Apparently

...Christopher Reeves knocked the world off a step ladder when trying to get to a pack of snouts he'd spotted.
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Mung Too many bees!,
Fri 11 Oct 2002, 15:10,
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How's he going
to pick them up?
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Throbbing_Gristle,
Fri 11 Oct 2002, 15:27,
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He can't...
his spinal cord has been irreparably damaged.
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Mung Too many bees!,
Fri 11 Oct 2002, 15:46,
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I imagine
he has one of those old lady grabby stick things hidden in his chair somewhere.
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pod23,
Fri 11 Oct 2002, 15:59,
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you sir
have the hummus
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reverend teabag,
Fri 11 Oct 2002, 19:47,
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