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Hello all,
I would like to bring to your attention that I will be carrying the apterous flag in this weekend's Great North Run. I am running for St John ambulance and hope to be sponsored so I can recoup for them some of the money that Portsmouth FC still owe them.

If you would like to donate, then please visit http://www.justgiving.com/tomrowell and give me all your live savings.

Thanks
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Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this.

In other news though, best of luck Tom! Hope it goes fantastically.
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Good luck Tom :D

Am already sponsoring two other people in this race but I hope you raise loads of money!
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I think you'll find I donated last night after seeing your link on the newsfeed of Facebook. Where are the thanks? I hope you collapse and die running it.
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I was looking forward to a thread chatting about fat idiots in cycling shorts. Pah.

EDIT: Actually, there's more humour in that statement that I originally realised... :D
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A nice donation from me to you, Tom. Best of luck. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)
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tomrowell wrote:Hello all,
I would like to bring to your attention that I will be carrying the apterous flag in this weekend's Great North Run.
If you actually carry an apterous flag I will sponsor you.
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Matt Morrison wrote:Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this.
As will Kirk, who will inevitably have read it as 'GNER'.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:I think you'll find I donated last night after seeing your link on the newsfeed of Facebook. Where are the thanks? I hope you collapse and die running it.
Yes thank you very much Ryan. I will bring you some cake at CoLei in return for your generosity
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tomrowell wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:I think you'll find I donated last night after seeing your link on the newsfeed of Facebook. Where are the thanks? I hope you collapse and die running it.
Yes thank you very much Ryan. I will bring you some cake at CoLei in return for your generosity
Is it the banana cake. Because if it isn't then I don't want any.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:
tomrowell wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:I think you'll find I donated last night after seeing your link on the newsfeed of Facebook. Where are the thanks? I hope you collapse and die running it.
Yes thank you very much Ryan. I will bring you some cake at CoLei in return for your generosity
Is it the banana cake. Because if it isn't then I don't want any.
No it doesnt have to be. What flavour would you like?
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tomrowell wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Is it the banana cake. Because if it isn't then I don't want any.
No it doesnt have to be. What flavour would you like?
I want banana.
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Good luck Tom!
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Ben Wilson wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this.
As will Kirk, who will inevitably have read it as 'GNER'.
Even without adding an E, my first thought when seeing the thread title was that this referred to the Great Northern Railway, which was one of those which formed the LNER in 1923. Only after that did I realise that it was Tom's thread, rather than George's.

Best of luck anyway, Tom.
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Ben Wilson wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this.
As will Kirk, who will inevitably have read it as 'GNER'.
lmaooooooo
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Howard Somerset wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this.
As will Kirk, who will inevitably have read it as 'GNER'.
Even without adding an E, my first thought when seeing the thread title was that this referred to the Great Northern Railway, which was one of those which formed the LNER in 1923. Only after that did I realise that it was Tom's thread, rather than George's.

Best of luck anyway, Tom.
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Howard Somerset wrote: Even without adding an E, my first thought when seeing the thread title was that this referred to the Great Northern Railway, which was one of those which formed the LNER in 1923. Only after that did I realise that it was Tom's thread, rather than George's.

Best of luck anyway, Tom.
Exactly this - that's the only GNR I know.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote: Even without adding an E, my first thought when seeing the thread title was that this referred to the Great Northern Railway, which was one of those which formed the LNER in 1923. Only after that did I realise that it was Tom's thread, rather than George's.

Best of luck anyway, Tom.
Exactly this - that's the only GNR I know.
Me too ;)
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You may or may not be interested to know i completed the course today in 2 hours 56 minutes, being narrowly beaten by a man carrying a fridge. :)
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Fair play Tom - huge congratulations. It's a great achievement :D
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tomrowell wrote:You may or may not be interested to know i completed the course today in 2 hours 56 minutes
You've already cut a minute off your Facebook-published time! We shouldn't have to stand for this level of inaccuracy. How long, I ask you, before you did it in 2 hours 55 minutes? It's ridiculous.

In other news, very fucking well done. Image
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tomrowell wrote:You may or may not be interested to know i completed the course today in 2 hours 56 minutes, being narrowly beaten by a man carrying a fridge. :)
was it Tony Hawks?
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Andy Wilson wrote:
tomrowell wrote:You may or may not be interested to know i completed the course today in 2 hours 56 minutes, being narrowly beaten by a man carrying a fridge. :)
was it Tony Hawks?
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