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A Knotty situation

To: Bill Stent <>, Carl Clifford <>
Subject: A Knotty situation
From: Kev Lobotomi <>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 16:09:11 +1100
James Bond actually wrote The Field Guide to The Birds of The West 
Indies.-Kevin Bartram
 
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> That sort of pun always gets past the moderator.
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> On 02/01/2015, at 3:33 PM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
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> > I received this from a friend in the UK. I am passing it on, as I don't see 
> > why I should suffer alone.
> > 
> > You may not know that Colin had a distinguished career in the Intelligence 
> > services. One of his contacts was none other than James Bond and they met 
> > from time to time on a quiet bit of foreshore on The Wash to exchange 
> > information. On one such occasion, a small group of Knots were feeding out 
> > on the mud and, as you would expect, Colin told Bond what they were, and a 
> > little about their ecology and so forth. Suddenly, there was an audible 
> > "whoosh" as a stooping Peregrine came hurtling down ..... The falcon missed 
> > its strike, as the waders scattered in panic.
> > One bird, twisting and turning wildly,  passed very close to the two men, 
> > and as it did so it defecated, leaving a white splurge across Colin's 
> > anorak.
> > 
> > "Ah," said 007, " shaken Knot's turd!"
> > 
> > Carl Clifford
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