Cabbie drops fare and picks up facts |
| BRITAIN, believe it or not, has | | Tom walked into the London |
| its first 1992 Olympic champion | | offices of the Games' main |
| even before the Games have | | sponsors, Coco-Cola, offering |
| begun. Stand up Tom Morton, | | his services as an instant infor- |
| from Blackpool. Tom has given | | mation service for Barcelona |
| up his cab driving to pursue a | | and was immediately signed up |
| new career as the world's | | by astonished executives. The |
| foremost Olympic memory | | new Fred Housego will embark |
| man. | | on a sponsored tour of Britain |
| He has stored away 20,000 | | and fellow know-it-alls will he |
| facts about the Olympics, and | | able to test his expertise. |
| knows every track-and-field | | Tom's secret is a 20p Olympics |
| gold medalist and the medal | | facts book he picked up at a |
| tally for every country in each | | car-boot sale and which he |
| Games since 1896. | | digested while waitingfor fares. |
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Hoe komt Tom Morton volgens het bovenstaande artikeltje aan zijn kennis over
de Olympische Spelen?
