Nobby, as if you couldn't tell

Dennis and Gnasher and Friends, 2001 reprint of a 2000 comic, untouched by me or anyone.
How the hell did it get past the editors?
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lordy lordy, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:15,
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Spunky McPunk the awkward moment when you [dull anecdote], Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:18,
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I fucking knew it.
Provided no one else replies with it.
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the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:20,
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you'd be lucky if there were that many people online
who can be bothered to respond at this time of night
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Spunky McPunk the awkward moment when you [dull anecdote], Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:23,
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Nobby is a friend of Lord Snooty's
It's hardly an unusual name for the era he first appeared in.
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Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:23,
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