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Archive for August, 2009

Tragedy as deodorant-covered man drowns in his own sweat

A man who dropped dead whilst jogging drowned in his own sweat after covering his entire body with antiperspirant, a coroner has ruled.

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Posted: Aug 17th, 2009
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Amnesty calls for ‘fighting chance’ executions

straps are just about undoableJust turn their backs for a moment.

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Posted: Aug 17th, 2009
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New mental health campaign suggests Political Correctness ‘not mad, but bipolar’

A new advertising campaign is set to convince the public that Political Correctness, long thought to have ‘gone mad’, has in fact been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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Posted: Aug 16th, 2009
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Terror group to improve media image with piano playing kitten

hopes high it will be a YouTube hit‘Jihadi Kitten’ may not be the best pianist, but she has a strong desire for martyrdom.

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Posted: Aug 16th, 2009
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Fat Controller to take control of ONE railways

Sir Toppham Hatt, a rail magnate popularly known as ‘The Fat Controller’, took ownership of troubled railway company ONE Great Eastern, promising to replicate his successful operations on the island of Sodor. ‘I’ve looked at the business model for ONE,’ he commented, ‘and what’s jumped out at me is that their engines have a lack of personality. At the minute they haven’t even got names, never mind reassuringly smiley faces’.

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Posted: Aug 15th, 2009
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