I BEGIN by stating that my name is Blunker. I cannot account for this in any other way than by adducing the fact that my father's name was also Blunker, and that when he married my mother she took the same name. I do not assert this as a positive theory, I ...
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Sydney Punch (NSW : 1864 - 1888), Sat 4 Jun 1870, Page 7
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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