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fish and chips or REALLY spicy som tum does it for me......depends on where I procured my hangover..........
and maybe a glass of berocca, (I think this is the Oz solution)
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I'm happy with a restart but alas must work this week so will be erratic in my musings.
Actually, except for about 3 or 4 most of my replies were sort of gut instinct/off the top of my head otherwise I don't seem to do so well.
Luckily I have been alive for a long time and have a garbage collection type brain
Love the intricacy of some of the solutions, alas not mine
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Napoleon has his ass kicked at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington
from whom the NZ capital got its name
NZ and Oz sent troops to Gallipoli in WW1
the battle is remembered as ANZAC Day on 25th April
the movie Napoleon Dynamite was released on DVD on 25th April, 2005
in which the lead character, Napoleon, has a tater tot fetish.
the 2004 movie Tater Tots was directed by Guiseppe Andrews, who was born on 25th April.
Annette Funicello and a doner kebab
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there isn't an admiration icon Pontormo, but I am full if it for you. hehehe
do you realise you have the potential for a nice little earner selling essays to college students online?
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I think Pontormo answered the Kafka/pea soup conundrum via Gregors (Samsa and Mendel)
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Napoleon was the first name of one of characters in the Man from UNCLE.
The actor who played his partner was David McCallum
who was married to Jill Ireland
until she left him for Charles Bronson
who was of Tatar descent
so is their daughter a tatar tot?
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JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were close friends
CS Lewis wrote the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
in which Edmund betrays his friends and siblings for a piece of turkish delight
Prince Charles and pocky sticks
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Anadama bread is made with molasses
which comes from sugar cane as does brown sugar
which is the title of the Rolling Stones song, lyrics by Mick Jagger
Patty Duke and bubblegum
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Johann Strauss wrote die Fledermaus (the Bat)
The horseshoe bat inhabits Sicily's eastern shore
Arancini are from Sicily
Jackie Chan and poached eggs
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Fat Guy is/was a litigator
Harvesting bird's nests is dangerous work
FG could act for injured workers to claim damages from their employer
hehehehe now I'm getting stupid
Snoop Dog and twinkies
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Tennyson wrote The Kraken, about a sea monster
Kelp comes from the sea
Sodium alginate is extracted mainly from kelp
Edward Kennedy and snails
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Greer Garson played Marie Curie in the movie Madame Curie
Greer Garson's mother and father were Scottish
Oatmeal (porridge) comes from Scotland
Eva Peron and larb
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Curse you Pontormo and your 2 Gregors
the longer ones are far more difficult and beautiful
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Dick Clark, the world's oldest teenager
Favourite teen food pizza
with anchovies
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Hey guys I know you are reading these replies and smirking....join in, I'm a saddo boring myself
and running out of ideas fast
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Alfred Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief' was based in the French riviera.
Michelin starred le Bacon at Antibes is famous for its bouillabaisse
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Old Foodie, do you ever sleep??
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Glad to hear it has been a year and a half and things must be improving....you know, of all the sleep deprivation and hunger I went thru in that first 5 months,(cereal, yeah) what I strikes me so clearly is sitting with my firstborn in the early hours looking out her bedroom window at the lightscape that was Hong Kong and wondering why the hell were so many lights on at that time of night
anyway, they grow up fast and sooner than you would think the problem noise is the sort they make
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'Kafka's Soup, A Complete History of World Literature in Fourteen Recipes ' is one of my favourite cook(ish)books.
No pea soup but a great read
Had forgotten I had it until this game
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Sir Edmund Hilary, famous New Zealand Mountain climber.
prairie oysters, famous New Zealand sheep's bollocks
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hey you guys, forget the different genders; you are both singing from the same hymnsheet
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Happy birthday Jack, gorgeous; where did you get the Dexter?
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Tiffany Brissette and Lassie both starred in their own TV series.
A mango could be described as a 'small wonder'. hehehe....
actually I normally spell lassi with no 'e' on the end so a mango lassie sounded hilarious to me, especially after 2 martinis.
I apologise
What's The Strangest Food Book in Your Collection?
in Cookbooks & References
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'Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in Fourteen Recipes'
forgot I had it til playing the 6 degrees of separation game
unique and brilliant