I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.

Is Gas going to have a crack? He is, you know.

Oh, he's there!

Brilliant!

He's round the goalkeeper! He's done it!

Absolutely incredible!

He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was eyewp without a shadow of an out giving him lip.

Oh, I say, it's amazing.

It does it tame, and tame, and's amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again.

Crank of the music.

Charge a glass.

This nation is going to dance all night.

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