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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Not press releases but definitely governmental. 
(DGI +1)
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Now go for broke and solve the puzzle. 
(no klaxons - we're past that now)
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hygienicdispenser Posted Dec 11, 2009
Actually, I'm horribly confused. I keep trying to tie in the "slightly eccentric hobby" bit and getting nowhere. Well, actually, I keep trying to tie in all the other bits and getting nowhere too.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Hmmm. Let me see what I can do to clear that up.
: : thinks : :
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hygienicdispenser Posted Dec 11, 2009
They didn't amend the constitution did they? The freedom of info thing?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
The constitution gets amended all the time. It's why they call them amendments.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
What connects:
Adhesive glue
Ball Point Pens
Clocks
Deoderants
Earplugs
The Ferris Wheel
The Gatling Gun
Halogen lamps
Ice-cube trays
The Jet Ski
Kaleidoscopes
The Lava Lamp
The Macintosh (raincoat)
Nylon
Odometers
Paperclips
The "QWERTY" keyboard
RADAR
Sliced Bread
Telephones
Umbrellas
Velcro
WD-40
(Diagnostic) X-rays
The Yellow Pages
and
Zeppelins
?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
BINGO!
+3
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Patent applications are what were censored.
I'll start typing up the explanation, meanwhile anyone want to stitch this all together for points?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Also congratulations HD, for solving your first QI.
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hygienicdispenser Posted Dec 11, 2009
Thank You. And it only took 26 clues.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Yes well. - the funny thing is you did a hop, skip and a jump there, because the 26 objects were all inventions (I've no idea if they've all got patents), which is what out mysterious squash players were doing in the garden shed: inventing.
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hygienicdispenser Posted Dec 11, 2009
>There was someone - a type of person - who Vandeveer Bush lived in mortal fear of<
I'm guessing this must have been scientists? Did he think that their habit of sharing their findings was endangering Truth, Justice and so on? There must have been all sorts of patentable stuff cropping up as the bomb was being developed, which would normally have been a matter of public record, and could theoretically point someone in the right direction.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 11, 2009
Typing up the explanation now... VBs mortal fear; the mysterious work of the MPPO, and what why this happened at all.
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Vip Posted Dec 11, 2009
Whew! I wasn't even close. Well done for piecing all the clues together, hd!
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