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I'll tell you what makes my blood boil?... Crematoriums.

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Tim Vine
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 4
Actor
Comedian
Television Presenter
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Timothy Mark Vine
Punslinger
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I went into a shop and I said, Can someone sell me a kettle. The bloke said Kenwood I said, Where is he?
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My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul.
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So I was getting into my car and this bloke says to me, 'Can you give me a lift?' I said, 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it!'
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