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The last three years BBC has run a competitive sewing programme (The Great British Sewing Bee). The vast majority of contestants have been under 35 with the youngest just 19. Sewing's big in Britain!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Although the winner of one season was 81 years old!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Aha! So you admit she wasn't 75! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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No, that was the runner up in the next season. She was 75. She died later that year, I believe. At least she got to do the competition.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Now you're just making stuff up!  You should know that I am a big fan so you'll not get these things past me ...
2013 Winner F81, Runners-Up F27, F48
2014 Winner F56, Runners-Up F26, F40
2015 Winner M37, Runners-Up F59, M46
There has actually never been a 75 year old contestant. I should however correct my previous statement about the youngest competitor who is in the current competition and is 18, not 19 as I typoed!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Aha! You passed the test!
I believe it was Lorna who was the runner up on season 3 who died later. She was actually 69, not 59.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Because sewing machines are all computerised, these days, so they're too technical for him.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So William Newton Wilson found the 1790 paintings of Thomas Saint in 1874 and built a working model.
But Walter Hunt invented the first American lockstitch sewing machine in 1832 and John Greenough patented the first sewing machine in the United States in 1842?
Then how was William Newton Wilson the first in 1874? 
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Maybe the key is "built a working model" v. invented / patented.
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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No clothes, so he never learned to sew?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Never thought of him as a...
sewer.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Single threaded or multi threaded sewing machine?
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Sew tell me; how long will this thread run?
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I resemble that remark!
Yes I'm a Bob with a sewing machine!
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The popularity of various forms of cosplay, steampunk, dieselpunk, etc. add up to a lot of people who want clothes they can't just buy. There are quite a few DIY and maker sites like threadbangers that show how to adjust and use sewing machines. At least one fabric store in the US has been marketing a line of "cosplay fabrics" recently.
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If a violinist keeps missing the notes, is he in deep treble?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Stringing us along, again? Not a bad time to bow out.
Still, I coda seen that coming.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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You jumped off the clef with that one!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
modified 13-Jun-16 11:34am.
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Yes, and I took my staff with me!
/ravi
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Hopefully you took them to a bar first.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'd say he is violating the sheet music.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Music these days is all sax and violins.
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C how # you are.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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There's no stopping you is there ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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