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Just driven home from the New Forest where I heard on Radio 2 that Ian Volante, of Edinburgh, hates the song Volare because his teacher used to take the mickey with it.

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I love the New Forest
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Ben Hunter wrote:I love the New Forest
I prefer the old one.
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That Jeremy Vine keeps making things up about me.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:I love the New Forest
I prefer the old one.
The Clough era?
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Liam Tiernan wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:I love the New Forest
I prefer the old one.
The Clough era?
A-lol! :lol:
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Ian Volante wrote:That Jeremy Vine keeps making things up about me.
I thought it was Ken Bruce!
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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:That Jeremy Vine keeps making things up about me.
I thought it was Ken Bruce!
The bastard!
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Vaguely related, apparently Ken mentioned on Countdown in April that there had been rumours on Wikipedia about a range of garden gnomes modelled on him. That was a fake edit I added to Wikipedia some time in 2009 (I think), I'm rather impressed that it lasted so long! :)
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Ian Volante wrote:Vaguely related, apparently Ken mentioned on Countdown in April that there had been rumours on Wikipedia about a range of garden gnomes modelled on him. That was a fake edit I added to Wikipedia some time in 2009 (I think), I'm rather impressed that it lasted so long! :)
I think the crucial bit is early on. If you make an edit, it comes up as a recent edit, and they get looked at a lot, so if it survives the early stages then it's more likely to pull through.
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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Vaguely related, apparently Ken mentioned on Countdown in April that there had been rumours on Wikipedia about a range of garden gnomes modelled on him. That was a fake edit I added to Wikipedia some time in 2009 (I think), I'm rather impressed that it lasted so long! :)
I think the crucial bit is early on. If you make an edit, it comes up as a recent edit, and they get looked at a lot, so if it survives the early stages then it's more likely to pull through.
I also made it as plausible as possible with a genuine link in there and decent spelling.
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Ian Volante wrote:Vaguely related, apparently Ken mentioned on Countdown in April that there had been rumours on Wikipedia about a range of garden gnomes modelled on him. That was a fake edit I added to Wikipedia some time in 2009 (I think), I'm rather impressed that it lasted so long! :)
Haha, seriously? I'm pretty sure I recapped this game (a Monday one) and I remember him saying it and sure enough I checked the wiki page and it was there even though Ken denied it on the show. Not sure I mentioned it in the recap at the time though but I think it's cool that yo uare the source of that comment!
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