http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway

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On 1-4-2015 10:42, scott wrote:
> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
The helmets seem totally inadequate to me if you drop from treetop 
heights. ;-)

Inane developments. On foot, this would be interesting to see the forest 
around you; on a segway, you only are focussed on your machine not to 
drop off. How more stupid can you get?

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Le 2015-04-01 04:42, scott a écrit :
> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway

Have you guys checked the date on your calendars?

Also, bad photoshop is bad.  The dude's segway tires aren't even lined 
up properly on the bridge.

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Am 01.04.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
> On 1-4-2015 10:42, scott wrote:
>> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
> The helmets seem totally inadequate to me if you drop from treetop
> heights. ;-)
>
> Inane developments. On foot, this would be interesting to see the forest
> around you; on a segway, you only are focussed on your machine not to
> drop off. How more stupid can you get?

I agree - you'd have to be a fool to even consider taking that tour.

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On 01/04/2015 14:04, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2015-04-01 04:42, scott a écrit :
>> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
>
> Have you guys checked the date on your calendars?
>
> Also, bad photoshop is bad.  The dude's segway tires aren't even lined
> up properly on the bridge.
>
I can forgive that and the shadows. But not the weight distribution on 
the man's bridge.

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On 1-4-2015 15:04, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2015-04-01 04:42, scott a écrit :
>> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
>
> Have you guys checked the date on your calendars?
>
> Also, bad photoshop is bad.  The dude's segway tires aren't even lined
> up properly on the bridge.
>

Naah! Stepped with both feet in the shit :-)

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>> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
>
> Have you guys checked the date on your calendars?

Aww you had to spoil it so early - I was planning on starting a 
multi-page flame-war about the health and safety of it :-)

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On 1-4-2015 17:17, scott wrote:
>>> http://goape.co.uk/tree-top-segway
>>
>> Have you guys checked the date on your calendars?
>
> Aww you had to spoil it so early - I was planning on starting a
> multi-page flame-war about the health and safety of it :-)
>
That would have been hilarious. It is interesting to note how easily one 
can be fooled. Yesterday morning I had prepared myself to spot any 
foolery coming my way, and - tjack! - I fell into the first trap I met :-)

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Here is another April's joke, from a leading serious journal:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7545/full/520042a.html

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On 02/04/15 08:14, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Here is another April's joke, from a leading serious journal:
> 
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7545/full/520042a.html
> 

Hardly a joke. The Feegle has assured me that dragons and dinosaurs live
in the wooded areas of Battersea Park.

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On 02/04/2015 21:37, Doctor John wrote:
> On 02/04/15 08:14, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Here is another April's joke, from a leading serious journal:
>>
>> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7545/full/520042a.html
>>
>
> Hardly a joke. The Feegle has assured me that dragons and dinosaurs live
> in the wooded areas of Battersea Park.
>
Can't say he's wrong.
I've met a few dragons, in my time. Several in my family, mater of fact.


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On 2-4-2015 22:37, Doctor John wrote:
> On 02/04/15 08:14, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Here is another April's joke, from a leading serious journal:
>>
>> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7545/full/520042a.html
>>
>
> Hardly a joke. The Feegle has assured me that dragons and dinosaurs live
> in the wooded areas of Battersea Park.
>
> John
>
They had to make it look like a joke of course. You know the 
consequences if you don't.

I agree about Battersea Park. I heard rumours about them when I resided 
in Morden about 55 years ago.

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On 03/04/2015 08:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I heard rumours about them when I resided in Morden about 55 years ago.

Morden! "The Town of the Moor". ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden#Origin_of_name

Now I understand where your inspiration comes from. :-)

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On 3-4-2015 9:57, Stephen wrote:
> On 03/04/2015 08:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> I heard rumours about them when I resided in Morden about 55 years ago.
>
> Morden! "The Town of the Moor". ;-)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden#Origin_of_name
>
> Now I understand where your inspiration comes from. :-)
>
LOL
That must be it indeed. That photograph of Morden in the 60th is what I 
remember. I said 55 years ago, it must have been 50 rather as my stay 
must have been in 1965. The Rolling Stones were singing "Satisfaction', 
to the great scandal of the lady of the family I was staying with. ;-)

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On 03/04/15 12:35, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 3-4-2015 9:57, Stephen wrote:
>> On 03/04/2015 08:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> I heard rumours about them when I resided in Morden about 55 years ago.
>>
>> Morden! "The Town of the Moor". ;-)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden#Origin_of_name
>>
>> Now I understand where your inspiration comes from. :-)
>>
> LOL
> That must be it indeed. That photograph of Morden in the 60th is what I
> remember. I said 55 years ago, it must have been 50 rather as my stay
> must have been in 1965. The Rolling Stones were singing "Satisfaction',
> to the great scandal of the lady of the family I was staying with. ;-)
> 

... I'm driving in my car
and a man comes on the radio
he's telling me more and more ...

