AyG
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Post by AyG on May 29, 2022 19:38:02 GMT 7
Lester Piggott has died at 86. To be honest, it's surprising he lasted so long, given that he starved himself to keep 14 kg under his natural weight.
Convicted of tax fraud, jailed and stripped of his OBE.
I'd say "how the mighty are fallen", but he was really just a crooked pigmy.
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Post by rott on May 29, 2022 19:45:52 GMT 7
Pigmy of course is the less common spelling of pygmy.
Ah well, doubt if he enjoyed his time inside, perhaps it helped him enjoy freedom and the simple things of life in his declining years.
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Post by rott on May 29, 2022 22:47:25 GMT 7
Come on AyG, I fed you that one what's up with you.?
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Post by AyG on May 30, 2022 5:32:59 GMT 7
^^^ If you're getting at my spelling, pigmy is indeed a less common spelling of pygmy - it wasn't a mistake. It's in the dictionary www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pigmyAnd given that his surname starts "pig", I thought it appropriate. |
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Post by rott on May 30, 2022 9:07:29 GMT 7
Sighs, that was the whole point, I assumed the spelling was a pun and responded in kind.
Does nobody recognise self-effacing irony anymore.?
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