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Selling low-grade cookery books in west London office buildings.
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Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
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After Emmerdale, babysitting. I freaked out – I couldn’t believe people put me in charge of their children.
I didn’t enjoy a bar job and glass collecting – people could be really rude.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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I did a terrible job of fixing the downstairs loo once.
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When my bowels move freely and without complications.
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