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Old 18th Dec 2014, 16:34
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oxenos
 
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"Why do you think the Trident was called the Trident?"

Because it was planned to use turbo-prop engines until the office boy pointed out that the prop blades would chop the tail off.

They called it the Trident 'cos it was meant to have three Tynes.
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