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Barric Raya's Jokes

Barric Raya used to tell jokes almost on a weekly basis. His Cleontel included Judy Dench and Andrew Ma. The last joke he told was only a week or two before his death. It concerned a couple walking down the street when they spot someone across the road. Isn't that the Archbishop of Canterbury, says the wife? Is it? Says the husband? Go and ask him, she says. So the man goes over, apologises for troubling him, and says, aren't you the archbishop of Canterbury, booger off! He returns to his wife. What did he say? He said, boogers off. Now we shall never know.

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