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2nd March 2023, 11:08 AM
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Why??
Why do they call a Boxing ring a ring when it is square?
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2nd March 2023, 01:35 PM
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Re: Why??
Because its where you hear bells
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2nd March 2023, 01:40 PM
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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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2nd March 2023, 05:15 PM
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Re: Why??
Maybe a hang over from UCL days , form a circle
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3rd March 2023, 05:07 AM
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Re: Why??
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
World Traveller
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