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Old 08-29-2009, 05:35 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
i'm disappointed. i thought the ashes were actually ashes, like of a burned cricket bat or something. seriously.
I believe the ashes kept in the urn are actually the residuum of the bails that were burnt at the time of the original defeat of England by Australia, some time around 4000 BC.
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