Live Killers
Tom Cox, Guardian, The, 17 September 1999
HERE'S A JOKE. Last night, I met an alien outside a pub in north London. We got chatting about hobbies and stuff, and he ended up telling me all about Lob the Frog, an activity involving two spatulas, a small amphibian and a filing cabinet, which constitutes the premier form of relaxation on the planet Bopwarg.
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