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Greek ATMs start begging

In a move described by international monetary experts as predictable and ‘only a matter of time’, ATM machines belonging to Greek banks have started begging passers-by for money.

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Posted: May 24th, 2012
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Papasmurf leads early betting for next Greek PM

With Papandreou recently resigned and Papademos taking control of a temporary government, William Hill reports that the early money for Greece’s next elected Prime Minister is going on loveable white-bearded geriatric, Papasmurf.

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Posted: Nov 14th, 2011
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Donkey Sanctuary ‘should have spotted the donkeys were people in costumes’

A Donkey Sanctuary admitted today that most of last year’s record intake of rescue animals were, in fact, ‘men in quite convincing pantomime donkey costumes, many of them Greek’. It also announced an immediate overhaul of its admission procedures.

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Posted: Nov 12th, 2011
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Greece! The musical

Like all the best romantic musicals, Greece! is packed full of will-they-won’t-they tension, songs you’ll want to hear time and again, and plenty of ups and downs between the protagonists.

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Posted: Nov 4th, 2011
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Greece allowed to keep uneaten biscuits as part of Eurozone debt deal

As part of the last-gasp Eurozone debt restructure, it’s been agreed that Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou can take the leftover biscuits back home with him.

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Posted: Oct 28th, 2011
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