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2018 Thawley Essay prize winner

10 August 2019

9:00 AM

10 August 2019

9:00 AM

The great Groucho Marx once joked that he didn’t want to belong to any club that would have him as a member. How sad that the greatest club Groucho belonged to, the ‘Comedians’ Club’, is rapidly declining in numbers as political correctness takes its toll on laughter.

Comedians are becoming an endangered species.

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