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    Why do they call a Boxing ring a ring when it is square?

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    Default Re: Why??

    Because its where you hear bells

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    Default Re: Why??

    It's most likely from when a crowd would form a ring around two blokes fighting, did when I was at school anyway.

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    Default Re: Why??

    Maybe a hang over from UCL days , form a circle

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    No James, that is why they invented soap on a rope.
    You could hang on to it in the shower, never drop it.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

    John Strange R737787
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