here, but one of my wives was
gobsmacked when she first saw a mole: she'd been under the impression
that they were bigger than cats.

--
Mike.