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Exciting is not the word."},{"guid":"5146","link":"http:\/\/www.folkestonegerald.com\/m\/5146\/Elaine+C+Smith","title":"Elaine C Smith","description":"I was having a few beers in the Point last Friday.  Before we left, I went to the loo and when I came back our table had been claimed by 3 middle aged women.  I went to retrieve my bag and it took me a few seconds to realise that the nice woman who p... "},{"guid":"5625","link":"http:\/\/www.folkestonegerald.com\/m\/5625\/Matt+le+Blanc+%28Joey+from+Friends%29","title":"Matt le Blanc (Joey from Friends)","description":"He was on his honeymoon with his new wife at the same hotel that I was at with my boyfriend in Venice, Italy. He and his stunning woman were lying on the deck chairs two metres away from us. She's really tall and really really slim whereas he has unf... ","category":["112"]},{"guid":"5797","link":"http:\/\/www.folkestonegerald.com\/m\/5797\/mark+almond","title":"mark almond","description":"Saw him yesterday afternoon.  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