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Teaching of foreign languages to be replaced by ‘talking very slowly’ lessons

'Six conjugations for one verb? I think not.'Instead of learning French and German, children will instead be taught to speak slowly and loudly, as if the listener were a particularly stupid person who is also a little hard of hearing.

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Posted: Oct 4th, 2010
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Obama comes out as French

Just hours after Americans elected their first ever black President, Barack Obama has dropped a political bombshell by announcing that he is in fact French. The revelation has sent shock-waves through Washington, with Republicans furious with themselves for having failed to spot the one major flaw in their opponent’s apparently impenetrable political armour.

‘I can’t believe we missed it’ wailed a distraught John McCain. ‘This would have won it for us for sure.’

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Posted: Nov 5th, 2008
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French version of The Apprentice ‘not allowed to fire contestants’

An attempt to sack one competitor resulted in massive student demonstrations.

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Posted: Jun 12th, 2008
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