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		Lio 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tony Hoare has died Wait until they hear about what Magpie Lane in Oxford used to be called. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_Lane,_Oxford

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windward 8 days ago [–]

A historical bawdy pun is one of the most Oxfordian things I can think of. If we can incorporate a man in drag, we're in real business.

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