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Vol. CXII · No. 4,822Late Drizzle EditionPrice: One Tablet
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Isa’s Knees Correctly Predicted Chloe Would Be a Damp Squib

Left knee quiet; right knee 'only drizzle'; Met Office quietly impressed.

Isa's knees, vindicated again.

Isa's knees, vindicated again. Photo: Alice Barber Stephens, “Boy sitting on grandmother's lap - Harper's Monthly Magazine (March 1902) - Alice Barber Stephens”, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

BRIDGE OF EARN — Fictional forecaster Isa Brodie, 84, says her knees knew Chloe would not make the name cut.

“Left knee stayed calm. That’s how I knew,” she said. “I still got the washing in. Brian still didn’t.”

Isa’s talk on Thursday is going ahead. Bring a notebook and a respectful attitude to cartilage.

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