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Blognor Regis
Thursday 8/11/07 07:02
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One for Perry de Havilland to fight.
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Vicki B
Friday 9/11/07 04:40
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I remember reading that Dante Gabriel Rossetti kept a menagerie when he lived in Cheyne Walk. So the by-law could date from that period. Maybe the wombat was the last straw for the neighbors.
I came here from language log, too bad they mangled your link.
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Squander Two
Sunday 11/11/07 15:15
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Hi, Vicki.
Yes, apparently the bye-law was a response to Rossetti's wombat, which dug up everyone's gardens. I love the fake generality of the law: it's to stop just one wombat owned by one man, but they ban wombats in general from the entire street forever.
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