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Snort.
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Pig
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Swine.
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Twine

Oh dear, must be the influence of the gardening related threads
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Rope

(as in you appear to have been roped in....)
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garden (as in Alan Titchmarch style rope-garden)
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fence

white picket.... Monty (Don) Python style
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Gnome. (DEFINITELY A.T. but NOT RR !)
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J.R. wrote:Gnome. (DEFINITELY A.T. but NOT RR !)
Green (as in the colour the gnome turned)
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Dimmocks

(as in "a lovely pair of....") :roll:

Sorry, Dave got there first. Quite sprightly for an old 'un! :wink:
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Futtocks ( like those sported by RR and AT)
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End. (...as in Futtocks End. The Two Ronnies.)
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Shroud

(futtock shroud n. Nautical - One of the iron rods extending from a band on the lower mast to the futtock plate, used to brace the base of the topmast) - apparently....
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brace (see above - attachment point sported by Alan Titchmarsh and others of middle age requiring bracing for their topmast)
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