Stand up and be counted...
Bryan Burnett | 20:02 UK time, Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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Comment number 1.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
'Homo Erectus' - Kinky Friedman
'Do You Know the Way to Stand, Jose?' - Dionne Warwick
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:The legs in yon photie look suspiciously short. Is it The Four Tots?
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Comment number 3.
At 18th Jan 2011, Madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Loretta Lynn ~ Standing Room Only
Keep it country!
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Comment number 4.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ah think Ah'll take the rest ay the week aff.
Jeezo...
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Comment number 5.
At 18th Jan 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Standing on the corner, waiting for the snow
Wishin' I was a little warmer, wondering where to go'
I've asked for this song many times to no avail. It's very simple and heartfelt and I do think the kind of song that goes down well on GIO...given the chance!!!
'Tonight I Feel So Far Away From ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' - Steve Forbert
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Comment number 6.
At 18th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:#1
I'm surprised you missed "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns On The Bench" tonight.
Standing On The Corner - The King Brothers
Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone - Do I hear a klaxon?
PS Can you show me how to do a copyright sign, Norrie?
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Comment number 7.
At 18th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:The Stands - 'Do It Like You Like'
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Comment number 8.
At 18th Jan 2011, DC wrote:Stand by me - John Lennon
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Comment number 9.
At 18th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:#5 seconded
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Comment number 10.
At 18th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:Bob Marley & The Wailers - 'Get Up Stand Up'
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Comment number 11.
At 18th Jan 2011, henri hannah wrote:I just realised I was going to see Horslips tonight and I forgot all about it! Oh well, that'll probably not come round again.
Anyway, I didn't much fancy last night's theme because although I knew most of the obvious ones I couldn't be bothered requesting them, so I started to look for alternatives that I'd never heard. I found 'Beans On Toast'.
Tonight, I thought all the standing songs I know are quite tired, so I've done the same - another bundle of revelations.
I'm starting to not be bothered if my requests get played, the fun is finding 'on theme' tracks I've never heard before.
I Fancy Laura Marling - Beans On Toast - from 'Standing On A Chair' this is amusing and playable on radio, some the other stuff is hilarious, but unplayable on GIO
Tonight I found this which I can't remember hearing before:
Standing Count Eight - Jakob Dylan this is really good
Standing At The Crossroads - Elmore James
Standing On The Last Star - Guillemots
I'm Still Standing - Vitamin String Quartet amazing
and a few less obvious ones from the henripod
You Left Me Standing There - Jimmy Cliff
The Kids Don't Stand A Chance - Vampire Weekend
I'm Gonna Tear You're Playhouse Down - Ann Peebles from 'I Can't Stand The Rain'
Luka - Suzanne Vega - from 'Solitude Standing'
That'll Do. I'm off to try and download the Vitamin String Quartet, Jakob Dylan and Beans On Toast.
I commend these tracks to the blogotariat and our masters in Pacific Quay.
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 12.
At 18th Jan 2011, henri hannah wrote:Oh and The Captain - Leonard Cohen makes lots of references to standing... it's a great happy cheery song and very radio friendly.
and last but by no means least, one of the truly epic cover versions of all time:
Blue Moon - Bob Dylan you know the one.. 'saw me standing alone' etc
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 13.
At 18th Jan 2011, henri hannah wrote:found another
Standing Outside the Fire - Spencer Davis & Carmine Apice
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 14.
At 18th Jan 2011, gaie wrote:Just caught up with the second half of tonight's - sorry, Mike! wisnae my fault, but thankfully a song I'd have been happy to ask for if I'd have thought of it.
Stand inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
Here I Stand Before Me - Crash Test Dummies
Have you Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows - Rolling Stones
Time Stand Still - the Hooters
More Than I Can Stand - Robert Cray
I Stand in Wonder - Joe Cocker
Scotch, presumably Ode de Toilet 'would work' again?
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Comment number 15.
At 18th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Rush - Time Stand Still
Aimee Mann on backing vocals and amazingly Nelly Furtado covered this Rush song.
