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I think Paula Radcliffe had a moment in the London Marathon, didn’t she. Only live on national television.

Shall we just move on.

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Good thing all this stuff works on two levels.

Barely though.

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Not sure what the Crafty Cockney is supposed to have done but three years before Mick ‘n’ Keef got busted for various drugs offences in 1967, they were also busted for urinating in a public place, i.e. the wall of a petrol station. The fine? £3 each. Fantastic publicity – John Lennon apparently spent the rest of his life jealous this didn’t happen to the Beatles.

I used to know someone who was present at the infamous Stones drug bust trial in ’67. Marianne Faithful, Mars Bars and all that. Can’t say too much in this forum.

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Of course I have a list @briann. I’ve done over 600 of  them.

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Miss June doing her customary celebratory roll whenever we tick another triangulation pillar off the list.

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I think they filmed Tom doing his World War 2 talking head segments from the store room at the BP. Rumour has it that he was wearing a fez for some of the early takes and had crispy pig ears on his rider.

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No @briann, despite having top 10 scores in all 48 levels of Ham ’em High and cast iron proof of 47 of them, I never got my Ultra Sharpshooter badge.  I’ve dropped to 11th and 12th in a couple of levels now but that doesn’t matter. To be frank, it’s ruined my life and I will forever be bitter and twisted about it.  Gaaah!

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Probably be a virtual SharpShooter badge @atlas-zulay, as I don’t think there’s any one left to give you one. But good luck. You will need to go outside Classics to catch me up though.

I’d nominate you for a couple of other badges though, if anyone would action them.

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I am enjoying Dear England @briann. Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is perfectly cast as Gareth Southgate. Not sure about the casting for Wayne Rooney. Reviews a bit sniffy though.

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Usual story these days. Win one, lose one. Well done. it’s on my (ever-growing) list.

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Trying to raise the bunny, @briann?

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Three terrible birds takes a trophy. read all about it in today’s Challenge. I am in shock.

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Don’t panic @catsnbirds, it wasn’t an accident. I had a pacemaker fitted (hence @briann’s jukebox selection). You have to avoid disconnecting the wires. I’ve explained it all to Twiggy and she is fine. It’s too hot this week for long walks anyway.

 

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thanks ‘briann, you can’t have any upper-case because my arm is in a sling for a week and my mouth tastes metallic because i am pumped full of antibiotics. can’t lift twiggy up, can’t butter toast and still can’t play the piano.

 

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My Southampton fan friend is pretty disgusted. Not with the punishment. With the club for behaving so reprehensively. It was the only appropriate thing to do. Somebody is responsible and that’s probably the last job they ever have in football. There are consequences.

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Maybe the best @briann, but playing boring football for the last couple of months. Probably due to the pressure. But the context has been anything but boring. Now, for the perfect domestic season, Spurs need to go down.

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Up for it, @catsnbirds?

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Tom’s back! The toilet seat was left up again. One of us needs to have a word.

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Weird that I can pound away in Classics trying to claw back a few hundred points on a level for  several days and get nowhere, then switch over to 17-14 in Mine ‘n’ Dine on a level that’s been around for 15 years, use ABo (without any multi-replaying of macros) and get a mind-boggling top score within a few minutes. Not even by some clever new strategy. Not even with a very good second shot. But with (and here’s the rub), a brilliant third shot from Terrance. Along with Matilda, the most annoying bird in the bird pen. But on his day, oh boy!

I’m losing trophies to you boys in Classics but stealthily picking them up elsewhere.

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Infantino has been defending World Cup ticket prices by claiming that you can’t get to see US professional sport for less than $300.

His pants are on fire!  I paid about $8 to watch MLB about 15 years ago and it’s apparently not much more now. Even playoff games are less than $300.

Meanwhile hotels are seeing lower bookings than last year.

It’s a mystery.

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That woke Tom up.

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This doesn’t have any whistling.

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Didn’t realise (or had forgotten) that Kate Bush was on that. The only song with whistling on that I like. Whistling is the spawn of the devil.

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I’m fed up waiting for an Angry Birds Challenge. It’s obsessed with Star Wars. Must be weeks.