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Jimmy White the snooker player is no more ...
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Geoff | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:01 |
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He has changed his name to James Brown by deed poll for sponsorship reasons. |
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Val | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:33 |
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Snooker star Jimmy White is changing his name to Jimmy Brown, as part of a madcap sponsorship deal. The Whirlwind decided on his new moniker following news that the brown ball in all major tournaments is to be backed by a sauce manufacturer. This is what the news said |
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Geoff | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:34 |
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The story is here: http://news.bbc.*co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/4245973.stm (remove *) |
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~Messy | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:35 |
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Just as well they didn't choose the red balls or he might have ended up Jimmy Ketchup. |
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BrianW | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:37 |
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Or black balls and it would have been James Gangrene. |
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Researching: |
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Jane | Report | 8 Feb 2005 13:58 |
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I thought he'd died when I first read the heading! |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 8 Feb 2005 17:15 |
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Jane - I thought EXACTLY the same !! Maz. XX |
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Patricia | Report | 8 Feb 2005 17:36 |
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Gave me a shock. when I saw the posting . thought something had happened. He used to pop into the football club my son played for.. nice bloke. Pat |
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