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Archive for July, 2011

Stella Artois launches new upmarket lager, ‘Wifebeatre’

saleable, provocative theaterFresh from the launch of their ‘Cidre’ drink, Stella Artois added a further sheen of acceptability to casual drunken violence by unveiling their new ‘Wifebeatre lagre’.

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Posted: Jul 31st, 2011
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Military careers day successfully avoids mention of chances of being shot

A major UK Armed Forces Careers Day was declared a success by military chiefs after it passed without one reference to the reasonably high probability of becoming a fatality statistic upon signing up. The joint careers effort from Britain’s army, navy and air force focused on learning a trade and ‘softer’ subjects including adventure training and the comparative ‘scoring potential’ of the different uniforms.

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Posted: Jul 31st, 2011
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Short man who claimed to be tall ‘tired of living a lie’

little guy reached for the stars‘When I changed job I decided to completely reinvent myself. People had no reason to suspect I was lying when I told them that I was 6’8”.’

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Posted: Jul 30th, 2011
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Old rockers ‘sitting pretty’ as they pile on haemorrhoid cream bandwagon

‘With pop sensations releasing perfumes, we thought it was about time we came up with a unique smell that reflected our music. Unfortunately, that smell turned out to be a blend of cabbage soup and Ralgex – so we decided to endorse a different pharmaceutical product that would benefitall ageing soft-rockers who ‘Walk This Way’. ’

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Posted: Jul 30th, 2011
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John Barrowman quietens down following successful ear-wax op

noisy buggerJohn Barrowman is recovering from an operation to remove 2kg of earwax to aid his hearing and stop him being quite so noisy.

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Posted: Jul 29th, 2011
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