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If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.

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Tahir Shah
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
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Comedian
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London
England
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Expeditions

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