England asked to name a sport she excels in
A cryptic Bangor Commercial excerpt jokes about England and sports, noting baseball players as irritable and mentioning a ruminating man. The snippet includes satirical lines on Currie, Mexico, neckties, John Dunn’s seventeen wives, and archers wearing Marian fashion, ending with a quip about Tuck their dresses.
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