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No Such Thing As Tiddlywinks In The Wild West
The first person to write about Bladud was Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century. He wrote that Bladud died when he constructed some wings for himself and flew into a wall.
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There was a report in 2015 of the sniffer dogs at Manchester Airport, and apparently in the previous 12 months they had failed to spot a single person carrying heroin or cocaine over the border. They had found 181…
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No. In the UK, in a pub without a license. Wow. There was a Tidly Winks match. In fact, it was a marathon. The Tidley Winks Marathon over 15 yards at the York Bay. Beer Festival on 3rd of November 1970. This was…
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They want a real person who is passionate about their sport. So they found Patrick Barry, who is the world's singles champion at Tidley Winks. Is it possible they looked at the cost of getting Federer to be sponsored to…
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The example that I've got on the screen here for the audience tonight is from Leeds University — that's in their archives. They obviously send it to universities around the world going, look, a fucking bendy rock.
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