Mr. CRESSWELL: We had one guy turn up with size, like, 55 clown boots on, you know, which was very funny, but he wasn't funny, which is maybe why he was wearing them.

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He was a great man very funny and likable.

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And you know, he's a funny guy probably because he was physically very awkward.

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He does laugh, his players say, and several insisted he was even funny. ("Very funny actually, " receiver Brandon Tate said.) But when he talks, he doesn't ever bother with the flowery or the effusive.

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Morgan's daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, said he was "side-splittingly funny" and "very humble about having such a successful career".

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And he was at the same time a very charming person and funny to work with oh, yes with a great sense of humor.

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After learning that Australia's coach had complained about his kicks, van der Burgh told reporters he thought the situation was "pretty funny" and noted that the video also shows an Australian doing the very same thing.

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"I'm very saddened to hear the news, she was a real fighter and actually a very kind and funny lady in her own right, " he said.

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