Amongst the many ‘aphorisms’ of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees baseball manager, were ‘The future ain’t what it used to be’ and ‘It was déjà vu all over again’.
First prize Christopher Hanafin, Adare, Co. Limerick
Runners-up John Challoner, Newport, Essex; P.D.H. Riddell, London SE23

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