My stepmother hated it. I rather like to think that my natural mother is
still dancing to the rhythm.

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On 3-4-2015 22:21, Doctor John wrote:
> On 03/04/15 12:35, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 3-4-2015 9:57, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 03/04/2015 08:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> I heard rumours about them when I resided in Morden about 55 years ago.
>>>
>>> Morden! "The Town of the Moor". ;-)
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden#Origin_of_name
>>>
>>> Now I understand where your inspiration comes from. :-)
>>>
>> LOL
>> That must be it indeed. That photograph of Morden in the 60th is what I
>> remember. I said 55 years ago, it must have been 50 rather as my stay
>> must have been in 1965. The Rolling Stones were singing "Satisfaction',
>> to the great scandal of the lady of the family I was staying with. ;-)
>>
>
> ... I'm driving in my car
> and a man comes on the radio
> he's telling me more and more ...
>
> My stepmother hated it. I rather like to think that my natural mother is
> still dancing to the rhythm.
>

<grin> It was a typical generation thing. I remember the worried, lost, 
gaze of my landlady when commenting the song on the radio. What could I 
say? I was 17 and she served me beans and kidneys at breakfast. :-)

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On 04/04/2015 08:13, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> That must be it indeed. That photograph of Morden in the 60th is what I
>>> remember. I said 55 years ago, it must have been 50 rather as my stay
>>> must have been in 1965. The Rolling Stones were singing "Satisfaction',
>>> to the great scandal of the lady of the family I was staying with. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> ... I'm driving in my car
>> and a man comes on the radio
>> he's telling me more and more ...
>>
>> My stepmother hated it. I rather like to think that my natural mother is
>> still dancing to the rhythm.
>>
>
> <grin> It was a typical generation thing. I remember the worried, lost,
> gaze of my landlady when commenting the song on the radio. What could I
> say? I was 17 and she served me beans and kidneys at breakfast. :-)

I remember what I was doing when I first heard Satisfaction.*
I was camping with the BB at Stonehaven. And was listening to Radio 
Luxembourg on my 6 transistor radio**, when it came on. The big boys 
even stopped talking about girls, to listen.


* Better than remembering what you were doing when someone died.

** That’s how they were rated back then. The more transistors the better 
the radio.


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On 04/04/15 08:48, Stephen wrote:
<big snip>

> * Better than remembering what you were doing when someone died.
> 

I dunno, mate. I was telling her a joke, she smiled and said 'I've heard
it before'. That's how I remember her: a smile on her face.

> ** That’s how they were rated back then. The more transistors the better
> the radio.
> 

What's a transistor? I'm still trying to get to grips with this
new-fangled valve technology.

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On 04/04/15 10:08, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 08:48, Stephen wrote:
> <big snip>
> 
>> * Better than remembering what you were doing when someone died.
>>
> 
> I dunno, mate. I was telling her a joke, she smiled and said 'I've heard
> it before'. That's how I remember her: a smile on her face.
> 
>> ** That’s how they were rated back then. The more transistors the better
>> the radio.
>>
> 
> What's a transistor? I'm still trying to get to grips with this
> new-fangled valve technology.
> 
> John
> 

Oh, btw. I came across this on the 'net:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19yiPX7UDg

I think St would have approved

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On 04/04/2015 10:12, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 10:08, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 04/04/15 08:48, Stephen wrote:
>> <big snip>
>>
>>> * Better than remembering what you were doing when someone died.
>>>
>>
>> I dunno, mate. I was telling her a joke, she smiled and said 'I've heard
>> it before'. That's how I remember her: a smile on her face.
>>
>>> ** That’s how they were rated back then. The more transistors the better
>>> the radio.
>>>
>>
>> What's a transistor? I'm still trying to get to grips with this
>> new-fangled valve technology.
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Oh, btw. I came across this on the 'net:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19yiPX7UDg
>
> I think St would have approved
>

As Henning Wehn has just said on the radio. Interesting. ;-)

I'll match your internet browsing and raise you a bluegrass version of 
the Sailor's Hornpipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39rKSOQFjc&feature=player_detailpage#t=33



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On 04/04/15 11:11, Stephen wrote
> 
> As Henning Wehn has just said on the radio. Interesting. ;-)
> 
> I'll match your internet browsing and raise you a bluegrass version of
> the Sailor's Hornpipe.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39rKSOQFjc&feature=player_detailpage#t=33
> 
> 
> 

Are you sure you meant that one?