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#14
Gaie,
It wouldn't stand a chance. I'd probably get the credit for a screechy Sting song.
>8-D
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Comment number 17.
At 18th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:Upright everything is all tight / stevie wonder
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#17
Spoonerisms? I ain't gonna stand for it!
>8-D
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Comment number 19.
At 18th Jan 2011, Kene Gelly wrote:'Stand by your Man' ... LL Cool J
Know it will be a wrench passing Tammy for this one BB, but hey ... time to re-visit those street moves once more ...
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Comment number 20.
At 18th Jan 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Standing in the Road - Blackfoot Sue
from a time when it was cool for guys in a rock band to wear dungarees,
(I`ve still got mine. Hung up alongside the v-neck jersey with three stars on the front).
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Comment number 21.
At 18th Jan 2011, joe-k-brown wrote:How can a man stand such times and live- Springsteen
I can't stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello
I can't stand the rain - Eruption
I'm still standing - Elton John
Standing in the shadow of love - Four Tops
Angel standing by - Jewel
Joe
Linlithgow
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Comment number 22.
At 18th Jan 2011, DC wrote:I can't stand it - Eric Clapton
Standing on my own again - Graham Coxon
#20 Jings! Bet you still hae the bucket in yer front yaird anaw
DC
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Comment number 23.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
'I Can't Stand to See You Cry' - The Escorts
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Comment number 24.
At 18th Jan 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'I Saw Her Standing There' - The Tubes (last time I asked for this, mentioning the borrowed riff from 'New Rose'...they played The Damned (again) for me instead...grrr!)
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Comment number 25.
At 18th Jan 2011, paulhandley wrote:Pulling Mussels - Squeeze
:o)
.....if this gets played i'll be well impressed.....
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Comment number 26.
At 18th Jan 2011, norma21 wrote:#11
Another couple of great Ann Peeebles tracks worth hearing:
Stand By Woman
You're more than I can stand
also,
Four Tops: Standing in the Shadows of Love
Stevie Wonder: I Ain't Gonna Stand for It
and (try again)
Bob Dylan : Standing in the Doorway
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Comment number 27.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#24
Julie,
Last time I asked for Brad Paisley they played Soft Cell.
Go figure...
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Comment number 28.
At 18th Jan 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'I Can't Stand It' - Wilco.
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Comment number 29.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:'Me Neither' - Brad Paisley
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Comment number 30.
At 18th Jan 2011, DC wrote:Is bad player
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Comment number 31.
At 18th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Is dab player
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Comment number 32.
At 19th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:I'll third Scotch and Normas I ain't gonna stand for it. Great song.
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Comment number 33.
At 19th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:Wherever I Lay my Hat / Marvin Gaye
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Comment number 34.
At 19th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:Stand Tall / Burton Cummings
A 70s solo effort from the Guess Who frontman.
Missed our charts by a mile but a big Canadian and American hit.
Always thought it could have been Harry Nilssons follow up to Without You.
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Comment number 35.
At 19th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#32
Paolo,
Are you winding me up? You do realise I'll be holding you responsible if, as a result of your misleading support for a song I didn't ask for, 'Homo Erectus' is absent from tonight's playlist.
I salute your irresponsibility!
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Comment number 36.
At 19th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:The Divine Comedy - 'Can You Stand Upon One Leg?'
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Comment number 37.
At 19th Jan 2011, paulhandley wrote:..a couple more on foot...
Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne
By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Paul from Ayr
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Comment number 38.
At 19th Jan 2011, steve_isle_of_man wrote:Stand Back - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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Comment number 39.
At 19th Jan 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#22
Nae bucket DC.
However, your request, I Cant Stand it, doesnt really fit the theme. Although the word `stand` is in there, its being used differently from the meaning of being up on your two feet. And it is clearly this definition Bryan and Co are after. (I think).
Seconding Scotch Git`s shout for `Stand and Deliver` - Adam and the Ants
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Comment number 40.
