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Lee Randall: Mangled word has it that my brain is trying to break free



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Published Date: 21 June 2008
By Lee Randall
IT HAPPENED again. Listening to a report about one of bin Laden's henchmen, I heard the newscaster say: "He'll now have to spend 32 hours a day sewing."
Ignoring the temporal discrepancy (if I'm honest, it took a moment for that penny to drop, but then I'm none too sharp at 6am), I thought: "Talk about your daft punishments!" My inner cinema screened a cosy close-up of a bearded, berobed chap hunkere...



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  • Last Updated: 20 June 2008 8:42 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Lee Randall
 
 

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