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A furious debate about Nazi war crimes and shopping erupted yesterday after a leading historian found what, he claims, is the original copy of Schindler’s List ‘stuffed down the back of a couch’. The list was originally said to have contained the names of people saved from certain death at the hands of the Nazis, and given work in Schindler’s factories.

‘The list looked a lot longer than it really was because it also included all the things he had to remember to get from the shops.

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Posted: May 31st, 2009
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A man who spoke to his next-door neighbour claims it was easy and that he might even try it again. ‘Some folk say I’m just being modest,’ said Basingstoke resident Charlie Grimshaw, ‘but quite honestly I didn’t really think about it and just did what anybody else would have done in the circumstances.’

Mr Grimshaw and his wife have lived next door to the Wilson family for over twenty years, but until his ice-breaking words last week, they have never spoken.

‘At first I thought there might be a violent reaction,’ Mr Grimshaw said, ‘but we’ve got this ten metre high fence between us, so I felt reasonably safe. You can’t be too careful these days when you’re trying to be friendly.’

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Posted: May 31st, 2009
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Following the discovery of an image of Christ seen on the underside of a Marmite jar lid, Pope Benedict XVI has announced that from now on, the Eucharist will be celebrated with Marmite soldiers instead of the communion host.

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Posted: May 30th, 2009
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The UN Security Council has announced a major tactical shift in the war against Somali pirates today. Highly-trained special ops teams will be deployed deep into the war-torn territory, where armed with projectors and pull-down movie screens they will show a new version of the classic anti-piracy film that British movie fans have sat through at the beginning of every commercially produced DVD for years.

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Posted: May 30th, 2009
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A detailed study of the causes of public houses closures across the country has pinpointed the boring and bigoted conversation of publicans as the main cause. A survey of thousands of customers revealed that they had stopped going to their local pub due to endless wearisome tirades against the Euro, health and safety legislation and ‘political correctness gone mad’.

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Posted: May 29th, 2009
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