At 19th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Complain about this comment (Comment number 40)
Comment number 41.
At 19th Jan 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Some sweet day I'll stand beside my King'.
..
I've been hearing a lot about Jack White producing a new album by Wanda Jackson...on which she covers Dylan's 'Thunder On The Mountain'.
'Thunder On The Mountain' - Wanda Jackson.
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Comment number 42.
At 19th Jan 2011, mikeshropshire wrote:#22: Great Clapton track (I Can't Stand It).. second that!!
or John Mellencamp: You've Got To Stand For Something
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Comment number 43.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:42. At 09:55am on 19 Jan 2011, wrote:
Soft Cell - Say Hello wave Goodbye
"standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo crying in the rain"
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Comment number 44.
At 19th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#14
Upon reflection, I realise that Gaie is correct. Indeed, following last night's defamatory words, (not to mention those which have appeared on this thread), Bryan has a moral obligation to play it. Natural justice demands that we hear
'Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song)' - Brad Paisley
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Comment number 45.
At 19th Jan 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#2
Shall we try and guess who the legs belong to?
I'll kick off by saying Oasis.
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Comment number 46.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:L-R:
Henri, Jimfraeerskine, Richard Murdoch, Bryan
photo by Senga
all eating banana loaf
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Comment number 47.
At 19th Jan 2011, Senga wrote:Henri - Thank you for the response to my rhetorical question! I don't know James Carr but I'll check him out when I get time.
:o)
Massive support for Scotch Git's shout
Standing Outside The Fire - Garth Brooks aka "The Anti-Hank"
;o)
Jesus Loves Me But He Can't Stand You - Austin Lounge Lizards
:o)
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Comment number 48.
At 19th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:The Last Shadow Puppets - 'Standing Next To Me'
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Comment number 49.
At 19th Jan 2011, henri hannah wrote:#43
Excellent suggestion Scotch - Huge 2nd - I've been petitioning for the 12" version for ages - it is one of the most beautiful recordings I've ever heard - there's a magnificent oboe solo in the middle - quite special - but every time they play 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' on GIO they play some crap disjointed version - and it sounds as though Marc can't sing.
#47
Yep, if you like Otis Redding,(or soul music generally) you will be amazed as to how it is you've never heard of James Carr before.I was: I kept thinking' how come I've got to the age I am and I've never heard this?'
It's like that other enduring mystery - Why weren't Love & Money massive? I've been thinking about that a lot since Sunday evening.I don't completely get it - but I know it must be something to do with personalities - because everything else is fine.James Carr was a troubled guy with brilliant vice and amazing talent.
My request above for Spencer Davis is a cover (an excellent one)of the Garth Brooks classic.
But I'd really lie to hear Scotch's Soft Cell request - 12" version, though, it's really somethin'. Go On Bryan!
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 50.
At 19th Jan 2011, DC wrote:#39 Did Fat Bob nick it?
See #42 by the way. I think anyone doing a study of the meaningsof phrases would argue that the stand referred to had its origin in the conventional use of the word. I commend this to the House
DC
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Comment number 51.
At 19th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:#50 Methinks you're standing on a shoogly ladder!
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Comment number 52.
At 19th Jan 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:STANDING AT THE CORNER OF THE STREET by GEORGE FORMBY
COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER from COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER by STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - I agree with DC
THE POOR BOY IS TAKEN AWAY from POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER by RICHARD (& LINDA) THOMPSON OBE who is appearing at the Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday night – no use standing waving adieu……
LET’S WORK TOGETHER from FUTURE BLUES by CANNED HEAT - together we will stand, every boy, every girl and man
As Stand By Me is a dead cert, my preferred version is
STAND BY ME from I AM THE GREATEST by CASSIUS CLAY
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Comment number 53.
At 19th Jan 2011, gaie wrote:#52 oh seconds for SRV!
Scotch Git used to like him before he went on his Marc Almond phase
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Comment number 54.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Standing on the corner,
Suitcase in my hand
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense
Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend
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Comment number 55.
