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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Started conversation Feb 14, 2010
At the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, the theft of what was a hanging offence???
No Google or Wiki...
Klaxons there are for the obvious and silly!!!
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 14, 2010
Oh goody!!!
Open for a minute, and three mantraps sprung!!!
, 
, obvious!!!
2 x 
= -10
Chicken? Wrong again... -5
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 14, 2010
United Kingdom, hygenicdispenser!!
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 14, 2010
OK, was hanging not allowed for anything at the start of the 19th century?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 14, 2010
Many things, hd.....
Stealing bread was no longer a Capital Offence, for example!!!
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 14, 2010
Ooooh toybox!!!
Hats!!!
+1 there!!!
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toybox Posted Feb 14, 2010
How did I get the inspiration 
?
Was it really hats (with a specific function, like a policeman's hat), or a more general piece of clothing?
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Feb 14, 2010
Swans. From what I recall, the swans were propriety of the queen of England. There's a guide entry about it somewhere. I'll look it up after I've posted this.
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Todaymueller Posted Feb 14, 2010
Prince Albert's wig ?
Izambard Kingdom Brunel's magnifecent stove pipe hat ?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 14, 2010
Captain Blood did that at the beginning of the twentieth century....
Guess what??????
Captain Blood/Crown Jewels is a -5!!!!
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