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And I've got a friend who's fallen in love with two school bags, he's bisatchel.
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And the back of his anorak was leaping up and down, and people were chucking money to him. I said 'Do you earn a living doing that?' He said 'Yes, this is my livelihood.'
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Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.
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But I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.
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But I'm in great mood tonight because the other day I entered a competition and I won a years supply of Marmite...... ... one jar.
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I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah, I thought "he's trying to pull a fast one'.
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I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy.
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I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.
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Now did you know if a stick insect laid it's eggs in a jar of Bovril it will give birth to a litter of twiglets.
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Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds.
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Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
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So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'
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So I met this gangster who pulls up the back of people's pants, it was Weggie Kray.
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So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'
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So I rang up British Telecom, I said "I want to report a nuisance caller", he said "Not you again".
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So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'
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So I said to the Gym instructor "Can you teach me to do the splits?" He said "How flexible are you?". I said "I can't make Tuesdays".
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So I said to this train driver "I want to go to Paris". He said "Eurostar?". I said "I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin".
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So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'
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So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up, and he said 'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then he rang up a second time and said "You've been promoted again.' And I swerved again. He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.' And I went into a tree. And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?' And I said 'I careered off the road.'
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So I went down the local supermarket, I said "I want to make a complaint, this vinegar's got lumps in it", he said "Those are pickled onions".
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So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.
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So this bloke says to me, "Can I come in your house and talk about your carpets?" I thought "That's all I need, a Je-hoover's witness".
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You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice.
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You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
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You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter.

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Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian. His act consists mainly of a series of quick fire jokes and puns. On 7th October 2004 he broke the Guinness World Record for the most number of jokes told in an hour with 499, beating the previous record of 362.

He was one of the team of the ITV comedy series The Sketch Show and presented the games show 'Fluke' on Channel 4 and Whittle for Channel 5. His brother is Jeremy Vine the British television journalist/presenter and presenter
on BBC Radio 2

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