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Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
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Working on an assembly line in a plastics factory.
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Stephen Graham
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I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
I’ve enjoyed every single job, including working at my dad’s chicken shop selling potato gems (fried potato circles) to the surfer dudes.
Marc Almond
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In the school holidays, I worked at a soft drinks factory in Southport.
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Last Tuesday at 10 past three.
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Like driving a Ford Mustang with the top down across the Golden Gate Bridge while the sun is setting and you have a dinner reservation in Sausalito.
When I read the story of a blind, bisexual goose called Thomas who had died in New Zealand after a lifetime of love for a swan called Henry. It sounds ridiculous but is entirely true.
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