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Old 3rd May 2011, 07:55
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Looz'yana pork? What's that - hog jowls smothered in cayenne pepper relish to disguise the taste?

Call-me-Dave's put-down on PMQs was priceless - no doubt the rancorous nuLabor wimmin on the Opposition benches loved it....

The other part of the programme that they rather glossed over was the final drop with the "live" bomb. They tried to imply that the explosives were contained in the bomb - but I very much doubt they were!
I thought it was pretty clear - they merely removed the dummy bomb and placed the 'live' bomb (which had the same mass and physical properties) in the same impact location, then detonated it. Rather impressively! There was no suggestion that it had been flown under the DC-4.
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