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Archive for May, 2011

Mr Monopoly frontrunner to be IMF chief

Mr Monopoly, famed as the face of popular board game ‘Monopoly’ is the shock favourite to take up the position of head of the International Monetary Fund following the arrest and resignation on its former leader, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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Posted: May 20th, 2011
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Cameron creates Cabinet post for Daily Mail

Prime Minister David Cameron today created a new Cabinet position for one of his most loyal supporters – albeit a popular right-wing newspaper.

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Posted: May 20th, 2011
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James Bond resigns from MI5 citing ‘too much paperwork’

ready to killJames Bond, the secret agent formerly known as 007, has resigned from MI5, citing excessive paperwork, political correctness and boring villain’s lairs as making his life as a government assassin unbearable.

‘When I started out as a hired killer for the UK goverment, I was given a gun and allowed to take out anyone I liked. I fought the real super-villains, who built rocket launching sites inside volcanoes, supertankers that swallowed submarines, space stations and the like – most of them with monorails. On the way, I could have unprotected sex with any woman I fancied. But the assassination of Osama bin Laden shows how frustrating having a license to kill has become.’

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Posted: May 19th, 2011
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Apple warned over ‘If you don’t have an iphone you might as well be a leper’ ad

Apple’s new ad for the latest iphone has today been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. Having decided that their ‘if you don’t have an iphone, you don’t have an iphone’ ad was a little bit too subtle the new ad came right out and said what they really meant the first time.

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Posted: May 19th, 2011
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Ken Clarke refuses to apologise for being a Conservative

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has refused to apologise for being a Conservative but has accepted that some of his political affiliations may have been ill-judged and has vowed to choose his policies more carefully in future.

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Posted: May 19th, 2011
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