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Archive for October, 2010

Latest Dead Sea Scroll fragments ‘just classified ads’

experts were expecting something a bit more spiritualTexts tell us less about religious doctrine, and more about the second-hand trading market.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2010
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Charity worker Keith bin Laden to appear on Who Do You Think You Are?

keen to explore details of exotic foreign relatives After being abandoned on the doorstep of a London orphanage as a two-week-old baby, celebrity do-gooder Keith bin Laden is desperate to discover the identity of the parents he has never met.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2010
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2012 Olympics to go ‘cheap and cheerful’ as medals replaced with teasmaids

World record breakers could also be in line for a Brucie BonusThe Games will be taking inspiration from low-budget 1980s gameshows, so winners can expect to be awarded teasmaids, personal stereos and fondue sets.

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Posted: Oct 23rd, 2010
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Jesus retracts ‘bigger than the Beatles’ comment

Jesus H Christ, spiritual guru and star of church services and warm toast, has been forced to back down after comments that he is more popular than the Beatles right now.

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Posted: Oct 23rd, 2010
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Toilet attendant steps back from brink of quitting over employer’s lack of ambition

concerned about lack of support up front and woeful cleaning up at the backDwayne Cooney, a toilet attendant at the Blue Planet Aquarium, unexpectedly announced he is to remain with the organisation for another five years just days after slamming the facilities’ ownership for a lack of ambition.

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Posted: Oct 22nd, 2010
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