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You Couldn’t Make It Up department (4): Goosey Goosey Gander

by Brian · 14 October, 2004

“What is goose for the England football captaincy could be gander for the prime ministership” (Guardian editorial, ‘The Hardest Word’, 14 October 2004).

But where’s the sauce?

Brian
14 October 2004
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