I鈥檝e just seen a sword-swallowing act. Swords, seemingly longer than the depth from throat to anus were swallowed. It has to be a trick, doesn鈥檛 it? If it is, what鈥檚 the trick? If it isn鈥檛, what鈥檚 going on?
Alan Finnegan, Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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