A common mistake
Those aren't runners (though they do bear a similarity of carriage), they're Brindled Glippers, common in parts of the Danish archipelago and cousins of our very own Spalding's Brown Delight.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Mon 20 Mar 2017, 14:44,
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Did you know that "Brindled Glipper" was a Victorian term for beef curtains?
Trufax.
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sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Tue 21 Mar 2017, 14:25,
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