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Not blunt enough
Does every party have a sword at it??? Maybe that’s were my parties are going wrong
Bit of bread and salt, be grand…
Knighting or beheading! I guess there is a cure for James Blunt :D
Used to think blunt was a w****r untill I seen his twitter account, man’s a legend on that
He rules twitter. Love that guy
@Neill Bradley: Any sword for Blunt would be by nature blunt ;)
”tis but a flesh wound!
All fun and games till someone looses an eye
Ah now, rushed to hospital? It’s a scratch!
He’d probably get €2M + expenses if it happened on these shores!
First cut is the deepest!
Looking at the peoples who receive the title of knighthood (UK) and the medal of freedom (USA) it suggests how important distraction of the masses is with entertainment hero worship to the controllers.
@Bondage Informer: I thought you would be the first to know that TV keeps people distracted from thinking about the truth and it tries to control what people believe, look at the news about the White Helmets, Al Qaeda’s spin doctors…
Strange country..
Could they not leave swords outside with the umbrellas like civilised people? ;-)
Nothing shaves as close as a Princess Beatrice, a new advert for Wilkinson?
Who da fuq is Princess Beatrice!?
@Guybrush Threepwood: A new type of Royal mushroom ;)
Beatrice daughter of Prince Andrew and Fergie should know never to play with weapons.
Carrying a concealed weapon!! Arrest her!
Be hard to conceal a sword
I see a nice claim going in there.
Swordplay…..
As a Non-Dubliner and as a non TV watcher can you explain who “Princess Beatrice” is ?
Is it a fictional fairy tale character or what ?
@eastsmer #IRExit: Yes.
@Daisy Chainsaw: So it’s a royal fawning west brits thing or something like that ?
She is Fergies daughter.
@Rosa Parks: The Queens granddaughter….
@Chris Kirk: Aswell
Let me Google that for you
The King of the north !
All fun and games until somebody loses an eye. As my mother used to say.
And as a previous poster has already said.
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