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Negative inversion tweets

Here are some tweets that illustrate negative inversion : Not only has he taken my seat he also stole the remote 😒 pic.twitter.com/vgzJdu0Lkc — SPN*NI ❌✒ (@TVDNI_SpnNI) octubre 7, 2015 "Not since I fell off the roof as our trampoline was delivered have things come together so perfectly." Phil Dunphy — Lewis Roderick (@lewisroderick) octubre 6, 2015 Witnessed a guy opening the door for a lady tonight... Hardly ever do I see that. It's sad I felt that that was so rare, I had to tweet it — mek milli (@OhhMyMekaaaa) octubre 16, 2015 It's crazy how we used to think Christopher Columbus was a good person 😴 little did we know — Bee (@beedonkadonks) octubre 12, 2015 No way am I going to college just for a one hour lesson while I'm feeling this fragile, bed all day sounds much better 😄😄😄 — Kirsty Jade Sykes (@Kirstsykes_) octubre 12, 2015 Only now do I truly understand the meaning of the quote 'you're only as

As sick as a parrot

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Who's a pretty boy then? Man cuts off his ears to look like a parrot Ted Richards, 56, has already had his face and eyeballs tattooed, next he wants a surgeon to turn his nose into a beak A man who had his face and eyeballs tattooed to look like his pet parrots has gone a step further - by cutting off his ears. Ted Richards, 56, is obsessed by pets Ellie, Teaka, Timneh, Jake and Bubi and has his face tattooed with colourful feathers. But the animal lover - who has 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue - has now had both his ears removed by a surgeon in a six hour operation. Eccentric Mr Richards has given his severed ears to a friend who “will appreciate them” and is now planning to find a surgeon prepared to turn his nose into a beak.   Source: Daily Telegraph    Vocabulary : to turn into - to go a step further - to split (v, adj) - to remove - to sever - a beak - to tease - gory (adj) - to be likely to - retired (adj) - to br