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Deliberate and found by dads at the bottom of their beer.
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Grandpoppy Ralph had smelt like pickled onions and had
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Been a member of the frankston lce breakers
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For 51 years.
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They swam in winter to feel alive.
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Grandpoppy Ralph had said it made his nipples erect.
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He had died the year before, aged 74, and his best mate, ken,
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Had recited a poem in his honour.
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Born in a barn in the hills of boronia, Ralph lived a long life,
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Then died of pneumonia.
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Mary missed him
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And often wondered why he had drunk ammonia.