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World’s last ‘Trimphone impersonator’ dies, aged 97

‘My aunt would jump up from her chair and dash into the hall. She’d sit down at the telephone table, pick up the phone, and say in her poshest voice, “Bishop’s Stortford 7849, who’s speaking please? Deirdre, is that you love? Speak to me, pet.”

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Posted: Dec 9th, 2012
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Samaritans criticised for cold-calling campaign

Following a huge number of complaints to Ofcom, the national charity Samaritans has been criticized for embarking upon a cold calling campaign across the UK.

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Posted: Oct 17th, 2012
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Advertisement shock as Adam tells Jane ‘the wedding’s off’

Actor Kris, also known as ‘him off The Family’ has decided to postpone filming his marriage to ‘that MILF off the BT advert’ after a boozy night planning his stag weekend ended sourly with his best man telling him ‘don’t do it’.

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Posted: Aug 16th, 2010
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British Telecom admits: ‘We don’t have a phone’

BT went ex-directory months ago‘We disconnected because of nuisance calls from customers.’

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Posted: Sep 17th, 2009
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SAS soldiers sent on ‘inward bound’ training courses to learn ‘dark arts’ of teambuilding

Troops will learn to merge invisibly into the background.Expected to last five days, the sensory deprivation of the modern office will make the course feel many, many times longer.

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Posted: Aug 13th, 2009
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