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I'll just leave this here.

... and that's where this should be, in the Paul The Octopus thread.

How about the philanthropists thread; which you started.

"What happened to that Laura Branigan? I used to have a poster of her when I was ages with you. How about I- oh..." —Clorox Senior, every single time he hears Gloria Today would have been her 66th birthday.

Butts and Capotelli take us up to 5 /21.

Probably more pertinently he was the writer of all Welsh-interest obituaries for the Indie.

Nice swerve, but I'm not buying.

Just cannot see Sweden beating Switzerland or England beating Columbia. But teams seem to change during this round. Brazil upped their game (slightly), Japan were awesome and the unluckiest nation so far, etc etc. If England do win, they could, just might, win this whole thing. And we'll never hear the end of it.....

He really takes the piss all the time!!!!!

Japanese Emperor treated for brain condition.

I will refer this to Thread Police and our specialist if that is okay with you. @Cat O'Falk @Achelous and let them decide. They can sort things out amongst themselves r.e bovine matters. I can't believe I'm typing this. Bovine matters.

Am interested to see whether John or Roberta dies first.Or whether it is a Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher scenario.If John goes first I can't see his 106 year old mother surviving losing a child.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White' sister has died — nearly three decades after her life-saving kidney transplant helped turn White into a champion of organ donation. White's office says Doris Ivy died of natural causes on Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She was 85. SC

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No it's more like a cowboy Bigfoot (let that sink in) shooting it's rifle (let that sink in) at cows. Maybe better in Bovine thread

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Well, that's me straight off to the 'words we hate' thread . An unintended consequence I know...

Come on Y-Dub, find me that QO for Colin Butts. I need that 9 points.

I really doubt he was “one of the last” Dunkirk survivors considering it involved 100,000s of personnel. Exaggeration by the press to sell a story I imagine.

Chas and Dave are booked for the Ramblin' Man Fair this summer - tbh I was planning on avoiding them and heading for the prog stage during their set...but that post has caused a rethink

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