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Village boy becomes king of the castle
Jeremiah Spikehead could hardly believe it when he was selected to play volleyball at the Sydney Olympics. It was a dream come true: his chance to represent his country at his chosen sport. He got a big shock, however, the day he turned up at the venue marked down in his program for day one…
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More funny than you can poke a stick at
A work colleague has a friend who, being without a TV remote, changes channels with a stick. No kidding. He likes to watch telly in bed and wields the three-foot stick to change channels so he does not have to move too many muscles. Can you imagine that? Have we become that sad? Until today I never…
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On the cutting edge with the Swiss Army
I have a Swiss Army pocketknife so, um, I have to ask: what is it that the members of the Swiss Army actually do? Apparently, the Swiss Army knife was invented for the army more than a century ago to help soldiers assemble their rifles. I read on the web that the Swiss Army today…
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Cowboys, Indians, Friends, and Plovers
There were no American Indians in the vicinity of our new house in Newnham when I was six in 1964. I know this because I had a large Indian identification wall-chart hanging in my new bedroom. It had pictures of all kinds of Indians – including Sioux, Apache, Cherokee and Cheyenne – which came in…
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One small step for man, one giant leap for Slowhand
I do not know where my son got the idea that Eric Clapton was the first man on the moon. Oh yeah, probably me. Jack was six at the time, so those were the days he believed everything I said. And to be fair to me, I did not say Slowhand was the first man on the…
