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Archive for January, 2011

Campaign launched to fight for ‘right to become senile’

Soon-to-be pensioners have reacted with disappointment at the increase in the retirement age and are planning a challenge under the Human Rights Act, claiming that the Government is denying them their sacred right to descend into obscurity, social isolation and dementia by raising the retirement age.

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2011
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Wikipedia celebrates 27th birthday

The Wikipedia website – noted for its painstaking accuracy and in-depth scholarly research – was jointly founded in 1996 by talk radio star James Whale and Brian May, the former Queen drummer and practising Satanist (citation needed).

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2011
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Jean Michel Jarre to use giant lasers to correct people’s vision

‘I want to use my lasers for good and give something back to my fans. I clearly can’t do anything to improve their hearing, so the least I can do is give them 20-20 vision.’

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2011
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Police to design database of people they least suspect

Devon and Cornwall Police announced a new investigative strategy for serious crimes which will focus ‘on people who wouldn’t hurt a fly and no-one would ever think could’ve done it’, a category that in hindsight provides perpetrators in over 80% of cases.

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Posted: Jan 16th, 2011
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Scotland to gift two ‘NEDS’ to China in return for pandas

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond today signed an historic agreement to send two giant Scottish neds (non-educated delinquents) to the People’s Republic of China.

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Posted: Jan 15th, 2011
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