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Old 05-21-2006, 08:48 AM   #20
Cyclefrance
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Nick my name.... please!

Cedillo, a Spanish village, has published its own phone book, using nicknames. Thanks to the town's mayor, Antonio 'Booties' Gonzalez, villagers can use the guide tolook up characters like Johnny the Potato and Pedro the Whistle. Not everybody is happy though. According the The Guardian newspaper: 'A man known as 'Baldy' and another called' Peh-Leg' asked to beregistered under their proper surnames.
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