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For one thing, I don’t pun excessively in real life.

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Tim Vine
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 4
Actor
Comedian
Television Presenter
Writer
Timothy Mark Vine
Punslinger
Pun
Real
Thing
Life
Excessively

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