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Capital braces itself for New Financial Year celebrations

few things more terrifying than number crunchers on the marchAs Londoners busy themselves preparing for the inevitable chaos and disruption that the forthcoming New Financial Year celebrations will bring, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has sought to allay fears of a repeat of the violence that marred last year’s celebrations.

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Posted: Mar 30th, 2013
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Employee suspended for saying ‘Happy New Year’ after firm’s 12-day deadline

After automatically saying ‘Happy New Year’ to everyone he had spoken to for the first time since 31st December, office worker Jon Knowles thought nothing of greeting his first caller of the day with the same cheery sentiments only to hear a shocked gasp from his colleagues.

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2013
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Round-robin reports another great year for La Cosa Nostra

greetings from Casa GrimbinoThe annual round-robin letter from the Grimbinos reports that New York’s most infamous Italian family has gone from strength to strength in 2010 and is eagerly anticipating 2011.

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Posted: Jan 2nd, 2011
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Nation decides to have ‘duvet year’

will be up again in time for the OlympicsBritain woke up this morning, opened the curtains, took one look at 2011 and decided to go back to bed for the next 12 months.

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Posted: Dec 31st, 2010
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Official body announces ‘Twixt’ season

The British Verbiage Society, the body responsible for overseeing the use of funny-sounding words, announced that today is the official start of the Twixt season.

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Posted: Dec 16th, 2010
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