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I think we are talking about a different Mary Whitehouse. A woman by that name was sold at a market in Birmingham, apparently the first recorded case of wife selling in England in 1733. Although the practice was illegal a blind eye was turned to it because divorce was so expensive and often not possible. A case of this comes into Hardy's novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'.
 
colognehornet said:
I think we are talking about a different Mary Whitehouse. A woman by that name was sold at a market in Birmingham, apparently the first recorded case of wife selling in England in 1733. Although the practice was illegal a blind eye was turned to it because divorce was so expensive and often not possible. A case of this comes into Hardy's novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'.
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Can't trick you, can I? :)

Over to you...
 
When England went out of the world Cup on penalties (no surprise there then) and 1120000 people went to make a cup of tea as Waddle's penalty kick disappeared into the sky
 
J T Bodbo said:
When England went out of the world Cup on penalties (no surprise there then) and 1120000 people went to make a cup of tea as Waddle's penalty kick disappeared into the sky
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Near enough - when they unsurprisingly went out because of that penalty miss, the spike in power usage was the equivalent of the effect of 1,120,000 being switched on at the same time.
Over to you.:)
 
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