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Does a place make a man, or in this case a Mann? If today’s questioneer decides to move his young family to Stanmore, will he find himself raising his own curly-haired cat-obsessed musicals lover? Or will he just benefit from convenient Jubilee Line access and a nice Lebanese restaurant? We consider the benefits of the burb that birthed Olly in Answer Me This! Episode 251:
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the Wiki Wiki Shuttle
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phone sex vs. sex
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
human chorionic gonadotropin
the only non-singing, non-dancing part in West Side Story
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April 12, 2013 at 9:45 am |
Regarding the stunt horses in films not being hurt, apparently many were hurt and killed in the Errol Flynn film of the Charge of the Light Brigade (1936).
According to that ever reliable source, Wikipedia “The battlefield set was lined with trip wires to trip the cavalry horses. Dozens were killed during filming, forcing U.S. Congress to ensure the safety of animals in motion pictures. The ASPCA banned trip wires from films in its guidelines as well”