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Encyclopedia > Black Shorts

The Black Shorts are a fictional group of fascists led by amateur dictator Roderick Spode in the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. The group is a satire of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, who were nicknamed the blackshirts. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dictator was the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. ... Roderick Spode, 8th Earl of Sidcup, also known as Lord Sidcup, is a minor fictional character from the novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Bt. ... The flag of the British Union of Fascists showing the Flash and Circle symbolic of action within unity The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a political party of the 1930s in the United Kingdom. ...


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Black Shorts. (556 words)
He wore fl trunks in the pool and the water made them cling to his body in a way that made all the females at the pool want to giggle like maniacs.
Rogue was coming down the stairs and they meet on the middle, he asked her what was wrong with the ladies today, everywhere he went, they were giggling behind his back.
She looked at his shorts and mumbled something about having property of Rogue tattooed on his forehead.
'BentRider Online Forums - Why are biker shorts black? (513 words)
Bicycle shorts are fl to hide the grease marks from when you wipe your hands on your pants after making a repair while riding.
Black pants would hide the problem (until you sat down on somebody's light colored upholstery I suppose).
I think cycling shorts were specified as fl, a certain length, sox had to be white, and jerseys had to be cut a certain way.
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