Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse (39 page)

1. Tardis
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2. Tasers
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3. teaching:
   
   1. of history
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   2. and pay
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4. television:
   
   1. children’s
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   2. daytime
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   3. Paxman’s disdain for watching
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   4. sequels and remakes on
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   5. see also
      BBC;
      individual programme titles
      
5. telomeres, incomprehensible nature of
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6. 10 O’Clock Live
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7. Tesco, disinclination to be perpetually associated with the word ‘horse’ of
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8. Thatcher, Margaret
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9. This American Life
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10. Thompson, Mark
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11. Thompson, Richard
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12. Times
    , The
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13. Today
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14. Tomkinson, Dr Grant
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15. toothpaste, attempts to make less boring
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16. Torode, John
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17. Toto, anal designs of
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18. Trading Places
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19. Tribick, Alex
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20. Trident
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21. Trimingham, Carina
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22. Tudors, The
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23. Turner Prize
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24. Twitter:
    
    1. and anonymous messages
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    2. DM slated on
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    3. and food
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    4. Katz’s message on
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1. Ukip
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2. Uncle Vanya
   (Chekhov)
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3. Unesco
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4. universities:
   
   1. for-profit
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   2. students’ complaints against
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1. valve decisions
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2. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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3. Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
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4. Victoria, Queen
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5. Virgo, John tearfulness at fictional death of Peter Ebdon of
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6. Visit England
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1. Walsh, Fergus
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2. Walsh, Louis, waggling mouth, sparkly poppy and fucking shirt of
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3. Warne, Shane
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4. Warwick, Diana
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5. Watercolour Challenge
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6. Watson, James D.
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7. weather forecasters
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8. Webb, Robert – yes Rob, you get mentioned! But not as much as Nick Clegg, I’m afraid.
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9. Weight Watchers
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10. West Country
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11. West, Kanye
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12. West Midlands, desire to evacuate of
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13. WH Smith, David Cameron’s incomprehension of the business model of
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14. wheelie bins
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15. Whisperers, The
    (Figes)
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16. White, Charlene
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17. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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18. Why Don’t You …?
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19. Widdecombe, Ann
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20. WikiLeaks
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21. Wilby, Peter
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22. William I
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23. William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, fictional nudey antics of
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24. Williams, Ch. Supt Stuart
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25. Witchell, Nicholas, arousal of
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26. Wolverhampton
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27. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
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28. Woods, Tiger
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29. words, new, favourite and not so favourite
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30. World Cup 2010
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31. world heritage sites
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32. World War One
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    1. and Gove
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    2. Somme
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33. World War Two
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34. World’s Most Hated Company
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1. X Factor, The
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2. X-Men
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1. Yarwood, Mike, inferiority to Dustin Hoffman of
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2. Yes Minister
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3. York, Duchess of
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4. Young, Toby
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1. Zimbabwe
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