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In Peru llama incest is common, but this is

In Peru llama incest is common, but this is Britain and we impose higher standards

issue 22 May 2004

Last Sunday I collected a waistcoat made from my own pet. From the same source came a hat, gloves, scarf, and a teddy bear wearing a little waistcoat of its own, though (saucily) no trousers.

A lady called Chan Brown, from Chesterfield, has organised this for me. I keep llamas, and she spins.

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