"Stuart Pickering our conditioning coach came up with the idea about six months ago and I foolishly put my hands up and then a couple of months ago they said 'no, you've actually got to do it, '" he explained.

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Although the eczema on my face and body has cleared up now, I still suffer with chronic eczema on my hands, and have to put extremely strong steroid creams on them to control it.

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If I'd had more time on my hands I'd only have come up with more bright ideas of what we could do with the dish.

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Kennedy gabbled and shrieked and spouted inside jokes, while I wrung my hands nervously, smirked blandly and tried to keep up with Kennedy's patter.

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"It's just nice to be called up, and I hope if my chance comes I can grasp it with both hands, " he said.

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