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There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades.

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Tahir Shah
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
Author
Comedian
Explorer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Nothing
Unseen
Calcutta
Pairs
Razor
Glass
Razors
Knees
Elbows
Slivers
Wearing
Discarded
Briefs
Glasses
Unpleasant
Lacerated
Except
Blades
Trailed
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Pair
Courtyard

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