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Ep. 155
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Jonny explains how his dad retrieved a broken Avenger key. Also in this episode, drunk Olympics, the gunty cat 1 Series, scraping floorpans, scratching matt paint, the return of the boot cut, alternative superhero Nigel Mansilk, very thin facial hair, the unnecessary speed of Green Day, the ‘90s curtonian movement, the Stone Roses stealing back their second album, people who lose car keys, magnet fishing with Harry Metcalfe, losing track of VW Group cars, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor spoils a rhyme.
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