Give ‘Im Enough Tope

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here aren’t that many famous Topes in the world, even when you go searching on de ould Google.

There’s Tantya Tope, leader of the Indian Rebellion in 1857, Graham Tope, a Liberal Democrat politician in the UK, Mato-tope, a Native American chief, Tope Alabi, a Nigerian gospel singer, and Tope Obadeyi, a footballer.

Oh, and Scottish actress Joanna Tope and Nigerian politician Tope Ademiluyi.

The reason we mention all this is because today, in sunny Greystones, a very special tope emerged. Out of the water. And on the end of the rod of one Stephen Hanway. A man who clearly knows his topes.

Well, the ones that swim around in our oceans, that is.

The tope is actually a hound shark, of the family Triakidee. Which sounds to us like they may have been in Game of Thrones at some point.

Young Hanway’s tope weighed in over 75lbs, over 2 metres long, and boasted a girth of over 32 inches.

Which is massive. And a bit.

So massive, in fact, that it has broken all previous records for massive topes.

So, congrats to Mr Hanway. And just to prove he’s pretty much the Pope On A Tope, jump to 2022, and the man catches a seventy-plus pounder…