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The Locked-Room Lecture
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— 30 Nov 2007 Alan 2 comments

Two coffins of the way through The Three Coffins(aka The Hollow Man) the author, John Dickson Carr, breaks into the narrative through the words of his serial detective Dr Gideon Fell. Fell responds to a question:
“Because … we’re in[…]

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Chocolate Filled Fruit : Om Nom Nom Ugh
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— 30 Nov 2007 Pete Baran 9 comments

Quick eyeball – saw in my own shop Fruit Tella Choc Filled. Ugh I thought. Who wants the tasty fruit flavoured chew with a completely unwarranted burst of what is almost certainly some sort of chocolate flavoured glucose syrup centre? No-one, t[…]

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