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  1. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Apr 7, 2021

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    You could have bypassed the "Superman" clue.

    As soon as I saw the "Magnesium Citrate" (A SUPER LAXATIVE) I had 'Nam style flashbacks of my 24 hour magnesium citrate prep for a colonoscopy.

    We shall discuss this no further.
     
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  2. Charlemagne1333 Apr 7, 2021

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    Thanks @JimInOz :D
     
  3. Charlemagne1333 Apr 7, 2021

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    Today marks the anniversary of the death of this well known, and fabled showman.
    Long gone now, and remembered in an almost mythological sense...

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  4. time flies Apr 7, 2021

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    P.T Barnum

    Yet more fun
    kfw
     
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  5. Charlemagne1333 Apr 7, 2021

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  6. Canuck Apr 7, 2021

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    I almost can not believe that this one didn’t cause a lot of furled brows and puzzled looks! Well done @Charlemagne1333! Obviously, you are an enthusiast! We live only a few kms from Spruce Meadows where Ian Miller and Big Ben, shone. Wow!

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  7. Canuck Apr 7, 2021

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    Indeed! Big Ben is 13 metric tonnes and two-hundred weight of bell metal. Bell metal is about 87% copper, and 13 % tin. It was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the Whitechapel district of London. We visited the foundry in 2000. It is now closed. The pattern that was used to form the mold for that bell (the strickle), was still hanging on the wall. This is the second bell in the Elizabeth Tower. The first bell (by a different foundry) was badly flawed. Big Ben developed a crack soon after installation. They turned the bell. I have been standing within 8 feet of Big Ben at noon, on two occasions! One word comes to mind. LOUD!
     
  8. Canuck Apr 7, 2021

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    No! Not me! I’m been on the other side of that dial, twice, however.
     
  9. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Apr 7, 2021

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    Legendary!
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  10. Canuck Apr 7, 2021

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    Loch (as in lock)
    Ness (as in hornet’s nest)
    Mon (as in Mon LaFerte)
    Ster (as in stir)

    Loch Ness Monster!

    During our 2008 trip to Scotland, I was guilty of referring to a LOCH, as a LAKE! I was informed rather brusquely that I was looking at a LOCH, and that there are only 3 lakes in Scotland. How I. h_ _ _ might I have known the difference?
     
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  11. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Apr 7, 2021

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  12. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Apr 7, 2021

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    Too funny! :p
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  13. Charlemagne1333 Apr 8, 2021

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  14. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Apr 8, 2021

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    I thought the foliage in every photo might be a red herring, but you've cut through it. You earned a ...

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  15. Charlemagne1333 Apr 8, 2021

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    On this day, in 1820, saw the discovery of a long lost work of art. It was found inside a buried niche, within the remains of an ancient city, the name of which also identifies the origin of this artifact...

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  16. Canuck Apr 8, 2021

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    Venus (planet)
    De (Sandra Dee)
    Milo (Nestle Milo)

    so, Venus de Milo
     
  17. Canuck Apr 8, 2021

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    A one clue rebus. Discoverer of...............? Speaking of epidemics!

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  18. Canuck Apr 8, 2021

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    Another. The first clue is not the person in this rebus. Only a clue.

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  19. Charlemagne1333 Apr 8, 2021

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    You got it, bravo...

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  20. Charlemagne1333 Apr 8, 2021

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