A Conversation for Wind force twelve abaft the Beam
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Seamus...the forbidden Posted Jan 28, 2003
Perhaps i wasn't precise enough before.
11.690000000000001 nautical miles, or 13.46 statute miles
Seamus
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GreyDesk Posted Jan 28, 2003
No the first answer was just fine. The question card says, "about 14 miles", making allowances for sea swell conditions and the assorted curvatures of the Earth which no contestant could be expected to instantly factor in in a pub quiz scenario.
Q4: Who was the first resident cartoonist on TW3?
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Seamus...the forbidden Posted Jan 28, 2003
Timothy Birdsall
Seamus
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GreyDesk Posted Jan 28, 2003
That is the bloke 
And now the final question in the chain!
Q5: Which part of the human body contains the highest proportion of gold? (And I DON'T mean the fillings in your teeth)
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The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Jan 28, 2003
I seem to remember that it is the toenails...?
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Flanker Posted Jan 28, 2003
Was that not before they discovered that " the highest concentrations of gold in the human body occur around the heart"
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Mu Beta Posted Jan 28, 2003
I would've said bone marrow myself...
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GreyDesk Posted Jan 28, 2003
Bom bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom
Oh no, sorry, that is Groove is in the Heart 
And J is right, apparently it is the toenails where the most gold is 
Five questions down, and I make that refreshment time again
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Flanker Posted Jan 28, 2003
Thankfully I was wrong then 
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The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Jan 28, 2003
Woohoo! (Phew!)
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tartaronne Posted Jan 28, 2003
I must tell my bank advisor when I hand her the envelope with nailclippings.
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GreyDesk Posted Jan 28, 2003
I hope we are all ready for a new chain?
Q1: In which sport is the Lance Todd trophy awarded?
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Mu Beta Posted Jan 28, 2003
I'm still trying to work out where my porkpie went.
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Flanker Posted Jan 28, 2003
Perhaps someone ate it. !!!! 
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