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A very comprehensive list of dirty place names in Aotearoa New Zealand:

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-09- ... n-aotearoa
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She looks like she loves a bit of liver for dinner. With a nice chianti.
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Didn't keep taking the meds :(
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Spotted on an invoice from an IT subcontractor:

Man, Mr. Wing
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:lol:
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:57 pm but Dinny was right…
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Never there when you need him, and if you can find him, he'll just disappearing without warning.
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I’ve had an email today from:
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https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/7 ... el-crocock

Michael Crocock

He plays for the Guildford flames, apparently they always refer to him as Mike on the PA system...!
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That could only have been worse if he'd been female and named Michaela.
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Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:23 pm I’ve had an email today from:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Sherpa ?
I guess it's like the names Miller, Cooper, Smith, etc over here. I wonder if anyone with that forename was born out of wedlock.
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There’s a bird called a ‘fluffy backed tit babbler’ :lol:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffy- ... it-babbler
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I’m disappointed that it’s actually a bed and not a woman as I thought it was going to be as I clicked the link :lol:
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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARKS !

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Brilliant thread, particularly loved this one that my brain narrated in a Scottish accent

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Nomnomnomnominative determinism.

Hmm...I wonder what examples there are of nominative Darwinism (awards)?
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