Pause for Thought – 27 May 2020
Pause for Thought is available to watch here:
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Pause for Thought is available to watch here:
https://youtu.be/lEw3nPFzepk
I asked people what they thought I should say today, and lots of people said it needed to be a big. Some people said I needed to make it a cracker. So, here we are! A big cracker! Produce big Cracker Only the English could find a toilet roll and gun powder amusing! Now the…
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