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On 04/04/2015 10:08, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 08:48, Stephen wrote:
> <big snip>
>
>> * Better than remembering what you were doing when someone died.
>>
>
> I dunno, mate. I was telling her a joke, she smiled and said 'I've heard
> it before'. That's how I remember her: a smile on her face.
>


What are you on? :-)
I want some of it. ;-)

>> ** That’s how they were rated back then. The more transistors the better
>> the radio.
>>
>
> What's a transistor? I'm still trying to get to grips with this
> new-fangled valve technology.
>

Don't. I did valve theory at sixth form college.

There are a lot of very sharp volts around.
Just wait until they develop extracting power from the vacuum 
fluctuation. Then it will be worth your while.

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On 04/04/2015 11:19, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 11:11, Stephen wrote
>>
>> As Henning Wehn has just said on the radio. Interesting. ;-)
>>
>> I'll match your internet browsing and raise you a bluegrass version of
>> the Sailor's Hornpipe.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39rKSOQFjc&feature=player_detailpage#t=33
>>
>>
>>
>
> Are you sure you meant that one?
>
> John
>

Makes a change from this old chestnut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZyNtZtSqE


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On 04/04/15 11:22, Stephen wrote:
> 
> Makes a change from this old chestnut:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZyNtZtSqE
> 
> 

..and the rest of the world thinks that we Brits are weird. Can't
understand myself :-D

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On 04/04/15 11:37, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 11:22, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Makes a change from this old chestnut:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZyNtZtSqE
>>
>>
> 
> ...and the rest of the world thinks that we Brits are weird. Can't
> understand myself :-D
> 
> John
> 
 Oops. Insert 'it' between understand and myself

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On 04/04/15 11:19, Stephen wrote:
> 
> Don't. I did valve theory at sixth form college.
> 
> There are a lot of very sharp volts around.
> Just wait until they develop extracting power from the vacuum
> fluctuation. Then it will be worth your while.
> 

<prods shiny spike on bottom of valve>

Aieeeeee!!!! <bounces around room>

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On 4-4-2015 12:42, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 11:19, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Don't. I did valve theory at sixth form college.
>>
>> There are a lot of very sharp volts around.
>> Just wait until they develop extracting power from the vacuum
>> fluctuation. Then it will be worth your while.
>>
>
> <prods shiny spike on bottom of valve>
>
> Aieeeeee!!!! <bounces around room>
>

Somehow, this reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
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On 04/04/2015 11:38, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 11:37, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 04/04/15 11:22, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>> Makes a change from this old chestnut:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZyNtZtSqE
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ...and the rest of the world thinks that we Brits are weird. Can't
>> understand myself :-D
>>

Me neither. (with the "it")

Interestingly(?) Henning Wehn a German comedian who makes a living 
telling jokes in English to the English. Has just broadcast a show about 
speaking English as a foreign language in England. This btw includes 
Americans and Australians. :-P

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pbwjp


>> John
>>
>   Oops. Insert 'it' between understand and myself
>

No need. It makes perfect sense as it is. ;-)


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On 04/04/2015 11:42, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 11:19, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Don't. I did valve theory at sixth form college.
>>
>> There are a lot of very sharp volts around.
>> Just wait until they develop extracting power from the vacuum
>> fluctuation. Then it will be worth your while.
>>
>
> <prods shiny spike on bottom of valve>
>

You are holding it upside down. The shiny spike is at the top of the valve.

Get the wee man to operate it for you.

> Aieeeeee!!!! <bounces around room>
>

Is the room okay?

And you are banned from working with tools. :-)


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On 04/04/2015 12:01, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Somehow, this reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

More like a day trip to Bedlam. If you ask me.

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On 04/04/15 11:22, Stephen wrote:
> On 04/04/2015 11:19, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 04/04/15 11:11, Stephen wrote
>>>
>>> As Henning Wehn has just said on the radio. Interesting. ;-)
>>>
>>> I'll match your internet browsing and raise you a bluegrass version of
>>> the Sailor's Hornpipe.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39rKSOQFjc&feature=player_detailpage#t=33
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Are you sure you meant that one?
>>
>> John
>>
> 
> Makes a change from this old chestnut:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZyNtZtSqE
> 
> 

... and now adds, for our Swiss readers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahINCwwfks

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On 04/04/15 12:15, Stephen wrote:
> 
> Is the room okay?
> 
> And you are banned from working with tools. :-)
> 
> 

<The Kat removes all sharp objects>

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On 04/04/2015 12:40, Doctor John wrote:
> ... and now adds, for our Swiss readers:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahINCwwfks


Vox pop is it?

