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Blairs

"Blair" is the old Scots word for "Plain", as in Blair Atholl, meaning the "Plain of Atholl".

Plain. Featureless. Flat.

Blair.

Famous Blairs include;

Lionel Blair

Effeminate English
Dancer

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Linda Blair

The scary young bitch
in "The Exorcist"

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The Blair Witch

A scary film project,
reputedly married to the British Prime Minister

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Blur

A shite band whose
name sounds a bit like Blair

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