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Guy Goma, or How to Go with the Flow
In 2006, Congolese immigrant Guy Goma showed up at the BBC for a job interview. Waiting in the lounge, a producer appeared asking if he was “Guy”. “Yes, I am Guy”, Guy said, presumably. He was the escorted into a … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, funny, humor, humour, mistaken identity, profile, video, wrong guy
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Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton
“Foremost Female Physical Culturist, Writer, Authority on Feminine Figure Contouring, Cover Girl.” So read the business card of one Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton, a pioneer of female bodybuilding and weight lifting in the 1940s and 1950s. She also briefly ran a … Continue reading
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Tagged athletes, biography, funny, funny names, historical figures, humor, profile, weight lifting, women
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