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  1. matwoolf

    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    Botham’s pork pies (rhyming w bottom) in Whitby top my leader chart. Although real ‘pasties’ are completely unavailable in the North, with respect.
     
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    Useless fact: Insect poo is called "frass".
     
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    With pasties it's all about them Cornish folk.
     
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    It's hilarious, because I associate you with your profile picture.

    I can just see that dog turn left towards me, and deliver the line, 'Insect poo is called "frass".'
     
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    Cornwall and DEVON.

    :)
     
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    Is this a pasties/my pasties issue?
     
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    From Wikipedia:

     
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    That’s a relief...

    ..

    Interesting- and the Welsh call them oggies.
     
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    Useless fact: Cornish pasties, as alluded to above, were invented for the miners. They were easy to drop down the mineshaft and catch.

    Other useless fact: the common shrew protects itself from danger by dying of fright.
     
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    My favourite place is the giant bakery across the border - slap in the middle of Bude [Pronounced Bood, like American]

    Then jump in the sea.
     
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    Wonder where I can learn that one.
     
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    That doesn't sound very protective.
     
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    Jeff Bezos' personal net worth is greater* than that of the Walt Disney Co.

    *or possibly equal to, after the divorce settlement went through.
     
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    And were split into two halves, one savoury, one sweet.
     
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    Elephants seal produced really fatty milk(which I imagine is needed to developed all that blubber). It gets over 50% milkfat as it rises in density over the adolescence. Human breast milk is about 4% milkfat, and cow milk is about 3.5% milkfat. No wonder they are such units.
     
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    Interestingly, although overall Protestants are more associated with witchcraft trials, especially Puritans, the four largest witchtrials in Germany were led by local Catholic magnates who also persecuted Protestants. The Spanish inquisition also did one despite being skeptical.
    It's also interesting that witchcraft ideas and persecution started with the Dominicans.
     
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    Professional wrestler Mick Foley

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    is a major fan of Tori Amos

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    and donates to and volunteers regularly with RAINN, her anti-sexual assault group.
     
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    Anti-sexual assault group?

    I hate an idea of any assault group? Why to assault anybody.

    But of course... If some group assaults someone, then it's better if their assaults are anti-sexual than sexual.
     
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    Best avoid the Dark Eldar, and the worshipers of Slaanesh. :p
     
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    He's also done a bit of voice work, such as voicing professional Earthbender The Boulder, a parody of his friend The Rock, on Avatar: The Last Airbender.
     
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    Pop is for the simple minded. :p
     
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    Wellll
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    Yeah, yeah, we all have our guilty pleasures. :p
     
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    Anita Mäkelä is 58 years. She breeds chicken.

    She has a hobby. She drives top fuel dragster. She is Europe Champion in her class.

    3.842s.
    508km/h.
    5.5g's
    10 000 horse powers.

    She started driving dragsters 1987.

    Top Alcohol Europe Championships 1994 & 1996.
    Top Fuel Europe Championsips 2000, 2016 & 2018.

    She plans to drive as long as she can beat younger drivers and driving is fun.

    http://www.dragracingeurope.eu/fiaedc/2019/05/27/anita-makela-michael-gullqvist-sandro-bellio-and-jimmy-alund-winners-at-season-opening-the-main-event-at-santa-pod-raceway/

    In Finnish, sorry.

    https://www.iltalehti.fi/muutlajit/a/c7ee1af1-5e6b-4e66-967e-a03b5a36943a
     
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