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Behind the rumour Mill.


Byline: Brain READE

A SCHOOL nurse once told me I was colour-blind, meaning I could never be a train-driver or a pilot, and the news got me so annoyed I wanted to beat her black-and-orange. Or was it blue?

So I know all about sudden violent urges.

I was also briefly on the 2003 Paul McCartney Noun 1. Paul McCartney - English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney
 tour when violence between him and his wife allegedly erupted so I know a bit about their tensions.

And having studied all the allegations, two stand out as pointers to who is telling the truth. Her claim that he threw a glass of wine over her and his camp's claim that she threw a bottle of ketchup at him. In both cases Paul's side sounds more honest.

Because, as anyone who has ever waited for Macca Macca is a common British nickname for somebody whose surname begins with the Gaelic prefix Mac or Mc (meaning "son of"). It is similar in form to Gazza, Hezza and similar nicknames that arose during the 1990s and early 21st century.  to put his hand in his pocket at a bar can testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts.

Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case.
, throwing wine at someone else isn't something he'd ever willingly choose to do.

And as anyone who has ever witnessed a bizarre red tinge to his hair can testify, only a man whose head had been doused in tomato sauce would ever leave the house looking so ridiculous.
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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Oct 26, 2006
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