At 19th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:Stand In The Fire - Warren Zevon - From the eponymous live album, as yet unplayed on this programme which does not distinguish it from 99% of his output.
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Comment number 56.
At 19th Jan 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:VOODOO CHILE from ELECTRIC LADYLAND by JIMI HENDRIX – well I stand up next to a mountain
WILLIE THE PIMP from HOT RATS by FRANK ZAPPA - standin' onna porch of the Lido Hotel
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Comment number 57.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:#55 Wonder why that was never on a studio lp.....unless it was?
Which reminds me of another track I have not listened to in quite a while:
Gary US Bonds - Standing In The Line Of fire
written and produced by Steven Van Zandt....
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Comment number 58.
At 19th Jan 2011, Willie B wrote:47#,49#,Senga and Henri,I am an old (very old)soul brother at heart and discovered James Carr after hearing Aretha's superlative cover of his "Dark End of the Street"early 70s.He died quite young I gather but was up there with the greats.Cheers, Willie Bartke
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Comment number 59.
At 19th Jan 2011, Willie B wrote:A couple of choices re "Standing"songs.Both"empowerment"songs from the 60s. Sly and the Family Stone's classic "Stand" and a wee beauty from Thelma Houston."Someone is Standing Outside", from a great album,"Sunshower" written and produced by Jim Webb for her with future classics like "Do What You Gotta Do" and "Every body Gets to go to the Moon"on it.Very underrated singer,Cheers,Willie Bartke
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Comment number 60.
At 19th Jan 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:CAN’T STAND TO SEE YOUR FACE by HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
I CAN’T STAND IT by HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
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Comment number 61.
At 19th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:Generous offers to stand a round:
Have A Drink On Me - AC/DC
Have A Drink On Me - Lonnie Donegan
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Comment number 62.
At 19th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:"No, no, no - like Rick."
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Comment number 63.
At 19th Jan 2011, DC wrote:Surprised Scotch hasn't suggested something by St Andrew
DC
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Comment number 64.
At 19th Jan 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Well the "Guess the Legs" competition generated a lot of interest! (#45 & #46)
Bryan, its between me and Norrie, could you put us out of our misery please?
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Comment number 65.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:I'm pretty confident Adam!
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Comment number 66.
At 19th Jan 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:No so sure Norrie.
There are no sign of any crumbs and besides Henri still has that restraining order in place for JfE.
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Comment number 67.
At 19th Jan 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Ah.....clearly I am no Poirrot after all...
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Comment number 68.
At 19th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:#62 ouch!
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Comment number 69.
At 19th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:#66
Four poorly-dressed individuals standing around with their hands in their pockets?
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ employees?
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Comment number 70.
At 19th Jan 2011, henri hannah wrote:#69 Well, poorly dressed perhaps but probably not poor - I think that's Cameron House they are standing in front of - almost certainly ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ staff then.
#66 it wasn't my restraining order - it was self imposed following the suggestion that 'Pigs Might Fly' should be matched by a corresponding slot based around suggestions from the town of Erskine. I wonder who's idea that was? Anyway, JfE took the Engelbert and that was that.I wish he's chuck it and just get back in here with the rest of the blogotariat.
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 71.
At 19th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:Adam you've really done it now.
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Comment number 72.
At 19th Jan 2011, Billy in Alloa wrote:Well done SG ypu're on a roll!
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Comment number 73.
At 19th Jan 2011, paolopablo wrote:#70 that's given me an idea for a quiz round.
Name the following buildings from the floral arrangements outside
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Comment number 74.
At 19th Jan 2011, Scotch Get wrote:#39
Adam,
No mere mortal can endure such provocation. Do I require a visa to visit Brazil?
git on a mission...
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Comment number 75.
At 19th Jan 2011, Glen Miller wrote:#70
If you really want to open old wounds, I don't think he was too pleased by the suggestion that he was fashioned from buttock-hide.
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