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Pudding on pounds

By Maggie Urry

Published: March 16 2007 02:00 | Last updated: March 16 2007 02:00

It's Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, and by close of play tonight we'll all be pretty sick of it. But to get you into the mood, here's a heart-warming tale.

Comedy duo Oliver Mann and Helen Zaltzman, who produce a podcast called Answer Me This!, have been trying for months to get rid of a Christmas pudding bought last November. After failing to give the pudding away, they decided to sell it on Ebay with procceds going to Comic Relief.

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