Born at the age of 54 in northern Poland in 306 A.D., I became immediately famous for my rainbow-coloured mane. I earned my doctorate from the university of Leipzig before becoming involved in the revision of the telephone numbering plan in Venezuela.
Although I am a colorless liquid, I became closed to navigation due to excessive growth of reeds in the 18th century. While a member of the Kansas School Board I established a seaside resort town at the foot of the Hottentots Mountains and was pronounced king of the Carthaginian Empire.
My most famous novel, concerning the exploits of a password detection spyware cartel, was published in Guyana and was on average more than 400 metres wide. Less well known are the curative powers of the waters that spring forth from me, for which I am revered as a god by some British rugby players.
Debuting on screen in the rom-com "The Many-Spotted Hummingbird", I finished my career languishing forgotten in the offices of an obscure Scottish architect before being fatally struck by a monster truck during the 1972 Le Mans 24-hour race. I will be remembered forever for my contributions to babysitting, cooking, and sewing.
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An extravegently detailed liar?
You must be the composer of the cryptic crossword (4,7)?
Well actually I was thinking of Abraham Flexner, but I may have got some of the details wrong. You did make me go off and read wikipedia about cryptic crosswords though, so well done.
You sound like a raging bruxist to me.
You sound like a raging bruxist to me.
Alas, I think I posted that comment twice.
You did - with a three minute interval!
How dare you accuse me of being a Bruxist? This is an outrage!
You did - with a three minute interval!
How dare you accuse me of being a Bruxist? This is an outrage!
I have just spent the entire morning trying to solve this in between work. I have read all about Leipzig University, Poland in 306AD, the telephone system in Venezuela, colourless liquids, excessive reed growth in the 18th Century, The Hottentots Mountains, the Carthaginian empire, things that might be 400 metres wide in Guyana, curative water, British Rugby players, Many spotted hummingbirds and Le Mans 24 hour race. I skipped out the Kansas School board, the spyware cartel, obscure scottish architects, monster trucks, babysitting, cookng and sewing.
And I bet you are now feeling the warm glow that comes with a broad education in the liberal arts. You can thank me later.
WOW!
10, no wait... 11 comments! Is that a PTR PB?
PTR 11 - I can just see the movie version - Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and George Cloony.
Yes, I think it is a PTR PB! How exciting! Although it is wind-assisted - one of the comments was a mistake, another was pointing out the mistake, and yet another was taking the piss out of the mistake.
Still, the take-home message is clear. From now on I will write all my posts using nothing but the wikipedia "random article" button.
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