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Adam's Grapple : Punch Lines: More red faces at Soho Square.


Byline: ADAM Adam, the first man, in the Bible
Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life.
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THERE'S been plenty of red faces at Soho Square these past few months - understandable given the amount of erogenous erogenous /erog·e·nous/ (e-roj´e-nus) arousing erotic feelings.

e·rog·e·nous
adj.
1. Responsive or sensitive to sexual stimulation, as of particular body parts.

2.
 exercise that takes place in the stationary cupboard.

But the latest faux pas completely takes the breath away, if only for its sheer stupidity.

With the England Amputee am·pu·tee
n.
A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
 team taking part in the World Championships, the FA decided to send along a correspondent to report on their progress.

Considering the sensitive nature of the event, perhaps it wasn't a good idea for the hapless scribe to use clichAs with double entendres in his match report.

"The England Amputee team have suffered a setback in their quest to triumph at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro at the hands of the tournament favourites Russia," read the cringeworthy intro.

But it got worse. "England swiftly found themselves two goals down three minutes later following a quick corner and at this point changes were made to introduce fresh legs into the game."

Just as well the same writer didn't cover the recent Homeless World Cup or England would have been known as an untidy side who had little possession, but somehow beggared belief by camping out in their opponents' half
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:Aug 27, 2005
Words:200
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