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copper123

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  1. Yes you only have to watch TOWIE Or not watch if you have any taste
  2. A great easter pic
  3. Breeding like... rabbits Image copyright Alamy Image caption Fifteen bunnies later, Mrs Toft began to regret her passionate evening with Peter Rabbit Unlikely as it sounds, in the 18th Century a woman called Mary Toft convinced doctors she had given birth to rabbits. Yes, doctors. And yes, rabbits. Mrs Toft, a servant from Godalming in Surrey, surprised her family by going into labour. Even more surprisingly, she produced something resembling a kitten. Her explanation was rooted in the long-discredited theory of "maternal impression" - caused by being startled by a rabbit in a field in 1726 . From that moment, she said, she dreamed about, and had a "constant and strong desire" to eat, rabbits. An obstetrician named John Howard, who seems to have been less than rigorous with his examinations, was convinced by her story. He wrote to some of England's greatest doctors and King George I, informing them of the miraculous births - including the momentous occasion when his patient produced nine dead bunnies. The King sent his doctor to investigate. The medic, who arrived when Mrs Toft was in labour with her 15th rabbit, was certain she was genuine - and took some of her offspring back to London to show the monarch and Prince of Wales. A surgeon was then sent by the royal household to have a look. The surgeon, apparently more sensible than the others, examined the rabbits and found that dung inside one of them contained corn - proving it could not have developed inside Mrs Toft's womb. Meanwhile, Mrs Toft was busy giving birth to other unusual things, including a cat's legs and a hog's bladder. Medical opinion was divided - until a man was caught sneaking a rabbit into Mrs Toft's room. She was eventually forced to admit she had manually inserted the dead rabbits (OMG)and then allowed them to be removed as if she were giving birth. The hoaxer was later charged with fraud and imprisoned. She spent a few months in prison (presumably there is a law against giving birth to rabbits) then returned to relative obscurity, (or more more likely a field.) As for the King's doctor - he met an unhappy end after being convinced by the scam. He published a pamphlet called A Short Narrative of an Extraordinary Delivery of Rabbets but after the ruse was exposed, he lost favour with the court (Due to bad spelling?)and died a pauper.
  4. Just had a great two day break in warwickshire Visited kenilworth castle (at last!) charlescote park a couple of the shakespeare houses what a lovely county it is
  5. She was a very naughty girl - she deserved a good spanking
  6. Hi there paddy 1882 H used to be a scarce date in EF plus but I think a large number of high grade coins came on the market a few years ago (pos. from a hoard)and its easy to get an A/unc coin for £15 -£20 now . Yours is however as nice a coin as you will find without lustre , I would grade as EF maybe GEF
  7. get thee to a nunnery
  8. Back to the BBC have they got nobody who can search ebay compleated listings to find out that a issac newton 50p fetches £3.50 if picked out of pocket change . Surely this information is freely available to 60 million uk residents and indeed the whole 7,000 000000 residents of planet earth as long as they have the internet
  9. Another highly sought-after release is the Sir Isaac Newton 50p, but you won’t find it in your spare change. This coin is only available from the Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, Wales – and you’ll need to strike it yourself. Currently these coins are selling for around £40 on eBay. Read more: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/03/with-the-future-of-1p-and-2p-coins-under-scrutiny-is-your-small-change-worth-a-fortune/ - Which? More bulshit this time copied and pasted from the BBC (god help us if they cannot get it right the mail certainly can't) Another highly sought-after release is the Sir Isaac Newton 50p, but you won’t find it in your spare change. This coin is only available from the Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, Wales – and you’ll need to strike it yourself. Currently these coins are selling for around £40 on eBay. Read more: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/03/with-the-future-of-1p-and-2p-coins-under-scrutiny-is-your-small-change-worth-a-fortune/ - Which?
  10. that last russian czar was also the mirror image of our george
  11. Just like the Hitchikers guide to the galaxy (second edition) said the earth was "Mostly harmless" The mail is "Mostly bullshit"
  12. In otherwords the mails full of bullshit
  13. Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco, US. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group “generally unreliable”. The move is highly unusual for the online encyclopaedia, which rarely puts in place a blanket ban on publications and which still allows links to sources such as Kremlin backed news organisation Russia Today, and Fox News, both of which have raised concern among editors. Wikipedia – an unplanned miracle Clay Shirky Read more The editors described the arguments for a ban as “centred on the Daily Mail’s reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out fabrication”. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia but does not control its editing processes, said in a statement that volunteer editors on English Wikipedia had discussed the reliability of the Mail since at least early 2015. It said: “Based on the requests for comments section [on the reliable sources noticeboard], volunteer editors on English Wikipedia have come to a consensus that the Daily Mail is ‘generally unreliable and its use as a reference is to be generally prohibited, especially when other more reliable sources exist’.
  14. And for those who are interested and the BBC this is what a millipedophile looks like (Or looked like)
  15. No thats a millipede It is in fact a millipepeadophile
  16. he got a free bottle of water after a 12 hour train journey
  17. For at least the next three days LOL
  18. something typically english
  19. will not delete funny enough it looks more like a list of USA things than uk - shows how we are becoming more like america every day
  20. hey these coins ain't bunnies you know
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