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	'Questionable entertainment': Absinthe to be toned down

tabsey

1-19-2009 10:55 PM

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tabsey says:

Tennis has gone from strawberries and cream to strip and porn. Woe, woe, woe.

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its Spiegelworld tent will be toned down, after last night's
performance featured a striptease, swearing and simulated
masturbation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/01/20/1232213607780.html?page=fullpage"><P>Absinthe, which was brought to Melbourne from New York, is
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