The Royal Mail have blamed the sharp fall in profits over the last 12 months on a large decrease in the amount of cash being sent in birthday cards that they can steal.
Posted: Jun 19th, 2011
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A study by conservationists has found that changing attitudes to deforestation by fashion-conscious logging firms has led to the curious spectacle of the almost total denuding of the Brazilian treeline, apart from a thin north-south strip which is trimmed back enthusiastically at the first sign of it spreading.
Posted: Jun 6th, 2011
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December 21st will mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and trigger a bonanza for stingy literature fans everywhere, who admire his work, but would rather pay jack shit for it.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2010
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New controversy has erupted in the United States, where a digital evangelist has announced that he will defy world opinion by burning a huge pile of Amazon Kindles.
Posted: Sep 10th, 2010
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The Welsh have finally reacted to constant comparisons about their geographical size and the rate of deforestation and have paved over a forest the size of the Amazonian jungle.
Posted: Mar 15th, 2010
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