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  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Peter Falk had his right eye surgically removed when he was three - he wore a ‘glass eye’ for the rest of his life.

    Despite this, he played in team sports, mainly baseball and basketball.

    Falk once said: "I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I got so mad I took out my glass eye, handed it to him and said, 'Try this.' I got such a laugh you wouldn't believe."
    <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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    I guess he didn't see eye to eye with the umpire.

    OK! I'll try not to get any cornea.

    <laugh>
     
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  3. Taffvalerowdy

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    :emoticon-0178-rock:
    Very good <laugh>
     
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    So which one of you is the visionary and which the pupil? <whistle>
     
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  5. Taffvalerowdy

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    Sorcerer and apprentice - I will let you decide <laugh>
     
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    I know someone worse than both of them.

    Here's his favourite question ('joke').

    "Can you think of a fish that begins with a K and ends in a K. I'll start you off - Killer Shark".

    (....people thinking....)

    "No? How about Kilmarnock. It's a pla(i)ce in Scotland."

    <doh>
     
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  7. Taffvalerowdy

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    I think that’s a red herring …..

    Anyway, this is a musical thread so we should have a tuna two …. and less of the click bait <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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  8. aswan_dam

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    Stop carping on Taff.
     
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  9. Taffvalerowdy

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>

    I’m having a whale of a time <laugh><laugh>
     
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    A comet was named after Halley but it's only visible every 75 years.
     
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  12. Taffvalerowdy

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    Are you baiting Taff on porpoise ? <laugh>
     
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    A kriller question. <whistle>
     
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    Warms the cockles of my heart. <laugh>
     
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  16. Taffvalerowdy

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    Thank cod for that <whistle>
     
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  17. LIBERTARIAN

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    Actually, I was beginning to flounder. <laugh>
     
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    What you carping on about ?
     
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    Done that one.

    I used to own a fish company but now I'm a sole trader.
     
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  20. LIBERTARIAN

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    Bit of a dab hand, then ?
     
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