Have at you with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts



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On 04/04/2015 12:42, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 12:15, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Is the room okay?
>>
>> And you are banned from working with tools. :-)
>>
>>
>
> <The Kat removes all sharp objects>
>

I'm glad to hear it. :-)

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On 04/04/15 13:05, Stephen wrote:
> On 04/04/2015 12:40, Doctor John wrote:
>> ... and now adds, for our Swiss readers:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahINCwwfks
> 
> 
> Vox pop is it?
> 
> Have at you with:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts
> 
> 
> 

OK lets see how much you remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTXCLfWDaA

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On 04/04/2015 13:14, Doctor John wrote:
> On 04/04/15 13:05, Stephen wrote:
>> On 04/04/2015 12:40, Doctor John wrote:
>>> ... and now adds, for our Swiss readers:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahINCwwfks
>>
>>
>> Vox pop is it?
>>
>> Have at you with:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts
>>
>>
>>
>
> OK lets see how much you remember:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTXCLfWDaA
>


Far too many of them.

Here, a wee something for you.

http://www.thesweetiejar.co.uk/retro-sweets



> John (reading Dan Dare)
>

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Am 04.04.2015 um 14:05 schrieb Stephen:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts

I always knew that thing was a Hard Rock piece :)

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On 04/04/2015 17:21, clipka wrote:
> Am 04.04.2015 um 14:05 schrieb Stephen:
>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqYU3Nzbts
>
> I always knew that thing was a Hard Rock piece :)
>

Me too. :-)

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On 04/04/15 12:07, Stephen wrote:
> 
> Interestingly(?) Henning Wehn a German comedian who makes a living
> telling jokes in English to the English. Has just broadcast a show about
> speaking English as a foreign language in England. This btw includes
> Americans and Australians. :-P
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pbwjp
> 

slightly delayed reply... [went to see Chelsea win 2-1 at The Bridge]

:-D

... interestingly (listen to the playback), the feegle acts as a perfect
go-between. He's fluent in Slovak and English. He also seems to
understand the mistranslations that we older people are subject to.

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On 03/04/15 21:21, Doctor John wrote:
> 
> .... I'm driving in my car
> and a man comes on the radio
> he's telling me more and more ...
> 
> 

... and I turn on my tv
and a man comes on my screen
he's telling me more and more
about some useless politician

Aieeee!! It's election time time. <Vows not to turn television on until
it all ends>

Aside: 'For God's sake Cameron, Clegg, Millithingy and the two fish
(Salmond and Sturgeon), it's a public holiday. SHUT UP!'

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On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 18:31:42 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> Aieeee!! It's election time time. <Vows not to turn television on until
> it all ends>

Hey, at least you're in the UK, where election season is short.  Try 
living in the US, where the election cycle extends past the time people 
are actually in office (seriously, electioneering here seems to start 5 
years before the start of a 4 year term, or 7 years before the start of a 
6 year term).

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On 06/04/15 22:18, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> Hey, at least you're in the UK, where election season is short.  Try 
> living in the US, where the election cycle extends past the time people 
> are actually in office (seriously, electioneering here seems to start 5 
> years before the start of a 4 year term, or 7 years before the start of a 
> 6 year term).
> 

You have a point there. Maybe a fraction exaggerated, but yeah, I can
guess what it feels like.

To quote one of your countrymen: 'A politician is an arse [English
spelling] upon which everyone has sat but a man.

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On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:30:14 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> On 06/04/15 22:18, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> Hey, at least you're in the UK, where election season is short.  Try
>> living in the US, where the election cycle extends past the time people
>> are actually in office (seriously, electioneering here seems to start 5
>> years before the start of a 4 year term, or 7 years before the start of
>> a 6 year term).
>> 
>> 
> You have a point there. Maybe a fraction exaggerated, but yeah, I can
> guess what it feels like.

I wish it were an exaggeration.  No fib - we started to have speculation 
and people starting to make noise about running in 2016 in 2011 (and 
earlier).  The 24-hour news channels have fueled a lot of it (more than 
most of the politicians) with rampant speculation about who's going to 
run, and that starts for the next election before the last one is even in 
the bag.
 
> To quote one of your countrymen: 'A politician is an arse [English
> spelling] upon which everyone has sat but a man.

LOL

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