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by denton-scratch 1294 days ago
> the ancient Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump

I thought Ecky Thoomp was from Yorkshire (via the Goodies).
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voidmain0001 1294 days ago
And I thought it was a White Stripes song/album title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icky_Thump_(song)
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mc_woods 1294 days ago
That's civil war talk right there... :)
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ecornflak 1293 days ago
My father was originally from Manchester and there is a good chance he borrowed heavily.
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