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Internet to become literate by 2023

complaints should be sent to big@phall.usIncredible new developments in the world of computing suggest that it might actually be possible to spell things correctly and feature real punctuation in email addresses and URLs later this century.

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Posted: Jan 20th, 2012
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New hope as Cameron fails to insult a minority sector for 24 hours

‘Right from the start we discarded teams of weapon carrying bodyguards, and today the teams of suits you see accompanying him on public appearances are all advisers and censors – mainly preparing public apologies for immediate release’.

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Posted: Jan 9th, 2012
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Intelligence service fears that Round Robin writers may develop Twitter capacity

Christmas Round Robin writers may have learned mass demoralisation techniques that can be deployed any time of the year, security chiefs have warned.

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Posted: Dec 31st, 2011
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Christmas Day 2011 ‘busiest day in history’ for internet

Retailers up and down the internet have reported a busy Christmas Day as people looked for another way to avoid prolonged contact with loved ones. It is thought that in the modern world of ever decreasing attention spans, most people can tolerate 1 hour 30 minutes of interaction with humans before needing to check Facebook and Twitter, and spend money they haven’t got online.

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Posted: Dec 26th, 2011
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Single mother apologises for crashing entire internet with Bieber tweet

A young single mother from Hounslow, West London has apologised after yesterday’s mass internet disruption, blamed on a tweet she posted early yesterday morning claiming that Justin Bieber was gay.

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2011
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