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Lidl rename cheese ‘yummy moo lumps’ after letter from moron

they'll just pop out the back and see if there's any in stock‘We received a letter written in crayon from one of the dullards that shops here, and we knew we could get some publicity out of it,’ explained Director of Idiot Management, Jeremy Faulds.

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UK’s 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime ‘balanced out by people doing sod all’

it's actually down to valuable research Workers often spend up to 30 hours a week ‘dicking about on the internet, checking Facebook on their phone, or just having a bit of a chat while pretending to look busy.’

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East Midland Trains criticised over ‘replacement piggyback-from-a-tramp service’

simply using rolling stock under-utilised since Beeching‘They were 294 of us on the train and they herded us into an ageing 38-seater coach. But then an announcement came over the tannoy telling us that due to a lack of drivers, we’d have to continue our journey by tramp.’

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Ad agencies employing qualified ‘emotional rapists’ over Christmas period

Must have must have must haves. Everywhere.Advertising agencies have taken to hiring freelance emotional rapists in order to fulfil retailers’ demands for increasingly cynical and manipulative Christmas commercials.

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Local Sales Manager releases Director’s cut of ’2012_EMEA_Sales_Forecast.ppt’

won't understand it until you've seen the whole thingNewly appointed regional sales manager and art-house power-point auteur, Jean-Claude Cavaillier, has won a victory for creative integrity by releasing his original 35 slide version of “2012_EMEA_Sales_Forecast.ppt”, hailing it as the true crystalisation of his vision for 2012 sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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