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Old 22nd April 2008 | 10:55
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Ascend Charlie
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Wot if you were juggling golf balls and helium balloons in a trailer which was being towed by a jumbo jet on a treadmill??? Would you reach escape velocity?

If it takes a yard and a half of calico to weave an elephant's underpants, how long will it take a double-breasted cockroach to tap-dance through a barrel of treacle?
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