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Archive for June, 2011

England netball fans slam media obsession with HaBs

‘It’s typical,’ said Brenda Wright of Netball Team United. ‘When Tamsin Greenway is named England vice-captain, it barely gets mentioned. But just because she goes out with one of the most successful plasterers in Watford, he’s all over the papers.’

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Posted: Jun 25th, 2011
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‘Bollocks,’ says Bin Laden, staring morosely at bowl of 72 grapes

banana 'would have been nice, at least'The soul of Osama bin Laden has admitted to ‘mild disappointment’ at finding that his reward for mass murder in the name of God in the afterlife has turned out to be 72 grapes, rather than 72 nubile virgins.

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Posted: Jun 25th, 2011
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Suitcase with pink ribbon tied to handle goes missing

But Professor of Logic at Oxford University, James Searle, said the theory required that the black suitcase belonging to the passenger who had taken Mrs Moran’s black suitcase in error should have remained on the carousal. ‘It’s a tough one, but as a matter of logic it just doesn’t stack up,’ Professor Searle said.

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Posted: Jun 24th, 2011
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Dismay at opera star’s decision to sing in analogue

‘I, quite literally, have never heard anything like it,’ said opera lover Rupert Fawcett-Jones, ‘because I’ve only heard Placido on CD. When I realised he’d abandoned digital for analogue, I was dismayed because it sounded so yesterday.’

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Posted: Jun 24th, 2011
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Tickets go on sale for 2012 dads’ races

going for Old‘I was hoping to watch Usain Bolt in the men’s 100m final, but I’ll settle for seeing his dad in the 60-ish yard dash.’

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Posted: Jun 24th, 2011
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