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  1. Sam Axe

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    On average adults watch twice as much TV as teenagers
     
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  2. Dorset

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    I'm strictly heterosexual thank you :)
     
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  3. Sam Axe

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    Only a gay man would have said that <diva>
     
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  4. Dorset

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    More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
     
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  5. Dorset

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    Why thanks sweetie! XXXX <laugh>
     
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  6. Sam Axe

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    Any time big boy <ok>
     
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    When Elvis croaked in 1977 it was generally accepted that he was grossly overweight. He weighed between 17 and 18 stone. He was 6 ft tall.
    Had he been alive in the USA today he would have been considered anorexic.
     
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  8. Dorset

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    The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
     
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    The first CD pressed in the US was Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen
     
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    Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "you're fired!"
     
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    What about Laural and Hardy?
     
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    The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
     
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    How things change eh. these days most blokes are under it...<laugh>
     
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    A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
     
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    The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language
     
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    I know how many beans make five
     
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    You think you do.
     
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    Beans and nuts are among the best quality sources of protein.
     
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    An Ann Widdecombe **** guff has been known to fell a charging rhino at 50 paces.
     
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    This was the winner of a competition in 1920s America to find the shortest phrase using all the letters. However, it only won because the shorter phrase 'pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs' was disqualified as the competition took place during the Prohibition era.
     
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