Pip hops in one because it IS a TIE. He's a geek and can't resist.
If I'd used a TIE-but-not-a-TIE it would've lost something, especially with later gags.
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JollyJack - a stench from the past,
Wed 7 Sep 2011, 17:05,
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he's credited as writer on IMDB
they could be wrong of course.
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Wed 7 Sep 2011, 19:46,
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