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ChrisE, thanks for that clue - and yes, I don't like the solution. I think Grunger is ... kinder, more tolerant and might even like the answer!

ChrisE Malone

Thanks, I enjoyed the clue and liked the answer. I have never met one though.

Jigjag

Did you see the Wigan pie girl completing the 8 on Countdown?

Hi grunger
Well, you wouldn't meet one, would you? They tend to keep themselves to themselves!

Reminds me of Mother Shipton - the Knaresborough Prophetess!

Radio 3 announcer has just said "rises to a crescendo". Surely someone on Radio 3 should know better?

Rises to a crescendo. What's wrong with that?

The crescendo is the process of rising, not the peak. "Rises to a climax" perhaps?

BBC1 News "comprised of"....

Why don't commentators practise the Welsh "Ll.."sound? It's "Thl.." (more or less). I'm familiar with "Fl.." (as Shakespeare had it, in Fluellen", but I'm listening to commentary on rugby on TNT where one of the commentators keeps saying "Cl..."!

I had problems with my car and called the AA from Coed Ely. According to them I was in Co-ed Elly.